Yesterday (Saturday) was quite a day of celebration for us. Yes, we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a Mexican style dinner cooked by Samantha in the evening. In the morning I had the opportunity to be part of the 33rd anniversary celebration of the constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. 
There are about 500 Marshallese living on Guam and we celebrated Micronesian style with music, parades and lots of food. The theme of the celebration was a Marshallese word that meant something like “completion of our potential.” I spoke to the group about how that is exactly what we are about at PIU and that we were thankful that we have been able to participate with them in that goal through our Marshallese students and alumni.
There was a parade led by the flags of the Marshalls, Guam and the USA
Later in the afternoon we played in our backyard in the pool Joyce acquired for the kids…
… and relaxed in the hammocks as we ate our Mexican food.
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