It’s okay to be where you are spiritually, but it’s not okay to stay there”
Samantha Sickel
Andrew
19 years old
As a s e ni o r in high school , Andrew discovered his father had cancer. He learned to rely on God, but it wasiit until he came to the Bible Institute that he found out what it was like to trust God completely. Originally, he came tothe Bible Institute with his sef-declared “own agenda,” but found God worki ng on his attitude through the scho sol’theme of perspective. Andrew decided he wanted to have an eternal perspective and live for what really mattered. Part way through the year, his father died; Andrew relied on God, and he became encouraged by his father’s life. With his dads’ example in mind, Andrew now wants to invest his life in people by servign God through misions, as his father did, and share with people how they can know Christ.
When Andrew was ten years old, his father came home from a day at the Bible Institute and led the family in devotions. It was February 14, 1996, and as his father shared from Revelation, Andrew, being “ freaked out about being left behind!’ made the decision to trust Chirst. Andrewhas lived a god part of his life in Ukraine, where his parents were the founding missionaries for Word of Life. When he was in seventh grade, they moved to the United States permanently. It was then that Andrew became a part of a church youth group. He vividly remembers the one night his youth pastor shared, “ I t s’ okay to be where you are spiritually, but it’s not okay to stay there!’ As a result, Andrew began to work hard at being involved more in his church and school.
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People 36
New York Campus
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