Testimony

 

Yesterday was Fast Sunday and Miya was sitting down by Cannon. During sacrament meeting she made her way over by me. She told me that I should go up and say my testimony. I asked her if she felt she needed to get up and say it. She said that she would if I went up there. I asked her if her heart was beating fast and she said yes and leaned in to my side. I got up and said a quick testimony about prayer and an experience with answers lately so that Miya would get up there.
I can't remember what the first part of her testimony was, but that last bit was:
"I know that Jesus Christ suffered for our sins and felt out pain. If you ever feel alone you don't have to feel that way because He know what you are feeling and everything you are going through." She then walked back down to me and sat as close to me as she could and leaned in to my side. It was a great feeling to have her sitting there by me. I told her I was so proud of her for getting up there and for listening to the Holy Ghost.
Sweet, sweet girl. I have been praying lately that my kids would feel the whisperings of the Holy Ghost and that they would be able to recognize the promptings and act to help them gain a testimony of His presence in their lives and that they would come to better understand who Jesus Christ is. It was super sweet to hear her testimony and feel my prayers were being answered. I love being a mom and I love those moments when you feel the importance of what you are doing. I also love those times when you are reminded that the Lord hears and answers our prayers in ways that we can hear...sometimes from the mouth of your daughter on Fast Sunday from the pulpit at church.

Final Stop

We rented scooters and made our way around the island. We did a zip-line course in the middle of the island at a spa retreat. It was fun to be climbing in the trees and was a lot harder physically than we thought it would be. We saw an iguana jump from one tree to another and it surprised me and scared me. We got rained on while we were driving around and the roads were pretty crazy, but Phil did a good job getting us back to the beach for the sunshine. This sweet little local girl came up to me while I was standing looking at the water. She grabbed my hand and told me she could see "my light" she asked me if I could swim and wanted to see it. Her little friend came over later and we jumped the waves while Rachel captured it on camera. I just wanted to bring them both home with me.
We were right at the edge of the beach before the rocks and restaurant that meant the beach became clothing optional. We had a few people wonder over that didn't know about the line division. Phil was snorkeling and called to me to come over and look at something. By the time I made it to him I was super close to the beach on the other side of the rocks and got an eye full of an 80 year old man. Phil had no idea because he didn't have glasses on and couldn't see him. We had a great laugh about it after I quickly swam away.

Stop # 2

We got off the ship and headed out by taxi to Megan's Bay for the day. We rented paddleboards, swam, saw sea turtles and snorkeled. One crazy iguana came right up to me on the beach and took my apple core. It was a beautiful day and the water was warm and amazing.

Things we did on the ship...

Well we did a little of everything on the boat. We tried to master the Flowrider, played some mini-golf, climbed the rock wall, played a ton of shuffleboard, visited the ice cream machine whenever we walked past the pool and we played late night games in the dinning room at our special table each night. Phil is one to keep busy so we did very little sitting and relaxing poolside, but it was fantastic.

Cruise First Stop

Phil actually sat down and relaxed for a few minutes after snorkeling and before volleyball.

Playing in the beach volleyball tournament on the island.

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Heading over to the island for the day.

Nate and Rach back on the ship for dinner.



Phil and I at our table for dinner.
 

Back in October we went on a cruise with the Phillips' and Phil lost all his pictures off his phone so I finally got all the pictures from Rachel. We had such a great time. We spent a day in Florida before we headed to the ship. We went on an airboat tour and loved seeing the baby alligators and all the local wildlife. These pictures are from the first post. We loved snorkeling and playing volleyball in the nice sand and making sure we were covered in sunblock so we would be able to enjoy the rest of the vacation. Mom and Dad came over to watch the kids for the 10 days we were gone.
Each night at dinner we sat at the same table by the window and the lady next to us was SUPER vocal about how much she disliked everything and the cruise. On the last night Phil started joking with her and took a picture of her and her husband with their camera. He turned the camera around and took a picture of himself and told the lady he thought she would want that. The lady actually laughed! She told me I must have the best life and always be entertained with Phil as my husband. It was amazing to see the turn around and we only wished we would have said something to them sooner.