We went the rest of the way Friday morning, making it in before 1PM. Rob finally got to meet Abson and I finally got to meet Lara. Abson's dad was there as well, a neat surprise for me. I knew he was in the country but hadn't thought of him being there (a one-plus-one that I should have anticipated, of course). We met many of their friends at a BBQ at the Wesleyan Seminarians Center that afternoon and saw Abson perform with the Singing Seminarians that evening.
Saturday morning was action packed. We all met for brunch on campus, took a load of group pictures for about 1/2 hour and then went in to eat. Chatted with new friends from Ohio over baked egg thingy, waffles and fruit. Learned that silicon is grown at high heat from a seed. Gotta see that someday; it sounds pretty freaky. We headed up to the gym a few blocks away to reserve seats for the ceremony; we got good ones, being there over an hour before the ceremony was scheduled to begin. Wasn't surprised to see Abson scheduled to speak as Senior Class Visionary (what I assume to be a.k.a. valedictorian). After the ceremony, we attended another party at the Wesleyan Seminariana Center before gling back to Abson & Lara's place to crash for a bit. Rob napped briefly while I watched the last part of Return of the King with Abson's dad, cheering the heroes and booing the villains. Nothing like a good group cheering/booing to reenergize. Abson and Lara were late getting back because of mystery car trouble (wouldn't start) but they got it going in the end. Chatted for a while bfore we all collapsed from exhaustion. Abson pulled out some pictures from our YWAM days that I had never seen before. Ah, memories.
a silicon crystal, photo courtesy of Technische Fakultat der Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel
We went to their church, Stonewall Wesleyan, in the morning and for Chinese buffet before hitting the road that afternoon. It was a good thing that we had a huge (and late) lunch because we couldn't find food for dinner when we started getting hungry. It was weird; when we got on 74E in NC, we started looking for food. It was nearly 8PM before we saw signs for fastfood places near the highway. When we followed the initial signs for exiting the freeway, there were none after the offramp to tell us which way to turn from there. After wandering around downtown Forest City, where everything was closed, we gave up and went to a grocery store. Rejuvenated with yogurt, sandwiches, Dr Pepper and string cheese. We got home sometime after 10PM.
Will post links to their grad photos when I edit and upload them.
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