Are you afraid to Scuba Dive?

This week will be a week I never forget. Jared and I are planning a trip to Akumal, Mexico to go Scuba diving. I am not certified but Jared is. All I have left is to do two Open Water Dives. So this weekend we went to the Aquatic Center on Wed night and then Thurs, and Fri we went to Ririe Reservoir. The pool went well I had a little problem with clearing my ears going down but, all went pretty well. So thurs. was a different story, we got their and I got all my gear on (which is approximately 30lbs) I was really nervous and had to wait in the water for a long time because my instructor had to take other people down first, it seemed like an hour and the longer I waited the more nervous I got. The water is so cold that I had to wear a 7 mil wet suit which was still cold. I got ready to go down my instructor was wonderful she held my hand the whole time. So picture this your in 50 degree water and the visiblity is so bad you can't see 5ft in front of you. It was horrible, but I still believed that I could do it. So she had me clear my mask and then I had to take my mask off and put it back on, then she had me do 4 other skills when I did the first one you take the air out of your mouth and put it back in and exhale. Well I couldn't get the mouth piece back in my mouth, it was way to big (I didn't realize this at the time) and so I paniced big time, So I am choking and swallowing the whole reservoir and all I could think of is I need some air I want to go up and Patty the instructor is holding me down and trying to shove the air in my mouth, she sucessfully got it in my mouth and by this time I am in tears. So I did one more skill and pointed up and so I was wiped out. They wanted me to go back down I didn't have any strength left in me. So Jared and I left on a back experience and I told Jared that I didn't want to go back their ever again. So he was very patient and didn't push the issue.They had also kind of mentioned that if I came in the morning that it is alot more clear because it has time to settle all the dirt back to the bottom. So I decided to pray and tell Heavenly Father that I wasplanning on going back tomorrow and if he could help me know that I could do it and that is what I should do to please help me feel peace.(this is something that Jared is really passionate about and he really wanted me to get certified so we could do it together.) That night I woke up several times and had an overwhelming peaceful feeling. I knew I could do it and that Heavenly Father was their to help. Next day I got up their and was 100% more calm I went on two dives and did everything flawless. I wasn't able to go in the morning and by the way the water was much more clear and everyone was amazed at how clear it had been. I would have to say it was a little tender mercy for me because I know that when you put your whole soul into something then Heavenly Father will step in and help you the rest of the way. I am so glad that I was able to conquer that bad experience and make it a good experience, I really learned a lot about myself and what I can do with God's help.

Conner's cute Story

We were in the car driving around and Gabe was jabbering alot and I told Conner that he was telling stories and he said, Yeah, "Once upon a time there was a girl and she had a yellow shirt and blue jeans on.(that is what shirt I was wearing that day) She had 2 little boys the 1st was Conner and the 1st was Gabe. They wanted to go to the gum ball machine store, but their mom wouldn't let them because she thought there was a monster there so they went to the huckabur store (conner made that up) and they bought a huckabur gun the end.