Our First High School Graduation!

Friday and Saturday we celebrated our first class to graduate from high school. These 43 young people started in our schools in preschool. What a joy to watch them finish the course with a bright future!

Graduates from our primary school in Bomani.

Graduates from our primary school in Bomani.

Graduates from our primary school in Vipingo.

Graduates from our primary school in Vipingo.

Cake ceremony

Cake ceremony

Special dignitaries. All women who fight for our girls who before our schools would have most likely been married with children by this time in their villages.

Special dignitaries. All women who fight for our girls who before our schools would have most likely been married with children by this time in their villages.

Missionary Bobby Bechtel, Tim and I awarding the certificate of appreciation to Martin, our sponsored boy. He has the top score in business.

Missionary Bobby Bechtel, Tim and I awarding the certificate of appreciation to Martin, our sponsored boy. He has the top score in business.

Today we celebrated by taking the graduates shopping. Our team helped them pick out a new outfit that they could wear to a job interview. They had so much fun and were so grateful!

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A final meal to share with the kids and wish them well as they leave our program and move on to the next step’s in their lives.

A final meal to share with the kids and wish them well as they leave our program and move on to the next step’s in their lives.

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What a joy it has been to celebrate with a total of 96 of our kids this week. God has used Fox River to give them the hope of a bright future.