July
21, 2014
Hey Everyone!
Thanks for
all the birthday wishes! It was a pretty great week. Monday Sister Sevy was
really not feeling well and she hadn't been for a few days so we went over to
Brother Carter's and he gave her a blessing. It was good and he talked a lot to
her about how she shouldn't push herself too much which I keep trying to tell
her but she won't listen to me. Then Tuesday we had district meeting and then
we had exchanges with Auburn! Sister Sevy stayed in Columbus with Sister
MacDuff and I went to Auburn with Sister Schmidt. Sister Schmidt went to
Bountiful High and was an officer there and she says she knows who Colby is. We
had a good day up there! Sister Schmidt is cool, she just stresses A LOT most
of the time so we talked about how it's ok if plans fall through and she can
relax. It doesn't say anywhere in Preach My Gospel or the white handbook that
to be an effective missionary you have to be stressed out. She is great though.
I like her a lot. Oh but on the car ride back from Auburn I all of a sudden got
super nauseous and they had to pull over to the side of the road so I could
throw up. It was really weird. I think it was a combination of the fact that I
drank water from the tap and that always makes me nauseous and the heat and the
driving but anyway. That happened. Then we got to the apartment and Sister Sevy
and Sister MacDuff had made me a birthday banner! It was awesome, I will send
pictures of it. Then they hung out for a bit while I opened presents! They were
super awesome!! I also loved the card. It was pretty great. Then, Thursday we
had a lesson with Carrie! It was super awesome. She is one of my favorite
people right now. We talked about some of the commandments and about baptism.
We also had a lesson with Cheryl. When we first went over to Cheryl's she was
having a bad day and said she didn't want to go to church because she doesn't
like our services and was just kind of letting all of her frustrations out.
Then we didn't say much, she just kind of got it all out and by the end she was
like, Ok you have convinced me I will go to church. It was really funny because
we didn't say anything. Then we read 2 Ne. 2:21 with her because her sister
thinks that our life here on earth is meant to be miserable so we read that
scripture that says "Adam fell that men might be and men are that they
might have joy." and then we read Elder Maynes talk from last October
conference about having the strength to endure. At the end she said it was just
what she needed to hear and that she was trying to be spiritually lazy and she
needed to stop it. Then Sister Sevy had the brilliant idea to take her the book
"Our Search for Happiness" by Elder Ballard and she has loved that
book! Then next time we went to visit her she was the happiest I have ever seen
her and she was so excited about the book! She says everyone who wants to know
more about the church should read it because it's so good. We also had
appointments with Destini Thursday and
Friday and she is awesome! Thursday and Friday were beautiful, non-humid days
in like the 80's so we had our lessons outside in the park! It was awesome! It
has just been so cool to see the change in Destini since we first started
teaching her and how she is now just so excited about the gospel and learning!
It is just amazing! She is being interviewed for baptism on Friday! Then
Saturday we helped at a spanish baptism with the spanish elders. It was good,
except it was all in spanish and I was playing the piano and the song I thought
was the opening song wasn't right so everyone was singing in spanish to the
wrong song! It was hilarious. Then Sunday we had Destini, Carrie and Cheryl all
come to church! Carrie came to the family ward because she didn't feel like
driving to Auburn. Also, Cheryl came to church!!! It was so exciting. I had to
play the organ again and it went pretty well. Then we visited Carrie last night
and told her about the temple open house and put her on date to be baptized for
September 13! It was a pretty fabulous week! This letter isn't as detailed as I
would like but I am running out of time. Love you all!
Sister Price
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