Hey Everyone! April 14, 2014
Well
Columbus is definitely different from Augusta but also very similar, especially
since I am in a military ward again! Our side of the apartment complex that
have just one bedroom have been turned into Government Housing! So we have some interesting neighbors all
around! I don’t feel scared per say,
although its really hard to blend in as we are two White girls from Utah,
wearing dresses and carrying scriptures!
They all seem chill with it, but I do have to say that at night there is
some tell-tale odiferous smoke happening that is definitely not Tobacco!! (My
Mom said for us to make them treats and surprise them all, won’t hurt to have
some friends around!) Well last Monday we tried a few investigators
and a few potential investigators and then ended up going to see one of our
less actives. She is a sweet lady and has just sort of fallen out of the habit
of going to church. She still has a testimony and I think with a little
help she will come back to church. She is a really awesome lady! Then Tuesday
we went and saw this investigator named Cheryl. She is pretty crazy but she is
hilarious! We were at her house for three hours! We couldn't escape! She is
kind of an eternigator (eternal investigator) because she can't get baptized
until she comes to church and she can't come to church because she spends all
of her time taking care of her mother who has Alzheimer's and she can't leave
her. She has had a rough life and she just sort of was telling us all of her
woes on Tuesday. She also has diabetes that went undiagnosed and now she
doesn't control it at all so she has all of these other problems. She is just a
mess! That took pretty much our whole afternoon and then we had coordination
with the ward mission leader. Then we went to visit less active's and potential
investigators and such. Sister McNeely hasn't been feeling very well this week
so we have kind of been taking it easy. Then Wednesday we helped out with
activity days because they were having an activity about missionary work so
that was fun. Then Thursday we had our zone meeting. There are so many sisters
in this zone! There are 14 sisters, including us. It was way fun because we all
went out to lunch after. There are some really fun sisters here. Zone meeting
was just a lot about being obedient and talking to everyone. It was good
though. It's always fun to get that many missionaries together. Then later we
went knocking but no one was really home. Then Thursday night we have ARP and
that is a really cool class. It's great to see how people are changing their
lives and how the gospel really helps them. Friday we pretty much weekly
planned all day. We are trying to organize our area and get things the way we
want them because Sister McNeely's last comp had it all weird because that's
how she liked it. Sad to say the Friday night “Sports Night” was stopped by the
Mission President, mostly sad for the Elders! Then Saturday we helped a girl in
the ward who is less active with an Easter fair thing she was throwing to help
spread awareness for the women's shelter she works for. It was fun! We were in
charge of face painting and so Sister McNeely painted faces while I made sure
she had enough paint and mixed different colors and stuff because I am just not
artistic. Then the rest of the day we just knocked and tried to go visit less
actives. We also went and visited ward members because we are trying to visit a
few ward members a week and share messages from preach my gospel and kind of
leave like commitments/assignments for them to do from it! It has been fun so
far and I think it's going to go well. Oh and on Tuesday we went to visit the
Bishop so I could meet him. He had been out of town and with general conference
I didn't really get to meet any ward members! Anyway he asked me to share a
five minute message which was fine but then he called about an hour later and
asked if Sister McNeely and I would both give 10 minute talks on Christ as our
personal Savior so that was also fine. Then someone else called and asked if we
would teach the 14-15 year old Sunday School class so yesterday was a very
eventful day! By the time we got home from church we were both exhausted and
Sister McNeely had a terrible headache and was really nauseous so I let her
sleep for a few hours and she felt much better. Then we went and saw a guy we
are teaching who is from a part member family and he has actually been reading
the Book of Mormon! I guess he has been taught by missionaries off and on for
like 8 years and he is finally deciding to read the whole thing and then make
his decision. He likes to talk and he always has a lot of questions. Everyone
thinks that there should be historical facts that go along with the Book of
Mormon but we have the plates that were pretty much just the spiritual account,
the historical account was written elsewhere! Nephi even talks about that.Anyway
so it was a pretty good week. There are some crazy people but it's fun! There
has been a lot of rain but no floods, we have had some tornado watches! It has not been as hot this week so that is
good. I guess the swelling hands is
normal according to everyone here because of the humidity! That’s all I need “Water Retention” from
humidity! Sister McNeely is feeling much
better today so that is good! I have been studying charity lately because I
feel like that is one of my weaknesses and one thing I thought was cool is that
charity is eternal! That is why it's so important, if we work to develop
charity in this life then when we move on we will just be able to continue to
develop it. Keep progressing through “Preach My Gospel”!! Thanks for everyone's
support, I love you all! Happy Birthday Grandpa Price! Happy Birthday Colby! Happy Birthday David! I think there are some Pratt families that
have birthdays also – Happy Birthday All!
Oh and sorry about Jayla’s arm,
my mom told me she got bested by some hurdles!!
Love,
Sister Price
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