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Kathy with one of our dear international student friends at PSU
Yesterday, after working in the FOCUS office, I headed to the Student Union to meet a Kim (name changed),Korean married student to resume our weekly Bible study after a brief summer break. Last year, three of us had met together to study the book of [...]

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Articles by Vic Varis

Vic is Oregon and Pacific Northwest Area Director for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, part of the Leadership team of FOCUS at Portland State University, a writer, blogger, usually an INFP (with "E" overtones), a long time resident of urban inner southeast Portland, the husband of one wife for more than 30 years, a Dad, grandfather, and mentor & friend to all kinds of young adults.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

Chistian author and thinker Andy Jackson & his wife Barbara are coming for dinner tonight- great old friends! http://tiny.cc/andy897 #
Christian author and thinker Andy Jackson & his wife Barbara are coming for dinner tonight- great old friends! http://tiny.cc/andy897 #
Going to Glen Hansart concert tonight with friends from our community group. Shannon is home tonight [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

Had a great Tuesday night home group talking about what it means to "Love your neighbor as yourself" when you have trouble loving self. #
Completed 5 workouts in a row today at 24-Hour Fitness in Hollywood with my partners Kathy and Alec! #
On my way to meet Paul and Sunia Gibbs for coffee at their [...]

Because You Asked- “How’s My Health?”

[November 17, 2009] (See the late development down a bit)   It’s pretty common these days for most friends to greet me with “So, how are you feeling?”  Most of my friends are aware I had a heart attack one year ago this week. For the past 5 months or so, my answer has been pretty [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

Out the door to San Diego this morning for Chi Alpha National Leadership Team. Driving down through Woodland, Oakland and 101. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18

We had two great meetings today. Our new grandson is spending the night so we're back home til Tuesday. Albany home groups Tuesday night. #
Saturday were at the Memorial Service for Marion Ravan, one of the men that really influenced Kathy & I during our early years. Powerful. #
Saturday our FOCUS Harvest Party went on [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-11

On my way to Centralia to meet a pastor interested in working with college students through Chi Alpha #
We had a great discussion about wisdom, the rich and poor tonight at our James Biblical discussion! #
Oregon Ministry Network Team meeting today was truly inspiring as we look ahead to 2010. Great stuff is coming. [...]

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