{"id":3489,"date":"2025-05-18T22:38:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2025-05-18T22:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:38:40","slug":"congradulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2025\/05\/18\/congradulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Con\u201cGrad\u201dulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Tis the season for graduations around the world and in the Jordan family.\u00a0 Not one, not two, but three of our kids graduated this year!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in February, back in the Philippines, Jonathan finished his last day as a senior in high school.\u00a0 Jonathan isn\u2019t one for balloons, streamers, or signs from the end of airplanes.\u00a0 So, upon his \u201cgraduation\u201d we literally did nothing but destroy twelve years of DVDs (as requested by the school).\u00a0 What better way for a guy to end his homeschool education?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-509x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3493\" style=\"width:337px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-509x800.jpg 509w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-768x1208.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-977x1536.jpg 977w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-1303x2048.jpg 1303w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-70x110.jpg 70w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-159x250.jpg 159w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-161x253.jpg 161w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-600x943.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-1920x3019.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/CR7_3105a-scaled.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Congratulations Jonathan!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then, yesterday, both Abigail and Luke graduated from Ethnos360 Bible Institute (EBI).\u00a0 It feels like yesterday, but in reality, they both went off to EBI two years ago.\u00a0 It is said that individually Abigail and Luke spent about 2,000 hours in God\u2019s Word over the last two years!\u00a0 One graduate jokingly said, \u201cIt was like drowning in God\u2019s Word.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-600x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3494\" style=\"width:338px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-600x775.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-1189x1536.jpg 1189w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-1585x2048.jpg 1585w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-85x110.jpg 85w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-194x250.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-196x253.jpg 196w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-1920x2481.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6975a-scaled.jpg 1982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Congratulations Luke and Abigail!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are so proud of all of our kids.\u00a0 Our hearts echo John\u2019s words,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.\u201d 3 John 1:4<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what is next for them?\u00a0 Well, one is getting married, one is staying at EBI as an intern, and the other is going to find out what \u201cadulting\u201d is.\u00a0 We will let you guess who is who.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please celebrate with us for these milestones in their lives.\u00a0 As they all step out in faith, they would appreciate your prayer for their continued learning, growing, direction, and provision.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/20250511_112401a-600x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3499\" style=\"width:454px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/20250511_112401a-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2025\/05\/20250511_112401a-300x133.jpg 300w, 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