Pacific Union Recorder—April 2022

Page 23

Turning Challenges into Purpose

S

ometimes people don’t choose their professional path in life, it chooses them. Or rather, God chooses for them. That’s exactly what Pedro Ojeda, principal of Holbrook

Indian School (HIS) in Arizona, will say if asked why he chose education as a career. “I was known to emphatically state that I would never teach or preach,” Ojeda recalled of a time in his life when he was quite confident about what he wouldn’t do. “But once God guided me towards Adventist education by clearly closing other doors at two major times in my life, I never looked back.” Pedro Ojeda was born in Cuba a few years after the current system of government was established. His parents, who were missionaries for many years, were fortunate enough to have heard of the Adventist message via Voice of Prophecy radio, and they studied at the Adventist college in Cuba before the new regime shut down religious expression. The family moved to Jamaica when Ojeda was just a little tyke, and he

April 2022 23


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook

Articles inside

Southern California Conference

5min
pages 56-57

Community & Marketplace

18min
pages 84-90

Nevada-Utah Conference

5min
pages 50-51

Northern California Conference

4min
pages 52-53

Southeastern California Conference

4min
pages 54-55

Adventist Health

2min
page 49

Loma Linda University Health

1min
page 48

Arizona Conference

5min
pages 36-37

Pacific Union College

2min
page 45

La Sierra University

2min
page 44

Of Prophetic Voices, Callings, and Community

5min
pages 30-32

Holbrook Indian School

4min
pages 42-43

Hawaii Conference

4min
pages 40-41

Central California Conference

4min
pages 38-39

PUC Brings in New President: A Man About Mission

7min
pages 25-29

Turning Challenges into Purpose

4min
pages 23-24

The Village That It Takes

6min
pages 6-8

A Family Legacy in Faith and Education

5min
pages 9-11

God Even Uses Sports Channels

4min
pages 18-20

From Altar Boy to Pastor

5min
pages 12-14

An Extension of Home and Family Life

4min
pages 15-17

Building the Perfect Triangle

3min
pages 21-22

Deepening Roots and Unfurling Wings

2min
pages 4-5
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.