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I thought it would be encouraging to those who have been supporting us in our ministry to read about some of the fruit God has produced here in our classroom. As per usual we have a wide variety of students in the class, different cultures, different professions, and different motivations. I want to give you a snapshot of the students so that you can know how God is working in their lives through the school, how they plan to use what they are studying in the future and how their studies have changed them or impacted them in a way they did not expect. In order to do that I am going to post a brief testimony from each student. I hope that these postings serve to encourage each of you and inspire an increased hunger for God and his Word.

The Following is from Hae Joo, he is a husband and father of two. English is his second language. Between his family and the time consuming effort doing his homework in his second language Hae Joo told me he is fortuneate to get 5-6 hours of sleep a night. I pray he gets the rest he needs after he completes his studies.

(I have added some notes below to help clarify what Hae Joo has written)

Hi. Ryan.

I hope that my little efforts could help to you.

I wish I would make a good testimony, but as you know my English expression abilities, so forgive me to give you only simple answers.

* Where are you from?
=> I am from South Korea. I have lived at Younin city, which is located near Seoul.

* Why did you come to the SBS?
=> I am a pastor, so I could learn about Theology, Christian history, Counseling, etc. And also I learned the Bible, but so much time I learned "about the Bible." I really want to learn and meditatie "the Bible itself". I want to concentrate the author's intention of each book so that I figure out the text itself. If I could make it, I can preach and teach powefully, and I can help my congregation to live in the truth of God, because I believe that the Bible itself has a marvelous power.

* What is your favorite part of the SBS?
=> My favorite part is "the Horizental". Because when I am doing the horizental, I can try to focus the author's purpose and see the big picture of each book.

(The Horizontal Chart is created by the students, they create one for each book and it's purpose is to reveal the structure of the book - similar to a table of contents)

* What is your least favorite part of the SBS?
=> My least favorite part is "the Vertical Chart". It is simply because I am not good at English. I need much more time to do the chart than my classmates, even two or three times. So I don't like the chart. But if I can do the chart in Korean, "the Vertical Chart" can be one of my favorite part of the SBS. ^^

(The Vertical Chart is created by the students also. Each vertical chart is a section from the Horizontal Chart. Once the students have created these they proceed with filling them in with text from the Bible. This is a very long process as they analyze each book paragraph by paragraph, word by word.)

* What do you plan to do after the school/how will the school be beneficial to you in your future?
=> I will go back my church in Korea. I believe that this SBS school really helpful to my ministry. Someday if I can have more time to study SBS, I will chose to SBS again.

Ryan.

It's my best^^

See you. Blessing.