Sometimes you're expecting to roll up your sleeves and get to work, then you have so much fun, it doesn't really feel like work!
That's what happened yesterday! Since the school building has been used for summer programs, the cubicle walls had been moved and/or taken down and the school materials were pushed to the side. Within 3 hours, things started taking shape and our little home started to look more like school!
In the afternoon, we met with DBU Service Learning Director, Justin, who suggested ways we might partner with DBU to provide more opportunities for our students at CCA. Then we met with the Dallas Multicultural Committee, headed by Michael Washington, Young Life Fair Park area director, and planned outreach in our community.
God is strengthening our faith by clearly providing for daily needs. We will need to remember this later when we enter seasons of waiting on Him. Now we pray for Him to bring us the students He plans for us to serve. We trust Him for guidance in scheduling and curriculum planning. Most of all, we believe that He is working in kids' lives, in our families' lives, and in our own lives to draw us to Himself and conform us to His image.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Delighted to Share Our Lives!
Along the journey to become the principal of Cornerstone Crossroads Academy, I have been blessed to meet and learn from fell0w-travelers who are pursuing God and serving kids in our community.
Yesterday was especially uplifting, as the Becketts, Jill, Joe, and I met with about 35 leaders from ministries and businesses to consider how we might enhance the experience of our students.
Dear brothers and sisters shared their stories and encouraged us in 3 main areas:
1. Develop relationships with business leaders in South Dallas who might provide opportunities for our students to work during and after attending CCA.
2. Expose students to areas outside their community through mission trips, community outreach, and connections with supporting churches.
3. Connect each student with a mentor who will build a life-long relationship to live out I Thes 2:8. "We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us."
We were thankful for the reminder that God is at work all around us and we were spurred on to pursue these three key areas, so that we might better serve the students God will surely send our way.
Yesterday was especially uplifting, as the Becketts, Jill, Joe, and I met with about 35 leaders from ministries and businesses to consider how we might enhance the experience of our students.
Dear brothers and sisters shared their stories and encouraged us in 3 main areas:
1. Develop relationships with business leaders in South Dallas who might provide opportunities for our students to work during and after attending CCA.
2. Expose students to areas outside their community through mission trips, community outreach, and connections with supporting churches.
3. Connect each student with a mentor who will build a life-long relationship to live out I Thes 2:8. "We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us."
We were thankful for the reminder that God is at work all around us and we were spurred on to pursue these three key areas, so that we might better serve the students God will surely send our way.
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