Politics-Weather-Graduation! :)

Hello everyone!! Me again reporting 'alive' from Davao city! :)

Things have been a little crazy in this country with elections coming up on May 10th. The entire city seems to be plastered with signs and posters... I'm not sure how many parties are running, but it seems to me that each poster is promoting a different person!!! I find it amusing how they randomly block off main roads for a day to run a campaign. I've tried asking around about the elections and how they work here, but proper answers are hard to find. So I've remained somewhat it the dark, wondering where May 10th will take this country.

I do know that this is their first time they are electronically voting. So in an attempt to ensure that the power does not go out for the 24 hours on May 10th, they have been conserving energy by turning off the power for a few hours every few days or so. I'm looking forward to when that comes to an end.

Hot season is definitely back, and will be here for a good long while. It's always hot here, but now is when it gets extra hot. The type of climate the makes you sweat 24-7 even if you're just standing there! :S :) And when you get up at 3am to stroll around the house because you don't know what to do with yourself, and then realize it's not much cooler outside than it had been at 3pm. One day last week around noon, our director check his outdoor thermometer that was in the sun- it read 55C (131F)!! Hala!
Please pray that the climate won't hinder our attitudes and motivation! :)

But enough about politics and the weather... By far the top news this week is that my class is having our graduation ceremony on Saturday!! This will be my first official graduation! :P
I still can't believe believe we've come to this point!! We still have our final exams to write and a few more book reports to finish up... But the course work is "huma-na"(FINISHED)!!!! Praise God. So I will definitely have to post some pictures next week.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you again for your encouraging comments, e-mails and prayers!! They are what help me to 'keep on keeping on!"

"till next time"