interesting!

As I've prayed this weekend about what God is asking me to do next, I have been focusing on expanding my piano studio. I went to dinner with one of my closest friends on Friday night and we talked about the possibilities. She, herself, is filled to capacity with students. She offered several ways to get going on this. The most poignant was her offer to let me use her home studio every Wednesday as many hours as I'd like. (She's also a music director of a parish and is gone on Wednesdays from early morning until pretty late at night for her duties there.) She lives in a different part of town, a part that borders on a very wealthy area so she charges more than I do where I live. She said she could refer people to me as they call her for lessons.

Tomorrow, I'm going to hit the local music store where Rita works. Rita has been selling me piano music for years and I have a feeling she'll refer people to me if I ask. I'll market through bulletin announcements in the churches and maybe approach a couple of principals in schools to see if I could teach during the school day. I already signed up to become a member of the Music Teachers' Association, where I might get even more students. See? Lotso ideas!

The unemployment should help me get by until I can build my student population. Best of all, it will free my time to volunteer in a pro-life endeavor.

One just never knows what God has planned 'round here! All I know for sure is that, whatever it is, it will be exciting!

Oh, yeah...I forgot to mention that God seems to have given me an affirmation regarding this. When I called one of my cantors from St. Columba tonight to talk about something unrelated, she told me she was looking for a piano teacher for her daughter. They live blocks from my house! I signed her right up!!!