Prez 2 Students, 10/19

Hey PIU Students, this is the latest edition of the . . . President to Students (Pr to Ss) News. This afternoon some of you will be ministering to a family in their time of grief. Thank you for helping the Hutapea family by setting things up for the funeral service for Edward Hutapea.  I am aware that from your perspective, forty-eight seems quite old. From my perspective, I look at Edward Hutapea's life and think, "He was only a little older than my sons. I think the last time I saw Edward was at his church, where his funeral will be held. I am glad that Edward was a man who trusted the Lord. I'm reminded of what another young man had to say, just today in Chapel. Victor Billy spoke about a crisis time in his life, and the decision he made to follow the Lord. I look at you, students, and I see such incredible potential. Don't wait too late. Start now. If you have started, keep going.    Live for Jesus. I figure that most of you won't recognize this picture, even though it is something on our campus, something that you use every day.   It's the meter that keeps track of how much water we use. That is water for which we have to pay. Recently, we had a water bill approximately three times higher than normal. The excess water cost as much as it would cost to take all our students and staff out for a nice meal. The extra money spent on water would be enough to pay the fees and buy uniforms for both our sports teams. You get the idea. When I first heard about the bill I thought that we must have a huge leak somewhere. It now looks like we had a number of little leaks. I'll be assigning some people to monitor our system, but I'm asking you to help. If you see a leak or a toilet that keeps running, let us know. Tell your RA, send an email to Celia and me. Don't wait for someone else to do it. We'll be monitoring our water usage over the next couple of weeks. Help us reduce the use of water. It's good for the environment and it's good for PIU. How about surprising a faculty or staff member. For no particular reason, just step up and tell them, "Thank You for what do." One way of saying thanks is with the work that you do at Clean and Green. Be in the Pavilion Monday at 10:00. Thanks for keeping our campus looking nice. DONT. I'm looking forward to hearing a report about our ministry this Sunday. I'm praying for you. The Student Development Team will tell you more about this, but mark your calendar. KTWG is raising funds by hosting the movie "Indivisible" at Micronesia Mall Theaters 12:40pm October 27 (Sat) and October 28 (Sun) Tickets are $12 and are available at Faith Bookstore and KTWG. The SD Team will let you know more. Some praise and prayer items: Reserve Fund is just over $64,000. We need $22,000 more. Pray for contacts that have been, and are being made. Pray for fellow students & teachers. I will travel to Texas for the TRACS conference at the end of the month. Kathy's brother is donating a kidney to his sister-in-law. Surgeries are about now. Pray for Van (donor) and Rhonda (recipient). K2 Dani Tavarez is attending a retreat in P.I. Several faculty staff are being evaluated concerning health issues. Something different that you might enjoy. The song, Allegri's 'Miserere', is almost 400 years old. It is sung in Latin, but is literally a prayer forgiveness, based on Psalm 51. It is hauntingly beautiful. Here are the first few lines. You will recognize them as being from Psalm 51..   Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offenses. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my sin.   You can read all the lyrics, here. Go to bed on Saturday. Be at church on Sunday! See you at C&G on Monday. The Prez.   By His Grace,     The Prez

The Prez to PIU Students, 10/5/18

Hey PIU Students, this is the latest edition of the . . . President to Students (Pr to Ss) News. Our Ladies Volleyball team played in the first game of the intercollegiate volleyball tournament. The Tritons won, but we are proud of our Tides team. I am very pleased with a number of things I see developing in our student body. I told a fellow pastor today that I see an emphasis on discipleship at PIU. I'm not only talking about what the faculty and staff are doing either. Kathy and I are privileged to be a part of one of the new family groups. So far it is going well. Kathy recently came home from Women's Dorm Devotions. It was student led. She was impressed. The attitudes around Clean and Green have been excellent. I heard good reports in regard to our student's ministry at M.O.M.C. I could go on, but I'll just say, thanks, students. Keep up the good work. Tuesday, my friend, and Board Chair, Bill Schuit, and the new Liebenzell USA Director, Dennis Wadley will be with us in chapel. Dennis will be speaking. You always need to be in Chapel, but especially on Tuesday. The Library has a new mascot, Tidey Bear. Ben Keiko tells me that Tidey is a great homework consultant. Stella never has to tell her or him (we don't know) to be quiet. Ben and I were a bit disappointed that the bear wasn't named Benny or H Lee, but we are OK with Tidey. It reminds us of our sports teams names, and as Scott pointed out, the library is about the "tidiest place on campus. Speaking of which, I try not to walk past a piece of trash. Join me in picking up and putting away. I'm sure Tidey Bear would approve. You students really blessed your old President's heart with the way you responded to the announcement about the need for $86,000 in a secure bank account. Alex told me that your response was, "What can we do?" A couple of things.   I posted two videos on the "Coffee with the President" YouTube channel. You can go to the channel, the link above, or click on the picture of Miaky for the Post Mangkhut Report. The first video features an impromptu video with some of the guys. The second one tells about the greater threat that involves the need for $86,000. Share this with others. Perhaps the Lord will lead them to be of help. etc. The second is far more important. Our students are our best recruiting and fundraising tools. Keep growing and becoming all that God wants you to be. A fringe benefit of that is people will look and say, I want to support a school that is working with students like that. As I write this, the special fund is about $63,000. That's about 73% of what we need.   We are at that make or break part of the semester. Keep working. Encourage one another. Tidey Bear can't do it all. Please pray for your teachers and we administrators, as we continue to lead PIU ahead. Be watching for the next edition of Ps to Ss. The Prez. By His Grace,     The IP