Well hello family :) This week has been very
eventful. ha First of all I would like to thank you for all your letters
and Thanks for the shoes mommy! I love them. Next item of
business...... CONGRATS TORI!!! :) I am super proud of you! I love
hearing all your soccer stories and please let me know how your games
go. So last monday we taugh this like really old lady. She is the biggest sweetheart. The only problem is her grandkids
are Jehovah Witnesses BUT we taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ and I
started telling her how she can return and live with her Heavenly
Father and that there were steps she needed to take to get there, and she
literally got out a piece of paper and started writing down the steps as I
taught her the doctrine of Christ. It was the coolest things. We Invited
her to be baptized and she said yes I need to. then we asked her to
pray about it all and she was like I already know its true. She has a
lot of health problems so she knew it would be a struggle to come to
church but she said she would. It was an awesome night. Then that night
we drove to Holdridge Nebraska to go on exchanges with the sisters there. Holdridge
is very very small. They only have a branch there and the sisters there are struggling really bad. Some girls are just dramatic and emotional haha anyway, so we basically just went to work and tried to get them excited about the work. We tracted
a lot and found some people who wanted to be taught. It was pretty
cool. Whenever we tract in Kearney no one listens so it was a miracle we
could find people for them to teach. It was a lot of fun and when we
left those sisters were a little more motivated again. Wednesday we went
to zone meeting and Sister Youngberg and I taught a
training which is basically a big fat disaster cause I have been out a
month, ya it was scary but really good. I brought the sweetish fish
mom sent me and gave them out to people who participated hahaha
don't know if that is allowed but it got people to comment :) We had a
lesson that night that got cancelled and we were very sad. This
investigator was set for baptism and wont answer our calls so we are
just going to keep praying! Thursday I got sick... it was not a very
happy day. We visited a lot of less actives with the relief society
president and it was really good to meet all these ladies, for whatever
reason they dont come to church but we are working on them.
President Weston said that every less active we help reactivate then the
Lord will bless us with someone else to teach. So we are trying to
build the ward and we already have helped a couple come back to church! YAY!
A lot of people just need to be reminded that Heavenly Father loves
them and is aware of them! Friday was another miracle day! :) So Justin
is a 16 year old boy and was baptized right before I got to Kearney. His
mom is Methodist and wouldnt even come to his baptism. So we are teaching him his new member lessons. We always teach him at his neighbors house (the Lebrees)
who are very active in the church. They are the reason why he joined
(member missionary work is the way to go). So we were teaching Justin
and the Lebrees and we get there and Sister Lebree wasn't there, they forgot that we can't teach without a female there so he was like lets just teach outside and then it started pooring rain. So the only female we could ask to come over was Justins
mom and she totally came. We taught the plan of salvation and she said
she wants to hear more that we have taught Justin!!! We were so
excited! Then Saturday we taught two other
investigators and that went very well. Some people we are just going to
have to go slow, cause they are having a hard time fully understanding
everything. Then Sunday.... None of our investagators showed and then we had a meeting with the ward mission leader like we do every Sunday and the stake president shows up which is crazy cause this stake is like half Nebraska haha but he comes and lectures us on envolving
members. He looked me straight in the eyes and said "There is no
excuses for not baptising more members into this ward." It was pretty
discouraging. BUT I am going to make it motivate me, not discourage me.
We had dinner with members last night and shared a lesson about the
significance of the restoration and they didn't give us
referrals but the wife is going to come visit some less active members with us.
So one member at a time we will try and build this ward. Members really
are crucial in missionary work. I just wish they all understood that.
This Sunday I am giving a talk on helping others come unto Christ so if you have any ideas send me a letter. I love my family and all your support. Thanks for everything!
I love you all have a wonderful week I am always praying for you and love your letters!
The Church is true.
Love, Sister Page
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