G R A D U A T I O N 2 0 1 0 !

After a long day of airports and airplanes, we are safely home, well fed on Root Beer floats and Bob Evans, and enjoying the little things we have missed from home and our home culture...air-conditioning, Meijers, smooth roads, jeans! For Lily, Ohio is like an entirely foreign world, and she is just mesmerized with carpeting, string cheese, and the family cat.

Graduation was fantastic! Everything went so smoothly

I was laughing SO hard in this picture...One of the cooks, Mona, was taking the picture, and it was the first picture she had ever taken in her life. She was SO excited, and wanted it to look just perfect, and was critiquing and rearranging everyone's hair, dress, smile...

A church choir from Vaudreil came and sang a few special songs...

...second year student Civil "Artist" gave a performance,...

and then seminary choir just brought the house down...they were FANTASTIC!

Though the Haitian culture differs in many ways from American culture, I'm PRETTY sure I have a picture JUST like this of someone texting from my sister's college graduation :)

Saying Good-bye was hard for Gertha and us, even if only for a few weeks.
Matt translating for Dr. Bill Cooper, who gave a short speech about the last years of EBS and about the hope Haiti has today.
Several students were recognized and given class "appointments".

The valedictorian, Loubens Joseph, gave a speech as well, bringing the ceremony to a little over three hours...whew! We praise the Lord for this awesome celebration and ending of a school year where His presence and leading was so magnificent.

You can see more pictures at the Seminary blog.