I’m sending this unusual midweek post to keep you as up to date as possible. This past Tuesday two of our Zoe board members and Katy met with our solicitor (lawyer). Here’s what we’ve discovered.

He missed a deadline for some simple corrections and inquiries regarding our constitution. He will request a new inquiry from the Charity Regulator and submit those in a timely fashion. He was apologetic.
According to him, once that is submitted and approved, all that is left is for our board to ratify the changes. At that point we should receive our approval.
Our solicitor believes we are at the end of the process. As far we know, he is one of the most experienced in the area of charity status applications so our feeling is that he is correct.

Communication from our solicitor has been less than optimal so here are some things we asked from him.

To be cc’d on every email he sends/receives from the Charity Regulator.
To obtain a written statement from the Charity Regulator of any final steps in the process to our approval.
To get all this done ASAP.

We have an amazing board and the two who jumped in for this situation have been stellar. They both have legal backgrounds and know how to handle peers. We feel more confident than ever that the light is at the end of the tunnel for our charity status.

Please continue to pray as the coming weeks will be crucial in submitted necessary documents as well as getting straight answers from the Charity Regulator. We’re so grateful to have you all praying and supporting through these final difficult moments before breakthrough!