September 2020 Hello from Tennessee!Wow, it has been two months since I started working full-time. What an amazing, stressful, and crazytime it has been. With any new job, the beginning is always filled with organizing and figuring out a system. A schedule. I know many of you still wonder what my role looks like...So I want to share a little bit of what my normal week l...
Keep ReadingWelcome to UT...Really? "I was hopeless and it was very heavy news for me." That's what one of our international students said in response to the I.C.E. decision on July 6 to essentially kick out all foreign students if their university decided to shift all classes to online.We let our elected officials, and also our international friends, know that we strongly opposed ...
Keep ReadingBelow are a variety of comments of participants who came through CIT this summer with all the COVID challenges. We trust you will be encouraged as you pray and give toward this ministry. "I wasn't sure what we would talk about for a whole month. Wow, did my family need this. The curriculum is geniusnot a moment is wasted in any age group. The staff clearly knows how t...
Keep Reading60% Gaining We are so grateful for the the Lord's great provision during our transition from UWM to MTW. Even amidst the pandemic, a majority of our financial supporters have been able to make the transition with us. We just gained another supporting church and are praying a few more will join us in coming months. We are still prayerful and hopeful that the Lord will p...
Keep ReadingDear partners,Thanks for your prayers and partnership that make our work in Taiwan possible. It has been a wild few weeks since our last newsletter. Jennifer had her second surgery, which was a success! It has helped her get back into a normal working mode. We also- had an outdoor Sunday church service at a small zoo (see above picture)- said goodbye to our long-time fri...
Keep ReadingThe Clow CommunicatorJuly/August 2020 Our plan was to be home in Honduras by now. Sitting on our front porch drinking coffee, praying for and planning out our day and what the LORD would have us do. Instead, the LORD had a different plan. His plan is for us to remain in the States for this entire year. A few weeks ago we officially made this season our HMA (home ministry ...
Keep Reading*Fall semester kick-off* We would normally be sending an update around this time of year detailingcampus kick-off events like cookouts, game nights, and other fun socialactivities where staff and student leaders welcome multitudes of incomingstudents to our 5 local campuses Clemson Univ., Presbyterian College,Wofford College, Univ. of South Carolina, and Western Carolina ...
Keep ReadingCOVID Strikes! During the final week of our last Equipping module CIT was exposed to the COVID virus as sixstudents tested positive right after departure. Through contact tracing we believe we know how this was introduced. All those who tested positive were connected to off-campus situations.In the following few days four staff members got sick, tested positive, and fol...
Keep ReadingRecent Prayer Requests Greetings from Costa Rica!I want to give you a status update on the prayer requests that we recently sent out to you. We asked that you pray for a couple of very specific requests. First, the kid's school books were stuck in customs and awaiting the "proper" paperwork before they could be released. The Lord is good and we have received all but one...
Keep ReadingOn the Way AthensSummer 2020 We thank God for the opportunity we have to send you the On the Way newsletter! The Covid-19 outbreak affected us all. None of us is the same as before. We try by all means to help the homeless people in our city. The arrival of summer has found us doing the following activities: A. We continue our support with the re-issua...
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