Our First GraduationYou crown the year with a bountiful harvest... Sal 65.11 (NLT) One of the teachers decorated a beautiful bulletin board this past month with this verse on it. Every time I went to school and saw this huge message on the bulletin board I said a prayer of thanks! The Lord has been so great to us this whole year. He crowned this school-year with a dream of our first graduation at Colegio Privado Adonai. Nine students graduated on December 3, 2009. Seven years after opening the school we were blessed to be part of these students' lives and give them an education, patiently listen to their problems, and share the hope of salvation with them.
One troubled girl came as a seventh grader. She was extremely rebellious and going through some rough family problems. She was angry, spiteful and just very rude to anyone in authority. Several times she was close to being dismissed from our school...forever, but God was slowly working out some issues in her life. Two years ago, her mom went through a life or death health situation and we were, once again, on our knees praying for this student and this family.
On Thurday night, she came up to me and hugged me and thanked me for all our patience with her. Friday night at the graduation dinner, her mother came up to me and said that she checked out IBA (Asuncion Bible Institute) for her college education...her daughter's choice! Just seeing her as a happy, completely changed person is huge, "bountiful harvest" for us this year. What a joy to be able to work with her and see the Lord's hand in her life these past couple of years.
Praise God with us for this special year...our First High School graduation.
4 comments:
Karen, I'm so excited for you all at CPA! And I'm even more excited about the story of the girl whose life has been changed during her time there! Thanks for the pictures of the graduation, too. I enjoyed them.
What a cummulation of blessings, to see the grade level grow each year to the graduation of these students. I'm so happy and thankful for all your constant dependence on God to get the school this far! The first year will always be a special one.
Blessings and blessings in years to come, too.
It took me a minute to figure out that Sal. meant Psalm. We are thankful for the progress the CPA has made over the years. May the Lord continue to bless you all! Lilly
Thanks, Karen. You are so faithful to be there, where God has called you, to touch the lives of these young people. May God bless your entire family richly.
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