June 21, 2006

•  Merlin graduated from high school today ... from the Ülenurme Gymnasium

  
  

  Congratulations, Sweet Girl

  
  

  We are so proud of you !!

  
  

  We had a great day with Merlin (pronounced like 'Marilyn') and her family. Enjoyed watching some Estonian graduation traditions and seeing Merlin's smiling face as her and her classmates sang thanks to their parents, teachers and friends. Of course, we couldn't understand much of what was said but as graduations go, I'm sure it was pretty standard. ~ smile ~ The music was beautiful. I just love how music is such an international language and you can feel it even when you don't understand the words.

  
  

  After her graduation, we had the pleasure of sharing some wonderful fellowship with Merlin and Heidi's parents, brother and some other sweet girls from church. Today was the first time we had met their folks so it was a special blessing indeed. We played a nice game of charades .. the kind that you play when you speak different languages and you are trying to help someone understand what you are trying to say. We did have some translators present, but they weren't always helpful (smile). We ate wonderful Estonian goodies and laughed a lot. I'm praying that God will give us a lot more opportunities to spend time with them in the future. They were a lot of fun and I understand they thought we were 'funny'. I think that's a compliment.

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