Celebrating our 3rd school year!

Yesterday we wrapped up our third year teaching here in Uganda! It is hard to believe all that has happened during these 3 school years. Yesterday was a big day of celebrating God's grace to us as we acknowledged ways in which the students have grown in knowledge and maturity. 

We began the morning with the students setting out samples of their work from this year to prepare for the program for their parents. 

All of those books along the back of the table were read by our Omnibus students!  We are encouraged and amazed at all our students were able to do this year! 

And of course there had to be a snack table too! The students made doughnuts, cakes and other treats to help celebrate! 

Here is a photo of all of our students at the beginning of the program reciting John 14:6 in English and Luganda. After that all of our students presented something they learned or produced during the school year including songs, creative writing, reciting poetry and acting out a movie scene translated into Shakespearean language. We have such an amazing group of kids! It is a privilege learning together! 

Since this is the beginning of summer break we wanted to plan some fun, celebratory activities for the evening. We decided to make two separate plans, one for the elementary students and one for the middle and high schoolers. The younger children all came to our house for pizza and a movie and a sleepover in the living room. The girls enjoyed helping make the pizzas. (We had a few extra friends who are siblings of one of our students join in to add to the fun.) 

They were all the most excited about the dessert pizza! Not our most healthy day of eating... (Many thanks to our team from Faith Presbyterian Church for several of these ingredients!)

The kids were setting up for days trying to figure out where everyone would sleep, making beds out of cushions. Here they are in the morning after a few hours of sleep.

Our babysitter stayed with all these kiddos for a few hours while David and I took the middle and high school students out to dinner. It was a very nice time. We went to one of our favorite places, the Rainforest Lodge. It is a peaceful, beautiful place with delicious food not far from where we live! 

We are thankful to have completed this school year and are beginning plans for the next one. Since we will be adding 7 more students, we are busy ordering curriculum and planning schedules. We are still praying that we will be able to find someone to help us teaching next year. Please pray with us and if you have any leads on another teacher, please contact us ASAP! We have seen God's faithful provision for the last 3 years of our school and we look forward to seeing how he will provide for us next year!