Anna Van Horn: Academics. Gentle and sweet are perfect words to describe Anna. This woman’s heart is driven to love. She just loves people. Anna also really enjoys board games, card games, and a little bit of volleyball. She attended the Bible Institute from 2015-2017, at the Florida campus for her first year and New York for her second. When asked what the BI was to her, she said, “It’s a foundational place. The BI has confirmed things I’ve already learned, and it has built off of those things and refined them.” What did her life look like going into the BI, and what has it looked like since? “I did grow up in a home with parents that know the Lord. I was involved in church, the Lord has been apart of my everyday life, but I think coming here has given me the perspective of ‘why do I believe what I believe?’ and being here has definitely helped me see God’s heart better.”How else do we get to know the Lord outside of reading/studying His Word? We have to have a desire to be active in our relationship with Him if we want to see His fruit worked out in our lives. Anna continued and said something rather profound: “Getting to be saturated with the Word, getting into it deeper, getting to see more of God’s heart has helped me understand why I actually want to live a life serving Him.” It’s only religion if we don’t have relationship. Her thoughts on this past year and serving as the Resident Leader in the Academic Department were quite insightful as well. “This year has been a good stepping stone, being able to put into practice what I learned as a student, while still getting to be on campus.” Anna desires to grow in a lifestyle of service. She doesn’t want to become saturated and grow moldy, but to wring out the knowledge that has been given to her. She was asked what she liked about being a Resident Leader (RL) here on the New York campus. “I love being able to work with and see the students. My job is getting to spend all afternoon with them...It’s such a privilege.” “Also living on campus is so great. Being able to do life beside them. I would have to say [the students] are the best part about it.” This is a woman to befriend if you want to learn something about loving people. When asked who were the greatest people of influence in her life, Anna showed a healthy reflection of her character. The first person she named was her grandmother, because “she’s always had a life of discipleship, pouring into other people.” And then she named her mother. She said it’s the same thing for her mom. “[They] are so selfless. That characterizes these ladies.” Anna went on to name her discipler from her first year, Lindsey Fahning. She commented,“ You can get to know the Lord through other people, by observing their living out the things they’ve learned from the Lord and His Word. You get to see Him Anna Van Horn
through their life and I got to see Him through her life, and her perspective of God’s Word.”
Anna also brought up our beloved female DC, Janessa Schuring. “She serves people with no limits. She just goes. She continues to love people. And I have so much to learn [from her].” Anna’s last bit of advice might be helpful to you, dear reader. She answered what she would have changed about her time as a student by saying, “I know it’s obvious and may be a cliche, but definitely having a stronger desire to learn. Having more of a drive and right attitude to be open to be taught. Not being as prideful as I was.” She would’ve told herself to be teachable. We have a lot to learn!
It’s only religion if we don’t have relationship.
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