GRADUATION!!!!!

Graduation, the final stage of education. Where little girls become women, and little boys become men. GTC's commencement services began at 6 at Destinay Christian Center on June 10, 2007. I was so excited and yet sad at the same time. It is alwas fun though. At GTC they always make an end of the year video to show some pictures of what we have done. All the graduates look forward to it. The directors, Lindsey and Dustin, give out the intern of the year award, which went to Brittany Smiley and Kacie Bates this year. This graduation was a little bit extra special because it is Lindsey Bates last year as director. She is getting married in the fall and will be moving to Bellevue so we had a special time to honor her ten years of service. Thanks Lindsey for all you have done! I would not be who I am with out you! I'll miss you tons!When all the graduates are called up to the stage, we get a little gift bag which has our class gift (ours was a sweet Fossil watch), a group picture from dinner theatre, a gift from Pastor Bill, and our favorite friends books. To end the ceremony Pastor Bill has us gather around a table and we make a salt covenant, which says that we commit to remaining pure the rest of our lives. I didn't cry at all until at the end when everyone was finding their families, I saw my little sister in her Army uniform. She had drove all the way from Seattle to see me! I had to shed a few tears. Now I will be moving back home on Thursday so I have a packed schedule of visiting friends before I leave. I will make sure to put up some pictures of our get togethers and I will definately put up a farewell Centralia blog on my last day.