I’ve heard it said, that people come in to our lives for a reason…

Hanging before the tea with Kate,
my pastor's daughter

          This Friday was the ACA graduation for the senior class of 2011! We had 11 students graduate and 6 different nationalities represented! It was one of the classes at ACA with the most US missionaries (3), and also had Paraguayans, Koreans, a Taiwanese, a Peruvian, and a British student. Most of these students have been at ACA since kindergarten and in the same class together through the years! Their pictures, memories, and stories were special to hear as they grew together. All of this time together, and now they are separating and going truly around the world! Each has made an impact on each to help them grow and become who they are and who they will become! From dreams of becoming a diplomat, to an opera singer, to banking, and the undecided, each is heading out into the world to make their mark! With memories being stated about even as far back as elementary and kindergarten, it was a wonderful end of the year reminder and extra jolt for why we do what we do and the impact a little action of love can one day make on the world!!!

Filling up before the ten minutes
are up. I could hear the ocean!



         On Saturday, I went to my church for nearly 8 hours to help set up, decorate and clean up from the Té de Damas (Ladies Tea)! It was certainly a wonderful time for the ladies of the church to join together, have fun, and learn more about the Lord. The theme was Winter Wonderland (selected by some Paraguayan ladies)! The irony was that while we are entering into our winter here that can get cold (no snow though), this last week was the annual heat wave that accompanies the festival de San Juan. So while I was hanging up snowflakes from the ceiling on my church I was sweating in the 80 degree weather! Still the decorations turned out very well and the women loved it! We had food, tea (Paraguayan cocido (a very sweet hot tea)), crafts, a testimony from a woman on a mission trip, and games. One of the games as you can see involved trying to stick as many balloons onto a group model (aren’t my Paraguayan sisters in Christ so sweet to pick me)! Within ten minutes I had 39 balloons all over me! It was a wonderful time being able to grow closer to these women and laugh together!



Winter wonderland, Paraguayan style!



Prayer Requests:
- Please pray for a good end to our school year as it is coming up soon! (June 24th)

- Please pray for the board as they are working on making important decisions about this next year!
- Please Pray for our new teachers that are coming!

Firsts:
- First ACA Graduation!

- First Té de Damas at my church! (Ladies tea)

They decided to pop the balloons to count them!!!