To serve our international students, we have a Director of International Student Services, Pam Spinosi. Pam has lived and worked abroad for ten years, understands the unique joys and challenges of international living, and is available to assist as you adapt to life in the United States. 

“My first year at BSSM, as a mature student, it was an incredible opportunity to be there. At the same time, I was acclimatizing to a very different environment, at school and at home as I had a room in a house of a family in Redding which was very different from my own home in England, and I had pangs of homesickness.

“The International Reception was a very special evening. It was really lovely to meet people from so many other countries and to gain some understanding of their different foods and cultures. The highlight for me was when one of the pastors got up and sang a prophetic song over us, which was straight from the heart of Father God. The words were so comforting and heartwarming, demonstrating that he knew the sacrifices we were making and how we were feeling and how proud He was of us for stepping out in faith.

“In my third year, I was invited to prophesy over the international students, and I sang a song of joy over them, which was a great honor.”