Finding JOY in the JOURNEY...: Missionary Memories...

January 28, 2009

Missionary Memories...

Wow...talk about a FLASHBACK! My companion, Jae, emailed me these pics and as soon as I saw the picture I busted out laughing! We had gotten permission to have Thanksgiving dinner at Lisa's house (yes my sister lived in my Mission) and you ask how I got that permission? Well the AP's, Zone Leader and District Leader were also invited! LOL...Ahhhhh the good old days.

Top Row: Elders Stewart, Chabo, Lau, Low and Titz

Bottom Row: Me, Sister Howard and Elder Tomich

This was at Laura's house for my 25th Birthday party! We had the whole Zone over and it was SO MUCH FUN!!! Note the Tiara??? My nickname was "Sister Princess"...can you guess why? LOL...yes even on a mission I was spoiled.

L-R: Sister's Stock, Me, Howard and Sherrow

I will NEVER forget all the amazing people I lived with, taught and learned from on my mission. To all of you I want to say THANK YOU...for changing my life and for giving me the best 18 month of my life!!! I love you all...

4 comments:

David and Noelle said...: No kidding about the flashback thing! That was my first fried turkey. Woah, it's been a while. These made me smile, it's been fun keeping up on you via blog! Congrats on everything. We should get together sometime...; 9:14 PM
Price Brothers Apartments said...: Don't these pics make you smile! I love you!!!!; 5:35 PM
Janet said...: I loved seeing your mission pictures. I'm sure they do bring back great memories!; 6:19 PM
Alaska Massey said...: Nice to see a few missionaries that I remember. There were a few in the picture that must have came out after I left. I did recognize Titz, Low and Lau. Nice blog, keep up the good work. Its not easy to keep things updated...~Erik; 6:46 AM

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Once upon a time...

Mibi grew up in Laie and attended Kahuku High and Lee grew up in Haleiwa and Mililani and attended Mililani High. Mibi went to College at BYU-Hawaii and then served a mission in the Utah Ogden Mission before meeting the man of her dreams. After school, Lee jumped into the workforce looking for his career and eventually ended up working for Mibi's family flower shop at Turtle Bay while Mibi was serving her mission...and never thought that this job would lead him to his "Angel". We met in Septmeber of 2001 after I returned home from my mission. I came back to the flower shop to manage things for my Mom and Lee had left to pursue his education. Well a few months later, Lee's education path didn't take the direction he had hoped and instead life lead him back to Turtle Bay. The first thing he did was call Mom to get his job back and of course she said YES. So, I was Lee's boss and there was an instant friendship...it felt as if we had known each other our entire lives. We kept it strictly business for a few weeks and then one night I was gong to make a Wal-Mart run after work and called him to see if he wanted to come along. His phone was busy (the days before call waiting) and I almost gave up...but after a few more tries he picked up and from that night on we were inseperable. I think we told each other our life stories that night and we both knew then that our lives would never be the same! Over the next year, we formed a deep love and respect for each other which kept us connected through a few rough patches and across the ocean as Mibi moved back to Utah. Finally after a year of being best friends, we both realized that there is no one on earth we would rather be with than each other! We were a couple for about two years when Lee proposed to me and we tied the knot at the exact place we first met...the same hotel the flower shop was located when we worked there...TURTLE BAY. And to add to our JOY, we have a beautiful daughter Savannah (Lee's biological and Mibi's spiritual daughter ) who we just ADORE! She is so smart, funny, outgoing, a jabberbox like her Dad and just the cutest thing you have ever seen!!! We also are praying that we can give her a little brother or sister sometime in the next year or two!!! Until then we have a Doberman (Kayla) and a cat (Shadow) that we spoil rotten and of course all of our Nieces and Nephew's. It has been almost 8 years of wedded bliss and although we have had our ups and downs, each experience has made us grow more in love with each other and are still each others best friend!