Dan & Toshiko Lockwood

Reine HuberMissionary Updates, Uncategorized

Dear Alderwood Community Church Family,

Thank you for your partnership, prayers and support in reaching international students for Christ at the University of Oregon!

International students often need help “in a pinch.” Just before Christmas, an ISI colleague in Sacramento called for help: four Christian campus ministry staff and student leaders were stranded in Oregon! On their way to Portland, these four, from four different countries, took an early morning diversion to a popular Oregon hot spring. While they soaked, their car windows were broken, tires were slashed and valuable items were stolen. They had no cell reception, and were miles from the nearest town. Toshiko and I were able to help them fix their tires and windows, and file a police report. And God provided a place for them to stay.

Nobuya arrived the next day. A UO student in 2009, Nobuya is now a Fullbright scholar grad student at the University of Pennsylvania. I don’t remember interacting with him in 2009 (‘senior moment’?), though he remembered being in our home. Anyway, Nobuya wanted to visit old Oregon friends, and so, on short notice, he contacted us for a place to stay. We said yes, but as our home is now ruled by an energetic, stinky, sloppy, dirty puppy, we wondered how it would be possible, let alone comfortable for him. Again, God provided a quiet local home where the two of us stayed together. We had a great talk; in fact I was blessed to share the gospel with him very clearly. Already in his short time on the East Coast, Nobuya had noticed many Christian references on national monuments and buildings, and even at U Penn. I was happy to fill him in.

Most international grad students arrive in Eugene in need of apartment furniture. And if they find items, they will need a vehicle to transport them. While we don’t own a truck (yet?), our Sienna minivan is capable of fitting most couches, chairs and dressers. We are happy to be available, “in a pinch,” to meet students’ felt needs in these ways.

Thanks again, Alderwood Family, for backing us up, so that we can be ready to serve and love international students in Jesus’ name.

Dan, Toshiko, Elayna, Malaya, Eli & Evan

     


New International friends from Sacramento

New International friends from Sacramento

Nobuya visits, 14 years later

Shopping shuttle after Eugene’s recent deep freeze