Monday on the Road

Monday night has arrived peacefully on the valley.  Penny and I arrived not long ago from a quick trip to Tucson to share some Tax Credit information with our sister school in the south.  It was a very encouraging meeting, but the stakes are very high.  As most of our schools, finances are tight and traditional sources of income are drying up.  Our schools need to tap in to the Tax Credit opportunities in an organized manner in order to stabilize the system and give it a chance to catch its corporate breath.  We’ll see.

Today, as most Mondays, was short day at the office.  Come think of it, every day is a short day at the office, considering my days usually being at TCE.  It’s a good thing I like what I do at TCE, especially in the mornings—I enjoy meeting parents as they arrive at school.  I am beginning to get the student names down.  I still mix a couple of them up.  Mr. C. is back after his two week absence.  He is an asset to the front office.  The truth is that TCE has a good set of teachers—each bringing a unique and valuable contribution to the whole.  We’ll get it right!  I’m learning.

Tomorrow is the Arizona Conference Fall Ministers’ Meeting at the AZ Conference Office.  Note: I did not refer to the meeting as the “Workers’ Meeting,” as if teachers and other conference employees are not workers!  We definitely work—more hours on average than most people.  But it’s what we do—and what we love to do.  We are changing lives every day.  Pray hard!  (221.5)