Celebration of National Day of the Republic of China

  This last week Joyce and I were privileged to attend the 101st celebration of the founding of the Republic of China. The people of Guam and Taiwan have had a long friendly relationship and there is a lot of economic interaction between the two islands. Even though this event is celebrated here right around every October 10th, Joyce and I had never been invited to the event until this year. We enjoyed getting to meet a lot of people from the government community on Guam and saw a lot of old friends there.

On the left, the legislators of Guam make a presentation. On the right we pose with our good friends Dr. and Mrs. Chen. I also want everyone to see that occasionally we do dress up here.

Titus’ 6th Birthday Celebration

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Saturday the 29th was a very rainy day but we gathered to celebrate his 6th birthday and everyone seemed to have a great time. It is hard to believe he is already 6 years old. I am uploading the pictures this time as an album. Enjoy!

Spirit Friday at PIU #2

Here are a few more pictures of Friday of Spirit Week at PIU. After the day’s events we all went over to Faith Presbyterian and Reformed Church for a barbecue and evening worship service. Our friends at Faith hosted the group of marines and sailors and sent them over to us for the day’s project. We enjoyed the good food, fellowship and the Voices of Micronesia participated in the worship service. It was one a very enjoyable and blessed day. 

It was nice to have some time to hang around with old friends and make several new ones. It was an encouragement to me to hear the testimonies of the sailors and marines

VOM 2012-13 sounded great!

Spirit Friday #1

The last day of Spirit Week was an event filled day. The theme was “Character Day” in which the PIU family came dressed as a “character” whatever that meant. We also had “church ministry” chapel in which students talked about the various church ministries they are involved in and invited the new students. We also had a group of marines and sailors who spent the day with us, joined us for chapel, and did several projects on campus. There would be more evening events which I will put in the next post since I have quite a few pictures.  

Lisa the librarian became Anne Hathaway (Left) Shelter made it appear that we had two Celia’s working in our office.

Several students, including Sponge Bob, gave three minute overviews of their church ministries

 

Chaplain Drew and the crew introduced themselves in chapel

We enjoyed the chapel service and work project together.

Ministry Equipping Conference Coming to PIU

Prayer Requests for PIU

This coming Friday, October 5th is the annual Day of Prayer at Pacific Islands University. Our organized times of prayer will begin at 7.00 AM in the PIU pavilion with an informal time of conversational prayer. There will be a prayer and worship chapel from 11 AM to Noon. In the evening starting at 6.00 PM there will be “Prayer Stations” set up around the campus to pray for specific needs for the PIU family. At 7.00 we will all gather in the main classroom to close the Day of Prayer events with 15 minutes of corporate prayer. Students, staff, faculty, administration, alumni and all friends of PIU are invited to join us for any and all of the prayer times during the day. If you can’t join us on the campus we would appreciate your joining us in prayer for the following requests…

For the PIU Advisory Board and Board of Trustees

1. Guidance in Setting Direction for PIU
2. Success in Raising Funds for PIU
3. Wisdom in Recruiting and Hiring Administration
4. Personal Connection with Christ
5. God’s Blessing on Their Ministries and Businesses

PIU Administration

1. Provision and Direction for Filling Open Administrative Positions
2. Direction for property decisions
3. Goal of $200,000 for Rising Tide Annual Fund
4. Successful grant applications
5. Credentialing With Guam Education Board

Prayer For Faculty and Staff

1. Strength for the Task
2. Blessing in Relationships with Students, Co-Workers and Families
3. Insight and Wisdom in Instruction
4. Blessing in Support Raising and Personal Needs

Prayer For Students

1. That they will hear God’s voice through classes and activities
2. Financial Provision for current students and for the 14 students who were not able to return this semester because of finances
3. Favor with scholarship agencies
4. Adjustment for New Students to school and being away from home
5. Life transformation and Growth

Prayer for Renewal

1. Conviction of sin
2. Prayer for deepening of relationship with God and each other

Prayer For Our Church Communities

1. Unity
2. Outreach
3. Effective Ministry

Day 3 and 4 of Spirit Week

Wednesday and Thursday last week were the third and fourth day of Spirit week at PIU. Wednesday was “Twin” day in which the students found a partner and made themselves into “twins.” Thursday was “Mismatch Day” in which… well you can see here. Here are a few pictures of some of the winners of the competition…

How do you tell them apart?

Some very attractive students

And I will add in a picture of some of my favorite girls…