Week 33

This is the final week update for this blog. Last weekend was our commencement weekend. Most of the students had family and friends come down to celebrate with them and take part in the weekends activities. On Friday afternoon we had a lunch all together and thanked our national staff for all of their hard work through out the year. On Friday night we had our ministry arts (or Windows) concert where the students demonstrated their talents from through out the year as well as telling stories and sharing about how this year has impacted them. Then on Saturday we had our Baccalaureate service in the morning and the faculty spoke to the class and at night we had our banquet.






On Sunday morning the students took their families to the churches that they have been attending and then on Sunday afternoon we had the commencement ceremony where the president of the Covenant church, Glen Palmberg, spoke.

Soon after it started to rain and then pour and very shortly we did not have power (something that happens quite frequently). So, the family and friends got to experience what it is really like to live here while they ate a truly candle-lit dinner and were encouraged to ration their drinking water and toilet use (our water system is on an electric pump and so when there is not electricity there is not water for anything). I think that everyone really did enjoy it though and the power was back on in time to do dishes. After Sunday the students started to leave to either go home or travel with their families and they had to say goodbye to one another for one last time. It has been a great year and we will miss one another a lot.

I just wanted to thank you again for faithfully checking this blog and for you support and prayer of our students over the last year. They can use continued prayer as they take the next steps in their lives and continue to strive after what God has in store for them.

I am planning on leaving this blog up as long as it can be, so you can come back to it as you wish. I have been told that once you click on and open the photos you can save them to your own computer, so please feel free to do that with any that you wish to have.

Photos: The whole class; Alexis and Azurlee Bevan and their parents; Greta Espe and her family; Hannah, Mary, Tess and Mandy; Elin and Heidi; Jenni and Elle; Glen speaking