for
those
who
wish
to
sit
and
meditate.
Soft
sacred
music
lends
an
aura
of
peace
as
well
as
joy.
Hookups
are
available
for
a
public-address
system.
The
garden
is
used
by
many
individu-
als
seeking
a
soothing
atmosphere,
as
well
as
for
small-group
worships
and
special
services.
The
idea
of
the
prayer
garden
was
conceived
by
Larry
and
Carol
Bough-
man
and
designed
as
a
gift
to
all
those
who
should
pass
through
the
gates
of
that
campus.
The
Boughmans
served
this
institution
from
1983
to
1994.
On
their
journey
across
the
United
States
just
prior
to
returning
from
their
1991
furlough,
an
accident
took
the
life
of
their
17-year-old
son,
Phillip.
The
garden
is
an
ever-expanding
memorial
to
Phillip
Boughman
that
also
offers
peace
and
joy
to
the
students
and
staff
at
the
Adventist
International
Institute
of
Adventist
Studies.—Ruth
Sipkens,
Secretary
to
Director
of
Education,
Asia-Pacific
Division
(retired).
Picture
Removed
AllAS
students
using
the
Phillip
Boughman
Memorial
Prayer
Garden.
SUMMER
1995
Asia-Pacific
Division
Taxi
Drivers
Son
Becomes
an
Evangelist
estled
amongst
the
hills
in
central
Taiwan
and
surrounded
by
orange
groves,
mushroom
farms,
and
the
forest
greenery
is
the
campus
of
Taiwan
Adventist
College.
This
beautiful
and
peaceful
environment
is
conducive
to
college
study
and
to
the
Seventh-day
Adventist
life-style.
But
we
don’t
always
think
of
our
college
campuses
as
mission
fields.
Ten
years
ago,
Frank
Chen's
father
drove
a
taxi
in
Keelung,
Taiwan's
northernmost
post
city.
Neither
Mr.
Chen
nor
any
of
his
family
were
Chris-
tians.
If
they
worshiped
at
all,
it
would
have
been
to
the
gods
of
their
ancestors.
In
September,
a
family
asked
Mr.
Chen
to
drive
them
and
their
daughter,
with
her
luggage,
to
Taiwan
Adventist
College,
where
the
daughter
planned
to
enroll.
Mr.
Chen
didn’t
know
anything
about
Taiwan
Adventist
College
and
didn’t
like
to
take
his
taxi
on
long
trips.
Long
trips
meant
many
hours
away
from
his
regular
customers,
as
well
as
rough
roads
and
possible
breakdowns.
However,
when
Mr.
Chen
learned
that
Taiwan
Adventist
College
was
a
Christian
school
and
located
near
Sun
Moon
Lake,
a
popular
scenic
attrac-
tion
that
he
really
wanted
to
visit,
he
decided
to
go
see
the
lake
and
to
investigate
the
Christian
school.
He
had
heard
many
stories
by
anti-Chris-
tians
and
wondered
if
he
should
be
afraid.
He
decided
to
make
the
trip
anyway.
When
Mr.
Chen
returned
to
Kee-
lung,
he
spoke
many
times
of
the
serenity
and
beauty
of
the
school
and
its
surroundings.
He
began
encourag-
ing
his
daughter,
a
recent
high
school
graduate,
to
study
at
this
campus
in
the
hills.
However,
she
chose
not
to
go
to
college
at
that
time.
Mr,
Chen’s
older
son,
Frank,
had
no
religious
background
and
a
very
poor
command
of
English,
so
he
hadn't
even
thought
of
going
to
college.
Strangely
enough,
he
found
himself
drawn
to
the
school,
and
enrolled
as
a
business
administration
major
at
the
Christian
college
that
his
father
could
not
stop
talking
about.
During
that
year,
he
began
to
un-
derstand
the
ways
of
the
God
of
Picture
Removed
Frank
and
Emily
Chen,
graduates
of
Taiwan
Ad-
ventist
College.
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