Another year, and it’s graduation time again at Bangladesh Adventist Seminary College, or BASC for short. The school has been operating in the outskirts of Dhaka since 1969. Here countless students have graduated to serve both God and their nation.

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Graduation is a special time for students and parents. As the graduates prepare to march down the aisle and receive degrees, many of them are thankful for more than just academic education. Ety Joydhor is such a student. She came to BASC from a non-Christian background. And as she interacted with friends and teachers at school, she noticed something different about the people here.

“My teachers behave and teach with a different attitude, they care about us and our development as people. The students in this campus also pray in a different way and it makes this campus a very special place.”

Ety’s interest in the Bible grew and she began to study and pray. Her biggest fear was to acknowledge her new faith. She did not want her family to be ashamed or socially embarrassed because of her faith in Jesus. So she decided to keep this a secret. But after Ety’s father and mother passed, she could no longer wait. So she was baptized.

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Now Ety wants to use what she learned at BASC to help and teach others. Ety is graduating with a bachelor's degree in Office Management and a minor in teaching. Her goal is to use her education to be a blessing to others.

BASC administrators have plans for an additional school building, where they will accept a greater number of students and teach new fields of study. Your 13th Sabbath Offering this quarter will assist with the construction that is taking place at BASC. It will also build Timor Leste’s first Adventist Educational institution. In addition to construction of a church in Lakpahana University and materials for children’s programs in the Southern Asia-Pacific Division.

Please pray for this quarter’s projects. Your generous support continues to shed light, love and hope, around the world.