On Sunday, 25 November 2012, we held Seminary and Institute graduation for the Botswana Gaborone Stake. Four seminary students received Certificates of Achievement. Three institute students received Graduation Diplomas. We asked these students to quote a favorite scripture, say why it is important to them, and bear their testimonies. Forty seminary students received certificates and seventy-seven institute students received certificates for the courses they had completed. In total, about two hundred certificates were awarded.
The first counselor in the stake presidency conducted the meeting. The second counselor spoke. The stake president handed out the certificates and gave remarks. We had a musical number by seven young adults. The stake president thought that we might have up to one hundred fifty people attend. Two hundred twenty-five actually came. Last year the attendance at graduation was sixty. We felt really good about the attendance and the number of families that came. We had good attendance from units in the villages with some renting buses to come to graduation.
We made forty dozen cookies and the other senior sisters helped out by making fourteen dozen cookies for refreshments. With so many extra people in attendance we had to limit the cookies to two per person to start. No cookies were left. We had punch with the cookies.
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