Yay for Albert

We are so happy and excited for Albert this week!  Albert is 16 years old but when we received him in our ministry he had only completed 1st grade.  We enrolled him in a program here that allows him to take an equivalence test so that he could pass elementary school.  He completed the test last October and we just received the results this week that he passed! We are so so happy for him as is he.  This means that now he is officially considered a graduate of 6th grade and he can start high school.  As of now the Philippines does not have a 7th and 8th grade like we do in the US.

He also took another exam in November that is a placement test.  This test checks the level of competency he has in school against his age or the proper grade he should be in.  Therefore, since Albert is 16 he could essentially be placed in 4th year high school if he does amazingly well.  So we'll see how he does.  We have yet to receive those test results but we should get them next month.  We are hoping that he gets placed in 2nd year high school and can go into that grade next year with his friends.  As of now the local high school has allowed Albert to be temporarily enrolled until he gets his test results.  His teachers think very highly of him and are willing to help him get official grades this year so all his work can be counted.  Please pray that the test results of this 2nd exam are positive and he can continue on to 2nd year high school next year!  Thanks!!!