While most of you are attending graduation and open houses, we still have another month of school, with graduation being June 27th. Senior activities still fill our schedules though. The ICA Class of 2002 returned yesterday from their senior retreat at the beaches in San Pedro, on the Atlantic Ocean. This Friday night is the Junior-Senior Banquet which is entirely hosted by the juniors for the seniors – they even do the cooking!
The Seniors are also in ‘transition’; a time where they don’t have to show up for meals or classes etc.; they have to do their own laundry and cook their own meals for which they have done their own shopping. They are still responsible for all their coursework and for their work credit. The intended goal is to better prepare them to live on their own when they return to the USA for college; mom and dad won’t be an easy phone call away when they are still here in Africa.
Our best news is that our daughter Gina and her husband (of one year) Brian are coming to visit us this summer. We’re sending them a list of things to bring us, things we didn’t think to bring and can’t get here in Bouake. They will also be able to visit the Abernethys, missionaries here in Bouake supported by their home church in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. As you can imagine, we’re counting the days in anticipation of this visit!