May
19, 2014
Hey Everyone!
Oh boy where to
start. A lot has happened this week. First off we spent most of Tuesday
figuring things out with our smashed rental car. It took forever to figure out
things with the insurance and to get a new car. Then we ended up with ANOTHER
giant suburban. It is a ¾ ton and this one is black and its huge and it has SO
MUCH POWER!! So now we get stared at even more than we did before when we go
through the ghetto! Also on Tuesday we found out that they are not replacing
the Elders who were over the South area of our ward! They transferred them both
out and they didn't transfer anyone in to replace them. I understand that quite
a few missionaries were done and went home and the VISA waiters got to go to
their Countries. Apparently our mission
is having a shortage of Elders. Go figure. That means we are now the only
missionaries in our ward! We have the spanish elders in this ward but they
don't really do normal english missionary things but they don't want sisters
down in the south area because most of it is super ghetto but we are going to
talk with the elders and decide the places we can go that aren't super ghetto,
just deceptively ghetto. It should be fun! A lot more work for us! Don’t worry
whenever we go into sketchy areas we pray and I quietly listen to my promptings
and if I even feel a little bit “Weird” we don’t go there at that time. Oh and they made us Sister Training Leaders
this transfer so we get to go on exchanges with the other sisters which will be
fun! So now there are only four in our
district, us Sisters and the Spanish Elders, I guess at District Meeting we
will learn Spanish maybe!! We got one of the Elders investigators that they
have been working with. She is nine and her mom wants her to be baptized but
her mom is mostly inactive so we have to activate her and then baptize the
daughter, but only if we feel like the daughter is ready and doing it for the
right reasons. Her name is "Shamiracle" because when she was born her
mom said "she's a miracle" and so they decided to name her
shamiracle. She is cute, very hyper and very nine. She doesn't sit still for
very long but I think she is understanding what we teach her. Church yesterday
was really good. We didn't have any investigators there which was sad but we
are going to work on them a lot this week. We have a few really promising
people I think! One thing that is frustrating is how people don't recognize
answers to prayers! We hear all the time when we are teaching first lessons or
knocking people say show" Oh I have
just been praying and praying lately that God would give me some direction and
show me what he wants me to do and then you showed up!" Then we go
back and teach or call them and they say " Well I have started going to my
Moms church" or something like that. It is just kind of frustrating
sometimes how Satan works and how people just either don't recognize or don't
want to recognize the answer to their prayers and they don't really want to
make the change. We just have to try our best and the rest will work out! I
have been reading Jesus the Christ again and it has been talking about how Jesus
even got a little discouraged after all of the miracles and "mighty
works" he had been doing in the cities he was going to. How those same
cities weren't repenting and weren't believing. He even compared Capernaum to
Sodom and said that if He had done all of the mighty works He did in Capernaum
in Sodom they would have repented and changed and not been destroyed. It is
just interesting to see and study the scriptures with the view from missionary
work because it really changes your perspective! Then after Jesus stated that
he then prayed to Heavenly Father for strength and right after that is when he
said the scripture everyone loves Matt.
11:28 "come unto me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and I will
give ye rest" because Jesus knew it was only the humble and simple who
would believe his message and so he was
calling all of those people to him! It just gives me strength to know that
missionaries and those who are trying to share the gospel have always struggled
but there are those "humble and simple" who are ready and our job is
to find them! I do love being a missionary and I love sharing the gospel even
if it is scary sometimes and it forces me way out of my comfort zone! I have
learned and grown so much and met so many people, things I wouldn't have been
able to do otherwise! I know that every little thing helps, whether it’s
converting our family through living the gospel or just being an example to
others. Every little thing counts! I love all of you and am grateful for your
support and hope you have a great week! I’m glad for Caleb’s choice on turning
in his papers, it’s scary, let me know
where he is called to! Just know the Lord knows exactly where he needs to
go! My love and prayers go to Dr. Bitner
and his family on the passing of his Dad.
Love,
Sister Price
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