For full-time ABC students, classes take up 15-20 hours/week. Then there is homework, and of course meals and

sleep (blessed sleep!). But what happens the rest of the time?

The student experience includes activities besides

classroom instruction, with the intent of nurturing the whole person to maturity and usefulness to the Lord. Take

senior Missions major David Hock. Extra-curricular involvement in various opportunities has been preparing him for

the joys and demands of ministry.

Can you match each activity with the lesson he has learned?

A

“I’m learning that communication is key. Being able to organize and

prioritize my commitment—that is another big thing I’m working on.

Also, when I’m not sure of something: ask. Recently I didn’t know

how to go about a certain task, so I kept putting it off when I should

have gone to Mr. Peterson, the faculty advisor. So even though

I’m the Committee Chair, I need to always be seeking counsel and

looking to others.”

B

“Recently in a meeting Dean Childs asked, ‘What are some

questions that you guys have?’ And so the last few weeks we have

talked about how to confront people biblically, how to speak in

love even when you need to put your foot down, how to discern a

person’s spiritual maturity or even if they are saved based on their

walk. It’s super profitable learning how to approach these situations

when—not ‘if’—you get involved in them.”

C

“When I’m running that mile during practice and trying to do my

fastest time, I think, ‘Why am I even doing this?’ It’s because it

keeps my body under subjection, and that’s what Paul is saying in

1 Corinthians 9. It has also given me practice in keeping a cool

head, being calm and patient. Don’t say something that you’ll regret

later. It’s a way to relieve my mind, get all the pressure off, and it

has made me a better person for future ministry.”

D

“My Homiletics class has been great. Dean Gullion has taught me

how to preach. I knew how to give devotionals but I had never really

been able to preach. I knew what preaching was, but this definitely

taught me how to do it. The credit goes to God for my preaching, but

it also goes to Dean Gullion.”

E

“I help with the youth at my church—whether it’s games or music or

giving a devotional—and on Wednesdays I lead music before prayer

meeting. My church has just started an evangelism team and I’m

hoping to do that next semester. Knowing that Christ’s return is

imminent and that people are going to hell every day—it strikes me

as something super important.”

1

. Warrior Soccer

2

. Missions Conference Steering

Committee

3

. Practical Christian Service

assignment

4

. Student R.A. (Resident

Assistant)

5

. Expository Preaching Week

finalist

Live

&

Learn

David Hock grew up as a missionary kid in Montevideo, Uruguay.

As a Bible/Theology and Missions double-major, he is serving an

internship in South Africa this summer. He plans to graduate next

year and pursue global missions.

Answers: 1-C, 2-A, 3-E, 4-B, 5-D

A MISSIONS STUDENT PREPARES FOR MINISTRY