Confirmation

I love receiving confirmation from God! Over this past weekend, we got a bit snowed in - Pineville was dumped with about 8 or 9 inches of snow - so it gave Dan and I some really great quality time to talk about some things that we had been planning for a while. For the past 4-5 weekends, we've been in Shelbyville dealing with our house, so to actually be at home for a weekend was really great! And, the power didn't go out this time, so we were able to take the boys sledding! It was great!

Anyways! (I'll get off track if I'm not careful! Sorry, I'll get back to what I was posting about!)

Well, first off, we were able to finally finish putting our thoughts together to host a small group at out cottage! We'll be reading the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan and doing a Bible Study along with it. Before moving to Pineville, Dan and I were involved in a small group through church, and this was one of the studies we did. It's really great, and I'm really excited about hosting it! It will begin on February 18th!

Secondly, during our conversations together, I was explaining to Dan how much I would love to host / facilitate / coordinate Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University (FPU) again. (I facilitated 3 sessions of this program during my time with CUB) It is a great program and I am very passionate about it!! Based on Biblical principles, the program teaches you how to save, pay off debt, stay out of debt, and how to budget. I've presented the idea to the bank that I currently work for, but they turned it down. Dan suggested that I offer the program to the people on campus. One thing that I was hesitant about offering the program on campus, was the cost of the membership kits that the participants are required to have to go through the program, which is $100. Dan mentioned that he may be able to speak to one of the Deans about trying to lower the cost. So, the next day, I met with my "lady mentor" and through our conversations together, I explained mine and Dan's ideas to her. She did tell me that a financial program is highly needed on campus, and that a committee was trying to get something together but it never followed through. Later that afternoon, Dan was able to meet with the dean he had in mind, and the dean actually had the FPU Folder on his desk!! After Dan explained everything to the dean, the dean told Dan that the school has been looking into doing FPU for a while, but never had anyone to teach the program!!! AWE!!! NOW THEY DO!!! So after we work out the details, within the next few months, I will be able to teach FPU again and offer it on campus!!!

Like I said, I love receiving confirmation from God!