As we reach the end of another school year, it’s natural to take time and reflect on what the Lord has been doing here at Rise Up! Over this past year we have tried to create a culture of clarifying the “win” in our staff and our programs. We took some time recently to write as many “wins” as we could think of that have happened over the past year. So we say thank you to you, our prayer partners, for being a part of these “wins”. Listed below are just a handful of our wins and as you pray for us this month, let’s praise God for these and for all He’s done for us.
1. A great night at our Mentor/Volunteer Appreciation Dinner in January
2. Averaging 2 new mentors per month
3. Almost all of our mentors signing on for another year
4. New mentors coming to us without any advertising on our part
5. Families recruiting other families for our after school program
6. Kids beginning their relationship with the Lord
7. Our kids who graduated are all going to college
8. A successful 1st Mountain View Kickball League
9. 3 new small groups started this year
10. New churches serving dinner
11. Volunteers from Providence Academy
12. Awesome ETSU interns, Hillary, Sydney and Blake
13. Great new board members
14. A paid for school bus
15. The response to our SOS letter this spring
16. A new roof!
17. Sending dozens of kids to camp this summer
18. Redeemer Church volunteering with Run the Gump
19. General Shale providing fire pit patio
20. Summer SKIA kids participating in Base Camp with Grace Fellowship Church