Sharing Christ's Love with International Students in North Texas
One of the real blessings in my role as City Director is to hear the reports from our local team about what God is doing and it gives me a chance to see the big picture of the direction God is taking us. Here is a sample from Ron Bunyard’s report from August. I gave …
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 …
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, …
Continue reading “Filling Empty Apartments, touching hearts…”
Yesterday was a good day with our international students though Lisa and I found ourselves split between two ministry sites for the second time in two weeks. Fourth of July is one time where we can share our culture with our international friends and they seem to enjoy it a lot. UTA July 4 Party …
One of the special things about being the Dallas/Fort Worth City Director is that I get to know some really wonderful people. I think we’ve got a wonderful staff team and I would like to share a little bit about them over the next few months so you can see why I enjoy working with …
Continue reading “ISI DFW Staff Focus – Ron & Angela Bunyard”
Roy met with around 60 new Indian students as he was invited to share about the Big Howdy with the Fine Arts Society of India. It was truly and honor to be able to share with the largest “ethnic” or any club on campus at UTA. In addition, another church was invited to share about …
Aug 2007 – We have heard unconfirmed reports that a large number of Nepalese students are streaming into the DFW area. What is God doing with this special people?… We have heard directly from administration that over 500 nepalese are at Northlake College but Ron recently spoke to a Nepalese Christian student and he found …
“We want to go to the zoo,” said several of the UTA international students toward the end of the last Friday Night meeting of the summer at the Yabukis’ house. Ron said, “Lets go” and so began a wonderfully fun journey with six international students from Taiwan, Korea, Ivory Coast, etc. We gathered during the …
“You are like like a father to me since I came to America…” a young Taiwanese student shared to Roy at the Summer Party the UTA ISI team hosted in Colleyville in cooperation with Mid Cities Bible church (pictures). We really connected with several students. The food was great and so was the swimming/yard play time. The …
Continue reading “Summer Party with Mid Cities Bible Church”
July 2007 – (pictures) Every summer, a group of young Korean scholars descend upon Arlington for a one month program of English study and American cultural exposure. This year we had the priveledge of hosting almost all of these scholars at several of our events including our Friday night group. In fact, one night all …
Continue reading “Short but Sweet Time, Korean Scholars at Friday”
