Sunday Service at PIU

One of our traditions at PIU, at least we have been doing it as long as we have been operating on our current campus, is to have an on-campus church service on Sunday morning as part of the orientation weekend. The new students have not yet had time to find a "home church" on Guam and all the students are still settling in to the campus. It is a good time for us to worship and fellowship together as a PIU family. Rob and Leeman led us in some worship songs and we enjoyed fellowship around the communion table. My favorite part of the service is when students and staff come up front and talk about how God worked in their lives during the summer or how God brought them to PIU. I am always so encouraged to hear how God works in people's lives and how PIU people have played a part in it. This year, I think, a record was set for how many people got up and shared. God was working all over the world through the PIU family.

Grace was part of our VOM team this summer and is one the RA's in the dorm this year. She talked about how God worked in her life on the trip and how God has prepared her for her leadership role at PIU.

Josh was born in Palau but spent most of his life in North Carolina. He was very open about the struggles that God has brought him through, but thinks God has called him into missions and he wants to get training for it at PIU.

 

Samantha and Courage talked (actually Courage played with the microphone and smiled) about how God provided for their support to come to PIU and how excited they were to be here and to be ministering as teachers and administrators for the next few years. 

Davey told us about his ministry in Chuuk during the summer. He will also be one of student leaders in the dorm this year.

Teisy ministered on campus this summer, worked in the office and attended classes. 

Mondale, a PIU graduate and now a seminary student, challenged us from what God was teaching him from the Word about how Jesus handled his trial and crucifixion. 

Meluat, who was also part of the VOM tour shared his amazement at how God used him to do ministry this summer and challenged us with the great needs of the world.

I met Lindsey in Susanville California, where her father who was my student in Palau back in 1984 is a pastor. She gave a very moving testimony about how she was able to minister to her family in Palau and how she was trusting God to supply her financial needs for school.

Scott is here as a student and as a short-term missionary from Grace EV Free in La Mirada. Sorry about the blurry picture Scott.

Of course some of the testimonies were given in song!

After the service May, Joyce and Jayleen posed with Serenity, who seems to be saying, "no more pictures, please!"