Blessing day...late post

Kymani Mosese Powelson Purcell

We blessed our little man on August 5th. Oh what an amazing day!!! We had an ie faitage made for him and he looked SO handsome in it. We blessed him in our Samoan ward and man was it a full house that day. 2 baby blessings and a missionary homecoming.
The whole week leading up to Kymani's blessing I was kind of nervous for Benson. I didn't see him going over the material or semi reciting what he should be saying in the blessing. Obviously after the beginning of the blessing it all comes from the spirit, but to tell you the truth I thought my husband might freeze up. (I'm awful I know!) So when Sunday rolled around I had never seen my husband so nervous, I kept asking him if he was okay, and if he was mad at me. He just kept saying no I'm just nervous! We then were asked by the Bishop if we could come talk to him. That made me semi nervous because I know this is awful too but I thought he may ask us to speak in sacrament ( I don't do well with public speaking). When we arrived to the chapel we met with Bishop and he just wanted to welcome us to the ward....whew!!! We weren't asked to speak...not yet anyway!
Alot of my side of the family came to the sacrament meeting and Benson's immediate family attended as well. I sat there just feeding Kymani so he wouldn't squack during the blessing and kept saying little prayers so that he would sit nice and quiet for his daddy. When Benson and Kymani's time came, I also said a little prayer to comfort my husband. As the men all gathered in the circle I took little notes so I could write down in his baby book of what his daddy would be blessing him with. To my surprise my husband did not stutter, flub or pause. He gave such and amazing blessing!!! Kymani was such an angel and didn't make a peep!!! Once he was done and raised baby so the ward could see him, I had never seen Bense so relieved!!! I was so proud of him, he did a million times better than I thought he would. I was then told later by the men in the circle that he was smiling the entire time, and that melted my heart knowing he with the veil being so thin that he felt the spirit and it made Kymani happy :)
After sacrament meeting we then had a family eating. My family kept coming over to me and saying thank you for inviting them, and that they really enjoyed attending the Samoan ward. They wanted to make it their regular ward hahaha.
All in all I have a testimony of this gospel and I know it's true with all of my being. People wonder how do I know? I know because I feel it, it is so overwhelming to me. I can just feel that it is so right with in my heart. I've seen things happen that I know that could not have been possible with out my Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for those men who honor their priesthood, and cherish it. I am grateful that I grew up with such a strong priesthood holder in my home (my father), and having a brother who served a full-time mission. I now have an amazing husband that keeps himself worthy of his priesthood and I'm grateful he was able to bless our son. I would definitely not be the individual I am today with out the guidance and direction from the gospel. I know that if you are ever in doubt..ask...ask your Heavenly Father and he will answer you. Maybe not right when you want him to, and it may not be right away, but you will get an answer.  I know my prayers are heard and answered, my son is living proof of a prayer answered.

I now say these things in the name of thy son Jesus Christ Amen.