MessengerFall-Winter 2019

Sharing Christ’s Love With International Students

• 75% of international students never enter an American home

Worldwide Impact of International Students

• 21.3% Engineering• 17.9% Business & Management• 17.0% Math & Computer Science• 7.6% Social Sciences• 7.2% Physical & Life Sciences• 5.8% Fine & Applied Arts• 3.2% Health Professions

ISI has subscribed to RightNow Media, an online resource which offers over 20,000 videos and Bible study tools for Christian

living. We are excited to be able to grant access to our donors! To start using RightNow Media, please email isifield@isionline.org to be sent an invitation.

Our team is currently in the process of redesigning ISI’s website! New features to

the site will make donating online much easier! Donors will be able to simply search the name of a staff member and give with as few clicks as possible. We are also installing upgrades that will make the site simplified and easier to navigate. The new site is set to launch before the end of the year, so be sure to check back to our website for the new release! Visit us at www.isionline.org.

New Website LaunchISI Strategic Initiatives Update

M28 Global Discipleship:• 5,177 leaders now trained in M28• 129,425 projected impacted worldwideCumulative 6 year totals

Data from 2018 Open Doors Report from Institute of International Education 4.5 million study worldwide

1.3 million international students

study in the US

International students in the US study:• 2.4% Intensive English• 2.1% Communications & Journalism• 1.6% Education• 1.6% Humanities• 1.5% Legal & Law• 1.1% Agriculture

While studying in the US:

• 80% never enter a US church

What if we could reach them for Christ

while they’re here?

Global Media Outreach Website:• 699,629 Gospel Presentations• 78,631 accepted Christ online• 57,924 requested discipleshipCumulative 6 year, 7 month totals

of worldwide college and

university students study in the US

Students return to their home countries to influential positions:

20%current world

leaders are alumni of exchange programs

are current or former heads

of state and government5831 in 3

• 62,782 international students introduced to the ministry• 26,103 relationships cultivated• 6,118 est. decisions for Christ made through field teams• 13,543 est. decisions made through online evangelism• 5,151 students discipled• 917 now reproducing their faith in US and overseas

In the last Academic Year, ISI reported:

AY19 stats measured from 7/1/18 – 6/30/19

Data from US Dept. of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

ChrisCedar Park, TX

BrianNorfolk, NE

RonLakeland, FL

YanQuincy, MA

ElyseAngola, IN

JonathanAlbany, OR

HeidiWoodland, CA

JulieCincinnati, OH

JamesAlbuquerque, NM

SusanState College, PA

SharonHighland Park, NJ

James & PaigeWeatherford, TX

Robert & JanetChalfont, PA

Ernie & CindyWarrington, PA

SengHome Office

Welcome New Team Members

Prayer Points• Presidential Transition: Pray for our team and the ministry of ISI during this time of changeover from Dr. Shaw to Dr. Tan. Pray for Doug as he retires, and Seng as he begins as President in January.

• Monument Land Sale: Please pray as we are in process of selling ISI-owned land in Monument, CO. Pray for a smooth and final sale.

• Holiday Outreach and Calendar Year End: Please pray for our team as they host students for the holidays and share Christ with them! Pray for us to meet our existing budgetary needs for this Calendar Year. We still need $233,770 by December 31, 2019.

1-800-ISI-TEAM — PO Box C, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 — www.isionline.org

After eighteen years at ISI, Susan and I find ourselves at a very pivotal point in ISI history.

God makes all things beautiful in His time. We look back with praise to our awesome God for allowing us the privilege of being part of a period of huge fruitfulness. We look back with thankfulness to our ISI family who have faithfully fulfilled their roles to advance the cause of reaching international students—board members, staff, donors, volunteers, and prayer partners. Our hearts are filled with sincere gratitude to all.

We look forward with fervent faith and confidence that the Lord will use the leadership of Dr. Seng Tan to move ISI to next levels in advancing the mission.

Our sincere prayer is that the Lord be glorified through the leadership transition and beyond, so His Name is exalted. May the blessing of the Lord be abundant, and the future fruit be greater than ever before in His ongoing plan until we all reach the great crowd in Revelation, some from every tribe and nation, worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ together.

“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen” (Ephesians 3:20-21 NLT).

God’s best to you,

Dr. Douglas ShawPresident/CEO

Whenever we hear of someone called by God as a missionary to Africa or to the Middle East, we hardly find that odd. But called to America, the country with the largest Christian population in the world in sheer numbers? That doesn’t seem to make sense!

Yet, that’s where we found ourselves this July when we moved to Colorado Springs! Settled comfortably in Singapore and busy with church and work, we weren’t looking for change. Then the LORD said to us: “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 49:6 NLT). How could we say “No” to that?! How could we but only say “Yes” to God, who’s rescued us from the

dominion of darkness and brought us into His kingdom of light (Colossians 1:13; Ephesians 5:8)?!

Today, America accounts for 1.3 million international students—a quarter of the world’s international student population—making it the top host destination for internationals. American universities have become mission fields white unto harvest! Together with committed volunteers and partners like you, ISI is deeply engaged in the work of sharing Christ’s love with students and serving them as Jesus’ hands and feet.

But the work is far from completed! There’s still a lot of land to be possessed, as it were. Not unlike how a gaggle of 12 wild geese we spotted in the driveway one day to the ISI Home Office “took hold of ISI’s territory”—like the 12 tribes of Israel did over the Promised Land—we are trusting God to aid us to take spiritual hold of the nations in our midst, that they may know His salvation and give Him glory!

Join us on this amazing journey!

Dr. Seng TanPresident-Elect

Farewell Message from President/CEODoug and Susan Shaw

Welcome and Greetings from President-Elect Seng and Trina Tan

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