Happy Easter!!!

Wow a whole week has gone by. That was super quick. This week has been busy with lots of different things going on.
This week has been filled with so much. We had FHE with John's ward on Monday, that was fun. I had made some dessert, and they played games. I feel like we ran around all week, but when it comes time to sit and write about it, I can't think of all the things that we did.

Tuesday we watched the Laughing Samoans. They were so fun to watch. John was laughing so hard. I know that my brothers would have loved the show. We ushered and so we got in for free. I love that.


We went to the temple on Thursday, it was so neat. We did a session and then when we got into the celestial room there was a sealer there and he asked us if we had time to go and do some sealings. This was so cool. John and I hadn't done any since we had been sealed. I loved being able to kneel across the altar with him and listen to the promises that we made to each other. The sealing room is so pretty. I love the temple, I love being able to go so often.

It's EASTER today, I loved Easter growing up. But being here in Hawaii away from my family and not having any kids around, it is different. I get to focus on the real meaning of Easter. I know that we have a living prophet. I know that he guides us always. I know that the Book of Mormon is real. I know that if we read it continually we will see it bless our lives. I know that we will get inspiration to help others that are in need. That it will help to guide our lives so that we can return to our Heavenly Father. I know that our Savoir lived and died for us. I know that he did that so when I make mistakes, (and I make plenty of mistakes) that with his help I can repent. I know that our Savior lives, that he guides us constantly. And that he lived a perfect life. That he always answers our prayers, even if it is not in the way that we are expecting.



One of my favorite poems...

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.

This bothered me because I noticed
that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from
anguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.

So I said to the Lord,
"You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during
the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one
set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most,
you have not been there for me?"

The Lord replied,
"The times when you have
seen only one set of footprints,
is when I carried you."
Mary Stevenson



Love you all!! And Happy Easter

Horrible blogger...

Okay so really I know that I am the worst blogger. I don't even know why I do this anymore really. As you can see there is a post that was posted today that I had written back in December.. I think that I was wanting to add pictures to it, but instead it just sat there. So that I why it is there now.

Let's see updates...

January- I quit working at the cell phone place and picked up working at the temple and I love it. I do laundry. Nothing special, but it is a great place to work. I wash all the clothes that people rent. At first I was an on call person, but they needed me so much and a person quit that they moved me over to regular. I get about 25 hrs.. and they pay $10 an hr, so I love it. I would babysit for a girl in my ward, and I loved it.. The little girl's name is Reyna.. and so stinkin cute. She made me miss all my nephews and nieces. I'll put pics up once I remember how to do it again.

February- I don't think to many things happened in February.. John is always busy with school. He was taking 4 major classes, which meant lots of time doing hw and at the library. We went and ate at the cheesecake factory. This was pretty funny because they put us at a table that was slanted and wouldn't hold our food on it really. After a while they did move us to a table, but it was outside.. under the cover, but still close enough that with it raining outside a few got wet.

March- Since I don't write very often my months get all mixed up and I'm not sure what has happened. John got called to the Bishopric of a singles ward. This was pretty crazy. It was a Saturday night when we got the call from the Stake president.

I better tell the story. Our phone rings.
Cassi- Hello
caller- Hello is this the Fuiava's?
Cassi- Yes
caller- Sister Fuiava, how are you?
Cassi- I am doing well, how are you? (still don't know who it is)
caller- I am good. Is your good husband there?
Cassi- Yes he is, let me go grab him. (Hun the phone is for you, I don't know who it is, usually I can tell by the voice, but on this one I had no idea.)
John- Hello
Caller- Hello Ioane, this is President Hanneman, how are you doing?
John- I am good, How can I help you?
Hanneman- Are you available to meet right now? I have some thing that I need to meet with you about and we need to meet right now.

John- We have plans right now, the soonest that we could meet is on Monday. (He wasn't sure that it was President Hanneman, it really didn't sound like him.)

Hanneman, this is kind of important, I need to meet with you asap. Are you sure that you can't meet earlier?

John- Well we could see if we could meet tomorrow, but we have stuff going on all weekend.

Hanneman- Okay let me make some calls and see if we can do it tomorrow.

As he gets off the phone John and I have a conversation where he tells me who is calling. Both of us are really confused. President Hanneman isn't our stake president. He is the stake president of the singles wards. Why would he be calling us? We were so confused. Then I kind of teasingly tell John that well what if he is calling to give you a calling? We still coudln't believe it. But when he called back we did agree to meet with him. The entire way, (the little walk over to the stake center) John was still thinking that we were having someone trying to play a prank on us. It was mid day and the stake center was locked all but one door. And when we go in it is pretty dark, except on the side and the little hallway for the stake presidents office.
But as soon as I saw him I was actually kind of scared.. well I guess not scared.. but I just didn't know what to expect. But I had a good feeling I was going to be seeing my husband less. I was pretty sure he was going to get a calling. Well I was right.. he got called to be the second counselor in the BYU-Hawaii 18th ward. I know that he is needed there. I know that he will do a great job serving those singes. And I am so proud of him for being a worthy priesthood holder that can take on such a demanding calling as that.

April- Well we have had a good month so far.. I started it off trying to play an April Fools joke on my Hawaii friends... but got my family all rattled when the read it too. I said that we were pregnant on facebook. Well we aren't, but it was fun to pretend for a few hours. We really enjoyed General Conference weekend. I always love hearing from our church leaders, even if they do have to put us in our place and call us to repentance on a few things. Graduation was this last weekend and we had a bunch a people that we know graduate. We have some of John's families from New Zealand and Samoa here to visit. We got to spend a bunch of time visiting with them, and getting to know them all. Oh I got released from my calling of 2nd counselor in the Relief Society. I loved having that calling, I got to know so many sisters. But now I will get to join John in the singles ward again.

I think that is it for now.. I will try to be better. I see if I can write a post every Sunday. I am sure that things aren't that interesting. But I am sure just as I want to hear from my family, they want to hear from me.