Monday, June 30, 2014
Dear Family,
So
 I didn't tell you but this week was transfer week. I am so grateful I 
get to stay in Papillion with Sister Fuller. Heavenly Father has really 
been blessing us. We had a wonderful week. I can't remember if I told 
you last week about Koffi, but he is from Africa. Sister Fuller and I 
met him at the Library emailing two weeks ago. We had a lesson with him 
this week. He has some interesting idea's but he is open to learning. We
 asked him to pray at the end of the lesson. It took him 40 minutes to 
explain how he prays and then 10 minutes to do the prayer... atleast I 
think it was ten minutes I am not exactly sure when it started and 
ended. It was more like meditation. It was super funny. He said he will 
come join us for church sometime soon.
This girl named Bailey, who I helped teach a couple of times on 
exchanges was baptized this week. It was so cute because she is not in 
my ward but she made sure the elders told me to come. Her and I have 
become really good friends and it is amazing to see the changes she has 
made. She is very special. We knew in order to go we would need to get 
some investigators their so Sister Fuller and I prayed really hard. We 
ended up getting two investigators at the baptism. It was a miracle. 
Heavenly Father really does answer prayers.
Since this week was transfers Sister Fuller and I got to go to 
Omaha and take the missionaries out on their first day in the field. We 
brought them back to Papillion for a couple hours. Sister Fuller and I 
new that so many blessing and miracles come when we have new 
missionaries with us. I took one of the new missionaries(Sister 
Nelson) to go visit this family we had been doing service for. We had 
never taught them so we wanted to see if we could make them new 
investigators. We were able to sit down and talk to the two daughters. 
We taught them the restoration and invited them to be baptized. They 
told us that they really wanted to. The spirit was really strong and 
Heavenly Father definitely blessed us for Sister Nelsons benefit. She 
was pretty nervous but she did a great job! It was so neat. I feel like 
it was yesterday that I went out as a new missionary that very first day
 in the field... time is going by way too fast. 
Even though Sister Fuller and I weren't getting transferred we 
still had to go to transfer point and help the sisters in our 
stewardship get where they needed to be. We were loading all the bags in
 the transfer van when it started down pouring. It was awesome. We were 
out in the rain for at least an hour. By the end we were just in puddles
 of water. I had straightened my hair that morning and by the end my 
hair was so curly. I haven't had that much fun in a really long time. It
 was a good day. Sister Call is opening an area and training Sister 
Nelson. We are their STLs hahaha it is kinda a joke because Sister Call 
taught me everything I know but I am still so excited!
So yesterday was probably the best Sunday on my mission. We made a 
deal with one of our investigators, Larry, that if he went to our church
 we would go to his... haha we totally went to the Methodist Church 
yesterday. It was such an interesting experience. It was uplifting but 
definitely something was missing.  It felt so good to go the Church 
after that and feel the difference. Larry really enjoyed church and I 
know he could feel the difference as well. I know with all my heart The 
Church of Jesus Christ is the Lord's Kingdom here on earth. I have no 
doubt. It was a really neat experience. Yesterday was such a miracle 
day. We had four nonmembers at church and 3 less actives. Sister Fuller 
and I have really enjoyed watching people change and turn to Christ in 
hard times. It is never too late to become the person Heavenly Father 
wants you to be. No one can ever lose their Divine Potential. 
I am so grateful to be a missionary and serve my Heavenly Father full time. 
The church is true... thank goodness :) 
I love you all! Be good :)
With Love, Sister Page
ps I had pictures of us in the rain but they wont load :( hopefully I can get them sent next week 
Dear family,
Yes,
 to answer your questions.... there have been many storms these last few
 weeks. It is really scary. You know how I liked cried when we watched 
the twister 3D movie thing at Disney World? Yeah, well here it is real 
and it I can't handle it haha so last Monday two tornadoes touch down 
just outside of Omaha. That is where Sister Fuller was serving before 
this. The town is very small but it is destroyed. It was very sad. There
 has been a lot of service to do for missionaries here in Nebraska. It 
is really neat to see it soften hearts. 
Last Monday night we were going to have FHE with the Huie family. 
We got a call from one of our investigators, Sharon, because she needed 
help moving her daughter in. We took the Huie family over there and did 
service with them. It was amazing how the Lord lined that all up 
perfectly. Sharon's daughter Danese moved in from Wisconsin. She because
 a a sad situation had to move her immediately. We were able to call the
 Wisconsin mission and get missionaries over there to help her. Then, 
when she got to Nebraska we helped her. Sharon and Danese are very 
catholic, but they pretty much have fallen in love with missionaries. We
 invited them over to dinner with our relief society president for next 
Monday. We hope and pray they will be open to the Gospel of Jesus 
Christ. They other miracles is a less active member is starting to 
fellowship her. So you know what that means... you have to come to 
church to fellowship someone hee hee ;) 
We also had the opportunity to go on exchanges this week with the 
Spanish sisters. Basically I am going to be fluent by the time I get 
home :) I am grateful to get to work with the Hispanic culture a little 
on my mission. Plus the food they make is way good. haha
We have been praying to find a new investigator and last week we 
decided the miracle for Preperation day was that we would find someone 
while doing our preparation day stuff.. anyway, we totally did. His name
 is Koffee and he is from Africa. He took a Book of Mormon and we will 
be teaching him again this week. It is pretty amazing the things that 
can happen when you plan and prepare for miracles. 
Tuesday the miracles we decided we were going to plan for was to 
get an investigator to the Relief Society activity. We basically focused
 all day on that and shape our whole day to produce that miracle. So it 
totally didn't happen haha no one came, BUT as we were inviting all 
these ladies to the activity we ended up finding someone new to teach 
and do service for. The miracle Heavenly Father wanted to give us was 
different then we had planned but because we had faith and acted on that
 faith it all worked out. It was pretty neat.
So the sad part about my week. George, who I talked about last week
 called and cancelled our appointment because he found a bunch of anti 
on the internet. It broke my heart. We went and talked to him about it. 
He is so nice and has such a desire to follow the Savior so it was 
really sad to see him get so confused. We just bore our testimonies and 
prayed with him. It was probably the most heart felt prayer I have ever 
given. I know one day he will accept the Gospel. Right after we left his
 house the storm hit. I think God was showing George he didn't approve 
of His decision. haha the storm was so bad that Sister Fuller and I 
pulled the car over and sang Hymns until the really bad part passed. It 
was a really neat experience.
So many times on my mission I feel as though Heavenly Father is 
humbling me. I was reading alma 5 in sacrament meeting and verse 28 hit 
me pretty hard. Although it will take a lifetime, we need to be 
completely stripped of pride to live with God. As you can imagine this 
is extremely hard for me, but I know When God does humble me he helps me
 back up. Our mission has been talking a lot about hope. The phrase, 
"perfect brightness of hope" has a whole new meaning to me. I want you 
all to read the hope section in chapter 6 of PMG. 
I LOVE YOU ALL! Thanks for all the love and support I hope you have a wonderful. Always remember what is most important. 
With all my love, Sister Page
PS I will send pictures next week. I totally went to THE zoo :) HAHA
Dear Family,
I
 hope you had a wonderful fathers day dad. Sister Fuller and I sang 
happy birthday and happy fathers day to our dads this last week. We sure
 love our dads so much.
So we have an investigator named 
George. He is like in his late 70's and he is my favorite person. He has
 no intention on changing though. He is all alone and his only friends 
are from his church. He has been reading the Book of Mormon though and 
at first he was looking for every reason for in not to be true. He is 
now in Helaman and he totally knows it is true. He hasn't admitted it, 
but his feelings about it has totally changed as he has read. We have 
taught him all three lessons and the other day he said "it is like your 
church has all the pieces to the puzzle." yeah... he totally knows it is
 true and it is basically killing me. He said he would listen to the 
three lessons and after that there wasn't any point in teaching him. So 
we have taught him the three lesson and I wanted so badly to teach him 
again so I made up some excuse and got he let us in last Monday. We read
 from the Book of Mormon with him and watched the Mormon message by 
Elder Holland that is taken from his talk on, "safety for the soul" It 
was so amazing. We also took him a fathers day card yesterday, because 
he has no family and he said we could come read with him again. I am so 
excited. 
There are a lot of other wonderful things happening. A set of 
sisters in our stewardship have been really struggling. So we went and 
blitzed their area. We held a fast with them before and we asked them 
what we should fast for. They said they wanted to find two new 
investigators during the exchange. Sister Fuller and I lacked in faith 
and weren't sure if it was obtainable(we are so dumb), but we fasted and
 prayed with them. Anyway long story short we saw some crazy miracles 
and found 3 investigators from them and one for us. Haha anything is 
possible with the Lord. It was a wonderful day.
This last weekend we went to a BBQ with some members. They invited 
some of their nonmember friends. We have been trying to teach this 
family they are friends with for a while. We ended up playing soccer and
 become really good friends with this family. We are going to see the 
family today! We were pretty excited. 
Sister Fuller and I trained at some zone trainings this last week. 
We talked a lot about the Atonement. sometimes I am stupid and I forget 
that it is all about Him. I love the quote from Elder Erying in the last
 general conference and it reminded me of my family... he said, "If you 
let Him be the leader of your family, things will work out." I know that
 is true for everyone. How blessed our we to know the truth. don't ever 
hesitate to share it with others. 
I love you all so very much. Remember what is most important and be happy for  we have all the reason to be happy! :) 
With love, Sister Page
PS
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE BROTHER BRITON (he is my favorite because
 he is the only one who writes me) I love you birdie. Have a great 
birthday! 
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Dear family,
This
 week has been a little crazy, but one of the best weeks of my mission. 
So we have been preparing Aly for baptism for the passed couple of 
months. She has been waiting for her dad, but her dad is living with a 
less active and is not married. Last Sunday he came to us and told us he
 was finally ready to be baptized. We were pretty stressed because we 
were not sure if he would be ready. Sister Fuller and I prayed really 
hard and we knew there were a couple of things we needed to do to make 
sure he was ready. We had some really powerful lessons with him and 
tried to include members as much as possible this last week. He was 
married yesterday and made it to church! He and Aly have a strong desire
 to follow Christ. It is so neat to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ 
change people. The other thing that was really stressful is Sister 
Fuller and I had to venture out and go find her mom and ask permission 
for her to be baptized. We were praying really hard. It went really 
well. We know Heavenly Father was very involved in the work. I know we 
would not have seen the miracles we saw without Him. They are going to 
be baptized this Saturday and we are very excited! 
I also got the opportunity to attend the temple this week. Sister 
Fuller and I fasted for the John and Aly and their family( the Huies). I
 am so grateful Heavenly Father gave us that opportunity this week! It 
could not come at a better time! I am so grateful for the blessing of 
the temple. I hope I never take it for granted. 
Yesterday the Huis were all at church and four less actives we have been working with. It was such a miracle. 
We
 were on exchanges with the Elkhorn Sisters this last week. Sister 
Stevens who spoke in general conference was visiting there. So, I went 
back to read her talk. She talked about how, " the Gospel is not weight;
 it is wings. It carries us. We can choose to reach for God's hand in 
our need. We can face our challenges with prayer and trust in the Lord. 
And in the process we will become like Him." I am so grateful to have to
 opportunity to help others reach for God's hand and see them become 
more like them. I know the gospel is our wings and the temple is the 
vision. I love you all. Thank you for your prayers. Have a wonderful 
week. 
With love, Sister Page
Dear family,
It is so weird school gets out this week. 
it literally seems like yesterday that school started it August... 
weird. I hope you have a wonderful week and enjoy the freedom haha
This week went really well. We had zone conferences this week. The 
focus was on eternal families. Our mission President said that he had a 
mission president conference with Elder Nelson and he said that the 
world first attacked Joseph Smith, then the Book of Mormon and now 
the attack is on the families. It was an amazing zone conference. In 
Preach My Gospel it talks about how " God has established families to 
bring happiness to His children, allow them to learn correct principles 
in a loving atmosphere, and prepare them for eternal life." I know the 
family is central to God's plan for us. We have had the opportunity to 
be teaching a part member family. Aly is ready to be baptized and this 
last week John, her dad, told us he was ready to be baptized with her. 
They will be baptized June 7. They all still have a lot to learn and 
understand, but I know with the Lord's help all things are possible. I 
am grateful to have the opportunity to teach their family. they all have
 a lot of different concerns. Johns fiancĂ©, Leslie, is a less active. We
 were having a lesson with their whole family. Johns mom, Judy, was in 
town. She is a southern Baptist. Leslie was saying how she didn't want 
to go to church with a bunch of hypocrites and Judy just looked at her 
and said "I would rather go to church with a bunch of hypocrites than to
 hell with one." haha it was so funny but it really hit Leslie. Each 
member in that family is struggling with something different, but I know
 with all my heart that happiness in families is most likely achieved 
when founded upon the teachings of Jesus Christ. So please pray for the 
Huie family. I know with His help hearts will be changed and they will 
begin to understand. 
Yesterday we got to take Marian, a recent convert, to the trail 
center. We were really sad her none member daughter didn't come, but it 
was a wonderful experience. My companion is a direct descendant from Amy
 Sumner Porter, the lady who I talked about in my farewell talk. She 
told us the story while we were looking at the temple and the cemetery. 
Amy truly knew the importance of the gospel for her family. Because of 
her sacrifice now thousands of her descendants having the blessing of 
the gospel. It is so amazing. I wish we all could understand and have 
the faith that she did. 
Sorry my email is so short. I hope you all know I love you and 
grateful for our family and the gospel. I want everyone in our family to
 think of one thing you can do to help our family be more in line with 
the family proclamation because it was truly inspired of God. I am going
 to ask you all  next week what you came up with. I love you!! :) Be 
happy for we all have so many reasons to be happy! 
Love, Sister Page
Dear Family, 
It sounds like you have all been doing 
really well. Lots of changes have happened here as well. I am still in 
Papillion but I have a new companion. She is great. Her name is Sister 
Fuller. She is from mesa Arizona. I still get to be a STL and I am very 
excited to serve with Sister Fuller. They sisters need her charity and 
strength. I know I will learn a lot from her. 
Since this week was the last week of transfers we ran completely 
out of miles. haha so we had to walk everywhere. I loved it. We had been
 praying to find people to teach. It is cool to see how the spirit 
really does guide you even though in the moment you don't usually 
realize it. We were walking to an investigators house and decided to 
talk a different road. Then, we saw all these news papers all over the 
street so we picked them all up and then we were looking for a recycling
 bin. We then saw this lady who was taking her garbage can out to the 
street. So we ran up and asked her if we could pit it in there. It was 
perfect timing. We then talked to her about the book of Mormon. She had 
actually been to church with a member a couple years ago and wanted to 
know a little more about it. She currently attends a church but she said
 we could come back! My whole mission I have really struggled with 
learning to rely on the spirit. I know that if we are working hard and 
being obedient the Lord will guide us even if we don't realize it. 
Since Sister Larson was leaving she got to go say goodbye to people
 and bear her testimony. It is weird how the work halts for a little 
when missionaries leave an area, but I am praying that our investigators
 will continue to progress. We saw George and unfortunately he was told a
 lot of anti Mormon stuff. It broke my heart. You could tell he knew 
everything we taught him was true but he is just afraid of change. We 
will continue to pray for him and to go stop by. Ali on the other hand 
is doing so great! She came to church with us this last week and we had a
 really awesome lesson with her. She knew like all the answers to my 
questions. It was so cute to see her reading personal progress and true 
to the faith doing sacrament meeting. She just is so prepared and 
naturally wants to do the right thing even though her family is making 
poor decisions. It is very inspiring. I am so grateful for the 
opportunity to teach her. 
Another neat thing that happened this week was the day of 
transfers. I was just a little over whelmed taking on the area and the 
sisters by myself and making sure transfers went smoothly for all the 
sisters. The night before I was praying for help. Sister Larson was 
suppose to leave to Sioux City in the morning but she ended up having to
 wait till that evening to leave. So, she got to spend to day with 
Sister Fuller and I. We got to figure everything out together and so I 
didn't feel as stressed. It was such a tender mercy. 
We also had some less actives attend church yesterday and one of 
them told us she wanted to work towards the temple. There is honestly 
nothing I would rather do than help someone receive the blessings of the
 temple. I know Papillion has so much potential. I am grateful for the 
miracles we have seen and excited to see more.
I love you all have a wonderful week. :)
With love, Sister Page
PS my companion is on a Mormon message called 195 dresses go look it up haha
pps look who I found at my church building... Jackie and Casey Smith haha
My dearest family,
Thanks for all the birthday wishes!
It
 was so good to see you yesterday. I am glad I got that opportunity to 
Skype with you. I wasn't joking when I said there was a tornado. 
Many missionaries didn't get a chance to talk with there family because 
the power went out. It was actually really cool to see a tornado form 
though. They still scare me to death though hahah nothing has changed. 
I feel like there is nothing to update you on because I told you about like everything big that happened on Skype yesterday. 
We
 have been working a lot with this less active named Nancy. She works 
everyday and is really stressed about finances. We had a really neat 
lesson with her this week. She wasn't to have sundays off so bad. I have
 never felt so strongly as a missionary to promise blessings to someone 
as I did with her. I know if the Lord will provide for her if she makes 
that sacrifice. She had a hard time because she is very literal and she 
doesn't know how taking Sundays off with work but I know miracles don't 
always make sense. It is so neat to see her faith grow. 
I told you a little about George and the Huie family we are working
 with. I want them to be baptized so bad. We have had some pretty 
powerful lessons with them. they know it is right. Satan just knows how 
to get to peoples weak spots though. The dad of the Huie family is not a
 member. He has been struggling a lot with some things. I am so grateful
 for the priesthood power though. He was able to receive a priesthood 
blessing. I know with all my heart he can receive the answers to his 
prayers. 
I am also very grateful for conference. I loved Elder Utchdorfs 
talk. I think I already talked about it but I love when he said, " We 
sometimes think that being grateful is what we do after our problems are
 solved, but how terribly shortsighted that is. How much of life do we 
miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is 
rain?"  
I know we can be happy and grateful in all circumstances. 
I love you all. have a wonderful week.
With love, Sister Page
My dearest family,
I
 am surprised ya'll remembered my birthday haha crazy I only have 2 more
 days to be a teenager haha feel free to have a birthday party for me at
 home! 
Another week gone by in the mission... I feel like 
just yesterday I emailed you haha so quick story. Sister Larson and I 
were street contacting and this guy was outside with his dogs. So, we 
asked if we could pet them (no I didn't really want to pet them but it 
is a good excuse to talk) I bent over to pet the dog and I smelled 
something awful. I then realized I had just stepped in the dogs poo 
naturally I tried to hide it but the owner totally noticed and was 
trying not to laugh. I was bearing my testimony about the book of Mormon
 and trying to awkwardly wipe it off in the grass. The guy could not 
even take me seriously haha it was a joke so finally I just got his 
information down and left. I took my pen and got it all out of my shoe. 
Then we got in the car and left. Me being an idiot I forgot and starting
 writing with the pen again and then I stuck it in my mouth and sister 
Larson was like, "um sister page..." and finally realized spit it out 
and just yelled my head off. It was quit funny. Sister Larson and I 
needed a good laugh. But seriously I am so dumb.
On Tuesday of this last week I woke up sorta in a lame mood. I just
 went through the morning motions and didn't think much of it. I was a 
little distracted during my studies and just figured it would only 
affect me. We received a call from one of the sisters who was struggling
 a lot. She was feeling really depressed so we decided to go spend the 
day with them. I went out with the sister who was having a hard time. I 
tried to know what Heavenly Father would have me say to help her, but I 
was having a really hard time feeling the spirit. I then realized it was
 because of my attitude and my poor studies that morning. I felt so bad 
that I wasn't of much help to her. I know realize why it is so important
 to always be worthy of the spirit and to be spiritually ready at al 
times so we can be an instrument in the Lords hands. 
We had a really neat lesson with this old man named George on 
Wednesday. We taught him the plan of salvation. The spirit was really 
strong and you could tell he was starting to understand how God's plan 
for us is perfect and that people is the worked are very confused about 
the purpose of this life. He is very strong in his church but has an 
open heart. We haven been seeing him for the past couple weeks. It is so
 neat to see how his heart is being softened as he reads from the book 
of Mormon. I honestly think the only thing holding him back is his 
friends from his church. We are having a lesson with him on Wednesday 
(my birthday) nothing more would I want than to set him for baptism. 
That would be the best birthday ever :)
I love that it is warming up so that we can talk to more people 
outside! It is suppose to get up to 90 degrees this week! Warm weather 
just makes people feel happier!
So, my thought for the week. I
 have been thinking a lot about the Atonement. We all know the Atonement
 is infinite and His grace is sufficient to heal us, but when we talk 
about "applying the atonement", it is hard to know what our role is. The
 phrase "applying the Atonement" sorta frustrates me a little. In many 
ways I know it is something that we can learn, but not necessarily be 
taught. Yesterday in sunday school we watched this video of a talk given
 many years ago by Elder Bushe called "unleashing the dormant sprit" I 
know this is how we can apply the atonement. It is a video on youtube 
and I want you all to go look it up. 
I love you all have a happy birthday week ;)
With love, Sister Page
ps mom I need those stories from our ancestors
Dear Family,
Well,
 it was another wonderful week in Nebraska. Thank you mom for the Easter
 package. This week I had the opportunity to go to the Elkhorn area on 
exchanges. We always see neat miracles on exchanges. President told me 
to read the gospels and see how Christ performed miracles and how He 
ministered to the people. I remember the advice Uncle Rob gave me when I
 was getting set apart. He said to study the life of Christ and become a
 Christ like missionary... I wish I would have done that earlier and I 
would have been pro by the time my mission president told me to do it 
too. That really is the key. Anyway, it is neat to be with these sisters
 because Heavenly Father magnifies my talents just to help them. Sister 
Kent who I was with felt inspired to leave a book of Mormon with her 
testimony on the door of this lady they did service for once. We usually
 don't just leave Book of Mormons on doors like that but she felt 
inspirited so I told her to act on the promptings of the spirit. She 
later informed me the lady thanked her for it and is now reading it. I 
definitely need to act on the promptings of the spirit better without 
doubts. 
We helped this less active lady and her non member husband with 
their family history this last week. It was so cool because as i was 
reading some stories of his family history we found out he is a direct 
descendant of Big Elk. He is the Indian that made the agreement with 
Brigham Young to let the Mormons stay in Winter quarters. It talks about
 him a little in the visitor center so tomorrow he and his wife are 
going to go with us. We hope and pray he feels the spirit! Sister Larson
 and I have been praying that we get the opportunity to take people to 
the trail center. This last week 3 people agreed to go with us. We are 
so excited. It is a wonderful place of conversion. 
We had a lesson with the Huie family this last week. They are the 
part member family and their daughter is Aly. We talked about prayer and
 the book of Mormon. We showed a couple Mormon messages. The spirited 
was so strong. The dad, John, who is not a member after asked us if he 
could receive a priesthood blessing. He wants to be baptized but has to 
figure some things out first. 
On Saturday we helped out with a 5k for Autism awareness. It was so
 fun and so nice to be outside working all day! I wish i could have ran 
in it but it was fun to be out serving in the community. 
This
 week we had our stake conference as well. Sister Weston talked about 
how we need to "live so that God can use us to bring His children home."
 We also sang the song "I'll  go where you want me to go" I love the 
part in it where it says, "It may not be at the battle's front My Lord 
will have need of me. But if, by a still, small voice he calls to paths 
that i do not know, I'll answer dear Lord, with my hand in thine: I'll 
go where you want me to go!" Sometimes in missionary work it is hard to 
feel like everything you are doing is really meaningful and making a 
difference but I know this is where the Lord sent me and many times it 
doesn't seem like the battles front but it is where he wants me to be. I
 know as we do what the Lord wants us to do then we will become what He 
wants us to become. I love Nephi's last testimony in 2 Nephi 33:15, " 
For thus hath the Lord spoken and I must obey. Amen." I know because of 
His obedience he became the person the Lord wanted him to be. 
I love you all. Be good and remember who you are and whose you are.
With love, Sister Page
Ps i totally forgot to tell you my incident with a dog and his waste... i will tell you next week hahaha
Dear family,
It sounds like you are doing really well! That makes me happy.:) 
So
 this week was pretty crazy. We saw a huge miracle on Tuesday. So, at 
leadership council two weeks ago President emphasized that all the 
missionaries in our stewardship have someone set for baptism. We talked 
about how we can help them get to that point. So on Tuesday we were 
going on exchanges with a set of missionaries who didn't have a 
baptismal set. We made a plan and set some goals with them and then held
 a fast. that day they had a lesson with this guy and set him for 
baptism. We also saw many other miracles. It was a wonderful day. They 
next day I had interviews with President and he talked to me about 
planning for miracles and having the faith to see them. I know I need to
 show more faith in the Lords work.  Right after interviews the 
"awesome" zone leaders asked if we could train the next morning in zone 
training... we went home to work on it and we just couldn't decide how 
the training should go. I just had a feeling we needed to get out and 
work and figure it out later. So we did. We went and had a lesson with 
Aly and while we were with Aly, Marian called. She is the recent convert
 who just got diagnosed with cancer. She was feeling very depressed and 
asked if we would go walk her dogs with her. So us four went out. It was
 sunny and we had a nice little lesson with both of them. Everything was
 going well because Marian was finally thinking of something else 
besides her diagnosis. Then this teenage girl flew by on her skateboard 
and Marians dog bit her. Long story short the girl is super afraid of 
blood so she started to freak out. Then Marian since she is super 
emotionally unstable started to break down. It is sorta funny now but 
totally was not funny in the moment. So we helped the girl get home and 
the parents started to get upset with Marian. I just told Marian to go 
outside and I talked to them for like an hour and my companion and I 
calmed everyone down. It was rough hahaha BUT the miracle that came out 
of it was, Marians daughter Amy is not a member and she showed up and 
saw how Sister Larson and I helped Marian out so much. It softened Amys 
heart and that night we had a little lesson with her. As of right now 
she is not super interested in the church, but I know she felt the 
spirit and that all it takes :) The next day we ended up teaching about 
the role of the spirit in conversion. It went well :)
Friday we took Aly and her less active step mom to the trail 
center. It was so neat. The spirit is so strong there! I bet it is super
 nice for the sisters that get to serve there because it is a huge 
spiritual boost. I know that Heavenly Father knew I couldn't serve there
 because being in a building all day would make me go crazy but still it
 is such a neat place. After the tour we walked around the temple! Aly 
was dying to go inside it was so cute. She wants to be baptized as soon 
as possible. I love being a missionary. 
My thought for the week is about Lehi's dream. I have been thinking
 a lot about what the difference between the that partook of the fruit 
and then fell away and the group that partook of the fruit and stayed. 
In 1 Nephi 8:30 It talks about how the group that stayed and received a 
fullness of joy.. it says they, " they came forth and fell down and 
partook of the fruit of the tree." I have come to realize the difference
 between those who stay and those who fall away is humility. I know you 
all are probably laughing right now because y'all know I have struggled 
with that but I know we need to be humble by being meek, submissive and 
have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. I know we can choose to be 
humble by loving God, submitting our will to His, and putting Him first 
in our lives. I know at the end of like all my emails I say " remember 
what is most important." That is probably super annoying but putting him
 first is the key to partaking of the fruit and not falling away. It 
will bring us eternal joy. I am so grateful for the gospel. I love my 
family. Have a wonderful week and always remember what is most 
important. 
With love, Sister Page 
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