So is this just another regular class?

Well, I suppose it is just that, just another leadership class in another place on the other side of the world.

Today I completed 10 days of intensive teaching on the subject of Biblical Leadership. This is the first class of Maluku Bible School's fourth year program leading to a Bachelor's in Leadership.

But wait, maybe it isn't just another class.

• This class is being held on a Bible school campus that was occupied by the Indonesian military for several years. They occupied it because in 1999, the whole Ambon island went crazy. Muslim fighting Christians, Christians fighting Muslims. Over the top of the mountain behind the school, a flood of people came down and nearly destroyed the school. Thousands of buildings were destroyed on Ambon island; thousands of Christians and Muslims lost their life in inter-religious strive. This is the first school year in nearly 10 years that the school is back in operation! That's not just another class!
• What makes this class unique to me is that all of these men and women are in full-time ministry. They have taken time out of their busy schedule to study Biblical leadership. I have been teaching leadership to Bible college students for the last several years. This is the first time I have been blessed to teach to people in the ministry. They relate to the content because it aimed at helping them where they are.
• This is the first course of the first class the Maluku Bible school's first Bachelor of Arts in Leadership program. It's fun to be first! But it also rewarding because these men and women don't get much chance to study. Just about anything you share is new.
  

So, yes, it is "just another class." Teaching a 3 credit course on a tropical island during rainy season in 10 days is not a walk in the park. It is full of routine, teaching hours at a time, often with the rain pouring outside.

But no, it's not. It's special, It is my investment in the Kingdom in this part of God's world. Thank God for the opportunity I have had to be able to be a part of this group's lives.

Last update: 06-06-2008 07:02