“The RoseBouquet”

Thanks to a reminder from Robin, (South Africa) last week, I was able to upload all ten of my aloe-vera-and-handy-herbs.com pages much faster the next day. There’s still more tweaking to do. Then another 20 pages, and I can monetize it and turn this into a profitable little web business. I can hardly wait.

Day after tomorrow is May 1. I had hoped to have some students lined up for my Azaleas Virtual Assistants (AVA) course to start then. If I suddenly get some I can still throw myself into gear to work there, but over the last week or two I’ve been wondering what to do if I don’t get the students. On Sunday afternoon I took time for a prayer retreat to consider my options.

I began to see that not tutoring students over the summer months is not such a bad option. I still think the course plan is a very good idea, and that God is not asking me to cancel it. Rather, that it WILL surely come to pass yet. But it might not hurt to focus the next few months to working here from home mostly, so I can give my current clients more focused time, and also develop and promote my own sites. If I can get a deal with the WTM Board for a holding rent on the office space, I won’t have to get rid of all that I’ve set up there, but can have it ready for whenever the Lord will bring me the right students.

In fact, I really would rather that HE chooses and sends me the students best suited for this course and who could become trustworthy employees in the future. I’ve come away from that afternoon, feeling quite at peace about holding the office in readiness, and settling in here at home to be more productive again. Dividing my time to get that office ready has put me behind in some other things. My own sites have been neglected, and I have done only the most necessary things to keep promises to others.

On top of that, I have nearly all my estimates for the RRAP plan reno work in. I still need two quotes to be turned into me, and for two others to come quote on the eavestroughing jobs. If I can wrap that up in the next week or so, and get all of the quotes in to the inspector, the work may begin in May yet. It would be wise for me to be around here when those workmen come and need to get into the house.

I tell you, being at peace with either of two options is a whole lot more comfortable than dithering and worrying about what might or might not happen.