Back in the Saddle

As of the first of August  I am back at the CWJC office on a daily basis. Marilyn has been working throughout the summer and is also here daily. It was wonderful to see the new look in our space. When I left for vacation, the painting was completed, but the rooms were empty.

Marilyn O'Brien, with the help of a few others, has been working hard at getting everything put back in place after the redecorating. Supplies have been put in place, the carpet cleaned in the main classroom. etc. Cindi Palmer and Marilyn did a lot of work getting the computer lab cleared of what isn't useful to us any longer. Jack Rhine finished putting up the blinds. A couple of our graduates worked with Carolyn Strovas to finish up the sewing of the valences. They were hung this last week. Soon the furniture will be in place and what remains to be done will be done and ready to receive both the women and the men who will make up our fall classes of CWJC and CMJC.

Since the first, I have interviewed a number of women from the community and eight of them have been accepted into our program. Larry Mills is also in the process of interviewing men for the new evening CMJC program. More interviews are scheduled for the coming week and we will be accepting applications and interviewing for the rest of the month. In addition, we are expecting to have all of the new women and men from the Prisoner Reentry Education Program at Randall County in our fall sessions.

Most of the teachers we need for this session are in place. Although we have a number of mentors, we won't know about the total number needed until we finish enrolling the participants. We will have a training time for mentors on Sunday, August 28th. 

We need your prayer support in all of the preparation that is ongoing. Now that I am back I will be updating the blog every week or ten days. Thank you for reading it and keeping us in your prayers.