Up and running!

Well I suppose it's safe to safe Nashville Academy of Martial Arts is up and running!

Allen had a demonstration on Saturday at the church we are having it at. The demo was during the Upwards Basketball Awards Ceremony. He did really good. He did a weapons demonstration and I was rather impressed.

I think we got a good response and Allen seemed pretty content with everything. Tonight, there's an informational meeting for people to come out and ask questions if they have any. I wonder if anyone will show up. I hope so. But nonetheless, we should be rolling in another week or two.

It's exciting, yet scary at the same time.

Our goal with this is to give it a try, probably holding classes just once a week for 3 months, then both Allen and the church will evaluate and see how things are going. Hopefully, more classes can be held. Our goal is that at the end of the year, we'll have the finances to move forward with getting a building here in Nashville. However, it all depends on how the next few months go.

We don't want to jump into a building and then not be able to afford it. Our plan is for Allen to basically work for free for a bit so that we can build up the business account. We may end up working it out where he can get a really tiny paycheck but we're going into this thinking there will be no paycheck. That way, we won't be disappointed and can get some money built up to work towards our goal of having our own space.

So, to do that, Allen is going to keep working part-time at the paper and he'll probably continue to do some odd jobs here and there to help us stay afloat.

We really are exciting about things. I am super happy for Allen, I really am. He really has worked hard on this and he's been VERY patient, waiting for things to happen as God wants them too. A year ago, we were ready to get started but God had other plans, plans that we needed to include Him. It took a while for Allen to figure out what was missing but I'm proud that he listened when God spoke and that he found a way to turn this into a ministry. Now, let's see where it goes!