Connecting family members of SDC students with San Diego Christian
FAMILY
Spring 2014
IN THIS ISSUE 4/ BIBLE CONFERENCE
Two students reflect on how they were encouraged with this year’s Bible Conference.
6/ ATHLETICS
Read about the success our baseball and softball teams had this semester.
10/ HOMECOMING 2014 View pictures from Homecoming Heritage Day.
11/ CAREER SERVICES
Sara Aguilar, Career Services Counselor, has been active in providing successful tools to prepare SDC students for the job market. Check out the latest Career Fair.
12/ EVENTS
View highlights from the Spring Musical, Awards Night, and Graduation.
16/ AVIATION NEWS Read the recent press release concerning American Eagle Airline’s partnership with SDC. 18/ MISSIONS
See what SDC students did in Mexico at Rancho Sordo Mudo and where they’re headed this summer.
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Greetings, Welcome to the first edition of our Family Connection. We hope this means of communication keeps you up to date on all the exciting events and happenings in the SDC community! This newsletter was initiated out of a sincere desire to connect with students’ parents and family members throughout their college experience, since we see all of you as key partners in the learning process. As your son or daughter walks onto our campus, whether that be for the first time or he or she is polishing up that resume, because it is his or her senior year, we hope to be strategic partners with you to ensure his or her success. We thank you for the trust you have placed in us to be that partner with your child. Across every domain of the SDC campus we take that trust very seriously, and are committed to providing an outstanding experience and quality education. To accomplish that, the faculty, staff, and programs of SDC aim to connect all our students to who they are in Christ and help them discern where God is leading them into the future. Thank you for your continued support, encouragement and prayers. We look forward to a fruitful and exciting relationship with all our parents to ensure student success. Along with the magazine, we have many new initiatives and events to facilitate a positive and strong relationship with all of you. Thank you and God Bless! Sincerely, Brad Pulcipher (‘08), M.Ed. Director of Student Life
Student and Spiritual Life Team Brad Pulcipher (‘08), Andrew Thompson (‘10), Kelcie Mandl, Sara Aguilar (‘10), Malia Jenkins, Steve Jenkins, Robyann Oakes, and Dan Lamm (‘08).
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STUDENT LIFE
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pring brought in much newness as the doors to our brand new Santee campus opened. Students greeted the new surroundings with Spring NSO, an Open House celebration, Homecoming and Heritage Days, Bible Conference, Day of Prayer, Career Fair, Awards Night and Graduation. The campus kept busy throughout the semester with several institutional and student-led events. In athletics, our first softball team finished the season securing the third place seat in the GSAC conference. Our most exciting athletic news goes out to the baseball team who finished first in the GSAC conference and went on to Idaho to compete in the NAIA College World Series. This summer, we look forward to the summer mission trips that many of our students embarked on, along with the newly established summer youth camps that are hosted on SDC’s campus for students K-12th grade, through SDC’s Institute for Community Engagement.
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SPIRITUAL LIFE
Bible Conference Speaker: Pastor Brad Bell
A Constant Reminder:
Reflection:
by Luke Johnson (‘15)
by Irene Lopez (‘14) This year’s conference really spoke to me and my walk with the Lord. The speaker came and talked about being the light in a world that is consumed by darkness. I truly enjoyed Nikko’s worship and praise breakout session. The Lord was moving and the experience was very personal that it brought me to tears. As a senior, I can say that I will miss the ambiance that is felt during the Bible Conference messages and breakout sessions.
The Bible Conference was absolutely incredible. While nothing that Pastor Bell said was an absolute shock or something I had never heard before, it was a great reminder that I can do absolutely nothing on my own and that I am utterly dependent on Him for any and every type of spiritual blessing or gift or even resistance to temptation. I am completely forgiven and I am deeply and utterly loved; nothing I say or do will ever change that or add to that. I often forget and need a constant reminder of the Gospel every single day because that is how often I need Him. I ended the Conference feeling more refreshed and restored than I have in a long time.
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT
ATHLETICS
DEREK DICKERSON Major: Communication What is one of your favorite memories from being on the team? Favorite memories would include having fun off the court with teammates, along with hitting a half court shot in one game to seal the victory.
What will you miss the most after graduating? Going to miss competing in games and the relationships that are made through basketball.
CHAR SHULA Major: Interdisciplinary Kinesiology and Business What is one of your favorite memories from being on the team? One of my favorite memories of being on the SDC basketball team is going to downtown San Diego around Thanksgiving to feed and clothe some of the less fortunate people of the community. That outing changed me during my first semester at SDC.
What will you miss the most after graduating? This is hard, but I think I am going to miss my teachers the most. I have only been in class with teachers that are passionate about the subjects they teach. Semester after semester, I have become more passionate about learning simply because of their teaching philosophies.
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SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN TO ADD TENNIS IN 2014 - 2015 SANTEE, Calif. – San Diego Christian College athletics is pleased to announce the addition of Men’s and Women’s Tennis starting in the 2014-2015 academic year. SDC will now have 11 competitive teams in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) and National Association Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). “With the addition of men’s and women’s tennis, we continue to move our athletic department forward,” said SDC Athletic Director Kyle Ferguson. “Tennis is a natural fit in Southern California and GSAC competition is at the highest level in the NAIA. Most importantly, however, is the opportunity to use athletics to help spiritually develop men and women to impact the world for Christ.” The two teams will be playing their matches at Lake Murray Tennis Club (pictured) in San Diego. Lake Murray Tennis Club is a non-profit corporation that includes 10 tennis courts owned by the city of San Diego.
Lake Murray Tennis Club photo Courtesy of Tommy DeMalignon
“With the campus relocation to Santee, we are blessed to utilize the Lake Murray Tennis Club,” Ferguson said. “We are thankful to the LMTC President Ernie Kovaks and the LMTC board for their willingness to partner with us as we call this beautiful facility our home.” “We will continue to place the spiritual growth of our athletes as our top priority. That does not, however, mean we sacrifice success in the classroom or on the athletic courts,” Ferguson continued. “We look to tennis to provide another avenue where we can allow the Lord to use SDC to develop these young men and women in their spiritual life, academics, and athletics.” SDC Athletics is also welcoming Priscilla Jensen as the coach for the Men’s and Women’s Tennis team. Jensen will be doing double duty as she was also named the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country coach. Jensen was born and raised in the Netherlands where her family still resides. She won various tennis tournaments and leagues in Europe while also being on the Varsity High School tennis and cross-country team. She was named MVP and seeded No. 1 in High School in singles, doubles and mix doubles and reached second place in the ISST that governs 22 schools in Europe and The Middle East.
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Jensen was recruited by NCAA Div. I schools and was ready to move overseas, until she accepted Christ and decided to attend Biola University instead. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Intercultural Studies/International Business from Biola and played tennis and soccer. Jensen was seeded No. 1 in singles and doubles on the team.
Priscilla Jensen For highlights and a full schedule of games, visit sdcchawks.com.
THREE HAWKS EARN NAIA ALL-AMERICAN AWARD Three Hawks earned the NAIA All-American Award. Jeff Lusardi and Gabriel Hemmer were named to the 2014 NAIA Baseball All-American First Team, while Cade Gotta earned honorable mention. Lusardi, who earned the selection as a third baseman, appeared in every game this season for SDC. He hit for a .363 avg., scored 33 runs, and drove in a team-high 54 RBI while clubbing 10 home runs. Lusardi manned the hot corner for most of the season playing solid defense en route to a .968 fielding percentage. Hemmer was one of four pitchers to earn first team honors. Hemmer finished with a record of 13-4 in 127 innings pitched and a 3.47 ERA. He struck out a team-high 127 batters and held opponents to a .258 batting average. Hemmer ranks first in the NAIA in wins and innings pitched. He also ranks fifth in strikeouts and 16th in innings pitched per game.
they played. SDC lost to eventual NAIA National Champions Cumberland (Tenn.) University 10-1 in the opening game and lost a 6-4 decision to Georgia Gwinnett.
Gotta gained NAIA honorable mention as an outfielder and led the team in most offensive categories. He hit team-high .408 avg., and led the team in hits (91), doubles (16), home runs (11), total bases (154), slugging percentage (.691), and steals (43). Gotta ranked second in the NAIA with runs scored per game (1.23), fourth in stolen bases, fifth in runs scored, and seventh in total hits. He only committed two errors in the outfield all season and holds a .990 fielding percentage.
SDC finished with the most wins in school history with a record of 42-20. In addition, they won their first GSAC regular season title, a NAIA Opening Round title, and the first ever Hawks baseball team to reach the NAIA World Series.
Lusardi, Hemmer, and Gotta were important pieces to help the SDC baseball team have the most successful season in school history. The Hawks reached the NAIA World Series for the first time ultimately being defeated in the two games
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SAN DIEGO CHRISTIAN SOFTBALL MAKES A STATEMENT Interview with Cheryl Schaefer, Head Softball Coach 1. What has been exciting about beginning a softball program at San Diego Christian College?
3. How has the team been excelling? Tell us about some of the highlights.
The most exciting thing about beginning a softball program at SDC is watching God work and letting Him work. I have been amazed at the girls and the talent He brought to our team and just the lives that have been affected in such a postive way.
We finished 1 game out of getting 2nd place, and for a first year program in a tough conference, I think finishing 3rd was exciting. Another highlight was beating #12 ranked Biola and ending the conference play receiving national votes. We also came from behind and beat Vanguard 3 out of 4 times this year.
2. What have been many of the strengths of the team?
4. What are you looking forward to next year?
Hitting! We have a strong offense, we have a “never say die/never give up� attitude. We are relentless and have come from behind and won so many times this year.
Just growth, maturity, continuing to establish the culture of our team for years and years to come and watching what God does and how He will work through our team in amazing ways!
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Homecoming heritage day
Manny Sanchez (‘02) Alumnus of the Year 2014
FEBRUARY 15, 2014 Our carnival themed Homecoming Heritage Day was a fun family event bringing alumni back to campus. Alumni and current students enjoyed the event and homecoming basketball games.
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CAREER FAIR
April took off with an energetic Career Fair hosted by Sara Aguilar (‘10), Career Services Counselor, and her assistant, Cassidy Mertens (‘14).
Students arrived on campus dressed in their suits, blazers and ties with copies of their resumes in hand and employer bios. For four hours, students had direct access to meeting 31 representatives from 13 companies. Among those employers were Assemblyman Brian jones, Verengo Solar, Enterprise, AXA Advisors, Thrivant Financial, San Diego Business Associates, and the US Navy. Employers conducted several onsite interviews and generated a list of students they wanted to connect with to perform an additional interview. Of the 70 to 75 students that had attended, there were students who received internships and job offerings. During the week following the career fair, Sara worked with several students to prepare them for interviews they had received from those companies. Two students, one from the Traditional program and one from the Adult and Professional Studies program,
were hired to intern for Assemblyman Brian Jones.
One particular organization that took a great interest in our SDC students was San Diego Business Associates (SDBA). SDBA is a Christian organization that emphasizes the development of young professionals. They focus on networking, etiquette, how to brand and promote one’s professional identity, and so on. Their motto is “Business helping businesses through business workshops, events and fundraising opportunities in which networking is a side effect.”
Sara Aguilar expressed how the fair was very well received by both students and employers. “Several students gladly volunteered to help with the event. It is encouraging to see the interest and excitement students are having in being career minded. I enjoy working with them and seeing the postive results of the resources being offered to them through one on one employment mentorship, Career Shift (online program), and career workshops.”
SDBA was very impressed with our students and offered a 4 week series of free workshops to our students that began in April. The students who attended the Career Fair were excited to be there and meet companies that offered positions they were interested in. Advent Group Ministries, whose target population is troubled kids, victims of sex trafficking and abused children, was of particular interest to several Psychology students.
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Sara Aguilar Career Services Counselor For those interested in hosting a table as a representative employer for future career fairs, please contact Sara Aguilar at careercenter@sdcc.edu.
EVENTS SPRING MUSICAL: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
A Christian school is doing Little Shop of Horrors...Why??
By: Jacob Coffin (‘15) A Christian school is doing Little Shop of Horrors...Why? There have been a few wary glances thrown at the Performing Arts Department of San Diego Christian College upon the mention of their spring musical. When you put it in certain ways, it does seem deserving of a few glances. For example, the show involves these various characters caught in a way of life that is surely going nowhere but down. In a rash effort to somehow “fix” that, the lead role gets talked into feeding a hungry plant that can only have a meal that involves human flesh and blood. So…just doing the calculations here…people die. People get murdered. Again, the question is –
I guess it’s going to have to be said a different way for a better understanding. Yes, the show is about a character who gets taken advantage of by a talking plant who really just wants to eat people; but in truth, not only is this story fantastically funny and satirical, but it also has a very convicting moral lesson in it, which people can miss if they are too hung up on the way it is presented. As human beings, we can all relate to the lead character, Seymour Krelborn. Like him, sometimes we can find ourselves in situations that seem hopeless; we can feel like our occupation is not the one we were born for, and so we start clawing for a way out. That seems to be the ideal entrance for sin and moral failure to our life. That “sin” in this story would be Audrey II, the unique looking plant that promises to get the main character everything his heart desires if he only feeds him just a little bit
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of human blood. Feeding a plant, or “a little sin” doesn’t seem too bad, right? If it’s going to get you out of your predicament, the end justifies the means, right? And a little human blood – that’s only a finger prick, isn’t it? Well, it certainly starts out that way for the main character, until the plant starts getting bigger, and meaner, and more demanding. The blood from a finger really isn’t enough anymore. But Seymour is so close to getting out of Skid Row. Can he really stop feeding his little habit now? This story is rich with life application themes.
AWARDS NIGHT
For the first time ever, SDC Awards Night took place outside in the warm San Diego weather, beneath the starry sky. A red carpet welcomed guests to Emcees, Pete Goodman, Operations Manager and Tim Almeda, Resident Assistant, who kept the crowd amused with their wit. Several students performed different musical numbers to add to the excitement of the night. Each department acknowledged various students for their commitment to academic success in their various fields. Some highlights from the night include: Jermani Stewart winning the Matt Krause award, exemplifying what it means to be an athlete on and off the field; Sam Porges was awarded with the Bible Achievement Award; Michael Elm was honored for his leadership on the Flight Team, and Blandy Castro was named the new Flight Team Captain for the 2014-2015 school year; Alyssa Triana, Heather Servin, and Ruben Calderon were awarded for being outstanding graduates in the Business, Education, and Kinesiology departments. Respectively, the Psychology department recognized Mary Hose and Trish Guinn for academic excellence, and Biolgy awards were given to Joe Downing and Miriam Cardenas. The Communication Department had the privilege of announcing this year’s Valedictorian, Derek Dickerson, with the History Department awarding Luke Johnson as the Junior Color Bearer. The evening ended with the announcement of the prestigious President’s Award and Heritage Awards. The President’s Award honors an outstanding male and female junior student for their involvement in the campus community and their overall contribution to the College mission and purpose. The two winners were Kevin Brandt and Laura-Beth Gathman. The Heritage Award is given to a male and female senior who represent SDC in an exceptional manner, exemplifying the highest standards of excellence in academics and character. The winners of the Heritage Award went to Michael Elm and Rio Davis.
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GRADUATION BANQUET
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ith finals week over, SDC seniors came together with their family and friends to celebrate the completion of their bachelor’s degree by enjoying a sit down dinner, live music, and speech by Professor Fred Blackburn.
To welcome the seniors into the Alumni Association, Vice President for Advancement and Administration, Robert Jensen, encouraged alumni to stay connected by utilizing their alumni cards, which provides a variety of benefits, including free admittance to athletic games. Following that, each VP carried on the tradition of handing out the Servant Scholar towels, which was given to each senior as a reminder to pursue leadership within the framework of how Christ served.
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One of the most powerful events that occurred during the banquet was the unity that became so evident when parents, siblings, friends, faculty and staff surrounded each senior to pray for them and their future as they go into the world exemplifying Christ. The event was truly a remarkable time and fully expressed the proud emotions each supporter had for the seniors. Congratulations Class of 2014!
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
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Image to the right: Dr. Paul Ague (President), Dr. Bob Zinn (Chairman of the Board of Trustees), and Dr. Ken Blanchard (Commencement Speaker) he auditorium was completely packed with over 2,000 attendees ready to celebrate with 155 SDC graduates. Shelby Hull, Adult and Professional Studies speaker and Derek Dickerson, Valedictorian, began the sequence of events by presenting two speeches of encouragement for the Class of 2014. Following them, commencement speaker, Dr. Ken Blanchard, Co-founder of Ken Blanchard Companies and well-known speaker and writer on servant leadership, gave an inspiring and captivating speech on leading out of love. It was the perfect speech for sending out this year’s graduates and reminding them of the significance of being a servant leader after Christ. Click here to view more pictures from the 2014 Commencement Ceremony.
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IN THE NEWS
SDC Partners with American Eagle Airlines
San Diego Christian (SDC) announces an agreement with American Eagle Airlines that will allow our aviation students a direct pathway to a career with commercial airlines. A recent agreement with American Eagle Airlines will give graduates of SDC’s Aviation program more opportunities to launch their airline careers by creating a “pipeline” from collegiate aviation - through flight instructing - to a guaranteed job with the regional airline. After flying two years with AEA, pipeline pilots get a guaranteed interview with parent company, American Airlines.
Captain Denny Breslin, SDC Director of Aviation, and a former American Airlines pilot, announced the new agreement where American Eagle will hire SDC’s graduates who meet requirements ranging from college GPA and excellence in flight skills, to flight time minimums for its Intructor Pipeline Program. “The program helps ensure we have the airline-qualified pilots we need for the future and eases the transition from school to the airline for program participants,” said Nicholas Brice, who negotiated the deal for Eagle’s pilot recruitment. “The participation of schools like San Diego Christian in our program is a win-win for both us and graduates looking for careers as commercial pilots.”
Qualifications: *Graduate from SDC with a Bachelors Degree in Aviation. *Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 *Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in Aviation courses. *Complete the following certificates at SDC: - Instrument Rating - Pilots may substitute the CFII certificate obtained at SDC if they completed their Instrument rating elsewhere. - Commercial Certificate *Multi-Engine Rating
The so-called pipeline program allows pilots with commercial and instrument ratings to interview with the ariline and be accepted as undergraduates. Upon graduation, pipeline pilots would be paid to flight instruct SDC students until they reach the minimum flight hours for employment as a first officer with AEA.
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LEADERSHIP
SERVANT LEADERSHIP Tim Almeda (‘15) Resident Assistant (Right) There are many things that I am excited for in the coming year, especially in the opportunity to serve the student body. Involvement in leadership has taught me so much about myself and others, as well as the importance of relying on God’s grace in all things. I’m looking forward to growing in my understanding of what it means to serve as Christ did, and I hope that I will treasure the Gospel more as a result. It encourages me that this will be accomplished alongside fellow servant-leaders who are striving towards the same goal, namely, to make much of God’s name in everything we do.
Annie Boettner (‘15) Resident Assistant (Left) I’m looking forward to meeting the new students and seeing what they can each bring to the school’s community. Freshmen bring an enthusiasm that is infectious and transfer students tend to be full of good stories. As an RA, I’m excited to get to know these people and make crazy memories with them. My goal for next year? Buy a zoo pass and take people to the zoo as often as possible.
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MISSIONS
RANCHO SORDO MUDO
During Spring Break, a team of 17 students and staff traveled several miles to Rancho Sordo Mudo, a school and home for deaf children in Southern California Baja, Mexico.
In the evenings, the team would spend time with the students playing frisbee, basketball, and soccer. The team enjoyed finding ways of communicating with the students. The children would respond with much excitement when given the opportunity to demonstrate how to speak in sign language.
The week was filled with activities involving sports, clearing brush, putting up drywall, cooking, and playing with students. With the many responsibilities Rancho oversees, they oftentimes have several tasks that they are unable to get to. Therefore, it is a blessing to them when SDC is able to send out a team of students and staff to complete these projects.
Having the opportunity to fellowship with the SDC members gave the children much encouragement to know that they have brothers and sisters in Christ, from the U.S., who care about them. Rachel Uy, sophomore at SDC, expressed how “it meant a lot,
The SDC team participated in several projects. One project consisted of putting up dry wall to prepare space for a new full time staff member. Another project required members of the team to pull away brush from the building to prevent fires. A few team members took over cooking responsibilities when the main chef had to leave for emergency reasons.
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because even though we were just a passing group, the children wanted to know all about us...our names, lives, relationships, and more. Because they couldn’t say our names, they showed us a short way of how to say our name in sign language, usually using some aspect of who we are.” The children at Rancho Sordo Mudo have all come from a background of not being able to know how to communicate until they reached Rancho. There, they learned a language and they learned who Christ is. Rancho provides a language as an opportunity to transform the children with the Gospel. Rachel expressed how, “when they pray it’s a very physical and powerful prayer, because you see all their emotion come out.”
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THAILAND, LAOS AND NIGERIA Every summer, SDC sends out a team of passionate and dedicated students and staff to travel overseas to the country of Thailand, ministering to the Mae Tung district. Last summer, a team of students went to Laos and Thailand. While in Laos, the team focused on engaging in prayer warfare. They partnered with missionaries whose goal is to bring the Gospel to the So people. They rode on motorbikes for several hundred miles into remote areas praying “onsite with insight” for the people, those with illnesses and for the spiritual bondage that had a stronghold on the villagers, as expressed by Micah Parks (‘16), team member in 2013.
Left to right back row: John, Steve, Sam, Kevin and Patrick Front row: Robyann, Rachel and Ben Not in the picture: Micah, Sara, and Danielle
This year, three teams will be traveling overseas to Thailand, Laos and Nigeria. Steve Jenkins, Director of Spiritual Life, has continued to provide a passionate example of what it means to spread the Gospel through service. He has led several successful trips bringing students to remote areas where they have worked on several building projects for the people to help improve the living standards by providing medical assistance, and clean water access, as well as building new buildings to provide classroom space for the Christian school. In addition to projects, several teams have been able to plan out Vacation Bible School lessons and activities for the children.
This summer, thirteen individuals will travel to Thailand, with 5 of them also going to Laos. Among those going, three are staff members from the Student and Spiritual Life departments: Steve Jenkins, Robyann Oaks and Sara Aguilar. Additionally, one member is an alumna, who currently lives in Hawaii, Danielle Smith (‘11). The team will be gone for a total of 3 weeks. Their focus will be to minister to the Hill Tribes region in Northern Thailand extending God’s Kingdom to Southeast Asia. They will be partnering with Integrated Tribal Developmental Program, providing resources, support, and encouragement. The projects will include various construction tasks: they will be conducting classroom construction along with housing construction, teacher housing, volunteer staff housing and a youth hostel. Outreach ministries include community worship services on Sundays, evangelistic outreaches/dramas presenting God’s love, daily VBS ministry targeting 160+ children of the village and surrounding villages and providing a medical team to assist the staff nurse
Each student that has traveled on a Thailand missions trip can agree that it is a challenging, yet very fulfilling experience. The perspective that you are exposed to provides an opportunity to serve out of a heart for seeing God’s love and Gospel transform the lives of the people.
Image to the left: Nigeria team - Abigail, Joshua, Karinne, Jackson, Lauren, and Robert.
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VISION XXII TAKES ON FRANCE Professor Larry Wilson has shown a tremendous amount of dedication to the utilization of music, voice, and drama as an impactful and effective avenue to sharing the Gospel overseas. For the past 22 years, he has trained teams of students to learn songs in a variety of languages, such as Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Albanian, and this year, French. The team of 10 students, Ryan, Jake, Janelle, Laurie, Jenna, Danny, Trish, Malachi, Luke, and Donny are currently in France. During this past Memorial Day, they were given the privilege of visiting the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Waregem, Belgium. With permission, they were given the opportunity to perform their version of “The Star Spangled Banner” in the Chapel. On the list of things to do, the Vision team began their orientation at the Bibles and Literature in French (BLF) headquarters. Since then, they have been traveling to several schools and churches performing several musical and drama pieces. In addition to these performances, different members of the team have been given the opportunity to share their testimony with the French people. Look for next month’s issue where we hear team members describe their experience ministering the Gospel in France.
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YOUNG ALUMNI
PREPARED FOR IMPACT
Graduating Seniors discuss their post-graduate plans. 1.
Photo courtesy of Lauren di Matteo
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2. 1. Sean Conlan Major: Aviation
2. Bianca Quintero Major: Psychology
I believe the Lord has called me to be involved with church planting in Alaska. Due to the remoteness of many of the towns, Aviation will be necessary to reach those areas. Marred by substance abuse, suicide and domestic issues, Alaska and its people are in desperate need of the love of Jesus. My desire is to use the education and skills I received during my time at SDC to help develop self-sustaining, disciple-making, indigenous churches in Alaska for the glory of God.
I plan on attending Azusa Pacific University’s masters program in September and receiving my Marriage and Family Therapy license.
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3. David Diaso Major: Communication I will be spending a year interning for a leadership consulting firm and working in human resources. I then plan on getting a Masters in Leadership and Organizational Development (LOD) and eventually follow that with a Ph.D. in LOD. In addition to consulting, I would like to study Biblical manhood and be a speaker and writer on the subject.
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