One of the other fun things about travel through Micronesia is getting to see the PIBC alumni and finding out what they are doing throughout the islands. This trip was no different. On Wednesday night, the PIBC alumni hosted a dinner for me up at the mission guest apartments there. This time I got to meet with Asael, Charity and Tim Ruda, Jonathan and Momoe Tamag (and their very cute little girl) and Mac Alfonso. Charity spent last summer as an English instructor at College of Micronesia on Yap and is now teaching in the Colonia, Yap Gospel Kindergarten. She will be getting married this coming summer in Chuuk to Jonathan Sam another PIBC graduate. I am not sure if they will be ministering in Yap or Chuuk after they get married. Jonathan Tamag is
working as a counselor in the hospital and jail in Yap. Jonathan is also working with Asael in the preaching rotation at the Colonia YEC. He and Momoe are active leading Bible studies and other ministries too. Mac Alfonso leads the youth group for the Yap Churches and helps with a variety of ministries. Tim Ruda is active in church activities and is also a leader in the Yap Youth Congress. We are hoping he will return to PIBC soon and finish up his degree. Asael continues to work (about 12 years now) as a missionary pastor from Chuuk to the Yap Church. He is now the head pastor in Yap and is also very active in reaching out to the many outer islanders coming in to Yap proper. All the alumni are very excited about the refurbished PIBC classroom in Yap and the opportunity to get the PIBC library there out of boxes and back on to the shelves where the books can be used for ministry preparation and personal study. One of my favorite parts of the trip was the couple hours we spent talking over the theological and ministry issues that these alumni have been running into over the last few months. It is great to see them taking the things they learned in class and using and adapting them to meet the needs in Yap. Their questions stretched my mind a bit and I was very encouraged to hear what God is doing through them and challenged to pray for them as they continue to grow and face their own ministry issues. Plus, I am pretty proud of all of them!
One of the other fun things about travel through Micronesia is getting to see the PIBC alumni and finding out what they are doing throughout the islands. This trip was no different. On Wednesday night, the PIBC alumni hosted a dinner for me up at the mission guest apartments there. This time I got to meet with Asael, Charity and Tim Ruda, Jonathan and Momoe Tamag (and their very cute little girl) and Mac Alfonso. Charity spent last summer as an English instructor at College of Micronesia on Yap and is now teaching in the Colonia, Yap Gospel Kindergarten. She will be getting married this coming summer in Chuuk to Jonathan Sam another PIBC graduate. I am not sure if they will be ministering in Yap or Chuuk after they get married. Jonathan Tamag is 
working as a counselor in the hospital and jail in Yap. Jonathan is also working with Asael in the preaching rotation at the Colonia YEC. He and Momoe are active leading Bible studies and other ministries too. Mac Alfonso leads the youth group for the Yap Churches and helps with a variety of ministries. Tim Ruda is active in church activities and is also a leader in the Yap Youth Congress. We are hoping he will return to PIBC soon and finish up his degree. Asael continues to work (about 12 years now) as a missionary pastor from Chuuk to the Yap Church. He is now the head pastor in Yap and is also very active in reaching out to the many outer islanders coming in to Yap proper. All the alumni are very excited about the refurbished PIBC classroom in Yap and the opportunity to get the PIBC library there out of boxes and back on to the shelves where the books can be used for ministry preparation and personal study. One of my favorite parts of the trip was the couple hours we spent talking over the theological and ministry issues that these alumni have been running into over the last few months. It is great to see them taking the things they learned in class and using and adapting them to meet the needs in Yap. Their questions stretched my mind a bit and I was very encouraged to hear what God is doing through them and challenged to pray for them as they continue to grow and face their own ministry issues. Plus, I am pretty proud of all of them!
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What a blessing! I'm glad everything went well- it seems like God has put some amazing people to work on Yap.
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