by Corinna Calica

This spring 2009, Faith Bible Church of Vallejo will be opening a faith-based developmental preschool.  It will be State-licensed and will have a capacity of 30 children to start.  There will be a preschool program (capacity: 18 children) and a toddler program (capacity: 12 children).  Mustard Seed Preschool will be licensed to operate within ½ of the downstairs social hall, offices, kitchen, and two of the lower level classrooms.  Corin Calica and DanDan Nogaliza have been faithfully working on the preschool license application since November 2007.  The church is expecting visits from the Vallejo fire marshall and State licensing analysts any day.

To date, FBC Vallejo has had two preschool work days.  On Saturday morning, February 7th, members came to help clean, scrub, sanitize, paint, and repair preschool furniture before moving.  Pastor Reuel & Corin Calica, Pastor Bob Asercion, Dandan & Aldwin Nogaliza, Jeanette & Joel Tongson, and Gomer Silva-Netto were on hand to do the “dirty job” of preparing each piece of equipment.   On Sunday evening, February 15th, members stayed to construct the indoor dramatic play loft for the preschool classroom.  Pastor Reuel, Aldwin Nogaliza, Pierre Washington, Jun De Rosas, Boyet & Bethel Libranda, Rowena & Willie Pagtakhan painstakingly cleaned and put together the massive loft structure.  Mission accomplished!  We thank each of our faithful members who freely gave their time and “muscles” for each work day.  God who has begun a good work in our church will see the preschool project through completion!