Amanda Davis almost didn't make it aboard that first trip to Uganda in 2008. It was InterVarsity New England's first Global Issues Internship in Uganda and the internship director Tom Brink was not sure freshmen were ready for the experience.
InterVarsity is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Lin as vice president of Missions and the director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference, effective February 1, 2011.
Planning provides an opportunity to seek the Lord's guidance and a process by which to better focus on that which is central to our mission. We are now at the point where we are identifying our strategic initiatives for our next five-year plan.
InterVarsity staff in the northwest offer students more opportunities to come to faith, in contrast to the region's reputation as the most unchurched part of the country.
"At Urbana 06 the call to most people was to go overseas and do missions," said Andrea Huang. "But we felt like God was calling us to stay in the Midwest and work with Asian Americans."