The Week Where I Went Back to School‏

On this week's episode of Sister Cale in Columbus-Sister Cale was
actually in Columbus and was transferred to OSU Campus where she is
follow up training the brilliant Sister Harris, there was joy and
happiness (and a little horror) to be had as she realized that she was
going to be around college students pursuing higher education, the
wonder of lunchtime naps was removed (because no one has time to ride
the bus all the way back home during lunch), General Conference was
eight hours of uninterrupted brilliance and revelation, the OSU
District (all six companionships-we're basically a small Zone) got to
watch General Conference at the mission home on Sunday morning, and
things were just good.

Hey Wonderful Humans!

So, it's kind of funny, but before Transfer meeting started Sister
Dowell and I were talking about places that we could potentially be
transferred to. And OSU did in fact come up as a potentiality, but not
necessarily with the typical enthusiasm and wonder that most
missionaries express when they consider what it would be like to serve
on OSU. We both expressed a general anxiety about talking to people
our own age now that we've been generally teaching everyone but our
peers. At the same time that this conversation was happening I had a
passing thought that I felt like I could probably find ways to invite
college students to learn more about the gospel in a way that could
help it feel personally relevant. I let it go and the transfer meeting
started. When the assistants read that Sister Harris as junior
companion would be receiving Sister Cale as senior companion and
follow-up trainer I was shocked. Most of the missionaries that we were
going to be training or follow up training had been called and been
informed of the aforementioned fact. Not so in my world. After meeting
Sister Harris I was thrilled. She's already trained. She's a brilliant
missionary and things have already been so good as we have worked
together.

Some ways that campus life is different than regular missionary life-
-no knocking on doors
-people my own age
-non-gospel related music...sometimes played very loudly
-no naps
-Elders and Sisters still don't eat with each other, but we eat near
each other as the Institute is our home base and no one has time to
ride back to their apartments to prepare food
-the least effective days for contacting are Saturday and Sunday
-You actually see other missionaries. A lot.

I love the campus here. It is absolutely what a college campus should
be like (though The College of William and Mary still has a special
sort of place in my heart). I keep seeing buildings and having to stop
and determine if it would be too "touristy" to take a picture of it. I
need to remember all of these beautiful places. There is a courtyard
that looks like Hogwarts and gorgeous grounds. I'm kind of obsessed.

I'm excited to meet all of our investigators and find some more
wonderful humans to teach. Life is so good here and we're about to
leave for SDO (Sisters Day Out)-Sister Springer (she and her husband
are serving their mission here at the institute) is going to take the
three sets of Sisters in our district down to German Village in
Columbus. I'm super excited.

The Church is true, life is good, God's in charge, and Satan hates you.

Love you all!

Jessica