Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
The Apostle John tells the Christmas story this way… John 1:1-18 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In …
Sad story from this last week that hit me hard. I took a student to the airport to go home this week that I first picked up 6 months ago from an affluent country in Asia. He was an short term English student who happened to be a PhD student. We saw him occasionally at …
Continue reading “Sad story of a Asian student, New Jesus followers, A Joyful yet Sad Goodbye”
This is our favorite time of the year! The music, the lights, and the sense of celebration always lift our spirits. And people like hanging out with each other, talking and sharing, and also reflecting back on the year behind and the one ahead. It is a great time to connect with friends we love. …
Continue reading “Three Opportunities to Serve God through Giving – Winter 2011”
So many wonderful things to report. This last week we were able to be a witness to a baptism of a student who is a part of several of the UTA ISM ministries. It is a wonderful testimony of God’ working through many to reach those He has chosen. We are also in full swing …
Continue reading “Lots of Great Things God is Doing, PTO, Fall Festival and Many Lives Affected!”
We’ve had a couple of weeks of good ministry since our last post but also we feel some tiredness and spiritual warfare. But God, at just the right time, took me (Roy) to an ISI Regional retreat in Colorado. During this time, God has answered prayers for Roy, Lisa and the kids that you all …
Continue reading “Houston Trip Report, four days in Colorado, M28 is gaining traction”
Wow your prayers were huge this week. The Tarrant County Space Weekend trip went well. Many of the Spiritual Warfare skirmishes were dealt with and God opened up some doors with students in surprising ways. Also, Lisa was on fall break at her work and we had a lot of time together. Praise the Lord. The …
Continue reading “Houston Initial Results, Your Prayers were Awesome”
We leave for Houston at 6:30 AM Saturday morning taking over 70 international students from Tarrant County to visit NASA, to stay at homes, visit churches and enjoy great times together. I am writing this at 12:30 Saturday morning and so I want to keep this short. I wanted to make sure I got this …
Continue reading “Quick Hit: Houston trip and our need for you in spiritual battle”
One of the more interesting parts of my job in the international students ministry is the meetings that I have the privilege of being a part of. The last two weeks I took part in several very important meetings. Among the things we met about were: Charting the course of a new ministry initiative for …
Today was an interesting Friday night ISI . The question as we went around the room as we were introducing oursevles was “What is your name? Where are you from? and Where were you and what affect has 9/11 had for you in your life?” I was touched by how many of the students remember …
When you are looking for people of peace(POP’s), you find them. Or at least it seemed that way this week. the Big Howdy party was remarkable on many levels. We had our usual 500-600 people. We had our usual 200 volunteers. (all amazing blessings from God) But it seemed like more Americans (students and volunteers) …
Continue reading “POP stories, Big howdy’s and Expanded Friday Nights”
