Archive for May, 2010

Connecting with internationals & summer plans

STUDENT CONNECTION
There are a lot of students that I come in contact with at UCLA, both international and traditional. Some of them I have greater opportunities to connect with than others. Below are a few of the international students that I have been keeping in touch with over the last quarter.
There is an Israeli student [...]

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The cookout on campus & guest speakers

SPRING COOKOUT
The quarter is finishing up soon, with only a few services left. In place of our traditional weekly service, we had a free cookout on campus Tuesday. The event went really well, and appealed to students that were not traditionally involved with our ministry. We had a great time, and played some volleyball, bocce [...]

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Internationals experience real wedding

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FRIENDSHIP / WEDDING
Historically, the International Student Friendship, a subsidiary of Chi Alpha to reach internationals, has hosted a mock wedding in the spring to demonstrate to international students what a traditional American wedding was like. However, this spring was a little unique, with two students involved with Chi Alpha actually getting married at [...]

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Baptism, a night to remember

WATER BAPTISM
A lot of students involved with our ministry had never had the chance to be baptized, so we held a baptismal service and BBQ. Ten people were baptized that night, one of which being the Chinese student who had recently accepted Christ. We did not have a traditional baptismal pool, so the campus pastor [...]

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