AZ Cardinals Fireside!

Sunday, March 15th we had 2 AZ Cardinals straight from the superbowl speak in our ward! Aaron Francisco and Dueuce Lutui came to share their testimonies.

Aaron talked about his struggle with disappointment at not being drafted in the NFL after his stint at BYU. He talked about reflecting on the his habits and the things going on in his life. He discovered that he wasn't reading his scriptures, praying, going to church. He humbled himself and regrouped. He accepted an offer from the Cardinals with relunctance. He worked hard and now is a captain for the team. He read us his life goals he had written 4 years ago; he had never shared them with anyone. Aaron became very emotional as he read the goals which included temple attendance, paying tithing and church attendance. No mention of football, just serving the Lord. He was very shy and gave a heart-felt talk.

Dueuce was very animated. He talked about his family coming from Tonga and living in a 2 bedroom apartment with 6 kids. He had a very successful high school career and was offered a scholarship at the UofU. Before he headed to the U, he got his patriarchal blessing and it told him not to go to the school; he didn't go. He went to MCC for a year, Snow College and then USC for 2 national championships. He also talked about calling Curt Warner, the QB and asking him to come to bear his testimony at the fireside. Curt said he would have come but was NY. Had Warner shown, I think everyone would have fainted! It was a great fireside; the spirit was really strong.

A funny story-as we were setting up, a guy came up in and asked if this was the fireside with David Archuletta! Yep! If you turned right on McKellips, you saw the Cardinals; if you turned left, you saw David Archuletta from American Idol! crazy!!