Vision: August 2011

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Temple Get Away

Yesterday I just felt like taking a drive, so I did! After church got the girls in the car and drove from Ewa Beach to Laie to see the temple. It was refreshing all the girls fell asleep and I was able to think in peace driving in such beauty! As my sister and I walked with the girls on the grounds I told the girls when I wasn't a member of the church I would still come to the temple grounds because the spirit was so strong and it just made me a happier person and I needed to smile more that day. I had one of the sister missionaries give us a tour it went really well. It was definitely worth the trip.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Oh My Girls

After reading our scriptures together as a family this morning I shared my testimony with my girls. Then I asked Eve if she would like to share her testimony with mommy and Eve said (3 1/2 yrs. old) "I love Jesus to! In the name of Jesus Christ, amen." I then turned to Esther and asked her if she would like to share her testimony with mommy and Esther (2 yrs. old) said "Jesus is my testimony" followed by a long pause so I asked her "is there anything else you want to say?" and she said "yah, ice cream" followed by giggles. I tried to keep a serious face but I couldn't. Yes, I giggled to.

Mark has been away to basic training in Ft. Benning, GA for a little over a month now. This has seriously been the hardest month in my entire life and the sad thing is I'm really not exaggerating. Mark sent me a few letters saying that I needed to document the things that he's missing because he so dearly misses his girls and doesn't want to miss a thing. So it looks like I need to get back on the saddle and start blogging again. It will be difficult trying to find the time since I'm a single mom right now and working on my masters degree but I'm going to try to do my best. I know that the hardest times in our lives will be treasured in the future as I look back and gain strength knowing that I got through it. The only way I can treasure it, is if I remember it and the only way I'll remember it, is if I document it. My memory is not the best after having these 3 wild flowers.

Juanita's Conversion Story

I feel that Heavenly Father has blessed me with the desire to play softball. The fact that the Lord was guiding me to play softball became more evident to me when I was offered a scholarship to play ball at BYU-Hawaii. The thought of attending BYU-Hawaii just seemed right and good at the time so I attended college there. My first year in college I was so excited to learn, play, and party. I discovered real soon that the students who attended the university had fun without drinking. I also discovered that the people were faithful and they had a strong sense of purpose and Identity. This compelled me to go on a spiritual search. I decided to take the lessons from the missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As I took the lessons I was taught things that I heard before and things that were new to me. Such as the Book of Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith. These were things that were a challenge for me to believe. So I took these challenges up to the Lord and I asked him if the Book of Mormon is the word of God and if Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I'm so delighted to share with you that I do know that the Book of Mormon is true and that the Prophet Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I know that it's true because of the power of the Holy Spirit, because of these truths and much more I decided to be baptized and serve the Lord. Getting baptized was the best decision I ever made. It's because of this choice that I enjoy the blessing of life today. The church is true and I find myself indebt to the Lord forever.