From: "Erin Price" <nyprice@myldsmail.net>
To: <foreverone@cox.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: New from New York
Hello Family,
First question. You spoke about tax season which reminded me about my taxes.
Is there something I need to do for taxes? I'm afraid that my statement or
report might have been sent to the Arizona address (which Marisa doesn't
live at anymore). Is that going to be a problem? Sorry if it is. Just think
about next year.... you won't have to worry about any taxes for me :).
The work is going well. Though sometimes I get discouraged. But I'm learning
that faith is demonstrated on how you react to the situations. So Sis.
Vathauer and I are trying to double our efforts and be more diligent.
Part of our frustration was because of Kenny. He has a baptismal date for
March 20 and Last week he was supposed to come to church, but his wife
called Sunday morning saying he had a stroke and was in the hospital. Whyyy?
He was supposed to come to church. But then we visited him in the hospital
on Tuesday and to our amazement, he had brought his Book of Mormon to the
hospital and had read it! As we talked (Kenny's a talker and likes to tell
stories), he was talking about how he used to study with a pastor, I forget
what religion, and had asked him what the difference between all the
different translation of the bible was. They all taught the word of God. The
pastor had said, "well, there's nothing different". This made me and Sis.
Vathauer a little nervous. How do you respond to that, so I responded with
something to the effect of, "Many religions teach of God, and are trying to
help us come back to him, but the difference would be that they lack the
full truth to get there." And that's when he picked up the Book of Mormon
off his lap and said, "And that's why we have this. This book has that
truth." He went on to say, that he feels something (a burning) when we
teach, when he prays, and when he reads the Book of Mormon. (Maybe he can
tell that to Ivan who says he feels nothing when he reads the Book of
Mormon).
Yet, the story with Kenny continues. Since the doctor's couldn't find
anything wrong with him, they said it might be caused by him trying to quit
smoking too quickly. That he probably needs to try a slower way.... Well, I
can't say the doctor is wrong about causing a shock to his body, but would
it cause a stroke? Kenny does have a lot of health issues though. (His
biggest challenge to overcome is his smoking habit.) So he was out of the
hospital by yesterday afternoon and when we talked to him to confirm our
appointment today he said he's leaving up to Albany to do some work
repairing the roof on a friends house. I wanted to say Kenny! you just got
out of the hospital for a stroke and you want to do manual labor. But I knew
he already considered that, so I refrained. He and his wife need the money.
The disappointing thing is that he wasn't sure how long it would take, so he
wasn't sure if he'd be back in time for church. Which means we have to push
back his date. And that makes me nervous because it gives the opposition
more time to come in and dissuade him from it. We are praying for him.
That was the highlight of the week. I really enjoyed conference this week!
Especially the one about motherhood.... not because it was about motherhood,
but because I thought it related well with handling a mission. You have to
live in the moments because that's where the joy comes. Some say a mission
is the greatest marriage prep. And I learned something this week:
What do you want to be distinguished for?
In Alma 27 it speaks about the Anti-Nephi-Lehies were distinguished as the
people of Ammon to the Nephites, but they were distinguished for more than
that. Alma 27: 27,30 "And they were also distinguished for their zeal
towards God, and also towards men; for they were perfectly honest and
upright in all things; and they were firm in the faith of Christ, even unto
the end....and thus they were a zealous beloved people, a highly favored
people of the Lord."
Repentance is not a bad word. It's only through repentance that we can
experience joy. That's what Alma the Younger taught us. And that's my recent
studying and learning in a nutshell.
Love you lots. Hope all is well and your spirits are high. Let me know what
is going on. You are great!
Love,
Erin
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