Paying for School

One of the things I'm struggling with right now is how Evan and I are going to pay for seminary. When I decided to take a class this fall, we had the money set aside in savings and it was not a problem. Then Evan's new computer (which we also had budgeted for) didn't work out; he had to replace it at twice the originally budgeted amount -- essentially using the cash for this fall's classes.

At about the same time, I got an email from the college telling me I needed to put down additional money as a deposit. This was during the point in the month when our cash flow is pretty much non-existant due to paying bills.

Here I am thinking: how am I going to pay for all this? I'm not particularly jazzed on going into debt to pursue my degree. I am, after all, a fan of Dave Ramsey who hardly ever recommends going into debt for school. I was kinda planning on doing this (as much as possible) on a pay-as-you-go system.

For about 10 days, I stuck my head in the sand and mulled this problem. I periodically prayed about it, asking God for an answer. Seeing no answer coming, I gathered everything I needed for the financial aid applications and committed to finding the deposit money -- probably by giving up my Starbucks and lunches out.

And then, last night, I got reimbursed by a friend for some money I had spent on her behalf. I had totally forgotten that she was even going to pay me back. And, lo and behold, it's precisely the same amount of money I need for the deposit at school. It's not much, but it's like I hear God saying, "Don't worry about it. This is what I want you to do, and I will provide a way for you to do it."

So, praise God! And pray that tuition and book funding is forthcoming.