Sunday, September 9, 2012

Back to School News


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.
Entrance to PRR (formerly Book Room)

It's amazing what a little paint and a lot of TLC can do.

Can you pick out the pinterest ideas and the dumpster finds?