Dear Family,

Ya'll forgot about me... :( sad. I am just kidding I know its Tuesday. I hope it’s a happy Tuesday for everyone! So I honestly can't even remember what happened this week. I feel like so much happens in one week that no letter can do it justice so why try ha-ha but I will because I know mom would not be pleased with me so....

Monday evening we were able to find an investigator for the sisters in the YSA branch, here in Kearney. It is good because they have a hard time finding people.

Tuesday we started our day off with visiting a less active with the bishops wife. Her name is Doris, we have been working with her for a long time and she is slowly making progress. The miracle though is the bishop’s wife is starting to get really into reactivation. At first, she did not want to go out with us at all, but now she calls us. It is really neat. We just need to get more members out with us!

Wednesday we went to Grand Island for interviews with President. I had a very nice interview with him and he only rebuked me like three times ha-ha so that was nice. He is very inspired and I respect him a lot. He asked what I would think if the members were always providing people for us to teach and I said that would be amazing. He proceeded to tell me how in that situation I wouldn't learn what I needed to learn and it wouldn't be amazing. It is so true. I have learned so much in Kearney about how God wants His work to be done. Not only that but how the Church should be run and the responsibility we all have as members.

WE also had exchanges that day with the Grand Island sisters. One of them has been really struggling. Sister Call and I are literally doing all when can to keep her out here. She is such a wonderful missionary but we all have our struggles.

Thursday we had zone training. Sister Call and I trained on obedience. We talked a lot about Elder Oaks talk called "Love and Law" I am finally understanding how crucial obedience is not just as a missionary but in life. I know that God gives us these laws so we can become like Him. Commandments all come from His pure love. It went really well. That night we turned around and drove all the way to Kansas for exchanges. Those exchanges went really well.

Friday night as we were driving back to Kearney we were desperately trying to find an investigator to come with us to Kirsten’s baptism with us so we could go. We couldn't find anyone. I was praying very hard and I just felt at peace but didn’t know why. Shortly after we got a call and found out the baptism was off. WE are heartbroken but we know we followed the spirit in waiting for Kristen to be baptized. I know God is aware of everything that is going on. It is pretty awesome.

 I spoke is sacrament meeting on Preach my Gospel. You all better be using it in your family home evenings because I invited our entire ward to do so!

I love my family! Keep being amazing.

Love, Sister Page

Well I will be honest this week was pretty hard... but I learned a lot! Kirsten’s baptism was all set and I was pretty excited. She then got news that she was accepted into the College in North Platte. She started school today so she had to move this last weekend. She was still planning on being baptized in Kearney and then moving Saturday evening. Sister Call and I did not feel good about it. We met with her and our ward mission leader. We all discussed what would be best and prayed about it. We felt she needed to wait and get baptized in North Platte. Sister Call and I were blessed to have one more lesson with her. We decided to share with her about how important it is to live the gospel. We shared with her Mosiah 5:12. We talked about how living the gospel is the best way to know her savior. We basically just bore our guts out to her in desperation haha the spirit was super strong though. We also showed her the Mormon message mountains to climb. It was probably the most powerful lesson I have been blessed to be a part of. The only thing we can do now is just pray that she will remember the spirit testifying to her and desire to have the spirit with her always. She is most likely getting baptized this weekend and we are trying to get permission to attend. One thing that was really cool about it though is the sisters who will now be teaching her in North Platte are under our stewardship and they have been struggling a lot. Sister Call and I have been praying to know how we can help them. I think that teaching Kirsten will really inspire them to work harder and desire that for more people. It is crazy how God totally knows what He is doing. haha :)

It is pretty crazy to think that I only have one year left on the mission... President asked us to make goals for 2014... I have really been praying to find out what God's vision is for me by the end of my mission. It is hard to know what smaller, specific goals to set to reach His vision.

After the whole experience with Kirsten Sister Call and I worked really hard trying to find and teach. We had great lessons with less actives and investigators and sadly no one came to church. I was sitting there feeling sorry for myself (haha totally pathetic) and I just kept thinking that it is never enough. I then realized that it was never enough for Christ until he died for us. People rejected Him and in the Garden He knew He needed to do God's will but even Christ asked if there was another way. I know that even though sometimes I wish there was another way... that God's way is the only way we can become like Him. I honestly don't know why I am sharing that with you but I just felt the need to. I am grateful God let me see miracles this week for instance, members willing to come out with us and we found a part member family who no one has met. Life is good. :) I love being a missionary.

I love you family. Be good and remember what is most important in life.

Love, Sister Page

My Dearest Family,

I hope you all had a wonderful week! I can't believe it is 2014. Weird.

So this week was pretty much crazy. For the past couple of months we have been teaching this family from Columbia. They are so stinking cute, BUT they had some stupid people tell them all this anti stuff. I seriously am so sick of that but anyway... they stopped listening to us. Last Monday their daughter went into the hospital because of her appendix was going to rupture. By a miracle we found her in the hospital and were able to get her a priesthood blessing. I know that helped soften their hearts. It was so amazing. Tuesday I went and saw Betty and gave her Christmas present to her. She really loved it. She said she is not giving up on being baptized. It was really good to hear that. Wednesday I gave training in District meeting and I was so blessed. Heavenly Father helped me out a lot. We ended up going on two exchanges this last week. They both were so amazing. We went with the Spanish sisters and I was a little worried because I brought one of them into my area. She has been out a lot longer than me and I was supposed to help her and be an example to her. I said a lot of prayers that day. I just expressed to her my love for her and helped her set some goals. Heavenly Father helped me out a lot to know what she needed to hear. Every day this week we taught Kirsten because she is getting baptized this week. I hope so bad that I don't get transferred on Friday. She is doing so amazing. The ward is so against missionary work right now because of some bad experiences. Kirsten went up and bore her testimony all on her own. It was so powerful because she was found through a member and she is getting baptized. It was probably the best moment on my entire mission. She did so well. The spirit was incredible. I know her testimony touched many hearts. She is trying so hard to be the person Heavenly Father wants her to be. I love her so much. She even asked me to give a talk at her baptism. I hope I am there. It was such a miracle. I know Heavenly Father answers prayers. We are so blessed when we are obedient. I know that Heavenly Father's way is always the best way. Even though we are doing His work, we won't be successful unless we do it His way. No matter how much we tract and try to find people, our success is going to be from the members because that is how Heavenly Father wants it. So family you all better be doing missionary work.   Jacob 1:19. I love you all.

Love, Sister Page