Over the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to speak with many of our CLASS Alumni. Throughout these conversations there seems to be a common thread. It goes something like this.
 
"After I took the CLASSeminar life got in the way and I just never got my speaking/writing off the ground." Or, "My family needed me and I have not been able to fulfill God's call on my life." Or, "I was just so overwhelmed I didn't know where to start so I did nothing, but now I'm ready."
 
It's true; our journey is often filled with detours. Life does get in the way and sometimes we find ourselves in God's waiting room. No matter what the reason, there are times when God places us in that waiting room for a season. It's what we do while we're in the waiting room that counts. We need to be intentional about our actions while we are waiting.
 
Some of you may have heard the introduction I give at the CLASSeminar. In this introduction I share about the first time I heard Florence Littauer speak. The two words that stayed with me that day were, "Get ready." At the time I was in a waiting room, one that lasted almost 10 years. During that period God revealed ways for me to "get ready" while He kept me waiting.

- Caroline Myss

by Pam Christian

Pam Christian is a broadcaster, keynote speaker and author who draws from her myriad of life's lemons to overcome and become ""your most trusted life advocate."  Visit her web site to learn more about her seminar and products,
and visit wydk.org and her blog.

- Anthony Robbins

- Winston Churchill

Class faculty member, Cheri Gregory received the 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award for the North American Region from the Alumni Awards Foundation. Cheri is a high school English Teacher at Monterey Bay Academy in Northern California.
 
Cheri attended CLASS for the first time in 1993. In 2005 Cheri became a Certified Personality Trainer. Her understanding of the personalities changed the way she looked at relationships in her life. Cheri began using the knowledge and insights gained through The Personalities in her classroom.  
 
"I have stayed in the teaching profession for two decades.  I could not possibly have done so without knowing my own Personality strengths, weaknesses, and needs; and being able to assess the same of my students and my administrators and colleagues." Cheri said. "The ability to adapt my approach to meet the central need of a "difficult" or "unreachable" student, colleague or supervisor has given me effectiveness and influence." 

CLASS faculty member Pamela Sonnenmoser is a freelance writer, speaker and Certified Personality Trainer. She is on the board of directors for His Song Ministries and leads women's ministries in her home state, Missouri.
Pamela is the owner of PKS Training and Consulting.

"Are you kidding me?" My son repeated this at varying heights of emotion during a recent conversation. He'd learned that vast amounts of money could be had if only I'd sign ancestral scrolls.
 
Now, I don't deny my heritage. In fact, I delight in the fact that my great-great grandmother was the daughter of the Chief of the Seneca nation. She was married off at the age of 12 to a traveling shoe salesman from Elmira, NY.
 
However, their grandson, my paternal grandfather, grew up to be a minister, a man who started over 100 churches in his lifetime. Grandpa drew a line in the sand by refusing to sign his mother's ancestral scrolls. He said he would not be counted with a nation that denied the Lord, instead he would be counted with the saints.
 
Read how a 100-year old decision still stands.

- Will Rogers

CALLOUTS, CONTESTS, &
 OPPORTUNITIES 

   April - Focus
   May - Preparation/Practice
   June - Perseverance
   July - Courage
   August - Teachability
   September - Character
   October - Relationship
   November - Responsibility
   December - Teamwork