Last night we had a wonderful combined Mutual activity. Bishop and Steph and the Harris family planned the night. It was one of those activities that took weeks of planning and preperation. We had the kids think they were coming to an opening social luau style and kept the real activity secret from them so they would be able to have an authentic experience without anyone sharing their past experiences of the activity. We had them get on a "pretend" plane headed for Hawaii. We did the whole, fun plane thing (heard the flight safety info., passed out peanuts and pop,watched a clip from a movie), the kids were having a great time, then suddenly the plane crashed. Two angels came onto the plane and told the kids they needed to follow them. The angels escorted them to each of the degrees of glory, sharing stories and feelings of the difference between the kingdoms. Once the kids got to the Spirit World there was beautiful music playing, soft light with pictures of families all around the room. There, they waited for their names to be called to enter into the Celestial Kingdom. As they walked out of the room, headed for the chapel they were greeted along the path by all their leaders, dressed in white to enter into the Celestial Kingdom. Once everyone was there, Bishop read some scriptures and bore his testimony of the perfect plan of salvation. He then invited the youth to share their feelings if they felt inspired. I was so nervous, hopeing the kids would take the oppertunity to share their feelings of the night. The spirit was so srtong, surely they couldn't deny that. And would you know, we could of sat there for hours hearing these sweet testimonies from the strong and valiant youth. It was a beautiful evening, one I will never forget. I have served in the Young Women's program for many years, and this by far has been the most touching experience I have ever been a part of. I'm so thankful to have heard the testimonies of our youth, they are so strong and such an awesome example to me. I'm grateful for the memories of the beautiful night, it was amazing!
Darren came home from work early Friday and asked if I wanted to take the kiddos to Schnepf farm. I thought it was a great idea, so we loaded the kids up and took off to a wonderful, COOL, Arizona evening with the Fam. The kids had a ball riding all the rides, cheering on their pigs for the pig races, eating hotdogs, and getting lost in the corn maze ( four times). A new found family tradition. We had TONS of fun!
