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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Haitian Graduation Day

This week we celebrated with six of our kids that graduated from the 6th grade, which is a benchmark grade in Haiti.  If you are privileged to attend school this is a big milestone.  Our kids will have the opportunity to continue their education and set goals for their future.  We are excited to see how each of our students will move forward preparing themselves for life outside of the Hands and Feet family one day.  Here is a picture of our six that graduated this year!

Romy, Nahomie, Felius, Daniella, Colon, Louiness
The day began early, food preparations took most of the day.  It is neat to see the similarities in some of the ways we celebrate good times.  Food, decor, dress, fellowship, etc. The graduation ceremony was for the entire school, which includes kindergarten (yes, even in Haiti they celebrate that), 6th grade and then the High School graduates.  It was not the amount of people graduating that made for a lengthy ceremony, but the dancing, speeches, special readings, singing and pictures that went into the celebration.  Once it was over we returned to the Hands and Feet campus and had a celebration.  We had a team in and they brought decorations and helped set up for the party.

We all had plenty to eat and enjoyed our time with the kids and celebrating their success.  After we went up to our Mission Village and watched the opening game of the World Cup.  It was a great day!  


Delens Playing

The Girls
Ran into our good friend Samuel at the Ceremony


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