Candace,

We've approved you to receive an MTS Award covering 50% of tuition. That should appear on your account this week.

Congrats!

From the Admissions Director at Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, GA

This was the note waiting for me in my mailbox this morning. I nearly cried. I did let out a whoop of joy!

This is a major answer to prayer. It means, not only that I can return to school after spending last semester seriously doubting whether I would ever go back, but that I can pay for it without taking out loans.

I was afraid that I had lost this opportunity. I had turned down a similar scholarship last spring as my 8 year relationship ended and my life was thrown into utter turmoil. It didn't feel right to be in school, it didn't feel right to be in relationship, and it felt like dying to be alone. I was in a quandry as to what God was asking me to do with my life.

This letter, to me, is God's message telling me I'm finally back on track.

However, I am keenly aware that I am nowhere near finished in my searching to find exactly where God would have me be in my life. Many issues remain to be worked out in my personal life. But, this is the most solid evidence I've seen that God is moving in my life and holding me in palm of his hand throughout this difficult journey.

I encourage others on the journey of searching, especially those who find themselves, as I do, submerged in the dark night of the soul, to remember that God is here with us, working just as hard as we are. Our efforts to grow in Christ are not in vain, though there are days that we wonder!

Remember:

"The Lord has been mindful of us;
he will bless us ..."
--Psalms 115:12

Blessings,
Candace