Viewpoint Volume 2.1 October 2013

From the Editor Viewpoint Readers! Writer Paul Auster once said that a publication doesn’t only belong to the writer, but to the reader as well. Viewpoint Magazine is not the collection of papers you are holding, but the hundred and fifty personal experiences that will arise from our readers. It is intangible. It is conceptual. And that’s exactly what makes this shared experience all the more noteworthy. Because the papers will decay, but the ideas will be imprinted on your minds, passed on to your lovers, passed on to your colleagues, passed on to your children. Together, and only together, we make it what it is. As an editor, my job is to disappear, to vanish in the way between our writers and you, the reader. But as a director, my goal is to vitalize contrasting notions that will provoke the readers and writers alike, forthrightly question their values, and mutually inspire intellectual growth. The arduous work was made possible by the efforts of our 13 gifted writers and our irreplaceable advisor, Mrs. Angeles. I hope this year-long experience will be a beneficial one for all of us. Soon Hyung Kwon Editor-in-Chief From the Admin Highlights 3, 4 5 Sports Lifestyle 6 “Just say No!” Story of 7 my life Passion is our theme. Yet passion is difficult Feature 8 to understand and grasp. For me passion means 9 doing what you love to do and are willing to \"not Review do\" things that distract you from what you love. Hidden 10 Think about famous professional sports people Places or famous musicians, do you think they have passion? How about Mother Teresa did she have School passion for the poorest of the poor? How about 11,12 Changes Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt. Everest. Each of these famous people said yes to Short 13 their passion which meant they had to say no to Stories other good things. Passion is focus or intense focus. Several years I had a passion to do 14 Unreached triathlons. This is where you swim 1.5 km, ride a People Groups bike for 40 km, and then run 10 km. I had a pas- sion to do this, yes I know call me crazy, but that 15,17,19 is what many are called when they are passionate Opinion about \"their thing\". I made a decision during this time not to sit on the couch, not to watch TV, 16,18 Mind & not to play other sports, not to...... You see, if you have a passion for something you will Spirit say 'no' to other good things and maybe even other people. Psalm 37:4 states “delight 20 yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Seek the Lord and He will guide you and give you passion, more than you can imagine. This I Beleive 21 Dr. Don McGavran Superintendent Entertainment 1 22 Elementary

Devotional “Here I am, Lord.” Shared by Paul Beliasov Have you ever been called for something? Maybe you were late for dinner or The Obama some event and you received a call to come immediately. Maybe you received a call Administration is heavily inviting you to join some exciting activity. Have you ever received a call from God? opposed by Russia in its Perhaps this wasn’t on your phone, but maybe in a church service or during a time attempt to gather support while reading His Word. Sometimes people get a call from God to serve Him in to send an army to Syria. some capacity. Other people say they have never received any call from God, and Obama, who started his then they move on with their lives. Some people say they would serve God full time career advocating for peace in the Middle East, with their lives if they were called, but that hasn’t happened yet. But did you know lost support from the UK, you have already been called by God? Sudah! one of America’s In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus tells His disciples to go and teach all people. This staunchest allies, command was not only for the followers of Christ back then. It is for us today too. concerning the matter. There are so many people in the world who do not know or fully understand the (BBC/CNN) G amazing news of the gospel--that Jesus loves them and wants them to live a joyous ar Reactor is pumping out L life in Him. But how will people hear about God’s good news without someone to The Fukushima Nucle- tell them? Romans 10:14 asks this very question and concludes in verse 15 that hundreds of tons of radio- people need to be sent out to preach this message. It also says, “How beautiful are active water every- O the feet of those who bring good news.” You can have those beautiful feet! God day. Japan’s initial wants you to go! Jesus told his disciples to just look up at the fields ready for harvest solution is to build and pray for workers! That is us! Can you tell from all the explanation marks that this temporary storage tanks B is exciting news for us? We have a job to do in this world! in the vicinity of the reactor, but when one of A them leaked 300 tons of radioactive water to the sea, they admit they have L no lasting solution to the problem. (fukushimaupdate.com) N Protests against rape in India continues to escalate both on the E streets and on online forums. Recently, many W cases of rape has been exposed, leading to public outrage. The S Indian society discrimi- nates against females. Marital rape is considered legal, and many families in rural villages abort baby girls and raise boys instead. Too often when we think about our futures we first think about what kind of job we might like in the world or what kind of business we want to run. We worry about the availability of jobs in that sector and what our salary might be. Instead, our first thoughts should be those ripe fields Jesus talked about. God wants workers who love Him and are ready to share His message of love to the world. Why don’t we first consider being a pastor or missionary or doing some type of full time service for God? Shouldn’t we start with those thoughts and move on to some other type of job only if God leads us in another direction? I hope that we do not forget our first call—to teach the world about Him. God loves the world and has chosen us as His conduits for getting that message out. Will you ignore the call that God has already Compiled by given you or will you be sensitive to that call and say like Samuel, “Here am I, Lord”? Moze Simandjuntak 2

Highlights A Fun Day to End the Quarter By: Sun Jin Lee forward to the field day. They get encouraged by high school students and find self-worth while participating the activities. Field day has a great impact on the elementary students.” In support of this crew, the secondary school also decided to join the Friday fun. High school students will skip their instructor access and third periods to be present at the field and have fun time with the elementary students. Once all the activities are finished, both high school and elementary students will be off to their fall break! On 11 October, 2013, Mountainview will th hold a field day for all secondary and elementary students. Earlier this year, secondary teachers decided not to have a field day. However, elementary teachers argued that MICS students should have a field day because the interaction between young and old students would be healthy and beneficial to the school body. One of the elementary teachers, Ms. Sherry, said “Many elementary students look The Electronic Library By: Kezia Surjadi A Kindle and twenty e-books are now available at the secondary library. The Kindle can be borrow by a student for five days after he or she signs “The Mountainview Secondary Library Kindle Borrowing Agreement,” which specifies warnings and regulations regarding how to keep the Kindle safe and the possible safety of the device and consequences for damage done. As for the e-books, the e-books, they can be borrowed for two-weeks on a student’s personal gadget. The e- books will then return to the library’s system automatically after two weeks. Say goodbye to bulky books and say hello to the electronic library! 3

Highlights ACSI Accreditation By: Herlina Widodo Did you know that our school is in pursuit of a make sure that MICS students get a decent education. reaccreditation? To keep up with the school’s high The accreditation will influence the school, teachers standard, Mountainview acquired the ACSI and students alike. Teachers are expected to integrate accreditation in 2005. Some of you might ask “What is Bible-centered values in their curricula. Moreover, it ACSI?” Mrs. Andrea Dugan kindly agreed to explain grants our graduates a certification that they have everything about the organization. finished in an accredited curriculum, which helps them ACSI stands for Association of Christian Schools in college admissions. International. It is an organization that makes sure all We are an already an accredited school, but ACSI its members meet a certain academic and cultural needs to recheck its members every five years in order standard. They set requirements for schools: a certain to make sure that the schools maintain specified government, academic expectations, staff members, standards. For the next two years, we need to prepare facilities, etc. In the next two years, our school will go for the re-accreditation. First, we need to be familiar through the tedious task of accreditation. It includes with the ACSI standards and expectations. Teachers questions on ten major topics, ranging from details need to be well informed of basic Christian philosophy. about school government to principal’s disposition. Then we need to evaluate how we are doing as a We want our school to be accredited because we want school and devise plans to improve it if necessary. If to maintain our high standards. Moreover, we want to you want to know more about ACSI, visit www.ACSI.org. Glance Back at First Quarter By: Moze Simanjuntak As the first quarter ends, dozens of events highlight this phase of this school year! Weekly bake sales from the Freshmen, Juniors and Seniors keep the school well fed and pot-bellied. Preparing and serving in the bake sales have been fun, sticky for many of us. From Coca Cola, ice cream floats, to chicken, pizza, and corn dogs, delightful culinary feasts sure to appease your appetite! Meanwhile in the classrooms, teachers are integrating new and fun ways for students to study. Ms. Peter offers crazy weekly lab experiments to make biology more interesting. Mrs. Angeles attempts to lighten the arguably boring book, “The Hobbit,” with treasure hunts along with various other creative and fun activities. Mr. Evans regularly plays hilarious videos to brighten up the atmosphere. Mrs. McGavran invites guest speakers, such as Mr. Fosdahl to speak in Junior Bible class. In terms of extra-curricular activities, more Battle of the Books teams convenes as the competition draws ever closer. In the Gym, various sports teams are already practicing and competing in their respective fields. Recently, MICS organized a volleyball tournament for local schools in Salatiga. Six teams participated. Although our team did not win, the volleyball team is still very pleased because it was a great experience just to bond with local people and strengthen our relationships. Last but not the least, teachers constantly remind students of this one important thing: “Don’t forget to have enough sleep!” There is an ongoing campaign encouraging students to have at least 8 hours of sleep. Studying and games are awesome, but so are extra hours of comfortable sleep, they say. 4

Sports Athletes of the Month Soccer By Ju Hoon Park Ben Town (12th) Lydia Smith (10th) “Ben Town is a brown boy Lydia has been playing soccer with curly hair who is for all her secondary years. everywhere during the “She is fast and she runs into game”, says Sam, the Varsity people. Not only that, she Boys Soccer coach. Ben is scores with strong shots” says known as the defender who Bethany Armistead, her fellow runs incessantly and switches soccer player. She currently plays as a midfielder and between offensive and defensive positions very fast. she constantly brings about good results to her team. He has been playing soccer for three years, but he She plans to play as long as she can. does not intend to play in college. Basketball Volleyball Elia Adiel (8th) Joyce Park (12th) “Elia is the engine of the “She’s the player who keeps Junior Basketball machine” the team together” says Mrs. says Mr. Beliasov, the Junior Collins, the volleyball coach. basketball coach. Elia is the Joyce is the oldest and the point guard of his team and is most experienced player in known as the ‘ankle-breaker’ her team. This is why she after he tripped one of the opposing players during a never gives up and encourages the other players. She basketball game last year. He is currently in 8th grade plans not to play competitively after she graduates. and plans to play throughout high school. Problem Solved! By Ju Hoon Park “Losing all three best goalies, probably in the whole IISSAC, will lead us to make some changes to the way we play.” said Mr. Scott Martin, the Varsity Girls soccer coach. Missing Abby Robertson, Sarah Gmyrek, and Paula Fallas this year, the girls soccer team now faces a critical problem: all offensive players now need to fill both offensive and defensive spots. To lessen the load that midfielders carry, Mr. Martin is doing his best to improve teamwork rather than individual skills. With the gaps being filled up, the girls’ team is looking forward to a rewarding result in IISSAC. 5

Lifestyle Tablet and PC Combined? By Paul Handali Android technology has recently been skyrocketing with the release of new phones which just get better and better, like the Samsung S4. However, a new use for android software has been developed: computer software. That’s right! A PC! Cnet.com has reported that Acer has recently developed a PC with android technology: The Acer DA241HL. It is one of the first PC’s to use android software and a tablet core processor. This device comes with many special features. Listed below are a few. Special features: The DA241HL runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, allowing it to access android apps. It is both a computer and a monitor which can be tilted between angles of 20 and 75 degrees, allowing users to see the screen from almost anywhere. The screen is a 24 inch touchscreen, and can also be used as a monitor for a regular PC. The touchscreen continues to work while its connected to another PC, and the Acer can also sync with regular android devices to enable movies and games to be played on a larger screen. Despite all these features, Cnet.com has revealed a possible fault with the product. Android apps may not work well on the Acer because they are designed for smaller screens. Technology advances very rapidly these days, and thank God that there are people who have the passion to make it continue to do so. Will this interesting new idea be a hit in the technology market? Only time will tell. Prospective Colleges Liberty University By Min Hwa Son Liberty University, located in Virginia, is the largest private university in America and the biggest Christian University in the world. The campus is comprised of 500,000 square feet spread over four floors, and more than 100,000 residential and online students attend the university. It offers over three hundred majors, charging $19,486 for tuition each year. Kelsi Rhymer, a MICS alumni who went to this university shared that some of her favorite parts about the school was its “environment, thousands of people who love God, sports, and (having) chapel three times a week.” Wheaton College Wheaton College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois. From the tuition of $30,120, sixty-six percent of undergraduates receive scholarships and grants. Wheaton’s student faculty ratio is 12:1. It is ranked 20th among all the liberal arts colleges in America. One MICS alumni, Sun Ho Hwang, said that Wheaton has “one of the top 20 best campus foods in the nation. They make sure students are phys- ically nourished.” He also pointed out that Wheaton is very renowned for its department of Bible and Theology. He even claims that “students in other Christian and non-Christian colleges study textbooks written by professors that teach in Wheaton.” Arizona State University Arizona State University (ASU) is the largest public university, located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is ranked 73rd in the world. For in-state students, the tuition is $10,002 and for out-of-state students, $23,654, and three out of four students receive financial aid. In 2012, 83.4% of ASU graduates received a job offer within 90 days of graduation. One MICS alumni who attends this university, Jordan Robertson, says that everyone at ASU is proud to be a sun devil, their mascot. He also notes that ASU has a lot of helpful resources such as tutoring for almost every class, counselors, and study abroad programs. 6

The Conductor By Mary Smith If you have been at Mountainview for a year or more, you have probably seen the school orchestra in action. This group of talented people have grown from a little group of elementary kids to a beautiful band of young musicians. But our orchestra would not have been possible without a certain individual who took it upon herself to start and maintain the group. You have probably seen her conducting when the orchestra performs. But what you don’t see is the amount of work she puts into it – writing the music for all the different instruments, helping each group of instruments with its part, and most of all, how she got there. As a child, Jenny Smith enjoyed playing instruments. Her attraction to music began one day when her parents brought out an old violin from their attic. “Oh, I would like to learn that,” she decided. She began formal piano lessons at Indonesia with her husband and children. She began age 7 and violin lessons at age 9. One day she grew the school orchestra at Mountainview because she frustrated as she was practicing her violin. Her wanted to provide a place where her children could frustration sparked a thought, a decision that would play music with other young musicians, just like she impact the rest of her life. She decided that she had as a child. She hopes that, as the youth would either get as good as she possibly could or orchestras she participated in as a child had enriched give up her music completely. Often the resolutions her appreciation and enjoyment of music, the we make come to nothing, but occasionally little orchestra she is directing will provide a similar decisions turn out to be environment for her own significant, as was the case children and for the students of with Jenny. So she pushed on “Imagine your life as a symphony Mountainview. Through with her music, traveling to the orchestra she has discovered London every Saturday where Jesus is the ultimate conductor and developed her passion for morning for music lessons, music. She loves encouraging participating in 2 different who conducts magnificent music.” students in their love of music, youth orchestras. By the time “I am a music teacher at heart; I she was ready to go to college love helping students learn and she had met her goal. So she decided to attend enjoy music”, it is a passion that truly brings her joy Guildhall School of Music. She chose to attend a and inspiration. music college, not because of any great passion for Although Jenny didn’t have much sense of music or momentous plan for her life, but simply direction as a young person, God has led her into a because of the decision she had made as a child to special passion that He set aside for her. He has grow as much as she could in her musical skills. She blessed her and others through music. She later put it this way, “It was just the most natural discovered her passion gradually; it was a journey choice. I didn’t really think of doing anything else.” that she allowed Jesus to guide her through. So let In college her main focus was on the violin. She Jesus be the conductor of your life. He knows you. also studied piano, conducting, orchestration, and He sees how unique you are, He knows what details music history. After graduating with a degree in to bring out in you. Imagine your life as a symphony. music, she spent a year training as a school teacher. The conductor knows all about each instrument. He Initially rejected as a high school teacher, she began knows exactly when each instrument should play, teaching elementary school. She ended up teaching what each part of the orchestra should do to make music in a British school in Kenya, where she began the music beautiful. He conducts the sad and the discovering something she really loved joyful parts, the ups and downs, in turn, knowing doing- teaching music. each sound must play a part for the symphony to be Eventually she got married and moved to complete and ring out magnificently. 7

COACH Homberto By Bethany Armistead him “losing something in his knee” and not being able to “feel” it. This kept him from playing soccer for a year and a half. At eighteen he resumed his soccer career and played for another two years. It was at this point in his life when he met his wife. She gave him a choice: ‘football or me. Up till now I miss her,’ he joked (because he actually married her). It was also in that time that he came to know Jesus. With his family’s poverty still weighing closely on his heart, he realized that change in his family could not come from a successful soccer career, but from Jesus. ‘I could take them from the slum, but they would still be in a spiritual slum, even if I was a rich man,’ Homberto recollected. But praise the Lord, now most of his family has come to know Christ. ‘With my family becoming Christian; I feel that we’re Urban Dictionary defines passion as: “an ambition millionaires.’ that is materialized into action; to put as much heart, In the third year of his marriage he felt that God was mind, body, and soul into something as is possible”. calling him into missions. For a long time he wondered Passion- it is a source of purpose, a driving motivation, how his love for soccer could coexist with his calling, and sometimes a catalyst for God’s calling. That is what but now he knows that his passion for soccer doesn’t soccer means for Coach Homberto, Mountainview’s have to end, that he can incorporate it into his ministry new varsity coach from Brazil, — it has been his life, work, which is what he is doing now. and a tool for God to accomplish His purposes through In terms of life aspirations, Homberto has felt God him. calling him to go to India, though he doesn’t know how From an early age, Homberto has had a passion for he will get there yet “I see myself going to India in soccer. He describes soccer as “the first thing he enjoyed different ways,” he says. He’s currently using his FIFA doing” and tells of the first gift he received being a and CBF (the Brazilian equivalent of FIFA) soccer ball. Born into poverty, Homberto’s developing certifications (certifying him to teach any team in the soccer talent became a hope, financially for his family. world) to open a professional soccer school in He reflects on his childhood: “I looked at my family Jogjakarta; sixty percent of funds collected by this school situation and thought ‘through soccer game I could take will go to India. my family from poverty.” Though he remarks that Homberto’s story is one that can motivate us all; God during that time his family wasn’t Christian and so, did gave him a passion and a gift for soccer, and he is using not know what God could do nor believed that there that to glorify God. We do not know where God will was any way out for them. take Homberto next, but let us hope that we’ll be able He began to train in a soccer club team when he was to say that we’ll do the same—to take what God has seven years old. Mornings were spent at school, but given us and use it for a purpose bigger than ourselves. every afternoon was spent at the club, with a game every Sunday. When he was fourteen, “the Star,” his first professional team, won a championship game. At age fifteen, he transferred from the Star to Waterfall, Star’s big rival. Homberto has fond memories playing for that team, it was a National level squad and the only one in his state Bahia. They won every game they played in the season and only lost in the semi-finals of the championship. As it turns out, famous soccer player Kaka was playing for the winning team, the St. Paul soccer team. Unfortunately, his soccer career was abruptly put on hold at the age of seventeen, the byproduct of a tragic knee injury. Trying to repair the injury, the doctor made a mistake which, according to Homberto, resulted in 8