High School Graduation
It was a big day at the Evenday’s household yesterday. Son 2 graduated from Beaulieu High School and received the award for best student for the option Math-Physics, a prize that not only honors him, but also puts $250.00 cash into his pocket.
We got to talk to his principal and a couple of his teachers. They spoke of his character and his positive influence on his classmates. We are very proud of him!
Tonight we will celebrate at our place with 20 of his classmates along with half a dozen of his teachers. Beaulieu High School has been good to all of our kids, and for that we are thankful.
Son 2 will leave for Marseilles, France on September 15 in order to follow the spiritual internship that Son 1 received in 2005-2006. After, Lord willing, he’ll start university at Harding, which has offered him a huge, four-year scholarship.
Congratulations, Smiley. We love you. You are a wonderful blessing to our lives. We’re already missing you…
July 6th, 2007 at 10:19 am
And the boy can ran run fast too. Good grief–the complete package.
Congrats to Son 2 and the family that raised him. Harding must be licking their chops.
Just curious, what’s the spiritual internship?
July 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Mike: Thanks for the congrats. They will be P.O. ASAP. (You inspired me on yesterday’s post).
Yes, he can run fast. Did his last run of 5 miles in 33′20. And that was just training, not even his best time.
The spiritual internship is a year when Christians or wanna-bes can go to Marseilles and receive Bible instruction by very talented teachers each morning of the week. The church there is in a difficult area of town, so the afternoons are spent in community service, activities with the older folks in the neighborhood, choral and theatrical presentations, kids’ programs, etc. Add to that camp counseling, a survey trip to French-speaking Africa, several retreats and lectureships, a choir tour… It makes for a great year. The youngest to have done it was about 18. The eldest? 65. Ready to sign up?
July 6th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Congrats to Son 2. He has already accomplished much in his short life.
Do they have Track and Field at Harding?
July 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
“Do they have Track and Field at Harding?”
Oh yeah, one of the better D-II track and cross country programs in the nation.
Son 2 is fast, and with some serious training, he might be able to get within sight of all those Kenyans Harding has. Of course, if they’re already paying you to just sit there and think, why knock yourself out that much?
That spiritual internship sounds like a winner. I wouldn’t mind sending my three over there to do that.
July 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
That’s a big transition for all involved! But congrats to you and your family.
July 6th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Ditto all the congrats to Son 2. Wow……….a 4-year scholarship at Harding! And besides that, he’ll be in God’s country, right over there in the middle of many, many ridge-backed hogs in red!! Oh, yeah, Harding is the Bisons, right? Well, no matter. Being a razorback has nothing to do with the school you attend. It’s a state of mind!
July 6th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
How wonderful for you all. I’m so proud of Son 2, and I’ve never even met him. Seeing this pic of him and his mum makes me sniffle. Will E-mail Wife soon!
July 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Congrats to Son 2. Two down, one more to go.
Son 2 was a positive influence on me too, last summer. Brady, do the graduates not wear the ole cap and gown?
July 7th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Congratulations! Now we’ll see who’s a mess when they send their sweet son miles and miles away. Although, when I mentioned this to my kids, they told me there’s a difference between Switzerland to Harding and California to ACU. I see no difference. It’s far and it makes me cry.
Blessings on this beautiful son and his family.
July 8th, 2007 at 1:56 am
Also, congrats to Venus Williams for winning Wimbledon! Good luck to your boy, Roger, tomorrow.