One of our favorite things about going to Palau (even more than all the tasty and fresh sea food) is that we get to meet a lot of old friends. Many of them were our students from the days we taught at Emmaus High School and the Gospel Kindergarten (1984-8). Then of course my PIBC work has had me making a couple trips per year to Palau since 1993. In that time we have been able to get to know a lot of people. It seems like a week there is just not enough time to cram in all the people we want to see! As you can see from the pictures Joyce had more time than I did to meet with people on this trip. In this picture, Joyce is between (left) 2004 PIBC graduate Daisy Ulitich who is now the prinicipal of Bethania Girls High School and Josie Lukas, MIBS grad and our former PIBC Palau Teaching Facility office manager.
Every time I am in Palau I get to see a couple of our "Emmaus boys." Sometimes we are sad to hear what they are doing, but most often we are encouraged and proud of them. One former student we saw quite a bit on this trip was Kyonori Tellames. He has become a key worker in the church. It seemed to me that he was doing whatever needed to be done (from heavy lifting, to working with the sound, to organizing the food tables) to keep the Gospel Days going 24-7. He said that God has given him strength so he wants to use it for God. It is great to see one of our former students being such a great asset to the church.
When we first moved to Palau Joyce worked in the Gospel Kindergarten. One of the ladies she worked with was Melinda, pictured here. Joyce not only had fun ther
e working with the kids but she also made several good friends. Over the many years since we left Palau in 1988, Joyce and Melinda have stayed in contact and always make it a point to see each other when we are down there. The picture to the right is of Joyce and Jorong who worked with us while we were teaching at Emmaus. While we were there her kids used to play Legos on the porch with ours. Later, Layla, her daughter became a PIBC student and graduated in 2003. She and her husband Jeff are now ministering in the Palauan church in Hawaii.
Of course we also see many PIBC alumni. Here is Jonathan and Momoe Tamag with their new little one. Jonathan and Momoe were married soon after Jonathan graduated in 2006. Often, we are a "Bridal" college as well as a Bible college. Jonathan and Momoe live in Yap, but were in Palau for Jonathan to receive training for his job. He works as a counselor in the Yap hospital. Jonathan would like to enter the Master of Arts in Religion program at PIBC in the Fall of 2009. Ministry is all about relationships with people and we have certainly been blessed with many good ones.
One of our favorite things about going to Palau (even more than all the tasty and fresh sea food) is that we get to meet a lot of old friends. Many of them were our students from the days we taught at Emmaus High School and the Gospel Kindergarten (1984-8). Then of course my PIBC work has had me making a couple trips per year to Palau since 1993. In that time we have been able to get to know a lot of people. It seems like a week there is just not enough time to cram in all the people we want to see! As you can see from the pictures Joyce had more time than I did to meet with people on this trip. In this picture, Joyce is between (left) 2004 PIBC graduate Daisy Ulitich who is now the prinicipal of Bethania Girls High School and Josie Lukas, MIBS grad and our former PIBC Palau Teaching Facility office manager.
Every time I am in Palau I get to see a couple of our "Emmaus boys." Sometimes we are sad to hear what they are doing, but most often we are encouraged and proud of them. One former student we saw quite a bit on this trip was Kyonori Tellames. He has become a key worker in the church. It seemed to me that he was doing whatever needed to be done (from heavy lifting, to working with the sound, to organizing the food tables) to keep the Gospel Days going 24-7. He said that God has given him strength so he wants to use it for God. It is great to see one of our former students being such a great asset to the church.
When we first moved to Palau Joyce worked in the Gospel Kindergarten. One of the ladies she worked with was Melinda, pictured here. Joyce not only had fun ther
e working with the kids but she also made several good friends. Over the many years since we left Palau in 1988, Joyce and Melinda have stayed in contact and always make it a point to see each other when we are down there. The picture to the right is of Joyce and Jorong who worked with us while we were teaching at Emmaus. While we were there her kids used to play Legos on the porch with ours. Later, Layla, her daughter became a PIBC student and graduated in 2003. She and her husband Jeff are now ministering in the Palauan church in Hawaii.
Of course we also see many PIBC alumni. Here is Jonathan and Momoe Tamag with their new little one. Jonathan and Momoe were married soon after Jonathan graduated in 2006. Often, we are a "Bridal" college as well as a Bible college. Jonathan and Momoe live in Yap, but were in Palau for Jonathan to receive training for his job. He works as a counselor in the Yap hospital. Jonathan would like to enter the Master of Arts in Religion program at PIBC in the Fall of 2009. Ministry is all about relationships with people and we have certainly been blessed with many good ones.
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