The just completed week has been full of planning meetings for the upcoming semester. It is amazing, with a school of about 200 students spread over 5 sites, how much administrative work is necessary to get ready. Compounding this, we have reorganized our structure, we have our self-study for accreditation due at the end of the semester, we are dealing with an acute staffing shortage in Chuuk, many of our staff are missionaries who are away for the whole summer trying to raise support (costs are going up!), we are forging a new partnership with Hawaii Seminary and trying to figure out what that means, and many of our students and applicants wait until the last minute to complete applications and transfer forms. We are very thankful for Skype and other internet communication programs that allow us to communicate cheaply with people from all over the world. Monday Joyce attended a meeting with the Student Services staff that was attended by people on both coasts of the US mainland along with those on the Guam campus. Our administrative cabinet met Tuesday and Wednesday. Yosta Lodge our Chuuk Campus Director flew in from Chuuk, but Steve Stinnette attended the meeting from his computer in New Jersey. Yesterday our executive board meeting took place with one member in the US, one in Germany and with me on Guam. We got a lot done in these meetings but we have a lot more to do. I would appreciate your prayers for wisdom in student admissions and for the many decisions that need to be made between now and August 19th when classes start. We have several teachers coming in this week and we will have our Guam campus 1st full staff meeting on Friday. I keep reminding myself, we do this for God's kingdom and for the students!
Friday, August 08, 2008
Planning Meetings
The just completed week has been full of planning meetings for the upcoming semester. It is amazing, with a school of about 200 students spread over 5 sites, how much administrative work is necessary to get ready. Compounding this, we have reorganized our structure, we have our self-study for accreditation due at the end of the semester, we are dealing with an acute staffing shortage in Chuuk, many of our staff are missionaries who are away for the whole summer trying to raise support (costs are going up!), we are forging a new partnership with Hawaii Seminary and trying to figure out what that means, and many of our students and applicants wait until the last minute to complete applications and transfer forms. We are very thankful for Skype and other internet communication programs that allow us to communicate cheaply with people from all over the world. Monday Joyce attended a meeting with the Student Services staff that was attended by people on both coasts of the US mainland along with those on the Guam campus. Our administrative cabinet met Tuesday and Wednesday. Yosta Lodge our Chuuk Campus Director flew in from Chuuk, but Steve Stinnette attended the meeting from his computer in New Jersey. Yesterday our executive board meeting took place with one member in the US, one in Germany and with me on Guam. We got a lot done in these meetings but we have a lot more to do. I would appreciate your prayers for wisdom in student admissions and for the many decisions that need to be made between now and August 19th when classes start. We have several teachers coming in this week and we will have our Guam campus 1st full staff meeting on Friday. I keep reminding myself, we do this for God's kingdom and for the students!
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