Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
I can’t believe it. It seems like just yesterday We were on our big Winter trip and it is almost Easter and I am about to leave for Asia. It is now 1:30 and I am all set to go (I think). You can read at the very bottom of this post why I am …
One of the special privileges in being a part of ISI is the opportunity to encourage, empower and train the Body of Christ to love international students and to help the students grow into disciples who make disciples. We are in the middle of a three week period where our ISI North Texas team is …
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Once again, ISI DFW had the honor of hosting the national Basic Training for newer staff. Our new staff get a chance to get the basics of international students ministry. Here is a quick video I took at the event.
This last Saturday ISI DFW sponsored a training event for international students. Around 20 students, staff and volunteers heard from various member of our staff to learn about God’s plan for the world and His heart and impulse for missions. It was a lot of fun and the students really learned a lot from the …
This last weekend, ISI DFW hosted its annual training for international student leaders. As one of our goals is to mobilize student to become leaders when they go home, we have two training days every year toward that end. This year we did something a little different. We invite key volunteers. We shared some of …
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The term “basic training” invokes images of drill instructors yelling incessantly at short haired recruits to knock out the old and indoctrinate in the new. In some ways ISI’s Basic Training of new staff is not too different, though a lot quieter and gentler. Every year Dallas has the privilege of hosting ISI’s basic training …
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“I learned something new about studying the Bible more deeply today…” So were the comments of international students to attended DFW ISI’s annual all day Spring Student Leadership Training Seminar. Part of ISI DFW’s commitment to raising up students who can make a difference as Christian leaders in their own countries, this years Student Leadership …
I (Lisa) have fond memories of my first Urbana experience in 2003, so I was excited about participating again this year. Altogether 30 of us from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, including ISI staff, volunteers and students loaded up in 2 church vans and 2 individual cars to make the 11-hour drive to St. Louis. This …
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