Holbrook Happenings

My birthday is almost over.  It was a day full of meetings.  Holbrook Indian School Board of Trustees took the lion’s share of the day.  The rest was taken up by local family commitments (my mom, mainly, and a couple of newly acquired family members who have claimed my mom as their mother).

I just finished four hours on the computer and phone thanking the people who took the time to write on my Facebook page or who left messages on my mobile phone.  It took me a few hours, but I felt I should at least say thank you.  Major changes are on their way for the Holbrook school.  Their principal of the last six years is retiring to care for an ailing mother.  The Vice-principal has accepted a teaching position in Texas.  And that’s not the end of the changes.  On the bright side, the board interviewed the person who appears to be the chosen candidate to take the helm of the school.  The decision is for the candidate to make after visiting the school and meeting with the staff.  He seems like a genuine person with a passion for impacting Adventist Education in this unique school and in the Native American community in Holbrook and Chinle, the other northern Indian school.

Tomorrow will be an even busier day.  There are phone calls to make that have been piling up for a few days.  There is an important document to produce.  There are a couple of appointments to keep.  There are even committee members to secure for visits that are already on this side of the horizon.  The Tax Credit program will hopefully be on-line before Wednesday.  We may even get a DVD together to send to the churches to explain the Arizona Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

The campus of TAA is quiet this week, except for a few Maranatha workers that remain to do the finish work on the project.  The Maranatha Group definitely left its mark on the campus—but the work is a long way from being finished.  Money will need to be raised to do the cabinetry for the newly refurbished dorm rooms.  They look pretty good right now, but they are not finished.

There are great things ahead!  If we just pull together we will be able to do great things for God.  I believe something extraordinary is about to take place.  Sooner or later things are going to break out and produce something special.  God is Good! (230.4)