This is the text from an e-mail Kevin Olson sent out the day of the graduation:
The graduation was today (January 22, 2011) and it was a great day! It was held outdoors at the beautiful Itanda Falls. The day was great, with the students beaming out of their skin.
This was the first graduation of the Ambassador Institute…the first for this area of Uganda of any sort of big graduation event. Local leaders were invited to greet the people and approve of the event. Many of those leaders spoke frequently of their appreciation of doing something like this for their people and for this area. You could see and feel the students pride and self-confidence. Yet the event was very simple: held outside, the students rented their own gowns and the Ambassador Institute paid for the food. That was it.
It is so cool to see and hear the students speak with humble spirits, loving pastoral hearts and evangelistic spirits ready to go out serving the Lord in missions to their own people and beyond.
