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!

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

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