Magento - How do you return results of unlimited CMS Static blocks (with certain "Identifier") to a CMS Page

Quick Overview: I am trying to return results from a specific set of static blocks to a phtml file (which is then called on from a cms page) in Magento.

Note: I've been searching all over google and some answers get me closer than others but nothing I've tried seems to work 100%?

Details:

I already have a set of specific static blocks that all start with an identifier of testimonial-. For example, each static block is like this: testimonial-1, testimonial-2, testimonial-3 and so on. I have a total of 5 on my dev site (more on live site but that is no consequence here).

I have a CMS Page with code pulling in the name.phtml file (location of my phtml file is here: app/design/frontend/[package]/[template]/template/page/):

{{block type="core/template" template="page/name.phtml" title="Others Say:" identifier="testimonial-"}}

Here is my code for the .phtml file:

<?php
    // add the collection with filters
$collection = Mage::getModel('cms/block')->getCollection()
    ->addFieldToFilter('identifier', array('like'=>'testimonial'.'%'))
    ->addFieldToFilter('is_active', 1);

// get the count
$blockCount = $collection->count();
    echo 'Block Count: ' . $blockCount . '<br />'; // just for testing

$blockNum = 1;
foreach($collection as $key => $value){
    $_blockId = $this->getIdentifier();
    $block_ID = $_blockId . $blockNum;
    echo "Key: " . $key . " - " . "Block ID: " . $block_ID . "<br />";
    $blockNum++;
}

$_block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId($block_ID);

if ($_block) :
?>
<div class="block block-testimonial">
<div class="block-title">
    <strong><?php echo $this-