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Seminary Students Practicing What They Learn

ryabuki / September 5, 2008

One of the things ISI City directors get to do is visit the local seminaries to share with students about international ministry and ISI. It is actually a lot of fun. I usually get to visit both Dallas Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I was able to make these visits this week. The …

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Wow what a party!

ryabuki / August 26, 2008

I have taken some time to allow what happened this weekend to sink in. The party went very well and we could really see God’s hands throughout as He made it work. One statement that remains, and it was evident on Saturday, by Gary, the BSM director, is that for many of the students, their …

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Filling Empty Apartments, touching hearts…

ryabuki / August 26, 2008

One of the most difficult things about moving from one country… no continent… to another is that there is only so much you can bring. While many students bring 3 huge suitecases and 2 more carry ons, when you think about it, there isn’t all that much that you can put in them. So, often, …

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A Early Report from UTA’s Big Howdy Month

ryabuki / August 23, 2008

I just wanted to share this report from Ron Bunyard our ISI team leader at UTA from his prayer e-mail. Remember… this is from Friday, BEFORE the Big Howdy Used Item Sale, the Party and the Tour of Arlington. The Big Howdy is off and running.Â Our team was able to pick up more than …

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Last Minute Calls…

ryabuki / August 23, 2008

One of the things that are most difficult but also often most rewarding about what we do is the last minute calls from students for help. These can come any time and any place. Today, I received such a call for a ride to the bank and to go shopping and it was a lot …

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Gnocci, Shopping & the Olympics

ryabuki / August 22, 2008

Thanks all of you who are praying specially for this week. It has made a difference. Good relationship is happening. Today, I had the privelege of taking a Thai couple, James & Jin who I picked up from the airport late Friday night to lunch & then shopping. They were feeling very homesick and so …

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Welcome table at UTA and someone who could be a relative… maybe

ryabuki / August 21, 2008

This was a good day of ministry. Our team of many ministries and partners were allowed to have a table a UTA orientation today and it was a real blessing. We were able to invite many of them to the Big Howdy party and other events to welcome them. Over 100 of 500 new students …

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CareAVan – Rides for Students to Walmart

ryabuki / August 20, 2008

One of the most important roles we have in ministering to students is to help them with their needs. Through these genuine acts of kindness, they are able to see Christ. We find that to do this the most effectively to impact the most students, we mobilize other Christ followers to do the same. Such …

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Welcoming New Students

ryabuki / August 19, 2008

The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of preparing for school, both with international students but also with OUR new students (J-12, & C5 are going to new schools & T-8 is going to 3rd grade). It has been incredibly fun to meet new students at the various different campuses. This year I …

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The Headaches of a New Facility