The Last Formal

April 22nd was our last formal of the year. We all got dressed up again and tried not to dwell on the fact that this was the last one. My table from left to right: Adrian, me, Rui, Aimee (my roomy), Chelsea, Richard, Tat
All the guys (from left to right): Josh, Cannon, Stephen, Richard, Cort, Derrick, Caleb, Adrian, and Seth
front row from left to right: Danilo, Pastor Don, Rui, and Chris

Lish, Tat, me and Lesley.

Tat, Lish, and Me

Me and Analea

me and Lish

Me and Katie (my Sparky from Awanas)

Josh, Jessica (my roomy) and Cort dancing!

Josh and his date, he wasn't allowed to dance with anyone else.

Pastor Don and Mrs. Landis

The kitchen staff. The alumni came in again to serve for us.

From left to right: Jared, Heidi, Jean, Jimmy, Caleb, Tom, and Annie

So, during dinner, Danilo stood up to make an announcement. He started to explain what was going on with his visa (he's from Brazil). As he continued to explain to us what was going on he had to stop several times and compose himself. He explained to us that he had petitioned the government for an extension on his visa in order to graduate in May. He had just got the letter that explained he'd been denied.... (again he had to compose himself)

So he called the office to explain to them what was going on and to see if they could work anything out. He told the guy that he was leaving the country in two weeks anyway and....he was given clearance to stay!!!!!!!

He did such a good job acting out his whole story that several of the girls were crying and even the guys were tearing up. We didn't know if he was going to be able to stay or not and he was making it seem like he had been told that he couldn't stay and would have to leave before graduation. He got several things thrown at him as he went to sit back down with a huge stupid grin on his face!!! We were all so happy and frustrated with him for tricking us like that, we could have hugged and slapped him all at the same time!!!!!

So we will graduate this year, with all but two of the students who enrolled at the beginning of the year!

We're all excited to meet each other's families but none are ready to leave. Graduation will be a tough day.