Dear Mom and Dad,
I got the package with the baby things! It is very cute, there are several
pregnant ladies in the Ward who will want this! Well Baptism girl is not doing
so well. We really need to have a talk with her but we haven't been able to. I
think she has been hearing about all of the things we can't do which are things
that sound fun to her. She has crazy older sisters who do drugs and have
children with no Dads. We just aren't sure what to do, I can't super relate to
her because she isn't a very mature 12 year old and I never went through that
rebellious stage. We are trying to figure something out though and we will!
Her mom drove big Semi trucks cross country but is out of a job right now, that
might be good as she is at home with the 12 year old. The mom like I said
before has had a hard life of drugs and other things so with prayer things will
work out! We have a lot of meetings with the Ward Mission Leader but he is an
ER doctor and he isn't really interested in taking advice from us Sister
missionaries but we are trying to work on the Ward Mission Statement out here!
Many of our appointments have been falling through lately. We aren't getting
discouraged but it is a little bit frustrating because we have only actually had
one of our four appointments in the last two days go through. It's just kind of
frustrating because the elders keep having success and their numbers are going
up and we are just kind of at a stalemate. All of our appointments fell through
today but we had 30 CONTACTS! We knocked a lot of doors!! It will get better
though!! Tonight we talked to this guy who had read the Book of Mormon (he is
not a member) He teaches a class on Mormonism! (I knew there was someone
teaching false doctrine class about us) He thinks Joseph Smith wrote the Book
of Mormon because it is so similar to the Bible and he says there is no
scientific evidence to back up his translation!(OK Jim Berlin I need your help
on this one!) I try not to argue but it is so hard! I get to go on exchanges
tomorrow with the Sister training leaders so hopefully that goes well, I will
let you know. (excerpt from letter written on 11/6/13)
(Email received on 11/12/13 due to library being closed on Monday for
Veterans day)
Hey Everyone!
So last Wednesday we had exchanges so I went to Aiken, So. Carolina with
Sister Mafiti and Sister Sevy. I went on exchanges with Sister Mafiti and my
companion Sister Tevi went with Sister Sevy. They were MTC companions so they
were excited to have exchanges together. Sister Mafiti is from Samoa and she is
really nice. They have a HUGE area though!! There is a lot of rural and small
towns in their area. There was so much horse stuff there though! There were
horse trailers everywhere and fields and shops for horse stuff just
everywhere!! There were even people who were just riding down the street on
their horses! IT WAS AWESOME!! She said that one of the members in their ward
trains horses so maybe someday I will serve in that area and I can go check out
her horses on P days or something. It was a good experience!! (insert from
Kaitlyns Mom - This email is much more upbeat due to the fact that Kaitlyn has
been away from her horse for 6 weeks and seeing and smelling horses is just what
she needed!!) As Wednesday wore on I must have picked up a Flu bug because I
started feeling just awful and I was trying to pretend that I felt fine and I
was dragging myself up but by the end of the day I was just dragging! Sister
Mafiti probably thinks I have issues or something. However by Thursday I was
feeling much better! I am kind of glad I'm not serving with her though because
they have so much CANDY in their apartment! I would gain so much weight if I
served there and every Thursday they have lunch at this diner that is owned by a
member and everything is FRIED and I didn't seen one vegetable on the menu.
Between their candy and that place I would not be in a good way!! Everyone
thinks it is freezing now so they don't ever go outside and exercise because
it's to cold. If it gets below 60 everyone is freaking out , I guess this week
the lows are supposed to be like around 32. I have had so many people tell me
to make sure I stay warm!! I just smile and laugh to me so far its not very
cold. On Thursday we found out that Elder Heiner and Elder Huntsman who are our
zone leaders were getting emergency transferred. I guess they had to go help
another area that was having problems with their missionaries so we are
currently without zone leaders. We have a temporary zone leader for now but we
are getting new ones in the next transfer which is in two weeks! CRAZY, I can't
believe I have been out almost one whole transfer. We have had lots of
invitations for Thanksgiving! We decided to go with the Galans who are a family
that lives on Fort Gordon. They are really cool and they have fun kids. There
was another family the Smiths who are super awesome and the Mom was really sad
when she saw we had a family down on our calendar for Thanksgiving.
Oh, Mom I have seen the "Hidden Forrest Equestrian Center" I drive past a
lot, it looks BEAUTIFUL, there are huge beautiful pastures and the barn is
beautiful and there is tons of land, it is just a gorgeous place!! Sounds like
Sherma had an interesting time with taking Grandpa and Grandma and David and
cart pushing to get glasses for Grandpa! I love them though and will write them
a letter. Dad how is work and stuff with me gone? Tell Karen that the blouse
she got me is really nice but it was quite big but it fits my companion so it is
all GREAT love how everyone back home thinks of me I sure do appreciate it.
Gages emails still sound just like Gage, glad things are going well for him.
Cool that Caleb is attending Mission Prep! So weird though he was only 2 when I
first knew him!! I have a letter for Grandpa Harv when you see him give it to
him please. I am enjoying my mission more and more even though IT IS HARD!! I
gave the lesson in District meeting Training on "Teach people with the spirit
not just lessons". Which is really just focusing on teaching with the spirit
and to the needs of the investigators. I used the story of Ammon as an example
and the Book of Mormon is such a different read when you are focusing on
Missionary Work! The whole book is basically about being a Missionary! I really
love Alma Chapter 18, after Ammon has cut off the arms and is now teaching King
Lamoni in verse 34 and 35 it says "Ammon said unto him: I am a man; and man in
the beginning was created after the image of God and I am called by his Holy
spirit to teach these things unto this people that they may be brought to a
knowledge and also power according to my faith and desires which are in God" I
love those verses! I feel like it just encompasses everything that a missionary
is. We are called by the Holy Spirit to teach people. I love the part that
says "A portion of the spirit dwelleth in me and that is power according to his
faith and desires"! SO TRUE! According to the strength of our faith and desire
is how strongly the spirit will be with us and will testify to what we are
teaching and saying. I just love the whole story of Ammon. I want to be a
missionary like he was. We still have not had a lot of success but we knock on
doors and we have found a few people who seem like promising potential
investigators! I am getting better at talking to people, I feel like I have
grown so much even in just the four week I have been out! There have been
things I need to work on as a person that I just never really had a good chance
to improve on until I got out here and my mission has forced me to make these
changes. I am over halfway done with Jesus the Christ and I just love it!! I am
learning so much and realizing so many things I didn't know before. Sister Tevi
and I would really like to have a Area Fireside like what our Stake did before I
left about involving everyone in missionary work and involving ward members and
the missionaries. Probably in January or February so its after the holidays! I
love you all and I am doing just fine with finances we get plenty of food and
dinner invitations, I love getting emails and letters and pictures!
Love
Sister Price
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