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This fall we have 82 students coming back from all over the country. Most of them have already completed 2 years of Bible College plus their first year of missions training. For the majority, this will be their last semester of school before they head overseas. The first thing those students will do when they get overseas is to begin learning the culture and the language of that country. For example, if they go to Mexico, they would spend the first 1-2 years learning Spanish. If they went to Brazil, it would be Portuguese, etc.

This fall, I will be helping to teach a course that prepares them for that task. A number of the faculty, myself included, will be dressing up and acting out the part of a tribal person 1-2 times a week over the first couple months. After having studied important principles and methods in the classroom, our students will be coming to us and practicing what they’ve learned. My students will be learning a little of the Indonesian language from me as well as beginning to investigate a tribal culture that I will be portraying. Kay will play the part of a tribal lady during part of this time as well. We’ve found this time to be both an enjoyable and practical part of the student’s overall preparation for going overseas.