Investigative Bible Study

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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Biba’s Portland Story Biba’s Portland Story

 

Biba in Portland
Biba is a veterinary science student from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Between June and August she lived in Portland, Oregon at our “1748 House”, an international student and young adult intentional community house. Biba shares her “Portland Story” here, an experience typical for many of the students we host. “The 1748 House” is just [...]

Northwest SICM (2008)

Northwest SICM is one of the best opportunities for campus ministry training in our region.  Campus Christian Fellowship, our Chi Alpha ministry at Western Washington University host the event. This year’s SICM occurs June 16-23. SICM is appropriate for both students and leaders that desire the latest skills required to interact successfully on campus.

Lewis Learns C7 Lewis Learns C7

Our grandson loves music– actually both do.
Lewis has tried to play every instrument we’ve put in his hands and has been especially in love with guitar and ukulele (he says “ooh – koo – ay -lee”).
The other day Kathy taught him a C chord on his own special instrument and today he tried out C7 [...]

House Breakfast for Sunny

Today we brought Sunny to the airport.  She joined us at 1748 about a year ago from Korea as a student at Portland State University studying English.
The video today is an ‘early’ attempt at doing this (be patient) but features our monthly house meal– breakfast celebrating Sunny’s homegoing.
Also happening here is a little showing off [...]