Pacific Baptist School News

Dear Family and Friends of Pacific Baptist School,

Greetings in Christ! I pray that you and yours had a wonderful Christmas and have started the New Year off well and refreshed in Christ! The first half of the school year has been tremendous and we look forward to a great second half of the year. Our Basketball season is now in full swing. Come support your Patriots (see enclosed schedule) and your Junior Patriots. The new semester begins in just a couple of weeks. The yearly Fine Arts Competition in Lancaster is about six weeks away, our seniors will be travelling to Cambodia in March, and before you know it, the school year will come to a close with our graduation services.

TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN AND WHEN YOU ARE SERVING GOD!!! As you know by now, Lord willing, my wife and I will be going to Southeast Asia. Many of you have asked for details. So in a nutshell, here goes:

God has been stirring our hearts for the past few years to not only ‘go’ and take the glorious message of Christ to regions where the gospel has yet to make an impact, but also to stir the hearts of others to pray, to give, and if the Lord would allow ‘ to go’ also. We look forward to going to Southeast Asia to work with our teams in (creative access country) and Thailand. We will be based in (creative access country) and spend the majority of our time with the team from PBC that is already there. Please do pray for (creative access country)! Pray for the team there, pray for the 131 ‘unreached people groups’, and pray for safety from persecution as (creative access country) is on the Top Ten list of countries where Christians are most persecuted.

I am presently–with the help of many of our own church family–working on my presentation in order to head on the deputation trail. I will continue in my present responsibilities here at Pacific Baptist Church, PBBC, and PBS until mid-March and then hit the road full-time. My wife will continue in her responsibilities here (both in the school and the college) until school is out in June. So, while I will, Lord willing, be travelling some, we will both be around until the school year ends in June. As you know, Kyle Beck will be taking over my position as school administrator of PBS and he will do a great job with the Lord’s help!

May the hand of the Lord be evident in all of our lives in 2012.

Sincerely in Christ,

Brother Johnny Esposito

P.S. I was recently informed by one of our good families of a new law that just went into effect on January 1, 2012. This is a law that many of you might need to know about. Ignorance will not be bliss here. Not knowing could cost you $250.00.

California Law (Effective 01/01/2012): Children *MUST* be secured in an appropriate child passenger restraint (safety seat or booster seat) IN THE BACK SEAT OF A VEHICLE until they are at least 8 YEARS OLD or 4′ 9″ in height. http://www.chp.ca.gov/community/safeseat.html

Upcoming Activities and Events:

•  1/16 - JV vs. Waldorf | Varsity vs. Christbridge
• 1/18-1/20 – WCBC Winter BB Tournament
• 1/20 - Last Day of the First Semester
• 1/23 - JH vs. Christian Heritage | JV vs. Christian Heritage | Varsity vs. Christian Heritage
• 1/23 - First Day of Second Semester | Science & History Fair
• 1/27 - Candy Sale Reward Day
• 2/2-2/3 – Western States Championship
• 2/6 - JV vs. Verbum Dei | Varsity vs. Verbum Dei
• 2/11 - FA Car Wash
• 2/29-3/2 – Lancaster FA Competition
• 3/12 - Seniors leave for Cambodia
• 2/13 - JV vs. Allegiant Christian | Varsity vs. Allegiant Christian
• 3/19-3/23 – PBS Spring Break

Dear Parent(s):

Can you believe the New Year is upon us! My, how time does fly! That means we only have a few short weeks to prepare for the Lancaster Fine Arts Competition.

This year the competition will be held March 1st and 2nd, with us leaving on February 29th. All projects for Fine Arts are due in to the school no later than January 31st. There will be no extensions as we will be having run-offs in the different competition areas (this includes preaching, Bible teaching, academics, etc.) at the school. If the projects are not turned in by the cutoff date, they will not be able to be entered into the competition.

Also, please note that the 2nd payment of $30 was due on December 31st and the final payment of $35 is due on January 15th, after January 15th the cost will be $110.00. The reason for the last fee is because we as a school have cutoff dates that we must meet with Lancaster or we must pay a late fee. The fee for Fine Arts, or any Fine Arts related costs may NOT be billed. These fees are also non-refundable and must be paid prior to the competition. As a school, we need to secure hotel rooms and competition meals up front and depend on all our students to have their fees paid on time so that we can accomplish this.

Should you have any questions or require additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office at (562) 426-5214.

Sincerely,

Johnny Esposito