by Mark Milioni
My dad was my hero. He used to tell me stories of his visit to the country of Korea. At a time when his siblings were part of the first year of classes at a fledgling school called Baptist Bible College, he was stationed on the USS Wisconsin. His ship was attacked many times and it was there he earned a Purple Heart.
What a privilege to be part of the BBFI Fellowship Meeting in Seoul and to stand before them and share how my dad came to Korea and shed his blood so the first BBFI missionaries could come and tell them about Jesus, the one whose shed blood would save them from their sins.
As the president of Baptist Bible College I was pleased to lead a team from our college to represent us and sing during the services. The Korean people were very gracious and very thankful. Numerous times I was thanked — not for what I had done, but for what a graduate of BBC had done. From Dr. Daniel Kim, to his staff, to pastors from several other countries, they expressed their thanks for what BBC had produced — a missionary who came to their country and shared the Gospel with them.
With tears in his eyes, Dr. Kim said several times during the week, “If it were not for the missionaries, we would not be saved.” He also said, “The missionaries came to us and shared the Gospel, now it is our turn to send the missionaries.”
I am proud my father helped secure the freedom to preach the Gospel, I am proud to be a part of a movement that has literally affected a nation, I am proud of past students who followed the words of Jesus to take the Gospel to the world, and I am proud of our current students who were a great blessing the entire week. Thank you BBFI for such a faithful legacy of sharing the Gospel.