Saturday was time for me to get to work. I had two 2 ½ hour sessions of my Wisdom Literature class. We spent the first half of the session discussing the meaning of biblical wisdom and then the second half discussing the message of Job. Then in the afternoon we discussed the message of the book of Proverbs for about an hour and spent the rest of the time doing an exercise on how to interpret, apply and teach from the book of Proverbs. With only four students we were able to have a lot of interaction.

Joyce went on an outing with the seniors at Emmaus High School, led by Michael and Samantha to see the stone monoliths on Babeldaop. There are only two seniors in the class so it was pretty much a family outing. Though Babeldaop is much moe developed now than when we lived in Palau there are still some wide open spaces. Joyce made it back just in time for the PIBC Valentine’s Day banquet.

We ended our busy Saturday with the banquet. I got a chance to speak about a biblical view of marriage based on Genesis 2 and the Song of Songs and a little later to share my vision for the future of PIBC. It was also exciting to hear the testimonies of the Palau TF students and the Palauan graduates of the old Micronesian Institute of Biblical Studies about how PIBC has impacted their lives. It was also good to see old friends and of course, there was a lot of good food – and chocolate cake!