FAREWELL PARTY TO THE THIRD YEARS

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Some pictures during the Eucharistic Celebration
Many of our candidates received their families

THIRD YEAR's SPEECH BY IMBUSI IMBUKWA COLLINS

Collins Imbusi
Well, I would like to say a few words if I may. We are all here today, friends and families, to give thanks to almighty God and for our stay here for three years. This yearly tradition is one of the favorites; since, it brings us all together and makes us stop our daily lives to spend some hours together as a family of God. As someone said the family that prays together stays together.  It is a great pleasure to be here with you (visitors) today on this occasion of farewell of third years at Lavigerie House.

Today is the time to be grateful to people who made us happy and who challenged us in this life; they are charming gardeners who made our souls blossom. We are proud to have made it here in one piece; since August 2014. In all seriousness, today is a milestone for each one of us and our families, and it is to our loved ones that we owe our deepest thanks. Confirming the words of John Mbiti: ‘I am because you are, and because you are therefore I am’.

We are thankful to all of our family members present here and at home, our friends from different parts of this world, students of Lavigerie Formation House who have been like biological brothers to us, and to our dear formators who played parental role during our stay here for three years.  Really you have been fantastic listeners and our lights in the darkness of doubt. We are absolutely honored to have each of you by our side, being able to share, support, criticize, laugh, and share the experience together for this period of three years. We proudly state that we have friends for a life-time. Thanks for your love to us.

My fellow third years let us remember that, as much as it has been given to us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.  We need to remember that there is also a huge need to think about the worries or troubles that each of us had in the past years. Let us think of the incredible moments of laughter, love, hope, and joy, being grateful to each other and providing us with excitement and fun. Life is not always easy, taking each of us by surprise in the most uncomfortable circumstance. However, we do need to value the positive moments and maintain our thankfulness for the possibilities that have been offered to us and memories shared with those we care for and love.

With gratitude dreams can change. If we did all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princes. Whatever you dream right now, if you do not achieve it, you have not failed and you are not a loser but just as important; if you do get your dream, you are not a winner. The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not surrender into peer pressure of trying to be something that you are not.

Thank you all!

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