To God Be the Glory

This week has been so exciting as we have seen God at work in so many ways.  To see our school name really on the list of approved schools for SB10 monies was so exciting, but there have been many other ways God is showing His faithfulness!

We continue to have Montessori teachers apply to work with us, and we are continuing to pray about hiring one of them or sending someone to training that starts in a few weeks.  We need to have clarity on that soon.

Our one teacher began her distance Montessori training this week and she and I visited a very interesting Montessori preschool that works with special needs children.  The school is about an hour away and is directed by an wonderful Christian lady with whom I felt an instant kinship.  She spent a lot of time with us and we learned about HANDLE and are so excited to learn more.  (see www.handle.org for more info).  It is an amazing method, being used around the world to help children with brain function disorders. We think God has some plans for us to use this approach with our students in some way and to work with this delightful lady somehow.

We also launched our Facebook Friend page and have about 60 friends.  We will add news there and hopefully some pictures soon.

We also answered all the questions regarding our 501 c 3 application, we hope, and will get that in the mail this week.

Edgar and I had an interesting conversation this week; he is the practical provider.  It went something like this:

Edgar--"So you already signed the lease on the building right?"
Me--"Yes, we had to do that for our SB10 application April 1".
Edgar--"For one year or two?"
Me--"For two--that is the least they would accept."
Edgar--"And you have hired at least one teacher?"
Me--"Yep"
Edgar--"How are we going to pay for that if we don't have students?"
Me--"We are going to pay for it the way we have always planned--with tuition money."
Edgar--"How many students do we have now?"
Me--"We have one so far, Ryan, and his scholarship covers his entire tuition."
Edgar--"So how are we going to pay the bills?"  (tone of voice becoming a little more intense)
Me--"We are going to pay for it the way we have always planned--with tuition money."
Edgar--"But you just said we only have one student, our son!"
Me--"This is true, but it is only the 2nd week of May, I have asked God for a full enrollment by the end of June, and a waiting list by mid July--(I'm going for the 12 baskets left over!!)"
Edgar, shaking his head--"Okay."

It may appear as if i have blind faith--maybe I do, I am not sure.  I do know I have Faith.  Today our pastor, Andy Stanley, preached part 5 of his series Guardrails and it was regarding money.  It was not only a great message, but a wonderful confirmation that God is our Source for everything including the students we need to pay the bills for our school!  I have consistently asked God that if He wants us to open this school He would do it in such a way that it would be completely obvious that only HE could accomplish it.  I promised to be careful to give Him ALL the glory--Seems to me He is right on track!  Praise God!!