Se cayo de los cielos...el dentro una pila baptismal

On Tuesday we went to Viña and Elder Robbins had a conference with us..the WHOLE MISSION! And it was loco. It was the first time that we have all been together since Presidente got here! The conference was so great! He did it like a question answer kind of thing, so it was great to receive counsel personally for what we needed as a mission. And AGAIN, I received such a powerful witness that President Kahnlein is called of God to be our mission president. What a blessing! I swany, he´s gonna be a member of the Seventy one day!
Also, I finally saw family Schramm! She was reading every nametag trying to find me for mom!

And the miracle of the week is... (backstory) we have been in a rut in the work. And honestly, it´s been pretty hard to find people, especially people that wanna progress... and thus el animo has been difficult to retain also. We prayed, and worked, and fasted, and worked...and prayed again, but something always seemed to happen with our investigators. And this past week was the last week that we could find people that could potentially be baptized in June. And so after a cambio (transver) and a half without many frutos,(fruits) we tried to kick it into gear this past week and on Saturday at 8 o´clock at night, we ran into our bishop and he said, "Hey! I´ve got a reference for you". Turns out, that a girl had gone to the church website, looked for la capilla (chapel) nearest her, and the bishop´s number was on there too, so she texted the bishop and asked if she could attend church on Sunday. Obviously, he send yes! Haha So we passed by her house on Sunday morning and walked to church together; she cried during church cause she had such a great experience; we went to her house later that night to teach her; and she accepted a baptismal date for the last day of June!!!!! When we prayed for a miracle, we had no idea that she would quite literally fall from heaven and into her baptismal font, pero BUENO! Hahaha. WE were almost crying we were so happy. I felt like los pueblos in the Book of Mormon..when they literally couldn´t go anymore and in THAT moment was when the Lord blessed them in abundance. But...yep.
OH! Also something about Katy (the chica), a few weeks ago we felt prompted to knock her street, so we knocked and knocked and knocked and then we realized that we were late for an appointment, so we said "we´ll knock until the white house and then we´ll go".....and guess what, we found out who lives in the white house?? KATY! The miracle girl..hahaha. We were like WHAT!! Pero bueno. We didn´t find her, so she came and found us! And all´s well that ends well!

***I had to use a Spanish-English dictionary to write parts of this email cause I couldn´t think of the words..or how to spell them...hahaha how sad! I don´t know if thats good or bad honestly.


-Mom, I´ll write the letter for Matt and Kimber and send it next week! And sorry, no photos cause my companion is using my camera today.

-I can´t believe that Tory graduated from high school!! Que loco!


Have a great week!! Have a wonderful trip to Utah and preparing for the wedding and all that jazz. Love you all bunches of honey oats!

I pray for y´all todos los días.

Love always and always,

Hermana Abigail Page

Rápido y furioso

Wow! My package must have been flown to the States by Superman cause I went to the post office on Monday in the afternoon..and it was on our front porch on Saturday! I´m so glad that you guys liked the stuff inside! I tried really hard to find stuff that you guys would like..lucky my companion was patient with my medio bipolar choices.. "si..no...maybe..I dont know if they'll like it...oh, maybe this is better...ahhh, why are there so many people in my family" hahaha.

So I remember one time when Dallin got home from his mission, we were eating hotdogs and he put mayonaise on his hotdog. And everyone was like awwww gross, how fatty blah blah. Welp, a couple of blocks from our apartment, there's a lady that sells completos...its like a latino hotdog...and it is fuuulllll of different types of mayo. And let´s just say that now I´m converted to the completos! And I would like to take this moment to ask for Dallin's forgiveness. Because he was more wise than I was at that time.

This past week were cambios. And............Im in Brillador de nuevo con Hermana Mori! Whoop whooop. I was really happy cause our investigator Isidora and her family are progressing so much (they are working towards a temple sealing at the end of the year), and I wanted to be here to see her baptism!

Then on Friday we went to Viña again for a consejo with Presidente. Working so close with all the leaders is the best! I feel like I am/will progress a lot in this calling.

*Sometimes being the clay for the Master Potter is rough. Cause we get squished and pulled and pressured por todos lados! And through all that, we gotta keep the faith that we are gonna end up being the prettiest pots ever.. Sometimes that´s the hard part. But then we live up from where we are splattered on the wheel and we realize that, it´s okay, that we´re okay..cause he is still the Master Potter...And we know and can feel that it´s His hands shaping and supporting and changing us. It´s a dizzy process spinning around and around like that, but I know that we will end up perfectly shaped, glazed, and beautiful in His eyes :) ..So my goal now is to enjoy the time we have as clay in His hands!

Also tomorrow we are heading to Viña AGAIN! (I feel like I live in the bus terminal!) Cause Elder Lynn G Robbins de the presidency of the seventy is gonna talk to us!! I´ll let yall know how it goes!

Love you all! Thank you for your prayers, cause I need em! I pray you you guys every day! Lets of lovin y´alls way :)

Love always and always,

Hermana Abigail Page

**Can ya throw in an issue of the general conference ensign in the package!

"hey now, hey now, this is what dreams are made of..."

 

 

This week: 

-we left our apartment complex to go tracting and there were a herd of horses that had escaped from I don´t know where and they were grazing in the park across the street. LUCKY I had an apple in my hands, so I ran over and fed it to a horse haha. It was a green apple, so afterwards, he had green spit and he started to follow us cause he wanted more and his green spit was flying everywhere. Plus, my companion has a fear of horses, and Willis (cause that´s what I named him) was trying to eat her backpack and she was running away and there he was...following right behind her. Pobrecita. 9poor little thing) 

-I completed an item off of my bucket list!! In my bucket list, there is one adventure that says "see the Pacific ocean and put my feet in." Well when I arrived in La Serena, I completed the "see" part...but as a missionary, we can´t go galivanting on the beach...nor can our feet touch enter the sand part. So it seemed as though my dream would go unfulfilled. But one day I mentioned my dream to a member (the mom of Isidora..that´s gonna get baptized in June.......I talked with you guys from their house...they´re the ones!) So the other P-day, they said "we are gonna take you guys on a special trip for P-day", and we went to El Faro...the lighthouse. And they had brought a bucket, and they went to the water, got some from a wave, and brought it to the pavement/lighthouse where we were so that I could fulfill my dream!! So I sacked my shoes and put my feet in...and boy was it cold! BUT, CHECK that one off the good ´ole bucketlist :) DREAMS DO COME TRUE.

-The Lord watched over me and blessed me lots. When I´m down, or when we need a miracle, I can honestly say that God is ALWAYS there, and He always supports us. Always. Siempre jamas. How lucky are we that we have a father that loves us so much :) ....He blesses, but he doesn´t spoil ;)

By the way- I sent off a package today! With lots of gifts inside :) The wrapping job is thanks to Hermana Mori...you´ll understand what I mean when ya get it ha ha. 

Momma, can you send me music? Hymns or piano or classical...or Enya! haha. BUT NO EFY...or things of that sort. Thank you!

Gots to get heading. Know that literally every one of yall are in my prayers EVERY day. Remember prayer is the passport to power. Share a smile and a cookie with another. Enjoy every moment of sun.

Love always and always, 

Hermana Abigail Page

Why I oughta...

You guys have had an eventful week to say for the menos.! (to say the least) Lotsof trials. but lots of blessings. Funny, how when we are righteous, we are blessed amidst trials. And I have no doubts that the Lord literally gives me strength and peace and comfort here because when something happens at home (when I read it on this side of the world) immediately it’s like "it’s okay, it’s in His hands, I’m here serving Him so they will be okay..blah blah. " For that I´m so grateful. I´ll be sure to pray and fast this week for you guys so that every one’s okay, especially Matt and Mom. (It´s funny cause right when y´all told me that Matt got beat up in the face, I thought OH NO, HIS SMILE! Hahaha even before you guys said the same).

This week I realized just how much Satan doesn´t like the work of the Lord...nor his missionaries. And this week, Satan didn´t like me very much and gave me a hard time...tan pesado él! (how sad) But thanks to the Lord and my amazing companion, I´m feelin’ better.

This week we had a huge activity in the ward. It was a karaoke night thingy, and I don´t know why but Latinos LOVE karoake haha. Tons of people came with less actives and with friends, and everyone was laughing and eating and just having a good ole time. We (the missionaries) planned everything, so it felt really good that it was such a success. I think I’m gonna miss crazy latino ward activities when I get home.

We also found a girl to teach and she is so awesome! Hopefully she´ll make it to her fecha en June!! Her name´s Jelen (Helen). She´s medio hippie..sunshine and God is love... BUT she is progressing really well already and I am really grateful that the Lord sends cualquier persona (people) to teach. In that sense, the work is so cool! We meet random people in the street, invite them to change their lives, and then help them do it! Que bacán. (how cool)

Gots to get headin. Thank you for all your prayers and support. If there is something that I can do to support you guys more, let me know and I´ll do it. Call me beep me if you need to reach me ;)
Thanks for being my forever family.
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

No email this week, just pictures...

Photo bomb...

A really blurry picture of Abigail while skyping yesterday...



In the night, after talking to you guys, I had the biggest headache. EVER. Curse the Page curse of crying! Pero bueno. It´s all good. But literally, I love y´all so much. I am such a spoiled kid ‘cause I lucked out and got the best family around...en serio. You guys are always such great examples to me. And I am so glad that I know we are gonna be a family para siempre! (forever)

But you guys already know all the things that I could say to ya, so I am going to treasure up this time to send a boatload of pictures (Feliz dìa de madre Momma!) The computer ended up not working!!!

Know I love ya, I pray for ya, and I hope with all my heart that my service is blessing you guys a "itsy bitsy teen wheeny yellow polkadot bikini" bit every day :)

SIDE NOTE: It´s weird to think that this week was my half way mark, and the next time that I´ll talk with y´all, I´ll only have about a month left!

READ YOU SCRIPTURES every day (said in a nacho libre voice).
Love one another as Jesus loves you.
Eat Chick-fil-a.

Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

PS...Sorry you guys have to deal with my spanglish...I´m starting to realize that it´s pretty bad ha ha. Eh, oh well.

Hermana Page and her new companion Hermana Mori from Peru

Alma y Amulek

 

Well mi cumple (birthday party) wasn’t the best one that I´ve had in my life, butl it ended great with a special noche de hogar en la capilla.  (fireside at the church) And I realized in the middle of it that every one of the most special people that I have in La Serena were there. And I just felt so much love in that moment. It was great!

 

Also this week we had interviews with President. I was a bit nervous beforehand...don’t really know why it happens every time, but si! Anywho, I came to the conclusion during my interview that He really is called of God to guide our mission. I´m so grateful that we have such a great President for our mission. But the part of my interview that was the cooliest was when President was ending with the prayer and in his prayer, he invoked the powers of heaven that my companion Hermana Mori and I could be like Alma and Amulek, baptizing thousands!  I was like "WOOOWW...well there ya go!" so sometimes when I´m talking to Hermana. Mori ahora, I say, "ya, vamos Alma"( let’s go Alma) and she says "alright Amulek" hahaha. (gotta love mission humor). But that really hit mi Alma that part of his prayer. Now we are all animo! ( feeling the spirit) The powers of heavens are on our side...how can we NOT be like Alma and Amulek?? Vamos nada mas! :) ( we can do anything)

 

I´m gonna end here so I can send a picture or two a ustedes. 

Talk to ya TAN PRONTO!

 

**I WILL SKYPE YALL AT 5:30-6ish in Sunday. And it’s the same time here that it is there right now so that’s easier than on Christmas. **

 

Love you guys con todo mi corazn! (with all my heart)

Soak up the sun, while I´m here trying to type with gloves on cause hay tanto frio...(so cold)

Love always and always, 

Hermana Abigail Page