The last couple of weeks have been such a blur and and mixture of great excitement mixed with tremendous anxiety. The new materials I ordered have come in, I spent two days visiting local up-scale childcare centers handing out our new brochures, we are driving around town with magnetic signs on our cars, and we assembled 25 enrollment packets. My dreams are filled with classroom set up and we even purchased a couple of zoo toobs to set up some history lessons and story starters. God has been so faithful in providing the place we wanted and the staff we need. We have interviewed with a couple of other teachers and are feeling really good about our staff. The third part of the puzzle; however, is not yet falling into place. We really need students!
We have interviewed with a half dozen prospective parents and our school is really just what they are looking for, but no applications have come in yet. I feel like Joshua marching around the walls of Jericho. I know is not day 7 yet, but I am not seeing any indication that the walls are going to fall. I keep looking for cracks, but all I get is an occasional pebble falling down. It is times like this when the enemy really wants me to doubt: did God really call us to do this at this time? Is He really going to provide the students? Are we really going to be able to make budget? Are we going to get the scholarship funds? Am I going to look extremely foolish to have tried to open a business in this economy?
I do believe know that God asked to to open this school in this place at this time and I am confident that He will provide exactly the 21 students who He wants to be here--I just wish He would give me an idea of who they might be!! I have always asked for three basic things: a place, a staff, and students. He has provided first two already! Our Big Idea in Upstreet last month was Trust and this month it is Patience--God does have a great since of humor! Now for some great news!
Taffy was here and we served at the Orange Conference--while she was here we also visited Buckhead School Uniforms and selected our school uniforms--we will have Navy and Khaki skorts, shorts, and slacks. The shirts will be Hunter green, light blue, and yellow! Also, we partnered with Apogee to accept GA Tax Credit funds for our students' scholarships. Please check out all the great information on that at our website--especially if you live in GA. Today I am hopefully finishing up all the paperwork needed to submit our 501 c 3 application, and most importantly, I am talking one more time to the lady who heads the Special Needs Scholarship Program.
This brings us back to our most urgent prayer request. We have 3 potential students who would love to enroll, but they must have the scholarship funds to do so. The GA Senate is over for this session, and we were not able to get any assistance from the Senator's office--I am not fully convinced that the young girl trying to help us really understood the problem. Right now our accountant is working on a projected profit/loss statement along with documentation from our coffee business to allow that business to sponsor the school--all in an effort to prove our financial viability to become a qualified school so the students who are eligible to receive the Special Needs scholarships can enroll with us.
I have consistently prayed that God would work such a miracle in allowing us to open this school that only He could receive the Glory. We are in the final few days now to get our school approved and we need that miracle NOW, so please pray that hearts would be softened and the committee would approve us--we have one week before the final vote.
We are marching, we are praying, and we are EXPECTING walls to fall!
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