The Director Arrives

Our last week here in the hotel was brightened on Wednesday with the arrival of Dr. Terry Edwards, the program director. As most readers know, he was unable to come with us in September as a result of open-heart surgery he suddenly had to undergo in August. Stress tests a couple of weeks ago resulted in his being cleared to fly. He came to help shut the campus down next week and to negotiate contracts for next fall. Terry spoke in chapel Thursday and has been helping students (and faculty) with travel arrangements for next week.

Our end-of-semester banquet was Thursday evening. We had steak! After a fine meal, Terry serenaded the group with a Neapolitan song, accompanying himself on the guitar. Then we watched a slideshow Jonathan had put together. Nearly everyone appeared in it, but a few students were very overrepresented because most people didn't give Jonathan any photos to put into the show. Many pictures were taken afterwards while everyone was still dressed up.

Everyone is supposed to be in the process of cleaning out their rooms and preparing things for shipment. This morning was the last available time to ship boxes home. We began cleaning papers and such out of our apartment yesterday afternoon. There was some extra room in our suitcases on the way over, but I think the souvenirs we've acquired this semester will probably take up most of it when we pack today and tomorrow.