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A Senior Reflection: Paul Spangler

Posted on May 9, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

I’m thankful for this opportunity to write what I’m thinking because people are asking or assuming what I am thinking anyway. Yes, I am graduating and no, I do not know what I am doing after May 31. I plan on staying in my apartment until June 3 at noon, which is when I have…

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A Senior Reflection: Minh Towner

Posted on May 2, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

  My life has been a struggle, trying to survive in a foreign land far away from those I knew as a child and adult. This struggle took a different turn, had a different meaning after I accepted my call to attend PTS. Initially I felt like I was lost in the wilderness, a sojourner in…

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A Mission Reflection: Southeast Asia

Posted on April 25, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog

Her name is Ester. Upon inquiry about what she does, without hesitation she looked us straight in the eyes and said she’s a servant of God.  She uses art and puppets to reach and teach either stories she has written or stories from the Bible to children of the highlands.  It all started with an…

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