Vision: I Did It

Friday, September 23, 2011

I Did It

I ran 5 miles today! I did my old college route in Mililani. Crazy to think about 12 years ago I played ball for BYU-Hawaii and during the last 3-4 weeks of summer I would train before our season started so I wouldnt die of exhaustion. It brought a lot of fond memories as I passed my elementary school, highschool and not so fond memories passing an old boyfriends house and streets where I sold cookies for summer league softball. 5 miles wouldn't be anything for most people I guess but for me it's a big deal! Huge accomplishment and I'm so proud of myself. Now I'm ready to eat a carton of ice cream. Just kidding;)

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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.