Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
“On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.” – William Jennings Bryan The older I get, the more I learn how little control we have over our lives. God provides all things and knows the best way for us to live. I don’t just mean following the rules in the Bible. I mean that He intimately wants …
(see pictures related to this post) There are so many things to be thankful. We had a great time especially remembering some of those things last week. We have four students over for thanksgiving: two from China, one from Turkey & one from India. Thanksgiving is the one day of the year that I do some of …
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last message. A ton has happened in the mean time. I will jump directly to the praise and prayer reports. I hope this message finds all of you well. The Austin trip to the Vibrant Dance of Faith and Science was challenging in many ways. I think most important …
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Every year, Our small group at Fielder Road Baptist church works with ISI and the BSM at UTA to host an international student thanksgiving dinner the Saturday before Thanksgiving. This year was no exception. Nearly 100 students feasted on turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, potatoes, etc. It was a cornucopia of things to eat. they …
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While Lisa and I were focused on the Thanksgiving Party for UTA international students with our church two others of our ministry teams hosted other “new” thanksgiving parties… Here’s what happened… Jeff Anthony, our ISI City Mobilizer and “blessing man”, helped kick off the first thanksgiving dinner for Collin College (formerly Collin County Community College), …
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One of the blessing of doing ministry is that we get to see God work through His people to share His love with others… today was no exception. Three Small groups (actually small group is a misnomer with several of these over 70) from Fielder Road Baptist Church with the BSM & ISI under the …
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“This was my first Thanksgiving Dinner. It was very good.†said an Indian student as he sat with a student from Hong Kong. Working with ISI, Fielder Road Baptist Church is working to develop a focused ministry to International Students. We discussed ways of getting the church involved. One of the results of this discussion …
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