Hey Everyone!! July
14, 2014
Ok
well this was a pretty busy week. We had exchanges and then we had to train at
our ZTM(zone training meeting) and things were just kind of crazy. Ok on Monday
we went and saw Cheryl and that was good. She is doing really well but I will
get to that later. Then Tuesday we had exchanges with Lanette area sisters. I
stayed here with Sister Frandsen and Sister Sevy went to Lanette with Sister
Roden. It was fun! We had a really good lesson with Destini we talked about
fasting and read the Book of Mormon with her she is doing awesome. Then we had
a good coordination meeting. We decided to kind of back off with Brittani and
Brandon for a while and just let the Jones' fellowship them. Super great news
we are going to try and put Carrie on date for baptism when we visit on
Wednesday and we almost have Destini on date! Wednesday we wrapped up
exchanges and saw Cheryl again. We went and helped her clean up her house a
little and helped her with the laundry that she was super way behind on. It was
just piled all over her laundry room and she was overwhelmed by it all. We
ended up taking like four loads to our apartment and washing them in our washer
and dryer so she didn't feel so overwhelmed. Her house still needs a lot of
work but at least it looks a little better. It has been really deathly hot this
week super humid and in the high 90's,
Some days you could seriously like see the haze and humidity in the air! I am really grateful that I only have one
summer that's what I keep telling
myself. Then Thursday we had ZTM and gave our trainings! I think they went really
well. Our comp training on the pamphlets was really good. We talked about how
the pamphlets have started to become a flip chart instead of the tool they were
originally supposed to be, so we talked about how to fix that. We started out
with Sister Sevy and I doing a really bad role play with the pamphlets and then
talked about how to fix some teaching methods. Then we had the missionaries get
together and we blindfolded a companionship and made them teach with a
blindfold on so they had to listen to the Spirit and to the investigators! It
was really fun, I think people had a good time. Then after we went to Hibachi
grill. It's this Asian buffet and everyone loves it but it isn't that good, it
always makes me nauseous after and it's not worth the $10 at all. Then Sister
Sevy really didn't feel good so we went home and rested for a bit and finished
doing Cheryl's laundry. Then on Friday we had a really good lesson with
Destini! Brother Carter just started a Book of Mormon class on Wednesday nights
so she had come to that and afterward we were talking and Brother Carter
challenged Destini to pray about being baptized on August 2. She agreed! Then
we went on Friday to check up on that challenge and she hadn't felt like she
had received an answer but she felt like she doesn't know everything she needs
to know to be baptized. She feels like she needs to have read the Book of Mormon
and have all knowledge before she gets baptized! We showed her the Mormon
message with Elder Anderson where it talks about not needing to know everything
and that you know enough. She really liked it and said that it helped her! Then
we went over the baptismal interview questions with her and talked about how if
she felt comfortable with those questions then she knew enough to be baptized.
She agreed to set a date to be interviewed and she has a tentative baptism date
for August 2! She is doing so awesome! Marshall really wants to be able to
baptize her before he leaves on his mission on August 13 so we are having faith
that it can happen! Then we had dinner with a family who lives on post and I
got dreadfully lost because one of the main connecting bridges is closed and
the GPS doesn't know that so it kept trying to make me go on closed roads! I
was really worried that I was going to end up on a road that I wasn't supposed
to be on and get arrested or something! It was really hilarious because I am
just directionally challenged and get lost so easily and its just so much worse
in Georgia! We finally made it and found our destination. We went on and off
post like three times, I'm pretty sure the gate guys now think we are insane.
Then Saturday we had a really interesting experience! We had this guy who
Sister McNeely and Sister Stout found a long time ago who wanted to meet with
us again so he gave us this address and we went over there and it was this
super junky looking yard that didn't have a house number and this guy in the
front yard throwing wood around and we were like oh man that is probably the
house, this is going to be super awkward. It was indeed the house but it wasn't
as awkward as we thought! Sister Sevy is really awesome at talking to people so
we had a really great conversation with him and we are going to try and teach
him again this week. Then we visited a lady who was baptized last year who
keeps bringing her granddaughter to church so we wanted to see if her
granddaughter wanted to learn more! She is just the cutest old lady. Then we
went and tried to visit this member family Brother Carter wanted us to see. He
said that the Mom of the family had shown interest in having a luncheon with her neighbors and the missionaries! We
thought that was cool so we went to visit her. Holy awkward member experience.
We knock on the door and her husband answers and he just stares at us for a
minute, no smile, no hi nice to see you nothing, and then proceeds to say that
they were already members and then just went back to staring. We tried to make conversation and explain why we were there and
ya we were aware they were already members but he was just not having it and was rude. It ended up that the
wife wasn't home so we will try back later. Hopefully next time he doesn't open
the door. Just a note to everyone, if the missionaries knock on your door,
don't stare at them like they are crazy and say you are already members! We are
aware that you are members, we know where all of the members live! We get
stared at like we are crazy enough from other people, we don't need it from the
members! At least look happy to see us and ask if we want a drink of water or
something. Anything! Then Sunday was a really good day! All of the
speakers and lessons were really good. We had a lesson with Cheryl and found
out how her sisters visit was. She is just frustrated because her sister won't
help her with her mom and just wants to talk about herself and how Cheryl is a
failure. Also apparently Cheryl's Aunt said that no way is Cheryl getting baptized or they will take Cheryl to court about not being able to properly care
for the mother. I'm not sure how religion can be give them a case of who gets
to care for the mother but that is the
threat It will work out though! There
has been such a huge improvement in Cheryl since we first started teaching her,
she is motivated to read her scriptures now and she wants to keep cleaning up
her house she has been taking her
insulin regularly and keeping her blood sugar at more normal levels! It's
amazing the change in her from when I
first met her! She is really great, I love her. She did have more teeth pulled
so now she has even less teeth, Oh well, poor Cheryl. She is just a really
great motivation to floss because she got gum disease and an infection and now
has to have all of her teeth pulled! Moral of that story is floss and brush
every day! We shared 1 Nephi 3:7 with her and told her that its a commandment
to be baptized and the Lord always provides a way for us to do the things he
has commanded! Cheryl has been coming to
church regularly and has good ward support, like I said she has changed greatly
in health, cleaniliness, ability to care for her Mom, but sadly now less
teeth. We have a really great week
planned and hopefully we can get Sister Sevy feeling better! I love Columbus
even though it is hot like death but things are going pretty great! I love you
all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Sister Price
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