A recent student chapel service at Pacific Islands University in Guam focused on how God provides for His children. University president Dave Owen shares that, after some lively action songs, faculty, staff and students shared stories about how God had provided for them in the past. Even though PIU does its best to keep costs low, many Micronesian students struggle to pay their bills. The idea was to encourage students to trust God for provision and, at the same time, look for opportunities to be responsible for their own finances.

“Joyce and I talked about how God provided for us through our time at Dallas Seminary back in 1988-92. We shared about how God gave us both opportunities to work to support ourselves  – and there were a few times when God did some miraculous things.”

Meluat, a PIU student, shared how God provided for him to go to Thailand on a missions trip last summer.

Anne Stinnette shared about how she and her husband Steve raised support when they first came to the mission field years ago and a few of the minor miracles that God did as he brought them out to the islands.

Hopefully all of this encouraged the students to keep trusting God through the difficulties of studying while being on the financial edge all the time. As they learn to trust God through this, they are being prepared for future ministry. “So many times in the past,” said Owen, “we have seen God meet the students needs in amazing ways and we are confident that He will do so again.