by International Students | Feb 16, 2022 | Encouragement
Salting Our Worship! “Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings” (Leviticus 2:13, NIV). Admittedly, the book of Leviticus isn’t the most entrancing read, but...
by International Students | Feb 4, 2022 | Encouragement
My Resolution for 2022 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1. Admittedly, I’m not into New Year resolutions. But...
by International Students | Feb 4, 2022 | Encouragement
Dear ISI Family, By now, colleagues and friends of ISI are familiar with the first few verses in Isaiah 54 and their pertinence to where we are today as a ministry. Over the past couple of years and at the height of the pandemic, God saw fit to deposit in us several...
by International Students | Nov 22, 2021 | Encouragement
Remember this old Randy Stonehill song from the early 80s, complete with accompanying calypso beats and all? Shut de door, keep out de devil Shut de door, keep the devil in the night Shut de door, keep out de devil Light the candle, everything’s all right Lately, the...
by International Students | Jun 9, 2021 | Encouragement
I don’t like Tupperware! You know…those plastic food storage containers…. If you put tomato soup in one of them, they will be stained red for good, and eventually you end up needing to throw them away. They just can’t be cleaned out. Ezekiel 24:1-14 (NLT) compares the...
by International Students | May 17, 2021 | Encouragement
Celebrations Birthday Celebrations. Anniversary Celebrations. Graduation Celebrations. Life Celebrations. Why pause to celebrate? We discussed this topic a few weeks ago during one of our regional Zoom gatherings. Celebration/Arts is one of the seven spheres we have...
by International Students | Mar 9, 2021 | Tips
I trust that you are learning new things about God’s grace and peace and even JOY during these challenging days. Our pastor shared with us a definition of Absolute JOY that touched me deeply: “God’s sovereignty is reflected in His glory and my good simultaneously.”...
by International Students | Mar 1, 2021 | Tips
The year 2020 was a tough year, and 2021 started with a spike in COVID deaths and tumult at the capitol. All this and more has perhaps left us with shaken hearts. That’s where Ahaz found himself in Isaiah 7, and the message Isaiah brought him applies to us as well....
by International Students | Jan 12, 2021 | Tips
So often this time of year we hear a phrase that goes something like this: “I hope this next year is better that the last.” This is certainly apropos for many after the year we just went through. I’ve heard it said that “you are what you measure,” and by almost any...
by Rebekah Miller | Jan 2, 2021 | Coming to the US, Uncategorized
Anyone exposed to a new and different culture will experience some degree of culture shock. Upon first arriving, many international students experience a honeymoon period when everything seems new and exciting. But once that passes, a sense of discomfort and unease...
