A Liitle Can Do a Lot

This week has brought a mixture of news from across the conference.  The financial challenges of funding Adventist Education still remain solidly in place.  Enrollment continues to climb.  Thus the challenges do not appear to be going away anytime soon.  It’s time for another miracle.

Yesterday I was finally successful in changing the front page of the AZ Conference website donation page to include the Arizona Adventist Education Fund (AAEF).  I am hoping the “saints” will see the need and respond by sending some generous funds to help students seeking an Adventist Education who are willing in to commit to the discipline and effort it takes to succeed at the highest level.

On a side note, the concept of “customer service,” which is often neglected in our system, is beginning to take hold in certain pockets.  Customer service is the most inexpensive of tools for recruitment and retention, yet how often it is overlooked.  The historical landscape is generously sprinkled with the stories of people sent away with a less than favorable picture of our system due to the treatment they were given or the insensitivity conveyed to  their present plight.  We need to learn to care more.

Today is a big day at the Maricopa Village School.  I will be attending their board meeting tonight and sharing some good news with them.  It has been a difficult trek for this school on the reservation.  But God has miraculously provided some unexpected sources that will keep them viable and free them up to do some development for themselves.

Now, it’s time to see how God will do the same for the rest of our children in Arizona.  (225.7)