Keeping Up the Good Work

After years of faithful prayers, many public schools are opening their doors to After School Good News Clubs (ASGNC’s), especially as parents and volunteers see them in action.
Sue Myers, a CEF volunteer and retired teacher, was helping with the younger class at our fifth club, Wittmann School in Cerritos. The Wittmann Club had been meeting for years but last year decided to partner with CEF as one of our school clubs. It grew so fast in the fall of 2008 that by January 2009 they had to divide the group into three classes, which contain 25 kids each!
Based on that successful experience, Sue started pursuing a club at Palms Elementary School in Lakewood. She discovered that their First Grade Teacher, Mrs. Bogdonavich-affectionately referred to as Mrs. B- is also a Christian. Mrs. B wanted to start a Club in her own classroom. Palms became our sixth school club on December 2nd with 16 kids immediately attending. Then on February 19th, we helped Mrs. Porter, the Second Grade Teacher at Los Cerritos School in Long Beach, to start our seventh new club. We had been talking to her since November and the school finally gave approval.
That same week, we heard from Sue about yet another school contact. She had just met Mr. Swingle, a Christian teacher at Hawaiian School in Hawaiian Gardens. He was interested in starting a club right away in his classroom too! We are working hard, getting everything ready, so the start date for our eighth club can be March 9th.
Please continue to pray for our schools. Only God can open hearts, paving the way for a miracle of God’s perfect timing. Over 50 children have come to Christ just through the clubs mentioned above. We want to make use of our freedoms, while the door remains open. We will be keeping up the good work and are confident that God is being glorified. Amen!