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 fiancé, 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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