Broke through the first barrier

"Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear." ~ Isaiah 65:24

On Day 5 of our church's annual Prayer & Fasting, I received this e-mail:

I am happy to inform you that your application for a ... Graduate Degree Fellowship has been reviewed by the Center’s Degree Fellowship Committee and has passed the initial screening phase.

Your application will now undergo the following phases of the competition. In the second screening phase, your application will be reviewed by the University ... Graduate Division to determine whether or not you meet their admission requirements. Applications successfully reviewed by the Graduate Division will then be sent to the respective graduate field of study for their review in the third phase of the selection process. In the fourth phase, the Center’s ... Selection Committee will review the final pool of applications in late-March and will announce the award decisions no later than April 1, 2012.

As part of the final review process, we will also be reviewing candidates for ... Alumni Scholar Awards to qualified students who are not awarded a Graduate Degree Fellowship. Criteria for an ... Alumni Scholar Award include financial need, community involvement, leadership potential and academic achievement.

No further correspondence regarding the status of your application will be forthcoming until the award decisions are made and announced.

Glory to God! You Who Promised are faithful.