The Week Where it Was Homecoming (and we didn't know it)‏

On this week's episode of Sister Cale in Columbus-Sister Cale and
Sister Harris did a ton of walking (definitely wearing my shoes out
this transfer), the spirit taught the Sister's investigators as they
did their best to teach, contacting incentives were earned, Sister
Cale hit her nine month mark (WOOT WOOT!), Sister Cale received all
the useful packages in the land (thanks mom), Bibibop was tried (think
Cafe Rio/Chipotle with Asian food), and six hours of Single's Ward
church was a lot to take in on Fast Sunday.

Hello Dear Ones,

So I'm going to level with you, if my days and weeks felt blurry
before this area, they're even blurrier now. The planning life of
missionaries can be a pretty complicated one with a considerable
amount of time spent considering who should be seen on any given day
and when to try to see them (then you have to figure out where to
contact, if there are people in the records you should try to contact
etc.). It can take a lot of time. Something that is weird about
serving on a college campus when you don't have additional area to
work in, is that planning ends up being pretty simple. Our planning
conversations pretty much go like this.

Sister Harris: So when should we have lunch?
Me: Um, we can't get into the kitchen until two, so how about two?
Sister Harris: Two it is.
Me: When should we have dinner?
Sister Harris: We have to be out of the kitchen by six, so five?
Me: Sounds good.
Sister Harris: We have teaching appointments at such and a such a time.
Me: Great, contacting the rest of the time?
Sister Harris: Yep
Me: Bring it on.

Consequently, especially because all of our teaching time is spent at
the institute for the most part, my life is this weird blur. I'm
really happy here though. Even though there is something about people
my own age that makes me nervous, it also makes me pretty happy to be
able to talk to people who are at such a specific time in their lives.
Admittedly I really do miss families and the kid people. It was
particularly strange yesterday to go to not one, but two single's
wards. I had kind of forgotten how Single's wards are. They're such an
interesting slice of church culture.

Highlights of this week include the lesson on the Plan of Salvation
that we were able to teach Gabby. She is a med student in her third
year. I'm amazed that she is willing to meet with us, but she had so
many good questions and is excited to meet with us again. Victor came
to Kelsey's baptism and church on Sunday. He said that he felt the
spirit which made me want to throw my hands in the air and in the most
reverent way possible shout "Hallelujah!" I feel like helping people
to recognize that the spirit is working with them has been one of the
biggest struggles of my mission. We found a new investigator from
talking to her while we waited for the bus and then going to see her
at the store that she works at. I love seeing where the Lord tells us
to go.

I'm not sure where the last nine months went, but I know that I've
been working really hard and having such fun. So let's do this one
more time before it's over.

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

Love,

Jessica