God has blessed us by allowing us to develop relationsihps with five amazing young people. Joseph is from Morocco. "Ricky" is from China. Ken and Shiori are from Japan. Margaret is from Khazikstan.
There is a large international community at UTSA, and sadly, few know Jesus. Sadder still, Christian organizations as a whole have not done well in reaching out to internationals.
Jesus' heart is for the nations, for "panta ta ethne" (all the people groups)-and we realize that the students He has brought here, to UTSA, matter-and who better to be missionaries to their own people than these young people once they come to Christ?
We are gathering (Our BSM Staff) Friday with these five international students to plan an international party-a bridge event to develop relationships with internationals for the sake of the Gospel. The international students are planning most of it. We had a meeting last week and heard their hearts-and they are very excited and very open to doing something for their international friends!
Our own students (BSM) are willing to be conversation partners with internationals (a great need for students learning a new language)-to serve them in this way. Our students want to serve and bless international students and are trusting that God is going to use those relationships and provide opportunities to share the Gospel.
Please pray for our international students and for our BSM students-and staff, as we seek to share Christ with young people who have little to no access in their country of origin to the Gospel.
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