Last but definitely not least was the celebration of our graduates and saying good bye to Gay-Ann. We had 6 graduates from the sponsorship ministry. One from college, Johnry who has been studying midwifery and plans to open his own clinic. Two students from High School, Anthony and Robert who are both very intelligent and hard working. One student moving into high school, Rusty he is very likable and two kinder graduates, JenJen and Jalyn. I was honored to be able to present the graduates with a small gift for their accomplishments and pray over them for their future.
The festivities then moved on to saying good bye to Gay Ann who has been here from the start on 12th street. Many spoke and shared their gratefulness to her for sharing God's love with them and showing them they were Gods children too
and that they should feel no shame and are worthy of the Fathers love! Many tears were shed as individuals shared their stories and thanked her personally.
It would not be a celebration without food! So next we had panceta and lumpia(my favorite again!)and lots of sweet tea. The youth offered to clean up and close the center so that Leslie and I could join Sonny. His family had just arrived to visit for a few days and were eager to meet Leslie. Well this brings us up to date here and I will continue to post my experiences here in the Philippines. In closing "May you be covered by the dust of our rabbi"