This is an old English proverb. A farmer was on his way home from the fields one day and came by a stream. He had just given his dog Bailey a lamb bone to chew. Bailey happily carried the bone between his jaws and ambled along behind the farmer. When they came to the stream and as the farmer stopped to dip his feet in the cold, refreshing brook, Bailey ran on to the bridge and stopped mid-bridge to look down at the water. Bailey saw a dog's reflection with a bone between his jaws. Bailey's arithmetic told him he could have two bones instead of just the one between his jaws. Before he knew it he was barking at the reflection to acquire the extra bone. "Plop" went his own lamb bone into the water. Instead of addition Bailey executed a quick subtraction. Bad dog arithmetic.

We have 12 scholars in our hands. They are doing really well. We can fund them through all 4 years of school. Our formula seems to be working. Our Field Team knows exactly what is expected of them. They will be talking with the public school principals and head teachers for their next crop of scholars for school year 2011. The kids know by now that there are 12 slots available: 3 for high school seniors, 1 from SAS elementary and 8 from the public school elementary. So far, we have found 5 sponsors to fund these scholarships. We need to find 7 more.

We are praying to get some money deposited in the bank account so we can proceed smartly with our campaign to recruit 12 scholars for school year 2011.