Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
Some times God “benches” us in the craziest times to force us to rest. Often he uses illness or family issues to do this important thing. This last week I was exposed to a new way, Jury Duty. The last couple of weeks have been very hectic. Our DFW team has really been pouring much …
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Here is a great student testimony from one of our key staff team members, Ron Bunyard showing how the initiative of our friends who volunteer with students are one of the keys to what we do. It is especially relevant because the Big Howdy is coming up soon again. Please volunteer to help welcome student …
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It has been a while since my last post. There have been many very time consuming projects afoot. Anyway, I wanted to post some things that have been on my heart but I haven’t had time to post. I am going to bring in some tidbits from our most recent prayer letter that share what …
(See Pictures) July 4 is usually a busy day for us. Between parades, parties for students, etc. there is always a lot to do. This year was no exception. Two of us being in a parade, a combined TCU and UTA July 4 party in Fort Worth. It was non-stop. Also, BOY WAS IT HOT! …
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“All I can do is cry and pray” the facebook update of a dear Iranian student friend said right after the announcement of the results of the presidential elections in that country. Ever since then, I’ve been gripped and touch by the picture that has been unfolding, through twitter, through facebook and through the news …
(Pictures and videos) “What about Karaoke?” long time student leader Miguel shared almost as a joke at our most recent UTA ministry planning meeting. I had just heard that our TCU team members, the Moores, just bought a Karaoke machine. We put two and two together and it became a reality this last Friday as …
This last weekend a new group of students from China, all executives in large companies, arrived to start their one year Executive MBA program at UTA. “Your Texas Friends,” a team of people from various churches and ministries in Arlington, were there to help them get settled into their new apartments and learn about living …
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(more pics) We had a lot of fun today, watching a bunch of people, students and friends from church acting silly, doing crazy games… together. It’ hard to believe it but the end of the school year has come and this year at UTA we celebrated with a Picnic/Party at Bowman Springs Park in Arlington …
A cool thing happened this weekend. Some friends of ours are moving overseas in the next couple of months and they are in the process of selling many of their belongings in preparation. We were able to buy their refrigerator. Ours was over 15 years old and we figured it was time for a more …
Yesterday we had the special honor of having some friends over for easter dinner. Our dear friends Sara and Aydin from Persian joined us for our special celebration. Before dinner we were able to share a bit about the history of Easter and what it was represented to us Christians and they shared their impression …
