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Graduation/Wedding/Farewell Weekend, More Tragedy, Great news about some students

Roy / May 17, 2012

It’s the end of the school year. Graduation was last weekend. It’s always sad to see friends that we built over months even years go home but that is the purpose of our ministry. To share Jesus love with students and to equip them for effective service back home in their countries. In many ways …

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Another Weather Story, Sad News, A Car Wreck

Roy / May 11, 2012

You are not going to believe what happened this week again! Friday we had our end of the year pool party for ISI at UTA. We had 30-40 students gathered for a time of fun and fellowship at our dear friend Daniel and Jamie’s house. For many it was the last time we were going …

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Important meeting tomorrow, big semester!

Roy / January 8, 2012

Happy New Year everyone! We had a great holiday. We got much needed rest and family time. We appreciate your prayers and many of you helped out with our year end shortfall. Thank you so much! It really helped. Big week coming up. We have a big meeting with our Texas staff – planning our …

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Lots of Great Things God is Doing, PTO, Fall Festival and Many Lives Affected!

Roy / November 9, 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 …

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Houston Trip Report, four days in Colorado, M28 is gaining traction

Roy / October 23, 2011

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 …

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Houston Initial Results, Your Prayers were Awesome

Roy / October 8, 2011

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 …

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Meetings, Meetings, Meetings and That is a Good Thing… Still Bursting at the Seams…

Roy / September 23, 2011

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 …

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Friday Night the week of 9/11

Roy / September 10, 2011

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 …

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New EMBA students! Power of Prayer and God making himself famous

Roy / May 28, 2011

A new batch of EMBA students from Ch1na have arrived and we are very excited to meet this new group of students and and are really become a part of their lives. New summer students from other programs are also trickling in as we also have spent time with many of the returning students who aren’t …

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Weird week of Ice and Snow, Superbowl, Space, Phoenix, Parents and Chinese New Year

Roy / February 4, 2011

(See feb pictures including stuff from this post) This has been a weird couple of weeks for us. It started last week with me having to be in Phoenix for some important meetings for the National ISI ministry about discipleship and preparing students for returning home as leaders in Christ and it ends with our …

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