God has blessed us with such amazing people in this life. From our Church family around the world, to the children of Sikkim’s Hope Home, and the students of Hope Academy – such amazing people. And because the Kingdom of God is growing, our family is growing!
Just look at those beautiful faces!
Those are the students of Hope Academy, with our new playground equipment. And I can tell you, we already need some more stuff for the kids to play on. That too is just part of growing.
There are other major changes coming to our academic school next year as well. We’ll be transitioning the whole school into an ACE School, which means adhering to new standards and regulations from an institute called School of Tomorrow.
ACE stands for Accelerated Christian Education, and it’s an educational system that was first developed in 1970. Since it’s first school opened in Texas, ACE has grown to operating schools in over 145 countries. In India, we’re on the frontlines of introducing this revolutionary system of learning, and we’re looking forward to seeing many young lives impacted.
With this transition, we have lots of work ahead of us. We’ll be remodeling all the classrooms, and ordering new curriculum. The expenses for educating our children will increase significantly, but we know God will provide. Soon, I will share some details with you of what it’s going to cost us to do the remodeling, as well as what the new curriculum is going to cost. We know that per child we’ll need about $200 more per year for their schooling, and for the 14 children in our care, that means an additional $2800 in support.
As always, thank you for your partnership. When I say God has blessed us with some amazing people – I mean that. And that means you!
With Love,
Mike Van Buskirk