Con-Graduation!

On a different note, our standard eight kids graduated this week. There was not much of a ceremony, in fact when we found out there would be no certificates of completion (i.e. diplomas) we took it upon ourselves to make sure that there were some for the children. We both felt that the children should feel proud of their accomplishment, especially considering that so many drop out before this very important day. In addition to the certificates the kids had a party with food (rice and goat) and music. Jeremy and I helped to sponsor the party because we have become so fond of the students.

We were not sure how the students felt about us, but we came to the party late after picking up Jeremy’s parents at the airport and were greeted with loud cheers of excitement and laughter.

Coming from such what I would call ‘guarded’ children, this made us feel pretty amazing! Now the exams...they begin on Wednesday only after the communitywide prayer service (non-denominational, don’t worry) on Tuesday.
According to one of the teachers this is “the most important thing we can do before the exam...”. I am sticking with studying as the most important thing, but that is just me. We are going to miss these kids and now we just have to hope that they stay in school and out of trouble.