July 4th, 2010
This year the 4th of July happened to be on a Sunday (yesterday in fact). We were fortunate in many ways... 1) Jordan's parents came out to spend the 4th with us 2) we happen to live in Kansas City where many of the church history sites are and 3) we got to visit the Independence visitors center!
I'm always so incredibly impressed by the church visitors centers. They are so wonderfully organized and functional and informational in a simple way and most of all, they are FILLED with the spirit. This was Jordan's first time attending this particular visitors center and it was the best! They have a little exhibit about the family, a lot based on
The Family Proclamation and the plan of Salvation. Within the first minute my eyes were filled with tears. I chalked it up to the pregnancy hormones. But then I looked at Olive and she was sitting quietly (RARE!) and taking it all in. Then we reached a certain point and Jordan looked at me and said, "the spirit is SO THICK!" I knew we'd get to the end and the sister missionaries would say, "so what did you think...." What do you say? We were speechless. The spirit testified of the truthfulness of the message of the family. It brought such joy to our hearts.
When we got home that night, Jordan wanted to make sure we talked about it! He said it was like he just couldn't hold it back. The spirit was almost suffocating. And I knew just what he meant! I knew that I was a crying mess but I didn't realize he felt it as strongly as I did. I think we were all just completely bombarded by the spirit. It was amazing.
It wasn't anything new. It wasn't something we haven't heard a million times. It wasn't that the acting was AMAZING nor was the music and presentation (though it was VERY well done). It was the TRUTH. And right now in our lives, we are feeling so blessed to be living it! I'm so grateful for my little family. I can't wait for our new addition and I feel like she is adding to the spirit already.
good day. Our testimonies were grown!
