Sep
10
2008
yboogie
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 you a preliminary version earlier. Here is the full one….
The highlight of the past two months of student ministry was Big Howdy welcome events that I led in cooperation with 8 other campus ministries and 15 churches. The Big Howdy is a combination of 5 events and services that these ministries and churches come together to serve and welcome new students. Airport pickup served over 100 students; Volunteers took more than 200 students to Wal-Mart; Approximately 115 students received furniture and apartment needs; 350 students attended the welcome party; and 56 students were given a tour of Arlington and Ft. Worth. These events give us a great opportunity to meet new students and make a very positive first impression.
Along with these events, I had the opportunity to speak to over 200 new Indian students and welcome them to our campus. I challenged them to get involve with making American friends and let them know that our Big Howdy team was the way to do that. I also was able to speak to over 100 new ELI (English Language Institute) students and welcome them as we continue to grow our relationship with the this very important group of students.
God has also given me a Korean student, an Indian student and a Nepali student to lead in Bible study and discipleship. Our weekly Friday night dinner, English discussions and Bible discussion are off to a great start. The first two weeks we have averaged 28 
students. More importantly, the spirit of the group is wonderful and real community continues to be developed.
One weakness so far is our ICF ministry with Christian students. We have lost our leadership in this group and God is yet to provide new leadership. We are working to get this group off the ground this school year.
Praise the Lord for what he is doing!!!
Tags: Big Howdy, Report, Ron, UTA
Aug
23
2008
yboogie
I just wanted to share this report from Ron Bunyard our ISI team leader at UTA from his prayer e-mail. Remember… this is from Friday, BEFORE the Big Howdy Used Item Sale, the Party and the Tour of Arlington.
The Big Howdy is off and running. Our team was able to pick up more than 100 students from the airport. Another 200 students were taken to Wal-Mart to shop for their first time and now as we enter the final stages of our welcoming some 600 new international students to UTA we need your prayer more than ever… [Also] Praise God for the opportunity God gave me [Ron] to speak to 150 or so new students from India last night. [Ron was invited to share at a gathering of new Indian students by one of the student organizations] It was a miracle to be able to welcome them personally and encourage them to take advantage of all that we offer them and the opportunities they have to interact with the American community.
Wow! Cool deal! Praise God!
Tags: Big Howdy, Report
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