Cold winds!!!

Those that participated in EC in the past semester may remember last year when the temperature dropped. We almost lost one student for every degree the temeperatre went down!!! It was certainly a discouraging time. At that time our attendance was almst exclusivly Vietnamese. As we prayed through the situation, it seemed apparent that we were victims of the hge dropout rate of ELL coupled with the fact that our primary student base was made up of people who find cold weather intolerable. After all, in Vietnam, cold weather was 80 degrees.

So we started broadening our base to include more hispanics, it started with one couple, and has multiplied. Not only that, but our Korean base has expanded without any effort of our own. These changes, have brought some great stability. If it were not for these changes, we would be experiencing the same drop in attendance. Thank the Lord!

Remember, that many of the factors that lead to high attendance, are out of our control, but our most unused tool in affecting the lives of our students is prayer! Do not forget to lift these people up, and do not forget to lift up each other.

Have a great week, and remember next week is WESTERN WEEK. So get out your boots and hat! Yip-ee-kay-aye!

James