School Registration

Alex and his new teacher Blanca as well as all the
 people who went with us to register.



Our biggest prayer request for today (Monday) was for the registration process for Alex and school.  We were prepared to accept our 3rd choice and for it to take at least a week to navigate the system.  This morning we walked into the education office prepared to start, requesting a bilingual school that was part Spanish, part English.

The administrator told us of a school option we did not know existed - a transitional class, basically, a Newcomers School.  There are two schools in town that offer this class and one of them is only about a block from the language school Scott is attending. We left the office with paperwork to complete and met with some new Spanish friends for a coke and tapa.  The education office closed at 1 and it was only noon so we decided to return the paperwork and get the process going.

The whole crew went with us - Scott, Alex, Deb, Giles, our 3 new Spanish friends, and me.  We all walked in and the original gentleman was available.  He accepted our paperwork and began to process it.  There was one spot left in the school that was our first choice!  He processed our application and within 20 minutes Alex was registered for school - at our first choice - a transitional class for students who speak no Spanish.

We then walked to the new school to turn in paperwork as the class bell was ringing.  His new teacher, Blanca, was about to beginn her planning period and was able to come down and greet us.  She was very friendly and assured us that Alex would do great.  He begins school tomorrow. 

We prayed from the beginning of this process that God would direct our paths in ways that only God could take credit.  Today was  a definite answer to that request!