Doctrine & Covenants 18:15

And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one ^asoul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!

Matthew 5:14

 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Coming Home

You & Yours are Invited 

to Hannah's Homecoming talk 

@ Monroe 4th Ward LDS Sacrament Meeting

Easter Sunday, April 16th, 1:00 pm

50 E. 200 N. Monroe, UT

Please join us for Pranzo Italiano at 2:30

Hannah's House

290 E. 100 N., Monroe

Ciao a tutti (March 16)

So as I think all of you know I am no longer on my mission due to some health issues. I have been home a week today! Things are going okay. My health still isn't back to normal but we are working on it! I am loving being home, though I miss the mission beyond words! It is a very different life out here haha. But I just wanted to update everyone and tell you thank you for all the support and love and letters during my mission! All of you were lights during some dark times for me, so thank you for being there for me!! I have decided that I am still going to keep bearing my testimony even though I don't have a tag anymore, so you can hop on over to wininrome.blogspot.com if you still want to keep hearing from me! The mission doesn't end when we are home, that is for sure :) 

I loved my mission. I learned more than I ever thought I would. I felt God's love for me for the first time in my life and it changed me, inside and out. I know he is real and he has a very specific wonderful plan for each of us and even when things don't go the way we expected or even wanted, he blesses us for our faithfulness and he never gives up on us. And when we need to change, or have the courage to change, he can give that to us. And we don't have to be scared, of anything, anymore. We just have to remember he's got this. He will never leave us. He loves us no matter what we have done or what we didn't do. And he loves us just because he can. And I know there are always far greater things ahead than any we leave behind!! All the heartbreaks are worth it, all the disappoints and rejections and feeling inadequate is all worth it because he compensates us. He doesn't just give up on us. He is always there.

Hope to keep hearing from you guys. 

My normal life email is limeaggie@gmail.com

Phone number 801-503-7161 

Blog wininrome.blogspot.com

Vi voglio bene!!! 

(March 10)

We are picking Hannah up at the SLC airport tonight. The Rome Mission is sending her home. Her health has become unmanageable. We estimate that she has likely lost about 25 lbs. while serving there. Here is what her mission has told us:

"Hannah's condition (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) is very debilitating. She is not eating enough to stay here much longer without doing physical damage to her body. She has excruciating abdominal pain after she eats...

As I have worked with missionaries I have become aware that the Lord calls them on their missions and He releases them from their missions when He chooses. That means they serve at His pleasure and for as  long as He determines they should serve -- six months or a year or 18 months or 24 months...

For Hannah, the last three or four months of her mission have been almost unbearable and yet they have been months when she has been her strongest best self. Although she was suffering, her attitude was positive and kind...

I have so much respect for your daughter.  She is becoming a wonderful woman. I anticipate that she will just continue to develop a stronger depth of character.  She is very capable, strong, determined and gentle. I have enjoyed knowing her. I am sure you are very proud of her. You have good reason to be proud. Enjoy her..."

We are overjoyed and way excited to be reunited with her tonight, at the end of these long 12 months. Any of you who would like to come to the airport are welcome to meet us at the bottom of the escalators at 9:00pm.

We anticipate that she will give a homecoming report within the next few weeks. We will let you know when that is. 

Miraculously, she will fly in about 13 hours before one of her best friend's weddings. If she's well enough, we will attend Bekah's wedding in the Manti Temple tomorrow. 

Thank you so much for your understanding and loving support. You're the best! 

Love, 

Dave, Angie & Family

Appendix Out (Feb. 21)

From Sister Sprague, a Senior Couple Missionary serving in Rome:

"My husband and I, the  Sprague's from Kaysville, Utah are Sr couple missionaries. We are in the hospital with your darling daughter, and her companion. She came in last night due to pain, they did a blood test and kept her overnight with antibiotics in an IV. She felt a little better but was still in pain. The Dr checked her and felt like it was her appendix. She had the option to wait until tomorrow or do the surgery today. And she chose to do it today. She went in at 1:00 pm, they took her appendix out and she was back in her room at 3:00.  

It is now 6:30 pm. I was not able to send this email before because I didn't have internet so that is why it is kind of a hour by hour update. So the long story short is that the doctor said her appendix needed to be removed, no other problems found.

I hope you know all is well, the hospital is better quality because it is a private hospital not a social one. We know it is a little scary to have your daughter in a hospital in a foreign country thousands of miles away, but we hope you know that she is in good hands and in good care!! We will continue to check up on her and hope you know that she is being watched over by Heavenly Father!!! If you have any questions we would be happy to try to answer them."

Hannah's Mom received this Feb. 23:

"Your daughter arrived at her apartment about 6pm. She is a trooper ready to go to church Sunday.
She is a special missionary. ~The Spragues"