About a year ago I became so frustrated with parenting Peter that I began looking at boarding school options. After a fair amount of research and a few counseling sessions, I stopped looking and decided to just "hang on for the ride." However this winter, Riverside Military Academy (located just two miles from my house) kept being placed before me in conversations. Several times someone asked me if I had considered it for Peter. My general response was that I didn't have that kind of money ($30,000 a year for boarding students or $18,000 for a day student.) And the response I would receive was that I shouldn't let that stop me. Around that time, I also came across two sets of parents who sent their sons to the school and were glad that they had. There came a point in which I sensed that God was leading me to look at this school as an option for Peter. So with my bible study group praying each step of the way for me to take the needed action, I began the journey. I started by working up the nerve to make the call to the school to see if it was absolutely absurd for someone of my income to apply. The response I received was that it didn't hurt to apply for admission, then if accepted I could apply for financial aide. I filled out the application this spring and was surprised when Peter was accepted without an interview. Next I proceeded by filling out the lengthy form for financial aid. Yesterday I was told that Peter has been awarded approximately half tuition. It is substantial, none the less I do not have the needed remaining money. After taking step after step as it unfolds, I have come to a place where I don't see a next step. It is one thing to say "if this is what God intends, he will make it happen," then go do something towards the goal. It is another thing to say it and not see anything that you can do. So I guess now I just wait. I figure I am either waiting for a miracle or waiting for peace to come that this is far as this journey goes.
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