Well I was transferred to Valdosta! My new companion is Sister Wheelwright. She has been out for six months and she is an interesting soul. She is healthy though so that is good! She is at that six month mark when you are exhausted all the time and have a hard time being motivated to be a missionary. It is a good area. It needs a little work, kind of like Columbus when I got there but we will get it going! We just got a new ward mission leader on Sunday who seems really enthusiastic and really wants to help the missionaries so that is great! I guess the last ward mission leader wasn't as enthusiastic. We have some pretty good people we are working with, we just need to increase our teaching pool a little. Our district is also very interesting. They aren't the most obedient lot so that has been kind of a struggle. Our apartment has another set of sisters living with us so there are four of us in the apartment. That is also very interesting. I have never lived with other sisters before. I haven't decided how I feel about it. Sometimes it's fun and sometimes its not. We are also the only people in our district with a car. The two sets of Elders are on bikes and the other sisters were just made walking sisters. Personally I would rather have a bike than walk everywhere but President still says not sisters on bikes. Ok so I will walk you through my week. It feels like it has lasted an eternity. Last Monday we went and said good-bye to everyone and actually taught a bunch of lessons. It was pretty great! One of the ward members had a friend visiting from Colorado who wasn't a member and she wanted us to teach her a lesson because apparently the missionaries in Colorado weren't so stellar. That went really well! We had a really great discussion. It was a really great last night in Columbus! Then the next day was transfers! That is always an exciting day. I didn't get put in a place until the very end! I was sitting with one of the sisters from the next area over and we just kept not getting called then finally we got put in the same area with different companions! She is in the YSA branch and I am serving in the family ward. I am now in Valdosta! It is right next to Florida. Seriously the Florida-Georgia line is probably like 20 minutes away. The best part is, there is a wildlife place not too far away we can go to and there are alligators there!!! My whole mission I have wanted to see an alligator!! We probably won't go today but one of these P-days we are going. Valdosta has been an interesting adjustment. There are some really cool people here though! We have a person we are teaching named Tina who is getting baptized on Saturday. She is pretty cool. Other than that we don't have many progressing investigators so we are working on that. We did get a really great member referral who has been to church twice and seems really cool. We are going to go over to their house to teach her on Friday. The city is a lot smaller than Columbus so that is interesting. I mean it's still a pretty big city, just not the second biggest city in Georgia like Columbus is. We have a lot of small towns on the edge of the city that are in our area because the elders can't bike there. We have plans to go out there this week because we have some extra miles. Oh! Another thing. When I got here our car had broken down so it was in the shop so I spent the first day and a half walking. That was interesting not too bad I probably wouldn't mind walking it wasn't super hot so that helped. I am just so glad it is cooler here! There are bugs though. There are these things called love bugs here and they just fall from the sky and they are super ugly! They aren't bad right now, there are only a couple here and there but apparently they get way worse! Other than that the bugs aren't that much worse here. We have a gym that we go to three times a week so that is nice! I really enjoy that. It's a good area though! There is a lot of promise and most of the members I have met are really nice! I hope everyone has had a good week! I think I had a spiritual thought but I forgot it because my brain is way overloaded right now. I will have one next week I promise! All I can say is "Obedience brings blessings" now to try and implement this idea in a nice way to this new district! Everyone who can should go to the Ogden temple for me! I love you all and hope you have a great week! Good luck to the Harrops on Caleb's farewell this coming Sunday, in some ways it is good since you know that you are about ready to embark on your mission adventure but in other ways it is really weird that it is "Your Farewell"!! Will pray for you all, prayer is strength!!
Love, Sister Price
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