God has been doing some awesome things. We raised money in December that helped move us forward. Granted, we still have to continue to raise support but God has blessed us. The Ministry of Education has been working with us a lot and our application for our license was submitted and they have been great to let us know what we need to get up and running. The past few months, we have been working on curriculum and a lot of paperwork things that needed to be done for the application. We held off on some of the physical labor because we needed the resources (paint, supplies, volunteers) in order to do those things and really we needed to wait to see if the Ministry of Education wanted to move forward with an inspection. We've gotten far enough that now the next step is an inspection of our school building which will be conducted this week. For the past couple weeks, we've kicked it into high gear, getting the school ready to paint and spent a week and a half painting inside and out. This week, we have to finish cleaning and repairing things and getting it up in shape as if it's the first day of school when the Ministry of Education comes to inspect. (UPDATE: Today 1.25.10 the Ministry of Education said it'll be a couple more weeks before they can do the inspection). Here's a little taste of what my past 2-3 weeks have looked like.
As my roommates commented . . . they made sure I got more paint on the walls than I got on myself. :0)H.I.S. January Update (some of it mentioned above in my summary)
Prayer Points:
Praise for a great financial end to 2009 with increased giving in December.
Praise for favor with the Ministry of Education.
Thai Christian Principal Needed.
Thai School License Holder Needed.
English and Thai Teachers Needed.
Speedy finish to facility preparations.
School of Promise
We turned in our school license application the first week of January. Officials at the Ministry of Education have treated us very favorably by reviewing our application immediately and asking to schedule the final facility inspection as soon as possible. Officials have told us that they are willing to approve our application and give us a school license within a month!
The only issues standing in the way of our approval are internal at this point. First, we still need a Thai principal. Ministry of Education officials have indicated they could approve our license without a principal in place. However, we must have a Thai principal by the start of school. Of course, Joel would be grateful for help with leadership. We would like to find a qualified Christian right away.
The second hold up to our approval is that we need a school license holder. This is a Thai person who agrees to have the school registered under his or her name. Essentially, this could be any Thai person whom we trust. We had a plan for the school license holder, but it fell through. Now, we are praying for a new license holder.
Lastly, our facility needs some minor repairs, cleaning, and painting. Our team has been working on painting for over a week now. We were very pleased to have thirty volunteers from our friends at First Priority Development (Erik Klar’s Team) and Family Connection Foundation (Tim Dunham’s Team). Other friends have been helping with painting and repairs. Soon, the team will tackle the large job of cleaning. We really need to be prepared for final inspection by January 29th because we have a week-long ESL training scheduled for our team the first week of February. Also, we do not want to keep Ministry of Education waiting on us when they are eager to inspect and approve our application.
Praise for a great financial end to 2009 with increased giving in December.
Praise for favor with the Ministry of Education.
Thai Christian Principal Needed.
Thai School License Holder Needed.
English and Thai Teachers Needed.
Speedy finish to facility preparations.
School of Promise
We turned in our school license application the first week of January. Officials at the Ministry of Education have treated us very favorably by reviewing our application immediately and asking to schedule the final facility inspection as soon as possible. Officials have told us that they are willing to approve our application and give us a school license within a month!
The only issues standing in the way of our approval are internal at this point. First, we still need a Thai principal. Ministry of Education officials have indicated they could approve our license without a principal in place. However, we must have a Thai principal by the start of school. Of course, Joel would be grateful for help with leadership. We would like to find a qualified Christian right away.
The second hold up to our approval is that we need a school license holder. This is a Thai person who agrees to have the school registered under his or her name. Essentially, this could be any Thai person whom we trust. We had a plan for the school license holder, but it fell through. Now, we are praying for a new license holder.
Lastly, our facility needs some minor repairs, cleaning, and painting. Our team has been working on painting for over a week now. We were very pleased to have thirty volunteers from our friends at First Priority Development (Erik Klar’s Team) and Family Connection Foundation (Tim Dunham’s Team). Other friends have been helping with painting and repairs. Soon, the team will tackle the large job of cleaning. We really need to be prepared for final inspection by January 29th because we have a week-long ESL training scheduled for our team the first week of February. Also, we do not want to keep Ministry of Education waiting on us when they are eager to inspect and approve our application.
5 comments:
Looks like you've been busy for sure; we'll be praying for those things on your list.
On another note, we are so excited for your Home Assignment and spending time with you!! We are counting the weeks!
Love you
It looks so good Brittany! You guys will defiantly get everything done. I will pray for an easy pass!
Fantastic, Brittany! I'll pray for your specifics. Looking forward to seeing you when you come home!
Oh, and "Annie" is Jennifer Ward. Sorry! :)
It looks like you have been very busy and I am glad to know you did get more paint on the walls then on yourself! You are in my prayers daily, but will pray that all things on your list are completed, goes well and that God's hand is on each and every detail.
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