Our History

Here’s a quick timeline of how our partnership developed:

2009-12
current InterVarsity South Dakota Director, Jeremy Hamilton, served in Belgium with a focus on developing young staff and helping Ichtus groups grow in outreach. 

2014 - present
​InterVarsity South Dakota staff and students began praying for Ichtus and collecting offerings at conferences. 

January 2018
Sem and Lara, two Ichtus staff, came to South Dakota to participate in our Winter Conference, direct The Mark Drama in two of our chapters, and train several staff to direct The Mark Drama. 

February 2020
Jeremy Hamilton, Caleb Leppert, and Elijah Hamilton traveled to Belgium to participate in launching our formal twinning relationship with Ichtus and to recruit for South Dakota 20, a summer opportunity for discipleship and cross cultural engagement (which unfortunately had to be canceled due to the pandemic). 

March 2023
Jeremy Hamilton and John Florey along with 17 students and staff from SDSMT, SDSU, USF, and University of Wisconsin traveled to Brussels to be part of “The Mark Drama Extravaganza” and to help Ichtus staff with outreach on the Free University of Brussels campuses.  The team grew in our commitment and connection to our partnership with Ichtus and even got to work alongside the French speaking Belgium movement, GBU (Groupe Biblique Universitaire).  And of course, they took a moment or two to enjoy the waffles and chocolate.