The academic year is over, exams are finished, graduation has come and gone, and there is peace and quiet in the halls of LCC! Board meetings also have come, and gone. Graduation was beautiful and went off wonderfully. It was our first graduating class with a significant amount of international students and it showed from the applause of the parents in the audience from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and a family even made it up from Macedonia. It was wonderful for me to see these parents here as many of them have assisted and hosted me during my travels. These were brave parents who trusted LCC with their children to educate them and develop their character and faith.

As our recruiting is wrapping up for next year we are comparing notes with academics. We are still short professors for next year, which means we don't even have the professors to give insane schedules, like we normally do. I'm hoping it all gets worked out by the end of the summer, somehow.

And speaking of the summer, boy it is shaping out to be gorgeous! The sun waking me up way too early in the morning and keeping me awake late at night, wonderful. There is a renewed bubbling on the streets and beaches here in Klaipeda. And of course, the wedding is coming up. Plans are going ok so far but the paper work for marrying a Ukrainian to an American in Lithuania is a nightmare. But the reward is well worth it.

I'm off to what I hope is my last trip of the year. I'm heading down to Croatia for a few days for a conference at a seminary on Christianity's role in business. I'm going more or less to make contacts and meet a few students, but somehow I've been placed on a discussion panel for this topic. Needless to say I quickly gathered some reading material together to look over during my 6 hour layover in Frankfurt. Here goes.