Use your god-given Talents and Professional skills to 去产生影响 为着福音的缘故

“On my first day in the Philippines, July 16, 1990, there was a massive earthquake in northern Luzon. In Baguio City, where I was going to be working, more than 2,000 people died as buildings collapsed. There are three main roads that lead to the mountainous city and it took a week to get one of them open. So the first time I saw Baguio, it was a disaster — all of the major hotels had collapsed and they were still digging bodies out of the rubble.

余震不断（截至8月底超过1000次），人们很难找到食物，大多数人都只能住在搭在房子前或公园里、街道上的帐篷中。花了一些时间，这个城市才被清理干净，而我最终在那里生活了22年。

People have asked me if I ever considered just getting back on the plane and going home, but it truly never occurred to me. God called me to the Philippines, so why would I leave just because it was difficult? Maybe this initial experience–seeing God work and heal and save after the earthquake–helped me see all future difficulties in the same light, and I really do; when something hard or tragic happens, I’m always watching for how God might use it (and me) to accomplish something good.”

“Faith Academy is my spiritual home, I am serving and being served in the community. It is encouraging to build the next generation’ faith in Jesus Christ. children are precious in Jesus’ eyes, their hearts are so sensitive and soft, any planted seeds in their hearts will grow. What we concern is not only about their academic growth, but also their souls which Jesus cares about. Your partnership makes this happen for some staff.”

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“My most memorable experience while working in Middle School was my first time attending Outdoor Ed at Taal, Volcano for a hike. I had the chance to be on the island, not only that but they let me be involved in the ministry aside from working in the office. I loved being around the kids in the school ministry, singing praise songs, and sharing the word of God through storytelling.”

“很少有人知道我曾是一名电气工程师，并有机会在美国宇航局实习过。上大学时，我在华盛顿特区外的戈达德太空飞行中心实习。我的工作是将一个真空室自动化，这个真空室是在光学元件被送入太空之前用于测试。真空室是在一个干净的房间里，所以我工作时必须全天侯穿着连体防尘服和手套。现在我在信心学院教潜水，原来的连体防尘服变成了连体的潜水服。

What I love most about working at Faith is getting to help students figure out who they are and giving them lots of opportunities to try different things as they do that. There were a couple students I had in Bible study who went to a large state school in the US together. They both ended up getting involved with CRU there and they wrote back to me after a year saying that they never would have gotten involved in student ministries if we hadn’t had that Bible study. One of them works for CRU full-time now, so it’s cool to see them passing on what they have learned and helping disciple others.

最后，我希望我在信心学院的时光，能够让我看见我的学生们明白爱耶稣和影响世界的意义。“