{"id":10221,"date":"2007-10-01T14:50:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T19:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10221"},"modified":"2011-08-08T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T19:51:06","slug":"5855","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/10\/01\/5855\/","title":{"rendered":"No Serious Damage in Guam Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GUAM (October 1, 2007) \u2013 There is no serious damage reported in the  aftermath of an earthquake that shook this small Pacific island Sunday  morning, reports Brad Boydston, who with his wife, Cheryl, serve as  project missionaries for the Evangelical Covenant Church.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake, with an estimated magnitude of 7.1, could be felt in high-rise buildings on the island, according to the <em>Pacific Daily News<\/em>, but Boydston says it was not felt in Mangilao, the area in which they live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe  quake happened at the end of worship yesterday morning,\u201d Boydston  shares in an email sent early this morning. \u201cWe were all standing around  and someone who was still seated turned to me and asked, \u2018Did you feel  that?\u2019 My answer was \u2018no.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently this thing has been  reported around the world as a major quake,\u201d Boydston continues, \u201cbut  most of us here didn&#8217;t even feel it &#8211; no damage. Haven&#8217;t felt  aftershocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reuters News Agency quotes the U.S. Geological  Survey as pinpointing the center of the earthquake at about 215 miles  south-southeast of Guam, which is the largest of the Marianas Islands,  but relatively small in size at only 212 square miles. Guam is a  self-governing U.S. Territory.<\/p>\n<p>Boydston describes Guam as similar  to life in the San Francisco Bay area where he grew up, noting the  earth moves a lot during earthquakes. \u201cBut it bumps up and down here &#8211;  doesn&#8217;t roll as much as California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad teaches at Pacific  Islands Bible College (PIBC). His classes are related to practical  ministry and leadership development, including preaching and spiritual  formation. He also serves as director of distance education, helping to  develop the school&#8217;s distance education and remote site program. PIBC  recently received a government grant to expand the distance education  initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl serves as central office business manager for  the college, which is located about three miles from where the couple  lives. She helps manage financial aid on behalf of students and works at  a church in the community. She is also helping with one of the student  discipleship groups on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The school offers certificates,  Associate of Arts, and Bachelor of Arts degrees and has about 150  students, most coming from islands such as Chuuk, Yap, Palau, and the  Marshall Islands, but also from Asia, in particular Bangladesh and the  Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>The Boydstons arrived in August 2006 and plan to  remain three to five years. 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