#1: 🎊 Welcome Back Dinner and Gathering

Date/Time: Friday, January 17 at 6:45pm

Location: Littlefield Fountain for rides

We’ll have welcome back home dinner (beef noodle soup); discuss and listen to life stories and wisdom about the topics of new year's resolutions, how to start your spring semester well, joy, growth and a growth mindset; enjoy fun activities and yummy dessert afterwards!

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Enjoy dinner cooked for you and study for finals together!

Come join our 夜市 Night Market 🥢 for International Students!

No time to cook while studying for finals? Then come get some traditional night market foods cooked fresh!

Enjoy:

• asian popcorn chicken 咸酥鸡

• lu rou fan 卤肉饭

• red bean sago 红豆西米露

• tea eggs 茶叶蛋

• yakitori

• fish cake soup

• egg tarts 蛋挞

• bubble tea 珍珠奶茶

• kimchi fried rice 泡菜炒饭

• ramen 泡面

• pani puri

• masala chai 印度香料奶茶

Register to get an early bird discount ($8) or pay $10 at the door!

Registration Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDqNZ8kgNk2r5DA-7ARSpD9baSrDdHg2Fc4V_3jNDszbXdLQ/viewform

Join us for our Christmas Party for international students! Come to experience this:

- authentic home-cooked Chinese meal

- hear the story behind Christmas, one of the most important holidays in our calendar

- experience how Americans celebrate Christmas w/ Christmas-themed games & prizes

Meet at 2222 Rio Grande Street, Suite 250 at 4 pm!

Come join the church that many IUSM members attend to celebrate Thanksgiving, attend a Bible study, followed by an American Thanksgiving meal and fun dances by the members!

(Optional: If you want to partake in the fun dance for this Sunday, the one and only dance practice will be happening on Friday, 11/15, 9:30pm at 2222 Rio Grande St. Suite 250, right after the Thanksgiving Party)!

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Meet at 2222 Rio Grande Street, Suite 250 at 7 pm!

Yummy Thanksgiving traditional dinner and Harry Potter desserts; have meaningful conversations based on popular songs/movies like Harry Potter!

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Hear presentations and personal stories from our panelists, who are graduates and PhDs from UC Berkeley 加州大学伯克利分校 and UT Austin 德州大学奥斯汀分校, and who had spent much time investigating Christianity and eventually decided to become Christians.

On Halloween night, do cooking competition in teams to make the best Halloween dessert, with a special ingredient.

Come on a fun outing and nature hike and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Enchanted Rock State Park!

Yummy Asian dinner; Meaningful conversations on meaningful topics based on popular songs/movies like Taylor Swift/Harry Potter; Dress up as a cowboy/cowgirl to fit the murder mystery theme!

Sisters Sip Pho Dinner, Dessert, Face Masks, Board Games, Movie Night!

Bros KBBQ, Bible Study, Nerf Wars!

Fall Festival at Sweet Eats Farm!

On Friday, October 11, around 5:30/6pm, we will have rides from the UT campus to go to Sweet Eats Farm, which is a big, traditional American farm with a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, fire show, fireworks, corn maze, and other fun fall festival activities! If you sign up, we can contact you for where and when exactly to meet for rides.

Have you ever been curious about questions like: We have science, why do we need God and faith?

On Friday, 9/27, 6pm, we will have rides at Littlefield Fountain (201 W 21st Street) to have a Lake Austin picnic, eat grilled burgers and hot dogs, play sports (badminton, volleyball), and enjoy famous and iconic Austin dessert !

9月27日晚上6点，我们将在 Littlefield Fountain（201 W 21st Street）集合，提供交通前往Lake Austin的野餐，吃烤汉堡和热狗，参加运动（羽毛球、排球），并享用Jeni’s Ice Cream 的经典奥斯汀甜点！

Enjoy potluck dinner, do homework, study for classes/exams/quizzes/tests, and then take a study break together by playing some fun group games!

This Friday, 9/13/24, at 6:45pm, for International Student Ministry, we will be having Mid-Autumn Celebration (中秋节) at Welch Room 2.246 (105 E 24th Street).

Then, afterwards, for those who are available, we will go to Mozart’s by the lake for dessert!