Vision: Pregnancy

Thursday, September 30, 2010

My Birthing Tub

Eve & Esther exploring the birthing tub. My midwife dropped it off the other day, along with other birthing supplies. It's a 150 gallon Rubbermaid tub. Very spacious for our whole family to chill in.

Don't you worry, mom. Before the baby comes we will wash it. It will be covered with a brand new plastic birthing liner, so it will be completely sanitized.

Every time I walk by this tub I can't help but get sooooooo excited!

If we had at least a 5 foot Lava wall surrounding the backyard and no one lived in the basement I would totally want to birth outside underneath these trees. I just think it would be so relaxing staring up at the sky, watching clouds pass by, the brightness of sun, seeing the trees sway with the wind & listening to the birds chirp. Doesn't that sound dreamy?

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.