Fall 2006

Dear friends and family,

While listening to the beginning of the recent FIU vs. UM football game, we thought, “We can’t lose tonight. No matter what happens, we will be happy!” We work with both universities; we have children at both universities. Whoever wins, we win. Nothing could go wrong, right? This time it seems that we all lost, though, with the violence exhibited by both teams. Fortunately, not all is bad news. There are good things happening at the university. Your partnership with us through prayer and support is making it happen.

Our assignment at Urbana will be in the new track Open for Business, geared for business students and professionals. It will host 1,500 attendees. We are praying for the formation of new groups at the business schools in our universities. This will be a great opportunity for service and training for us.

  Photos: Christian Legal Society at University of Miami this semester.

There is a new law student group at Florida International University this semester.  This is a very promising group that began forming last year and, though small, it was still able to do some significant campus outreach, involving faculty. We are blessed to have faculty support in this group also.  

More law student news: Before coming to Miami this fall, Darara Gubo taught law at the college level in Ethiopia. He is at St. Thomas University to study law in international human rights. He has seen difficult times in his home country, yet he continues to find his true hope in Christ. Meeting with him has been refreshing and encouraging. He comes from a committed Christian family where his father is a pastor and a convert from Islam. While in the South Florida, he has already introduced two people to the Lord. Darara will be one of the students attending the Urbana ‘06 missions conference in December.

  The Asian scholars’ fellowships at FIU and UM are going strong. These groups have faculty support. Recently, we celebrated the Autumn Moon Festival at our home. This is not unlike our Thanksgiving. It is a time for family to gather and share a traditional meal. We had a great time of celebration, making dumplings and eating delicious Chinese food. Our time included worship and Bible study and it ended eating moon cakes. We had over 30 adults (plus children). Most of us participated in making the traditional dumplings. We have already seen three Asian scholars give their hearts to the Lord this semester.