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The History of CCA
● June 1, 2006
It is the last full day of school and pouring down rain. That means that our
annual Field Day has had to be cancelled. Plan B will have to be implemented.
Though Field Day has been cancelled, another scheduled activity goes off as
planned. "Prayer Circle," as we call this special group of moms, has been going
on every other Thursday since the school began. These faithful parents have
prayed earnestly for us, some of them for years. And, as you might expect if you
have been in the Cornerstone community for very long, we have stories we could
tell about what has come about as God has responded to the prayers of His
people. Today has been a day to remember. Here's what happened:
When the year began, we had no idea how we were going to meet our budget. This
is not a new scenario for us. In the early years of the school (remember, the
school is not yet 10 years old), it was not unusual to operate with a deficit
budget. We have never had any money! But because of that, God has taught us to
pray and to trust Him for all of our needs. Like babies learning to walk, we,
too, have had to learn to walk . . . by faith. Not once has God let us down.
This year was particularly interesting. Because of the timing of tuition
payments, we knew that April, May and June were going to require supernatural
intervention. We have literally prayed from payroll to payroll asking God to
meet our needs. Though we can't even tell you how He did it, there was always
enough money in April and May to pay our teachers and meet our obligations.
Nevertheless, we reached what felt like a crisis on June 1st – a rainy Thursday
that should have been Field Day. We were way short on funds but we had an
abundance of prayer coverage. That tipped the scales in our favor and God took
care of the rest.
As the moms prayed, they were aware that things were tough here because we had
stopped ordering just about everything – even paper. They interceded on our
behalf and God heard. As I said earlier, the prayers of these faithful parents
have "availed much" through the years. Their prayers went up, the word of our
need went out, and God started moving. Later on in the day, April Kinzinger, our Director of Development, got
a phone call. The caller said something like this: "I have been putting some
money aside for a rainy day. It sounds like it's a rainy day at Cornerstone."
Less than 24 hours later, it had stopped raining and we had a check for $50,000.
We will never feel the same about rainy days. Praise God for His showers of blessings on CCA!
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