Bible School

Tonight we celebrated the life of James Hatton. He and his family have been missionaries with New Tribes for many years, and he was a teacher and mentor to students here at the Bible school for the past year. He died from cancer on April 9, and tonight the student body along with his family, church body, and friends came together to celebrate his life. It was the most beautiful memorial service I've ever been to. There was so much joy in the service, knowing he lived his life well and he is now in heaven.

What does that have to do with the title of this post?... Bible school. Well, James loved being here at the Bible school. He loved being a part of teaching young (and some older) people the Word of God. We've spent the last two years here at New Tribes Bible Institute, and we are so incredibly thankful for our time here! They say that you learn in 2 years here what you would learn in 36 years in Sunday School. We take 3-4 hours of classes every day, and we exclusively study the Bible chronologically from Genesis-Revelation. We have learned so much in such a short time that it really is difficult to put into words all that we have learned. From our study, we've obtained such a grasp on God's purpose through history- his purpose of loving mankind and desiring to have fellowship with him. We've come to understand the character of God in a much greater way that can only result in us desiring to praise him because he is worthy.

I have to be honest... I used to think it was silly when people went to Bible school after high school. I thought it was what people did because their parents made them or because they didn't know what else they wanted to do. I've come to learn through my two years here though that parents who request for their children to go to Bible school are smart. I've also come to highly respect those who choose Bible school, even if it's just because they don't know what they want to do with the rest of their life. While other colleges are great for learning knowledge and gaining a career, Bible school is amazing for life and godliness. So much growth happens here. It would be nearly impossible to leave Bible school and not have a more purposeful life.

In fact, we've enjoyed our time here so much, that we have been bugging our younger siblings, David and Brianna, to come here. If you know them, feel free to bug them too.

There are a lot of great Bible schools, but we've really enjoyed our time here at New Tribes Bible Institute because we've been able to study the Word with a strong emphasis on missions. If you want to know more about NTBI, their website is here, or ask us :). There are many young, single students here... the marrieds are actually the minority... so this is not just a place to come if you know you want to do missions. It's for everyone!