Graduation!

PESM Graduating class 2012

  My last day of classes was March 8th.  March 15th was the deadline for all assignments to be turned in,  (mine were turned in 3 days ahead of schedule!) But the reality of finishing my Master's in Ministry degree, it didn't totally sink in until today!  I'm done!  I really did it!
After 3 long years of writing papers and pages upon pages of collateral reading, this chapter is done.  I received a M Min. - Master's in Ministry.  Yay me!  

Dr. Carl Durhkoop and Linda Hoenhouse (my mentor) hooding me

Receiving my Diploma 

Children's Pastor's Conference

Early in December, I found a conference that I really wanted to go to.  It was in March and was going to be held in sunny San Diego, California, what more could you ask for?  Well, the fact is, there was more.  Pleanty more...  The line-up of break-out sessions on special needs alone, was fantastic.  Plus (this was a big one for me!) they were offereing full scholarships!  I filled out all the paperwork, however, I didn't get everything together in time to send it in by the mail-in date.  I decided to turn it all in anyways...   I got the scholarship!  Yay!!