For those of
you who check in on us regularly, let me assure you that we are well, just
extremely busy. I thought an update of the happenings was in order so here’s
what we have been up to. Carey, who was my assistant extraordinaire, was
promoted to Keystone Elementary’s new media specialist. With this new position
came a lot more responsibility. I think she is really enjoying it and I know
that she is doing a great job.
I was given
the go ahead to create a Parent Resource Room at our school (the PRR if you
will). With the help of some
community-minded volunteers we turned an old book storage room into an inviting
meeting place. Parents come to learn ways that they can be involved in their
child’s education and are given activities and ideas to use at home. Plans are already in the works for high school
honor students to come over 4 days a week to conduct tutoring sessions with
struggling students. The main goal of the PRR is to encourage parents to get
involved and if they are not sure how to do it, the PRR gives them some tools
to help make that happen.
The new
mom’s class has met 3 times and our next meeting is in collaboration with the
Safety Council. Each of the girls will be getting a new car seat and lessons on
how to safely install them. The cost of the brand new seats is $20. The girls
will pay half and Seeds of Grace will pay the other half.
As far as
Book Bus goes we are back to our once a month schedule. The Melrose stop has
become very popular. It’s no exaggeration to say we give over a 100 books away
each time we’re there. We continue to enjoy our High Ridge route and are
thinking of working out a plan to start servicing the McRae area too. We are
having shelves made for our abundance of books. A sweet retired carpenter has
made this his own project and we have received some monetary donations to help
pay for materials.
As I look
back over the things that have transpired I am amazed by both what has been
done and what is still left to do. I continue to pray that we will follow the
blueprint that God has put before us. Carey and I marvel at how eager people
are to help in many ways, yet we are still waiting on God to send us a few more
folks who have the desire to make a commitment to this ministry. We continue to
actively wait and confidently rest in the knowledge that He knows the big plan
for what is in store.
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| Entrance to PRR (formerly Book Room) |
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| It's amazing what a little paint and a lot of TLC can do. |
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| Can you pick out the pinterest ideas and the dumpster finds? |
