The Eurasia Experience: How did it go at Trinity Bible College?

There's a gem hidden in Ellendale, North Dakota. One third of it's population of 1,300 folks is made up of Trinity Bible College students and faculty. A combination of stately old buildings and brand new facilities, it's a beautiful and welcoming campus.  I guess buildings of brick and mortar can't really be welcoming in and of themselves, so it must've been something else that brought all the fuzzy feelings.  As a graduate of one of our Assemblies of God colleges and having been on many of our campuses, I had preconceived notions of what this place might be like or at least what North Dakota would be like with a yearly average temperature of 42 degrees and 41 inches of snow, let's just say my preconceived notions all the way around were that it would not be a WARM place, but it so IS! I think I'd move there if I were taller than their annual average snowfall.

What made it so great? Well, first of all they have this really awesome program called Pack Your Bags, so if you're a student called to missions, this is the program to check out.  Right off the bat I noticed that the students loved their school and the faculty loved their students.  I'm pretty sure they all loved me too, which makes them all great judges of character. Just like any Bridal  Bible college, there was a lot of LOVE in the air!  Love was evident, a love for worship, a love for physical fitness, for missions, for personal growth, for encouraging one another, for doing things with excellence, for education, and outreach and of course meal times! Their cafeteria has REAL homemade food, my only complaint is that they are a Pepsi campus, YUCK! 

Their football team helped us unload at 7am after their morning work out. They invited their community to our event. Nearly 100% of their students and faculty were involved in or attended the Eurasia Experience even though it fell the week of their mid-terms and the week before their Spring Break (which many were preparing to use this as a week of service and ministry all over the world!) Even after the event when they needed to pack and study several dozen people stayed and helped us tear down, load up, and clean up until the trailer doors were shut! (Right now TBC holds the record time for packing up coming in just under 2 hours!)

I believe the numbers for the event were 11 felt called to Eurasia, another 12-15 felt called to missions in general, and over 100 people committed to pray and financially support the ongoing efforts around the world, but it's definitely not about the numbers.  Trinity Bible College is a place where education, the Holy Spirit, frisbee tournaments, the love and call of God, and football collide, creating a Big Bang that will effect the course and eternity of nations.  It attracts and produces world changers and I'm excited to get to be a small part of their institution  family.  

Thanks for having us TBC,

The Eurasia Experience Team