Hey Everyone! December
15, 2014
Ok so much has happened this week! I don't even know
where to start. I think I will just go through day by day and try and get it
all out. It could be just kind of like word vomit. I will start on Tuesday Dec.
9, since that is mostly when everything started happening. I just want to say
that I hate packing! Seriously, it's the worst! Anyway Tuesday morning was just
kind of spent frantically packing up things and trying to remember everything.
It was really crazy and I was exhausted by 8:30 and the day was just barely
starting! A really nice couple from the ward drove us to Macon and then they
just left us and our stuff there since they didn't have to bring anyone back!
It was really fun to see everyone at the transfer meeting! I got to see Sister
Sevy and got all updated on how things are going in Columbus,it was fun, Sis.
Sevy got transferred to Savannah! Then the meeting started and it was like the
longest transfer meeting of my life! President drug it on forever. We finally
got to the assigning of areas after an hour! He just likes to make the suspense
last as long as possible. The first thing that happened is Sister Wheelwright
went to Rivercrest! That is my area in Columbus! It is going to be a very
interesting experience for her, it is absolutely the Ghetto!! Time will tell
how things play out for her, but I loved it so much there!! Then I was just sitting there in suspense and
I was finally assigned to an area! I am in Swainsboro with Sister Woodard. It's
a tiny little redneck town and we are about an hour away from any other
missionaries. It's kind of weird to be so isolated after having 4 of us in an
apartment together. Actually its alright! Our apartment has 2 bathrooms and 2
closets!! I am in heaven! I guess this
area started out with Elders but then something happened and the progressive
Elders started to not be obedient and were kind of like “Elders gone wild”! I
guess with it being so isolated and just a branch, they just didn’t know how to
use their time wisely and work hard and self-motivate. The Elders have had a
history of bedbugs, but at the moment it is bedbug free, but I am taking no
chances I double mattress covered my bed and pillow with my bedbug resistant
mattress cover!! Wednesday was a little weird because Sister Winward, who was
the missionary I replaced had finished her mission but she didn't go straight
home, her parents came to pick her up and then they toured the mission. It was
kind of weird because then all day people were talking about how much they were
going to miss her and I was just kind of like "hey here I am!" Not so
sure about this whole “picking up thing”, it does cause disruption of the
missionaries that are still on their missions. Anyway, so Wednesday was an
interesting day with all of that happening. Then Thursday we had our ZTM in Augusta. It
was really weird to be back in the Augusta building! It takes us almost two
hours to get to Augusta. ZTM was good, the zone leaders are fun except one is
going home in three weeks so he spends most of his time crying! There are some
very interesting Elders in this zone. Our district leader especially, he is
just a little socially awkward but thats ok. Then Thursday night we had a
lesson with the Spanish Elders because we have a spanish family we are teaching
and the dad only speaks spanish! That was very interesting, not very easy. I
prayed a lot and found that if I concentrated really hard I could mostly
understand what everyone was saying! I now have a testimony of the gift of
tongues, when I say I prayed alot it was alot!! It was really hard though and
by the end I had a pounding headache. I think the lesson went well though! The
wife basically taught the whole lesson and testified about how the church is
true so that was awesome! So I now am on the fast track of teaching myself
spanish! What a way to go towards the end of my mission!! I can do hard things!
On Friday we had our zone conference in Statesboro, which is in the Savannah
zone. It was really fun! I didn't know any of the missionaries there though! I
felt like I knew a lot of missionaries but there was seriously only like 10
people I knew! It was a really good conference though. The temple president of
the Atlanta temple spoke and that was really cool! We were all hoping they
would announce that we had gotten permission to go to the temple but no such
luck. We did get really awesome temple recommend holders though! They have the
Atlanta temple on them and say "Georgia Macon Mission." Then Saturday
Sister Woodard and I were both super exhausted because we had a super busy week
we taught some good lessons though. Sunday we had 6 people show up to church!
It was pretty awesome, that never happens!!
I did receive an awesome picture from Sister Sevy it was of “CARRIE
GETTING BAPTIZED” I can’t even describe the joy I am feeling!! Sister Sevy and I love her so much she will
be so great and will progress so much now that she has taken this step! Even when I got tranferred from Columbus we
set a plan on how to best teach her, Sis. Sevy stuck with that plan and it was
just what was needed! I am working on
trying not to be so, so jealous because neither Sis. Sevy or I were able to be
at her baptism on 12/13/14 since Sis. Sevy was transferred, so in the picture
of Carrie it is my recent companion Sis. Wheelwright and her new companion! I
am actually so super excited beyond words, but Carrie is so coming back for
another visit to utah after i get home!!
I am going to end this because I
don't have a whole lot longer on the computer! The branch is very interesting.
I guess the branch president can be a little cantankerous at times and has made
Sister Winward and Sister Woodard cry but I think I will be ok because I have
been around a lot of slightly belligerent men throughout my life. Right Dad? And
Grandpa Price? So bring it on!! Just
kidding. But I do have a pretty thick skin! I really like Sister Woodard she is
from Boise, Idaho and she went to Capital High!! She is “healthy” no allergies,
no pains of any kind can go running and
exercise so that is awesome because I have 4 months to get back into shape! I
secretly was praying that I would get a “healthy companion”! It is pretty
awesome here and I love it so far! I hope you all have a great week! Love you
all!
Love,
Sister Price
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