Looking Back to Look Forward!

"Blessed be God, who did not reject my prayer or turn His grace away from me." Psalm 66:20

For many years, even as we labored at UCONN, we sought the Lord for the students at ECSU in Willimantic. We prayed: occasionally trying to stir local churches and trying to connect into the student body there. Even with student and professor connections nothing happened. Then one day a UCONN /ICF volunteer Ruth Hartunian-Alumbaugh (an ISI ministry rep.) attended an ECSU international student function. She offered her assistance to do "anything to help" and in a short time of faithful service Ruth befriended the director of Intercultural Affairs. We now have the opportunity to touch 25 or more under-grad students through this amazing open door. If you are in the Willimantic region and are willing to reach out to one of these students please contact us. They are fun to know and you get to impact the world from your own living room.

We have kept on keeping on in Groton/NewLondon. Our small group remains to encourage and support our international student leader. His small group has grown some and continues in Bible study and prayer at/for Avery Point campus. If you live in this southeast region, there are opportunities to befriend international students and international Coast Guard cadets and impact the world for Jesus! Just let us know if you are interested in joining the World Changers!

The door is open at the Univeristy of Bridgeport. Black Rock Congregational Church spear-headed the outreach there and has received favor from the university. They need help from other churches to meet the need/opportunity! They could use your help in reaching out to the many students interested in friends and activities. Calvary E.Free of Trumbull has gotten involved, how about you? If you live in the greater Bridgeport area and are interested please contact us and we'll get you connected.

We are seeing new interest in New Haven and Waterbury among the churches. We will be working in these areas in the coming year to warm and water the good seeds of The Word that have fallen there. The small colleges and university extensions in the Waterbury area have many internationals. There are new open doors at Yale! God willing, we hope to see these seeds prosper and grow into fruitful vines for His Kingdom.

After so many years, it is a blessing to see life growing from the prayer seeds. We thank God for all He is doing here in Ct.!

News you won't see in National Media

Recently the president of ISI, Doug Shaw, shared some unique happenings with staff. Although shared with designed vagueness to protect lives, a couple of them caught my heart and I wanted to share them with you.

There is a small US city that averages 3 Asian students receiving salvation in Jesus Christ every month!

An international student who has returned home is helping recraft religious freedom laws at home!

One of our partners (not staff) led a terrorist to Jesus!

It takes my breath away to see the enormity of the opportunity that comes from being a friend to an international student! Won't you join us?