Remember Elizabeth's applications to universities? She was accepted into my old university with partial financial aid. She was rejected by the university in China. And she was accepted by a local university less than 50 Km from where we live.
Actually, if we were to scrape together every dollar we own we can afford to send her to USA this year. But if we do that, there is no certainty that we could raise the required amount for the next three years. After all, the main part of our contribution came as an outright gift which would not be repeated. So what my brother commented about USA came true: the financial melt down did affect foreign scholarships. If Elizabeth is a decisive and quick to adapt person, I may send her with the intention of transfer to a state university within one year. But as it is, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. It is prudent to take the local offer which costs a fraction of what we have to pay in USA. Here the government subsidized the students heavily. The entire degree would cost only a fifth of what we were to pay for the first year of a USA education.
Despite the rejection of the university in China, Elizabeth was still on the waiting list when she checked the web site. Now I wonder if she would go if the late offer does come, once she settles down. Of course the chance of being selected in the second or third intake is slim. After all, there were fourteen hundred applications for limited places. But I suppose all things are possible if God is willing.
We will wait and see what happens next. I am still holding a suitcase full of winter clothing, wondering why God gave it to us so providentially three years ago when we prayed about a scholarship which would enable her to study pre-university abroad. She did not win the scholarship but the lovely cloths remained. I am still waiting to see why the clothes came, surely there must be a good reason. God never make mistakes.
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