Vision: Stockings That Mean So Much To Me

Friday, December 19, 2008

Stockings That Mean So Much To Me

In 2005 I went to Ashland, Oregon for Christmas because I couldn't afford to fly to Hawaii. Tickets were over 2000 dollars and I wasn't about to use a credit card for money I didn't have. It was a lack of planning on my part of not purchasing the ticket earlier. Anyhow the George family kindly took me in and made me feel at home. If anyone knows the Georges (Summer's family) they are amazing. In fact it was being in their home that I felt the spirit whisper to me "You want this." "You want the joy that they have and it's generated from the gospel." So you can see how this family is very influential to me and my conversion. Anyhow Monica, Summer's sister made me a stocking with my name on it. She mention that when I got married someday she would make the exact same stocking for my husband and children. I didn't think she was serious, because the stocking she made required different types of fabric and it took a while. I thought she might lose the fabric, but you know what she has kept to her word. She made a stocking for Mark and later for Eve when she was born. And these are not just any old stockings you can get at the store it has Monica's creativity and uniqueness all over it and I absolutely LOVE it!

This special Christmas Eve dinner seriously took all day! Since we didn't fly to see family this year I wanted to make our time together feel special so I made everything from scratch which took the whole day. I made Cilantro Lime rice, Pinto beans (they were dried so I had to clean, soak and cook them), fresh Salsa, Fresh Guacamole, Banana Chocolate Pie, and last but not least Tamales. These weren't store bought Tamales either. I made them from scratch. By dinner time I was worn out! My feet were so swollen, but the dinner was great! Mark made me feel appreciated with his wonderful response to the Mexican Cuisine, considering I'm Puerto Rican and this is not a typical way we Ricans celebrate Christmas Eve. But you know what I was very pleased to serve my family in this way, and I got like a 2 hour foot massage for it.

Eve was darling. I was totally shocked that she didn't just tear through the paper like she does everything else. She actually needed help. Thank you so much Familia for ALL your gifts! Eve, Mark and I REALLY appreciated it. Much Mahalo's!

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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.