Celebration Time!

So, we have had some major successes here lately, so... 

CONGRATULATIONS GLADYS and MELISSA!!! 

As my grandma likes to say and seems appropriate here, "You go Girls!" :D A few weekends back, we found out that Gladys delivered her thesis and received her "titulacion", which I believe translates into her official graduation diploma. 

That weekend, I happened to be presiding at church, and as always, Jhonny did not do as I asked to celebrate good news during church, so I decided to head up announcements with the sharing of good news. I mean, a graduation is big news and very exciting, but I just had no idea. For the proceeding 15 minutes or so, Gladys' brother and aunts and uncles got up to congratulate her and share how proud they were of her for accomplishing such a feat. It was very heart-warming and there were lots of tears shed. 

As it turns out, Gladys was just about to start college when her mother passed away. And if anyone meets the family, even though it has been 8 years now, you will quickly learn how hard that was on the family. Not to say Gladys, being the youngest, suffered the most, but she definitely had a difficult time, both mentally and physically, dealing with grief and depression over the loss of her mom. 

So, with the time to heal and the financial assistance of her siblings, Gladys did eventually start college and has now GRADUATED! We are all very proud and excited for her! Yay Gladys! What I gather so far is that she has the equivalent of a Bachelor's in Business Administration. She currently works for BCP Bank. Now that she has her degree, I am not sure what or if any changes she plans to make. It is exciting to have the possibilities of new things now. 

ALSO

Melissa has been job hunting like a fiend since the day we got back to Peru, which our trip to Iquitos being the only exception of taking time away from it. I will attest to the fact that she was very diligent. 

After 3 months, 29 job applications submitted, and some half a dozen or so interviews, Melissa got a job! By all information I have gathered from other people job hunting, that's fast! Good stuff. 

Melissa will be working for a high school in Lee's Summit, MO starting in August. She will be teaching english to 9th and 12th graders. Woo hoo! Yay Melissa! 

Now she can sit back and enjoy Peru...until she has to start making lessons plans, of course. 

~nos vemos~