MATC

So I decided I should give some background on John and school since most of the time I talk about myself or Deja.  So back at the end of November John's co-worker, Josh, informed him about this LPN program at a school called Mountainland Applied Technology College.  An LPN certification would basically be the first year of Nursing school, and there are a couple LPN to RN programs in Utah that he could do afterwards.  John had heard about the program before, but decided against it because he wanted to focus on going to the U AND one of the prerequisites was he needed a specific grade in Anatomy (which he had received one letter grade below).

Now fast forward back to November.  So Josh started the program in the fall and found out from one of the professors that they we extremely low on applicants for the upcoming Spring Semester. To give you an idea, the program accepts 26 students and only around 12 or so had applied).  Because of this, MATC decided to extend the due date for applications till December.  Now at first John was hesitant because of the previous reasons, but then he opened up the application packet and noticed that Anatomy was no longer a required course, but rather a suggested one.  What are the odds?!?  Since that was one of the biggest things holding him back we thought and prayed that this might be a better option for him.  Plus if he didn't make it in, he could just re-apply for the U again in January.

 So this was about 2 weeks before the application due date.  Some of the things we needed for his application included transcripts, proof of his CNA certification, filling out the application itself, taking a test on campus, etc.  To add to the craziness I was going back to work within the same time so that just added to the fun.  

Anyway, December came and I checked and re-checked to make sure we had copies of everything we needed for the application and that we hadn't forgotten anything (because I'm paranoid like that). The day came for John to turn it in and get everything checked by the department's secretary.  As she was going through all the paperwork she said he was missing his CPR card.  WHAT?!?!??  I kid you not, I read and re-read that application a dozen times and it said nothing about a CPR card.  Luckily the lord was watching over us and John just happened to have said-card in his wallet.  The secretary was able to take a copy of it to be included  :)  John told me later that he almost took that card out of his wallet a few weeks earlier, but decided against it for some reason.  That reason: the spirit.  I'm sure of it :)  A couple days later he went down to take the test on campus.  The testing center was PACKED with potential students all taking the same test. (probably people who had heard that they were short on applicants and in the same shoes as John).  After taking the test, he felt pretty good about it and actually scored in the 99th percentile for the math section!!

 About 2 weeks later we received a letter showing us that John was ACCEPTED to the program.  I think I was a little more excited than he was, but that's the norm.  There is no doubt in my mind that we had a lot of tender mercies and that God's hand was in our lives throughout all of this.  Maybe John wasn't supposed to go to the U last fall so that he could spend time with Deja and I.  To sum it up, I like to think we're on the right track and that the lord is guiding us daily :)