My Testimony of Joseph Smith

As asked by my dear prophet, President Nelson, I've been focusing on learning about the church restoration and getting a stronger testimony on it. A few years ago, I decided that I needed to know for myself if the restoration was true. I fasted and prayed about it and my testimony got a lot stronger. I know with all my heart that Joseph Smith was called by God to restore the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and that the Book of Mormon is true. This book has changed my life and has brought me closer to God than any other book. I'm so grateful for Joseph Smith and all he went through so I could have the church in my life today. 

My Relief Society has been doing a 21-Day Challenge of the Restoration and yesterday we were asked to listen to "Joseph's Smith's First Prayer" and think about what stands out to us. This song is so sacred to me. When I was a teenager, President Monson came to talk to the members in Rio de Janeiro. I was part of a regional choir and one of the songs was "Joseph Smith's First Prayer." I remember I felt the spirit so strongly. It was the first time this song really touched me.

Our Little Garden

Jack has been "a little bit" difficult lately. So I've been trying to spend more interactive time with him. Today we started a little garden. We visited his school garden to get ideas and then came home to plant seeds in 27 different containers. We planted carrots, tomatoes, sweet peppers, basil, cilantro, parsley and two different types of lettuce. Let's just hope my black thumb magically turns green.


School garden...

He's been going to the swings everyday lately

Our garden

I'm Back...

It's been so long I don't write and I really miss it. I love going back to old posts and seeing what our life was like. So I'm going to try to write more often and post more pictures, especially because our family and friends tell me they'd like to get more news from us.

Life has been a little chaotic. I've been serving as my ward's Relief Society President for a little over a year now. Currently I'm also taking a Self-Reliance 12-week course in "Finding a Better Job." I'm thinking abut going back to work. Last year I did something a little crazy. My son Michael told me that if I took a Pharmacy Tech exam (PTCB) by December and passed, that I'd be a certified Pharmacy Technician without taking classes. In January this would change and I'd be required to go to school. So in November I signed up for the test and bought a textbook. I studied for a few hours everyday and took the test the same day as Michael, but he took it in Dallas and I in Houston. We both passed!