No email today...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, but 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

Ay, ay, ay...

(I have inserted some translation in this letter, since some of you get frustrated with her Spanglish :) and also added for those who were not sure of her reference of the FIrst Vision. I hope you will read that. :) hope every one is doing well!



This has been the worst p-day in regards with ghetto internet in my entire mission. Why you may ask? Because I´ve been at this computer for one hora and 28 minutes waiting for it to load, I barely wrote president, and now I have 2 minutes to write you guys :(

So sorry for the shortest email in the history of the world....and it would happen the week of my birthday and when I have tons of pictures and things to tell you guys haha. Pero bueno! (not good)

I love hearing from you guys so much. I don`t mean to be cheesy but it literally makes my week! And it’s kinda sad and funny in the same moment but I get so excited and I feel y’alls love so much that sometimes I almost feel like crying haha. So thank you for your prayers and thoughts and love...en todos formas! ( in all of its forms) Cause it helps make everything be a little brighter siempre :) (always)

Since i have 30 seconds, I think I´ll just end with a tesimonio (cause when in doubt, testify!). I know that Joseph saw God and Cristo. I know that there is power en quoting the words of the First Vision.

I know that the scriptures are without a doubt the palabras de Dios.( words of God) Every word is inspired. I know we can be closer to God through reading el LDM (The Book of Mormon) que en cualquier otra forma.(than in any other way) I know miracles exist, and I know God loves us. And I know that the deepest joy that we can have in this life is found in Christ and por medio de obediencia. (through obedience to His commandments)

Have a wonderful week, and PLEASE make sacrifices for the missionaries that are serving in your ward! They are angels sent to help make milagros. (miracles)


Love y’all always and always,

Hermana Abigail Page

Excerpt from Joseph Smith History (https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1?lang=eng)

“I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!”

If ya wanna be my lover, ya gotta get with my friends!

This friday, we had an activity del barrio. It was a talent show! And it was super last minute anouncing it so we thought casi nobody would be there. But when the time came, TONS of people showed up! Us misioneras were super happy with that :) Sidenote: when we were in the church, I started making popcorn...like popping the kernels then adding butter and salt... but when people started eating it, TODOS said it was super gross! I was like, "what the heck? ..no it tastes perfect! not too soggy from the butter and just the perfect pinches of salt." ...But it turn out, they don´t sell popcorn like that down here! Que loco, cierto?? They only sell it with a boatload of sugar and sometimes carmel on top...no other way. Even in the movie theaters. Chilenos...dont know what they´re missin with our popcorn. But yeah, the noche de talentos was super great! And we (the 4 misioneras) did a "special" surprise number al final. We were the spice girls!! Hahaha and we lip-sung and danced to ´wannabe´. It was so funny...people will have that image of us branded in their heads for a while!
Other things (more spiritual) that happened this week were:
-Earlier this year when I would feel bad, or have a bad day, or Satan was bothering me, I would always get a super strong impression in my mind "Say a prayer. Pray right now and everything will be okay." I know it was the spirit, and really when I prayed, the Lord helped me overcome those moments and they are some of the most spiritual experiences I´ve had out here. (It was like taking a spiritual Advil). But gradually, I got lazy with it and then the feelings to pray when its hard are super light/simple..almost not there. And then the other day in my personal studies, I read the scripture 1 Nefi 17:7...And to others this scripture may be simple and insignificant, but it touched me mucho.
"And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying: aArise, and get thee into the mountain. And it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and cried unto the Lord."
This is what happened to me before too, with the spirit (the voice of the Lord) coming to me and telling me to get up and go to a place and pray to Him for help. To cry to Him for comfort, and guidance, and strength. And when I listened, and prayed..or cried en realidad.. the Lord helped me overcome cualquier dificulty that I was having. After reading that scripture, my goal now is to listen and heed the spirit...cause the spirit teaches a man to pray and satan does the opposite. Stupid Satan. Honestly, I feel bad for him, cause he doesnt have the opcion to pray and recieve help and strength.
-This past week, to be brief on words, Satan was upset with me, and wanted to give me a rough time. So inside me..like spiritually and mentally...pphhhhhhh..difícil. So yesterday, I asked our district leader for a blessing, and let me just tell you.... I love the sacerdocio. En serio. It is the best. I am so grateful to be surrounded to faithful men who are worthy to hold the priesthood and act as God´s mouthpiece for my personal benefit and salvation. Blessings del sacerdocio are the best. This morning I was thinking about how a feel know how recieving one and I just thought..."I want a blessing every morning when I wake up! Wouldn´t that just be the best?" Pero alas....no. Pero esta bien.
Pero eso! Hope you guys are enjoying your time together...Get a rootbeer float from the Creamery in my honor! And tell EVERYONE that I love them so much :)
Love you all like the dickens.
Never lose an oportunity to pray, cause really you are really only hurting yourself.
(the computer lab donde estamos always plays retro music in ingles...im in heaven! haha gotta love them 70´s and 80´s)
Be sure to be studying your Preach my Gospels! **coughcough**
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page


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Road tripin

***This email is gonna be short cuase Mom wants pictures..so its short write, muchos fotos.


This week Hermana Paz and I roadtriped to Viña with all the leaders from the mission. it was a 7 hour bus ride in the middle of the night, but I liked it. (but they had the movie Avatar playing literally right in front of my eyes...so that was the hardest thing not to watch haha. I ended up reading the Liahona y some cartas and then sleeping. WILL POWER!)
But in Viña we were in a consejo de leaders de la mision. Ans guess who I saw?? HERMANA BARROS! Mi mamita! I was sooo happy. And I got to see lots of old leaders, and I got to ask how Limache was (we even drived by on our way back to la Serena...almost cried haha). But it was a really great experience to talk with President and to learn how we can better the mission as leaders. Whenever we have stuff like that, I am reminded siempre that Presidente Kahnlein really is called of God to lead us as a mission!
Other than that, Hermana Paz and I are going to be pure veggies and fruits for the next forever....these completos and onces are fattin me up for a ripe ole pickin if ya know what I´m sayin.
Okay, time for pictures. Next week=better email.
Love you bunches of honey oats!
Give a reference to a misionary this week. Si o si.
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

Tsunami? Like the delicious Japanese restaurant?

Crazy week. Don´t have too much time today to write, so this will just be as it comes to my head. Try to stay with me here....yeah, vamos.

This week has been a shaky week with the terremotos y temblores (ha ha ha..shaky...temblores...see what I did there?). I know you guys know that we had 3 earthquakes (terremotos) en three consecutive días up here en the north. And you´ll are thinkin, Ah theres lots of space between there, she´s good! ...Welp, that is correct...más o menos. We did feel the earthquakes here in the Serena, but that wasn't the bad part...la Serena is pure beach so we had a Tsunami warning all three nights. And my apartment is en the danger zone (hiiiighwaaayyy tooo thee danger zone dududuududu). So the first night there were sirens and a boat load of people in the calle going to higher ground cause they were evacuating the coast por las dudas..especially after the earthquake/tsunami en 2010. The firefighters didn´t want to let us en our apartment...and it was almost 10 (curfew), and todo el mundo was calling one another so our phones didn´t work. But finally we got ahold of President, decided that we were good where we were, went in, planned for the next day, and went to sleep...while the rest of the world was outside waiting hasta como 3 en la mañana haha suckers. Then the next night, the same at like 3 am...and the next night/morning a las 6. But all is well that ..doesn't end in tsunami.

Conferencia de Zona con Presidente on Friday was so great!! And we got to eat Dominos PIZZA!! I was literally floating on an american made cloud. Lots of counsel y correcting and clarifying and plans for success and practices...lots and lots of practices.

General Conference is the bomb.com. Seriously, when they say "and that concludes conference" I was like NOOOOOO. Oh goodness, every single talk was inspired and awesome!!! (I dont have time to go into detail, so I´ll send a letter con some notitas that I took!) And did anyone else about have a cow when al final de President Monson´s talk.. "Heavenly Father, thank you for being here and there." That was literally the moment in my life when I know that Prophets literally talk to God face to face. Él conoce Heavenly Father. After that sentence, you can´t deny it. Punto fin.

My first complete family was baptised on Sunday en between sesiones. They are so wonderful. Se llamen Cristina and Sebastian..and their girls are Carol y Barbara. They are golden. Nada mas. It´s true about what they say about people being chosen. I´ve seen to many times on my mission. The Lord´s work is a miracle. (their story completo to be explained more in the following week cause I´m down to seconds).

Be good. Share your tots. Study PME..or PMG en ingles. Eat chinese food.

I love you all, ya odd ducklings!
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

**hope this email has algún sentido!

Well butter my toast...

WOOOHOOOOOO!!! Tory, California lovin´! I am so proud of you :) You are going to love it so so sooo much :) And I know it´s hard but there´s nothing better! Besides, you´ll be with Joey Nanto, it´s like a strange dream come true!! You better start mentally (and spiritually) preparing yourself now, for your own best two years ;)


This week has been a little crazy, and it looks like the próxima is going to be the same. We had intercambios with two different sets of hermanas this week, so it was a lot of coming and going and packing and unpacking.. BUT I am learning to really like intercambios now! ...Now that I have to do them every week haha. No sé.. Before it wasn´t that I didn´t like them, it´s just that you get really comfortable in your routines in your area con your investigadores so then when you have to switch it up, it´s like "ehhhh". I think it´s funny cause I can just imagine Heavenly Father like, "oh, you don´t like intercambios? Well let´s make ya do it til you like it then!" y POOF, líder hermana entrenadora, intercambios every week. But I´m personally really learning a lot in every intercambio and I try to help every one of the hermanas progress and be more effective and obedient and happy.. sooo...that´s a good thing I hope haha.
Another thing that happened this week is that we found out that we are losing our house...awkward haha. So we went tracting/house hunting one day, found an apartment, and are in the process of moving/cleaning before they kick us out for good. Wooohoo! Always an adventure :)


Funny Moment of the week: During intercambios con una hermana in a different area, I went to the bathroom and on the wall in the bathroom, there was a huge indian flute thing. AndI didn´t know why it was there...so I decided to play it while I was in there. And all I could think of during all this was the song from Snow White, "whistle while you work, dududuuduuududuuduuuu".


I am so excited for General Conference that I almost can´t stand it!! It´s going to be such a spiritual awesome weekend cause on Friday we have a huge zone conference with President, then Saturday is conference, then Sunday is conference and a baptism!! Score.


I´ve decided that one of the bests parts of the obra is that we get to see people´s lives and hearts literally change. I´m so grateful that Heavenly Father trusts us so much that he gives us a chance to bring almas a Cristo por un poco tiempo! Ahh, it´s literally just THE BEST. Oops, sorry about the little spanish bit back there.Sometimes my mind changes midsentence and I don´t realize til afterwards. But I guess that´s kinda sweeeet..and I´m too lazy to change it, so I´m just gonna leave it.


But that´s (again) literally ALL the time I have... and I still gotta write President about intercambios..haha.
I love you all. When times are tough, stick with the time tested "prayer, scriptures, sacrament" and I KNOW everything will be okay and the Lord will provide. Siempre.
I love you all more than I can stand.
Have a great week!!
Eat Chick-fil-a.
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page





Ps. Tried to send pictures. Didn´t work. Sorry Momma..

Tory's call is here...

It came!!!! Now to get every one together on a chat to open it!


California, Long Beach Mission!!!!!
Leaving July 16, 2014

Ready to go...

Tory has finished his mission papers and we are just waiting on his call. He is so excited about serving the Lord, where ever He may send him. We are so proud of him and the preparations he is making to be ready to serve.




we paid dad a visit Saturday evening. He was so happy to see us, and we were happy to see him too. Tory took his Uke and Dad loved hearing him play. He missed us last week when we went up to visit him. he was at a Dr. Apt. Tory played his banjo for others. I think it brightened a lot faces that day.

A ver...

Yes, I got my Balemtimes Day package...GRACIAS MAMITA!! It always makes my day when I get mail or packages from people. But no, I still havent gotten the FHE book, but I think I´ll be getting it next weekend when we have zone conference.
Okay okay...where are Tory and Cameron going...hmmmm. Well my first guess for both is Chile, Viña del Mar..cause that would be THE BEST to serve with one of them!! Hahaha, I can already imagine it... and now I´m thinkin maaaybe it wouldnt be such a good thing after all ;)
But yeah anyways... Tory: Brasil or Florida or Holland (totally completely different)/ Cameron: Mexico (cause that´s the family curse) or Guatemala or Venezuela..algo with spanish. HEY, they will probably be in the CCM at the same time!! How cool :)


This week I was sitting at our table reading the Libro de Mormon and then suddenly, I had the strongest ganas of my life to watch Surf Ninjas. And I have no idea why, but poof, there they were. So throughout the whole day I was kinda watching the movie in my head haha.


The other day, we had to make almuerzo in the pension because no one was assigned that day, so Hermana Paz startd making papas. So she put a few frozen papas in the pan with the oil, and everything was calm so she thought, "hmmm, yeah I´ll just throw them all inthe save time". So she threw in all the frozen papas...and PPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFF a huuuge fire exploded from the pan and immediantely the fire detector starts yelling "fire, fire, theres a fire nearby, fire, fire". And the reaction of Hermana Paz was the funniest thing I have seen in a long looong time. She wasn´t sure if she should try to turn off the stove or if the fire would go down alone, so she was kinda dancing in place....ahhh priceless. Al final, the fire went down enough for Hna. Paz to reach over and move the pan from the hot part a little. We died laughing afterwards. Oh goodness, I wish with all my heart I had it on film. Price.Less.


This weekend we had a baptism of a little abuelita se llama Maria. Maria is 82 and she is literally the sweetest little thing. But she LOVES to learn new things and is always doing crafts and the such. And ya know what? She trying to learn english now too! Super activa ella. But one thing that she does thats so cute is that whenever she cant find her stuff for her crafts or her keys or when she feels alone, she starts to sing "essppiiirrrriiittuuuu saaaaaannnttooo ven!" Haha, she´s like a little girl. And we love her so much. Living proof that´s it´s never too late to change your life!


One last thing in my last seconds of this email, I´ve decided that the Atlantic Ocean is better than the Pacific Ocean.
But yep, that´s pretty much it!


Les amo un motón!!
Do something fun in my honor this week haha.
Y´all are in my prayers everyday.
Read your scriptures...en serio.
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

HaPpY 18th BiRtHdAy TORY!

I can not believe you are 18! Man I am getting old. Just have to remind you how very happy we all were that you were arriving to complete our little family. It would not be the same with out you in it! You are so sweet and kind, and find joy in everything, you keep us laughing, you are a good friend to all and we love you. You are becoming such a great young man. Stay on coarse and the Lord will turn you into someone that you could not have become alone. Have a wonderful day, we love you!

"...aun como yo soy."

My predictions were right cause I got transferred! It was a crazy day on Wednesday (transfers). In the morning they called us and said "you´re both leaving limache"...(yep, it got whitewashed). Then after that Presidente called us and told Hna. Beu that they were going to seperate the area again she was going to train in Limache B (I was in Limache A), and then he told me that I was going to be a new Hermana Lider Entrenadora.....AHHHHH! I told him, "en serio, presidente?" But yep that´s that so we had to pack up all our stuff completely in como nada de tiempo and get to Viña for the transfer meeting. It was really weird leaving Limache knowing that that would be the last time I would see everything and everyone and feel the energy of that area, ya know? And it was a little scary leaving when I didn´t know at all who was going to be in Limache taking care of my peeps and my dogs and my ward and my familias. But I am SO glad that this is the Lord´s work and that there aren´t holes or mistakes. So I know Limache will be alright :)

The transfer meeting was HUGE. Entire zonas got changed out, tons of newbies arrived, and the office is almost completely new tambien. So it was cool to see lots of friends and old leaders.
But when they called my name and said "Hermana Page como hermana líder entrenadora" ...you shouldve heard the gasps and the "en serio´s"..I´m still not sure if that was a good reaction or not haha.
But I got transfered to the zona "La Serena Norte" in the ward Brillador. It´s on the beach and it´s pure houses and streets...completely different than my country/campo Limache. And it´s in the furtherest north you can go in the mission, so the bus ride to my new area was 7 hours..I got here at like 3 in the morning (and then we still had to get up at 7...boooooooo). But whatever! My companions name is Hermana Paz, de Mexico. Turns out I already know her cause she was our Hermana Lider Entrenadora por Limache for like 3 months. So I was happy that I didnt have to do the whole awkward "getting to know you" stuff. She ends her mission in May so I won´t have much time with her, but I´m excited to learn lots!

But yeah, so I´m the new hermana lider entrenadora en el norte! It´s like a girl zone leader. The Lord has a sense of humor really cause the truth is in the other cambio I felt like I was platowing (I know thats spelt wrong but ya get me) en a lot of ways in the mission and I knew that I needed to change if I wanted to progress again. So I was praying that something would happen that I could grow and progress and help the Lord lots in the mission. But NEVER in my wildest dreams did I think "oh I´ll be a lider entrenadora". And then poof, the fat lady sang and here I am in the other side of the mission as a leader for other missionaries with nothing of time (or spanish) under my belt. Haha Dioscito, good one.
I´m just so glad that the Lord knows us better than we know ourselves, otherwise I would be so scared! But I know I have this calling for a reason and that it´s gonna help me por lo menos, cause that´s what I was praying for, right?

**I just got interrupted in writing this email cause I lady was trying to ask someone about a computer...and I was thinking "hmm, her accent..nope she´s not from here". So I turned and told her in english what they were trying to tell her in Spanish, and she looked so confused and startled that that I was speaking her language. She was like "You know english fluently? Wow!"
No you fool, I´m not Chilean. Pero, kuddos for thinkin I´m latina. Score.
Turns out she was from Arizona. But that´s that. I´m going to continue with my real email now. **


But that´s literally ALL the time I´ve got today. I´m down to seconds left, and I know I left a lot out. Sorry. If there´s something ya wanted to know that I didn´t say, let me know!
I love you all so much. I know the Lord´s hand is in everything. It gets more and more obvious everyday. He truely loves us!
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

Uncle Ray, you will be missed...

Today my Uncle Ray passed away. He was always so sweet and loving to me, there was never a time that I was not greeted with a hug and a kiss. I know that Aunt Betty will miss you dearly. I remember y'all dating and getting married in November around Thanksgiving, my Dallin and Jaclyn did the same thing. I know that there is a sweet reunion going on right now among so many that we miss and love, it makes me smile to picture it. Won't be long till we are all together again and what a SWEET MONROE reunion it will be!

Truth: coconuts really have 3 holes

This week we had 4 temblores fuertes... not quite terremotos, but they were pretty strong. One was at like 2 in the morning.
[backstory: for a bed, we have a bunk bed that´s reeeeaaalllyyy old. and every night I have a little fear that Hna. Beu is gonna fall on me like the samoan kid in the movie the RM cause I´m on the bottom and she´s on top.]..back to the story
I was asleep but then suddenly I felt it (I thought it was a real one at first, en serio), it´s kind of funny cause my first thought wasn´t "plan of action...emergencia backpack blah blah..". My first thought was "crap, Hna. Beu is gonna fall on me. The bed it gonna break, and timber goes the Beu...I gotta get out of the way." But I was tired and I still didn´t know if the earthquake was a real one or not so I my body didn´t want to react or freakout. So I just rolled over and out of the bed and onto the floor, with all my blankets and sheets. Then I just layed there til it pasted of til it got stronger. Finally it pasted, and por suerte, the bed didn´t fall, so no worries everyone. When Hna. Beu saw me laying on the floor, she thought the temblor had rolled my out of the bed haha. No you fool, it´s survival of the fittest, and I´m quick like an antelope in the face of disaster.


Other than that, we had another baptism this week of a little girl named Allison. She´s a sweety. Afterwards she bore her testimony and said that she felt "nervous and happy and emotional...that´s how you're supossed to feel right? cause I kinda like it". Tan dulce ella.


This Sunday, yo creo, was my last Sunday in Limache. It was a great Sunday to go out on: un bautismo, un noche de hogar, investigadores who went to church, tons of less actives...the chapel was so full! No sé, it was like I could see the progress of the ward in that moment. And I was so happy that I´ve been able to help in the progress ya know, to be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. My little ward all grown up and savin almas! Cambios son en Wednesday and I think I´m a gonner, but I´m ready to go. It´s weird...I can´t imagine the mission without Limache, but I can´t imagine the mission only in Limache. I´m ready to get going, head in and grow and help others in otros partes. Vamos a ver!


But yep, that´s my little update for y´all this week. Hope everyone is feeling the love of their Savior and sus miracles. I know He lives, and I know He loves.
Do hard things. And love it :)
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

my "exact life" here in Limache----4 boys/hermanos with me. always when we have noches de hogar en su casa I always feel right at home :)
the one in my arms (Sebastian) LOVES me, and we have the same birthday. So I´ve decided that we are pololos (dating)..he´ll wait for me. I have the faith :)

"They all be scared of him but my momma ain´t"

First and foremost... HAPPY BIRTHDAY (esta semana) TO THE BEST MOMMA IN THE WHOLE WIDE MILKYWAY. En serio mama, I love you so much. Thank you for every smile, every rico dinner, every christmas decoration, every moment of keeping me in line, every time where we watched HGTV together, every school project you helped me with, all the sacrifices......todo.
I can´t begin to express how grateful I am for my family, house, blessings, situation, cats...todo. (I seem to be at a fault of words this week haha porque todo es "todo").
This week I think I just wanna tell everyone thank you.

Thank you Mom and Dad for being such wonderful parents. For leading by example. For loving each other. For never doubting your faith or leaving the church. Thank you are making me kneel for family prayer. For loving me enough to punish me when I was a brat. For putting our family first. For making sacrifices so we could have a really blessed life. For teaching us to trust in the Lord and trust in miracles. For every "tuckin me in" or "goodnight knock on the wall" or family interview. For never losing hope in us kids and for loving us even when we were snot nose crazys.
Dallin, Matthew, Zachary, Tory, Jaclyn, y Marissa (y Katie..shhhh ;)): Thank you are being such good examples in my life. For supporting me in every ballet recital that lasted like 6 hours haha. For every time you guys let my hangout with you. For not spoiling me and for keeping me in line. For loving each other. For serving missions. For being the missionaries and the people that I want to be. Or always trying to follow and trust in the light ahead. For every hug, and every time I was "your favorite sister". For being my best friends. For todo.

I know that I wouldn´t be half of the person I am without y´all (and many others like grandpas & Grandmas, aunts & uncles, cousins and friends). But my life is just one big blessing because of you guys and because of the Lord. And yes, I know I have difficulties and trials that are my personal Gethsmenes, but because of my family, life, and Savior, I´m never lost and I always have love hope and support.

And now I´m here! Sharing all that love and light with other people who need it a lot...oh how the world goes round, right?
I´ve seen situations here in Chile where I´ve really just wanted to cry. People´s situations, family problems, home in ruins, not having anyone to love them or give them food.... That is what I have learned this week. No matter your situation, be grateful for what you have, for all the blessings. And then give that joy to someone else. The mission is funny like that....you learn and grow and see things that change your whole perspective. How cool it is that we can dedicate ourselves to this for a year and a half/2 years...and then keep doing it after with our family and friends? The Lord is a pretty cool guy to let of have the opportunity.

Pero for atleast a "what really happened this week" update: un baptism, movie day for a district activity, noche de hogars out the wazoo, ayuno, yoga, people making steps of faith, investigadores setting their fechas (de bautismo) propias, fifa, servico en el campo, wedding reception, "spring cleaning" the capilla, finding lost sheeps....ya know, a normal week as a missionary ;) Gotta love it..every second.


Gots to get going now. Know I love you all tons, like 12 elephants worth of tons. Portanse bien este semana. Thanks again.
Love always and always,
Hermana Abigail Page

THANK YOU!


Ps....Steeeeeevvee, riding in style ahora ;) I wanna picture of that.