Friday, February 25, 2011

Meeting with PIU Alumni in Yap

The best time I had all week in Yap was the alumni breakfast at the ESA restaurant on Saturday morning. First, were we eating good food at one of the most beautiful places to eat in the world. You can see a little bit of the view from the restaurant patio of the Yap lagoon in the picture. It really is an amazing spot. But the best part was that I got to enjoy the morning with seven of our alumni living on Yap and hearing what they are doing. All of them are serving in the church, and part of the reason for this meeting was for them to plan their Children's Day outreach to the church and community. All of them are also involved in supporting the ministry of PIU for which I am very thankful.

Here they are. In the first row: Left Lydia Kadguyed, director of the church's kindergarten; Middle Charity Sam, office manager for the PIU Yap Teaching Facility; Right Percia Gillee, elementary school teacher in the Yap public schools; Back Row: Left Jonathan Sam, teacher at Yap High School and assists the pastor at the Yap Evangelical Church; Me; Middle Mac Alfonso, missionary from the Palauan Evangelical Church doing youth work and elementary school teacher in the Yap public schools; Next to him Jonathan Tamag, Coordinator of federal programs for the Yap Hospital and regular preacher for the Yap Evangelical Church and Right Asael Ruda, missionary from Chuuk and head pastor for the Yap Evangelical Church. It was great to see all of them again and I was very encouraged to hear what God is doing in their lives.

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