Archive for the ‘Los Angeles Chi Alpha – Spring Quarter 2010’ Category

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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Starting the New Quarter & Haiti Updates

HAITI UPDATE Our group went to Haiti over spring break and brought the good news of Jesus Christ to the people of Haiti as well as distributed over 10,000 for repairs, food, etc. to the orphanage and people around the town. Many of you know that US Bank held a contest recently about getting ahead […]

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