End of Year Celebration Friday May 24

After the ceremony in the International Lounge, we all headed back to school for a bit of fun. There were several stations: In one classroom they watched the yearbook DVD, in another they built things with blocks, in the Big Room we had a variety of games, in another room there were crafts, and in the Crew Galley we had a pizza making mess. The kids loved it. They roamed from center to center, and when their individual pizzas were done, they came into the Big Room and sat at the guitar-pick table there to chow down. We ended the fun with an hour in the pool on deck 9. We divided the kids into “families” this year, and so before we went up to the pool, each family had to build their dream school out of Legos.

It was a delightful closing to a great year.

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Last Day of School

The kids and teachers began to assemble in Mid-Ships for our final day. The families and some friends and crew members attended as we walked them class by class into the International Lounge, where we presented each student with his or her character trait award, and several students performed. Marty had taken over the elementary choir, and they led us in worship. We all loved it! They were great! Then Miss Dunn pulled out the ukuleles and got the 7^th and 8^th graders up to play “I’ll Fly Away” with everyone robustly singing along.

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Mercy Ships Academy Graduation 2013

May 23^rd our three graduates walked down the aisle of the International Lounge for their formal ceremony. The ship turned out, for we did this during community meeting time. Ben Calvert, our principal, officiated. It was a wonderful ceremony, and each of the girls gave a heart-loaded speech. These three are young women of faith and integrity and shall go far in God’s Kingdom. It has been an honor to teach them, and I shall miss them.

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Graduation dinner

On Wednesday evening, May 23, we had our graduation dinner for our three graduates, Michelle Marx, Lara Palmer and Carys Parker, seen here in the photo with me. We held the dinner in the International Lounge, with about 50 people in attendance. The junior high students served and had lots of fun. Of course, there were speeches, stories to tell, and lots of tasty food…

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Ward Services

Each Sunday there are services in the ward which crew and patients can attend. The drums beat, guitars strum, and preaching translated into several languages comes forth.

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