I Think I Saw God Through You Today!
I Think I Saw God Through You Today: 2023 Tour of Madison!
One of the international students who participated in our team’s ‘Tour of Madison’ commented: “Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine that an American would show me around Madison! I am thinking to put all kinds of reviews online that everyone should come to grad school in Madison and meet all these nice people. The one word I would use to describe today is ‘grateful.’ My mom told me that people rarely see God, but that sometimes we see God through other people, and I think I saw God through you today.” This year 169 volunteers from our team and local churches served together as drivers, ‘tour guides,’ and host homes to make the Tour of Madison a reality. About 230 internationals attended from 32 different countries! (Photo above: Jesse leads the orientation for drivers and 'tour guides' for the 2023 Tour of Madison).
PHOTO ABOVE: New international students getting oriented before the free 'Tour of Madison,' their new city...
PHOTO ABOVE: Kristen with the students we toured around the city; the view across Lake Monona towards the Wisconsin state capitol.
PHOTO ABOVE: Kristen talking with some international students at the culmination of the Tour of Madison:
a visit to an American host home.
Our friend Mary opened her home to quite a large group of students, drivers, and 'tour guides' for refreshments and conversation. Because about 80% of international students statistically never once enter an American home, this was a huge deal for them to be welcomed into a local person's house. Please pray for effective follow-up of all these new students, and that 'adopt-a-student' type friendships would spring up out of this event.
