The week of May 2-5 all nine of the DTS courses combined for a corporate week together in the main auditorium. Among others teaching, I had the opportunity to share as well. One of the sessions was a celebration of the nations where people sang in their mother tongue.
During the first three weeks of class we had several visiting professors give one, two, three or five day seminars on their subject of expertise.
For three months in Kona each week we have a variety of teaching activities to create a complete learning week. At the end of the first week of class, the students were invited to select which of three teams they would join for an overseas field assignment in the second three-month quarter.
After student orientation the students went to their difference classes. Our ANAG DTS students came to our classroom for a specific orientation to our course and a time of getting acquainted.
On Friday April 8 we began the day with a Polynesian protocol welcome for our students, an orientation to the campus and courses and a celebration of the more than 30 nations the students came from.
Over 300 new students arrived to begin classes here at the University of the Nations Kona campus on April 7th. We manned our table to receive the 21 students that were destined to our school, the All Nations All Generations DTS. The new students arrived at the airport all day long and were bused to…
Our All Nations All Generations DTS staff spent the end of the week preparing our classroom for the arrival of our students. On April 7th they will be coming from many nations to train with us. Along with our 20 students, several hundred others will arrive to do nearly 20 courses on the University of…
Easter Sunday events began early for us at the Easter Sunrise Service at the soccer field in town with about 20 churches meeting together to celebrate the resurrection. A group of ladies from many of the churches danced a worship hula and a group from University of the Nations did an Easter drama. After this…
On March 24 the University of the Nations commissioned several hundred students to go out in teams to over 20 countries for the next 2-3 months to serve the needy.
In mid March two of our staff, Lucie and Arjan, from the work in Paris, France came to spend 10 days with us. Their desire was to make better know to the campus what is happening in Paris. We arranged places for them to share, including our church on Sunday morning as well as several…