Student Life

This morning was music and praise chapel on the Guam campus. One of our Chuukese students shared about his recent trip to Manila to be with his father who was undergoing a serious medical procedure. He shared how he was so thankful for his family but also for his PIBC family and that when he was at a crisis point there he had called the PIBC dorm and asked for prayer. He felt that his father's recovery had a lot to do with those prayers and he was thankful for how the student body gathered around him. Another student shared that one of her relatives had just committed suicide and she was asking for support and prayer from her fellow students and the staff. It just reminded me that we are much more than an academic institution to our students. For example, the other day as Joyce and I were driving home we saw one of the school cars banged up on the side of the road. One of our Chuukese staff members was taking some students to the store and was involved in an accident (see picture). We were able to help them out and get the car towed back to school and insurance taken care of. Joyce went with one of the young ladies, who was slightly injured, to the clinic. So, in addition to being the teachers of our students, we get to be friends, parents, advisers and chauffeurs. We do appreciate your prayers for us and for our students as we grow together in the daily ups and downs of life