Brian Boots

Fairhaven Baptist College students never lack for ministry opportunities in the summer. Just this summer alone, students have taken missions trips, attended missions institutes, and traveled to churches, assisting in revivals and Vacation Bible Schools. In addition, all students are expected to be active in the ministries of their home church each summer and not "sit on the sidelines." This summer has been no different for Brian Boots. Just after the end of the spring semester, Brian boarded a plane going to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where he spent five weeks assisting the Muller family in their missionary labors. Jason and Becky Muller, both graduates of Fairhaven Baptist College, have labored in Mongolia for eight years. As a part of his missionary preparation, Brian experienced the work of the missionary firsthand. Adapting to a new language and a radically different culture are two aspects of this preparation trip that Brian will not soon forget.
Brian has expressed a desire toward missions since his high school days. Being raised at Fairhaven Baptist Church since his childhood, he heard many missionaries in Fairhaven's pulpit preaching about the worldwide need for the gospel. His parents sacrificed to put him through Fairhaven Baptist Academy for his entire education. This was no easy task, as Brian has nine brothers and sisters.
Several things contributed to Brian's surrender of his life to God's harvest. First, his parents took him to church consistently. Brian has been in the same church his entire life. Next, the good example of his oldest brother, Steven, played a part in his desire to live for God. Brian saw Steven graduate from our academy and college, and then follow God's leading to be an assistant pastor near Richmond, Virginia. The example of the staff and preachers also influenced him to live for God.
Brian is looking forward to his senior year with anticipation and a deep desire to be used of God in the pursuit of souls on the foreign field, and he feels privileged to train at a college that will prepare him to do just that.