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The History of CCA
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August 30, 2004 – Our first start in our new school building – 411 students!
● September 2004
Our music program is growing right along with the rest of the school. As a
result, our Music teacher, Mr. Niles, is traveling to some classrooms. It's not
practical to carry our beautiful (and expensive) keyboard from place to place.
So instead we look into purchasing a smaller one. It was then that we realized
that we hadn't even prayed and asked God to give us one. We place the purchase
on hold and hit our knees. By 3:00 PM two days later, we had a story to tell.
God didn't just give us a keyboard – He gave us THREE!
● October 2004
With basketball season upon us, Mr. Schwartz asks for a large basketball rack
for our basketballs. We don't have extra money for that, but we do have
Campbell's Soup Labels! Although we don't have enough labels for the large rack,
a smaller one is ordered. When it arrives, our P.E. teachers and Mr. Schwartz
put it together, only to find they have been shorted a support for the rack. We
call the company who tells us that if we had the large rack it should be
returned, but since it was the small one, the company wouldn't take a return,
but instead would just send a new one to us. Within a week, another box arrives
with the replacement ball rack. Our P.E. teachers and Mr. Schwartz are busy
again. The second rack is completed and as they begin to tear apart the box to
put it in the dumpster, they find an "extra" piece at the bottom. It was the
missing support!
Coincidence? Never! God knows what we need and is able to provide in amazing
ways!
● January 2005
We continue to be the recipients of the gracious giving of many donors. This
month alone, a new custom–made stage curtain arrives – fully paid for. New
weight equipment is delivered for our weight room – more than it can hold!
● April 2005 – More computers, more lockers!
Gibson Area Hospital of Gibson City, Illinois donates more than 20 computers and
monitors, two printers, a tape backup drive, keyboards, mice, cords, cables, and
speakers!
Aurora Christian School calls us and asks if we would like some new lockers that
had not been needed for their school renovation project. We do! We take a truck
up to Aurora and load 75 boxes of lockers which we bring back to CCA and place
on the stage.
That same week,
Aurora Christian calls again. They have found even more lockers at another site.
These lockers are worth $64,000! Do we want them? There's a catch. We would have
to go and pick them up in several trucks and they want an answer by noon of the
same day. But we have a problem – we have no place to store them! After making
many calls and inquiries, it seems we will have to pass on their generous offer.
It is 10:30 AM. What should have been our first response became our last resort.
We prayed! And God began to move.
On the way to an appointment at 11:30 AM, April Kinzinger drives by a piece of
property owned by a CCA family. On that property is a shed. Suddenly the idea
came – would that family allow us to store lockers in their shed? A call back to
the school was made, and the family contacted. Within a few days, two trucks
unloaded hundreds of lockers at the shed. God had known all along just what to
do, and just in time has provided the perfect answer to our problem!
● August 2005
Another year begins – 445 students in preschool through 11th grade!
● December 2005
The week of December 12th has brought a gift of $150,000 to the school. The
donor's desire is that the monies be matched with new monies. We hope to
accomplish this by March 1. When the gift is announced at our lower school
Christmas Program on Dec. 15th, the money begins to come in – everything from
small sacks of change from the students to large checks and even gifts of stock.
● February 2006
At the beginning of this month, we are still $30,000 short of completing our
match. We are praying, and it is obvious that God is not through providing! Day
after day the money comes in until the 28th of the month. That morning, as the
staff prayed together, we still needed $2,300! We asked God to finish the match
for us that very day.
A mom handed April Kinzinger a check in the parking lot. More checks come in the
mail. Staff begin to write checks of their own, and when all was said and done,
the announcement to the entire school was made at 2:00 PM. God had indeed
provided the money to match our gift. The entire school erupted in cheers, which
could be heard in any hallway!
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