Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Word From Dublin
Well, some relatives and friends have asked me to keep them posted about the scholarship that we applied for from Dublin Christian Academy. I got the word today that they would award Mikayla a 60% scholarship on the tuition. In numbers, that would be about $4,182.00 towards tuition leaving about $2,818.00 for tuition and another $7,000.00 for room and board. For us to pay over $9,000.00 for her to go would take a miracle. At this point it looks like a no go, but I am still going on with the application process. I feel it is what she really needs that, neither I as a homeschooler nor the public school, can provide. I believe that if the Lord wants her there this year, He will provide a way. If it comes down to the fact that she just can't go, we will be ok with doing what we need to do here for her junior year and saving for her Senior year. I spoke for quite awhile with two different people at Dublin and was impressed with their willingness to pray along with us and answer any questions that I could come up with. Believe me, when you have had the total responsibility for your child's education along with the regular responsibilities that go along with parenting completely on your shoulders for this long, there ARE going to be many queries and questions! They have been very kind and quite understanding so far. I still have some more questions that I will probably reserve for our visit and meeting with the administration. So, that's the word. We covet your prayers on the matter.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Adventures in Owen Sitting part 2
It always totally amazes me how the littlest kids can figure out the tech stuff these days. He figured out the Wii controls very quickly. Much faster than his Aunt Jen did!Owen wanted to "play" the piano with Mikayla. After doing that for quite some time, she needed to come up with something else for him to do that still made him feel like part of the fun. She came up with this solution. Ingenious!
Prayful Consideration
I have not posted in awhile mostly because we've been busy, but not with the usual blogworthy things. I haven't taken many pictures really. There are many things on my mind that I have trouble sharing on the blog, and even though it would be therapeutic to type it here, I probably shouldn't.
One thing I can share...We have been prayerfully considering sending Mikayla to Dublin, NH to attend a Christian, college prep school. It's a wonderful school that has high academic standards, and is chock full of fine arts opportunities. She would have the opportunity to take piano, voice, flute, and be in a traveling chorale group, as well as being a part of drama productions. All things that are right up her alley, and things that are very difficult to provide up here in Lincoln. She is ready to be done with homeschooling, and if I'm perfectly honest, so am I. High School is so difficult and there are so many things that we would love to provide for her and can't. Two problems with this...she is still quite young and I can't imagine her gone from home for such long periods of time although she is raring to give it a try. I think she's ready, it's just her Mom that has had her nearby all the time that is struggling even though I can see how great it would be for her. The other major problem is how expensive it is. We applied for a scholarship, so now we just pray and wait. I usually have the next school all planned out by now. So, for now, I have done all her grades, had her tested and gotten the results back to send to them, sent in the application for enrollment with the fee for that, and sent in the application for a scholarship. And we pray and pray and pray. This is seriously one of the times that I wish that God would shout out the answer. But He doesn't. He is not in the whirlwind or the storm, but speaks with a still, small voice.
One thing I can share...We have been prayerfully considering sending Mikayla to Dublin, NH to attend a Christian, college prep school. It's a wonderful school that has high academic standards, and is chock full of fine arts opportunities. She would have the opportunity to take piano, voice, flute, and be in a traveling chorale group, as well as being a part of drama productions. All things that are right up her alley, and things that are very difficult to provide up here in Lincoln. She is ready to be done with homeschooling, and if I'm perfectly honest, so am I. High School is so difficult and there are so many things that we would love to provide for her and can't. Two problems with this...she is still quite young and I can't imagine her gone from home for such long periods of time although she is raring to give it a try. I think she's ready, it's just her Mom that has had her nearby all the time that is struggling even though I can see how great it would be for her. The other major problem is how expensive it is. We applied for a scholarship, so now we just pray and wait. I usually have the next school all planned out by now. So, for now, I have done all her grades, had her tested and gotten the results back to send to them, sent in the application for enrollment with the fee for that, and sent in the application for a scholarship. And we pray and pray and pray. This is seriously one of the times that I wish that God would shout out the answer. But He doesn't. He is not in the whirlwind or the storm, but speaks with a still, small voice.
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