A few weeks ago were the farewell of the senior candidates, of my sister’s school. I was privileged to join them to the occasion. It was a Buffet dinner. The hall and tables were beautifully decorated and set. The young people going to be the following seniors in the coming years welcomed us and the VIP guests who are the seniors of this year. They were also the waitresses and looked after their guests in a brilliant way. The new school year in SA usually starts January running through to the first week in December of the same year.
As the VIP guests arrived they were photographed, announced and showed to their seats. The girls looked absolutely stunning and the partners coordinated with their colours; all of them in special evening wear.
It is a vibrant group of young people with a future ahead of them. Some will be going on to University and colleges to further their education and follow their dream career. They had a brilliant Christian guest speaker Dr. Lechuti, who used the opportunity to motivate and inspire the young people to grab hold of their opportunities and be grateful for them. He also challenged them to think about whom they are and where they are going in life. It was so good that we ‘oldies’ felt like just taking up the challenges ourselves.
After we ate it was the turn of the head girl, deputy and any of the others in the group who felt like giving a word of appreciation and farewell to their group of friends, whom some of them were together now in this school for four to twelve years and some together in the hostel.
Their speeches were spontaneous and every one spoke about being challenged in their years at school with the Gospel. They appreciate the Lord and gave Him honour and glory. They came forward as a strong group, with a great potential of leaders, knowing the Lord. Appreciation for the teachers and their education were part of their speeches, joys, humour, laughter and tears of farewell followed. Each of them in the group was presented with a farewell gift from the school, and then they could dance and enjoy the rest of their evening.
They had the opportunity to crown Jesus as their Lord. Word foundations have been laid and now they will be out there in the big world. We and the parents can pray and trust that they will make quality decisions and choices every step of their life’s journey.
My experience was one of joy looking back on South African history to see these children internationally educated in
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