March 10, 2014 - Hey Hey Hey!

Family!!! 

Thank you for that spectacular package and letter!!!!!!!! It made my whole entire day. It was the best thing to come home to. Hm... I got it on Wednesday? Or maybe Thursday? One of those days for sure. But really.. I was laughing so hard when you told me the story about Levi and his blueberry jam. And then I cried a little bit when you told me Sam is 6'4". What?! How does he grow so fast??! Mom you're just an angel. Mahalo nui loa. I'm so so lucky to have such a wonderful mother! And I loooooveeeeee the stationary! Now I don't have an excuse not to write letters haha. :) And the lotion and scrub and lip gloss and chocolate (mmmm) and and everything! You are just perfect. :)

Hansen is going to London England?!?! Tell him to say hi to Elder Wolfgramm!! He's my friend from efy who was in the Olympics for bobsledding. And Natalie is going to Washington?! That's the same mission as our friend from high school is right now. Cool. And did you hear Kelsey got her call to (dad this is for you!!) LANCING, MICHIGAN?! You should tell her about how great it is serving there! All the best people go to that mission!!!  Thank you for telling me who's getting their calls! I love being updated on that!

Wow it sounds like you're all so busy! How are the YW? Mom you sold your business?! Solid! You're awesome! And send me pics of the repaved patio! Haha I knew that money would eventually be going to some renovation of our house :)

Well this week has been pretty lovely as usual! I love being here at the Visitors Center because we get to meet people from alllll over the world. It's the most diverse place I've ever gotten to live in and I love it. :) I talked to the sweetest girl from Turkey the other day. She came to Hawaii for an English class, a member she's staying with brought her to the VC. She's Muslim, but she seemed super interested in the church. She left all her information so I can keep in touch with her, and she'll be going to church with her friend who's a member. Even though most of the people who come here don't show a ton of interest, there are an elect few who are so ready to hear the gospel! And talking to them is the best part of being here. You can feel their desire to know more. I feel so blessed to get to interact with them so often.

So for P-day today a bunch of missionaries from our zone went to Kualoa Ranch which is the site where all the famous movies were made.  We went on this bus tour through the place where they filmed Lost, Jurassic Park, 50 First Dates, Godzilla, and a whole bunch of other movies I can't remember. It was so fun :) It was super weird though... I wore my skinny jeans (yes they still fit:) for the first time since I left... and I'm going to be honest, after wearing dresses all the time I never want to wear pants again. True fact haha. :) Anyway, I'll send some pictures from that!

Oh, and do you remember when we came here a few years ago? When we were driving along and saw this guy's backyard that backed up to the beach, and he was selling his art? And we went in and looked around for a while and I took a zillion pictures? Guess what? That guy is my next door neighbor!!!! There's a giant leafy hedge between us, but our driveways are right next to each other. Who knew! Crazy, yeah?!

Thank you for being so loving and supportive! I really love my mission, I have learned so much. Every single day I feel like I can't possibly learn more, and then I do. I've also learned that Heavenly Father doesn't like it when we get too comfortable. Just when we do, He changes something and makes us stretch a little bit more. And I'm so grateful that He does! I realize more and more every day how much I can change and improve. I'm so thankful that He allows us to change.

Well, sorry this email is all over the place. I have to go, but thanks for writing!! Love you choke! :)

Sister Sage Sabey