Bridges International
Bridges International is the international student ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. The United States is home to approximately 750,000 international students and visiting scholars. It’s no stretch of the imagination to predict that many of the world’s next generation of business, political and academic leaders will emerge from this elite group.
Bridges International exists to help serve and mobilize the international student population in the USA and abroad. Many of the staff have lived, studied and worked overseas, and they understand the unique challenges facing international students.
Closer to home, the University of Texas is home to the third highest enrollment of international students in the country. If given the opportunity, hundreds of international students would jump at the chance to receive an invitation to an American home where they can intimately encounter American culture, experience love from an American family and of course, taste authentic American food that doesn’t come in an extra value meal.
All Saints’ relationship with Bridges emerged through two members of the church who also happen so serve on the Bridges staff, Kevin & Alyson Niemann. The Niemanns would love to talk to you about ways you and your family could be involved in this work. Opportunities exist to host international students and to give.
CONTACT
Kevin & Alyson Niemann | kevin.niemann@uscm.org | alyson.niemann@uscm.org | 832-421-7010
Read more about hosting in “The Nations. Here. Now.”
This fall, thousands of international students from countries all over the world zipped up their 50lb checked bag, kissed their mothers goodbye, and headed halfway across the globe to this far away land known as Austin, Texas. Certainly wonder and excitement filled their first few days as they discovered this new and exciting place. However, enthusiasm quickly fades to shock as reality settles in – they stand alone, staring down the barrel of two, four or six years in this bizarre world that feels like a million miles from home.
