Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
Hanh, a Vietnamese UTA MBA student, went with me to the airport to pick up a new Vietnamese student. We didn’t know what to expect but when he took a long time to come out of the international terminal we were a bit worried… It’s not easy coming to a new country alone… When he came out of …
In an effort to stay relevant in this culture, Roy updated the www.utaisi.org website to look better and to come up to standards of current web design.
“We want to go to the zoo,” said several of the UTA international students toward the end of the last Friday Night meeting of the summer at the Yabukis’ house. Ron said, “Lets go” and so began a wonderfully fun journey with six international students from Taiwan, Korea, Ivory Coast, etc. We gathered during the …
“You are like like a father to me since I came to America…” a young Taiwanese student shared to Roy at the Summer Party the UTA ISI team hosted in Colleyville in cooperation with Mid Cities Bible church (pictures). We really connected with several students. The food was great and so was the swimming/yard play time. The …
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July 2007 – (pictures) Every summer, a group of young Korean scholars descend upon Arlington for a one month program of English study and American cultural exposure. This year we had the priveledge of hosting almost all of these scholars at several of our events including our Friday night group. In fact, one night all …
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Arlington Park Baptist Church had people who had a heart for international students. Many of them had much experience but they wanted to partner with ISI to more strategically reach students. Thus came the partnership that resulted in a special July 4 party for UTA ELI students. Ron Bunyard coordinated ISI’s involvment with APBC Missions …
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July 2007 – (pictures) “International Students want to serve the community…” the conversation Ron had with the new UTA ICF president kind of went. Ron took that to heart and was able to set up a situation for them to work with Habitat for Humanity to help build a house for a low income family. Just that week, …
Roy & Lisa had the priviledge of welcoming three new NCN students to UTA’s language program. These Japanese students are entrusted by their parents to the NCN corportation to navigate through the university experience and NCN working with Ron asked us to make sure the students get off on the right foot. We picked them …
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“In my first day in America, I have a warm feeling…” one Taiwanese student commented. Unlike domestic students, international students typically stay during the summer. Many also arrive for the first time during this quiet time on campus. It is a perfect opportunity to really shower Christ’s love on them and give them our full …
April, 2007 – Norm Sonju, founder of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, headlined a banquet (see pictures and video)Â that ISI and several other organizations in Arlington hosted for the thirty Executive MBA students who are at UTA from China. There are 30 Chinese executives from the top companies in China who who are studying at …
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