The Week Where I DID NOT Get Transferred

On this week's episode of Sister Cale in Columbus-Sister Cale hit her
eleven month mark (what?), the Sisters celebrated Ward Mission Leader
Appreciation Week (A fictitious holiday made solely for the purpose of
feeling joy and celebrating all the good that our Ward Mission Leader
does for us), Zone Conferences were seriously super awesome, Sister
Cale got to go live the trio life in Reynoldsburg for a day on
exchanges, Sister Cale got to go to the temple with the Reynoldsburg
Sisters and their investigator Nate, and there was goodness in the
land.

Hi Loves,

You know that part in a Christmas Carol at the end where the narrator
is going through what has happened with all the characters and he
says, "And Tiny Tim...who did not die"? Well that's kind of how I feel
about the fact that I'm not being transferred. I don't know that I've
actually shared with the crowd at large what the transfer process is
like in our mission. So here's the deal-the week of transfers our
preparation day is moved to Wednesday. It's kind of a pointless sort
of preparation day because you don't feel like you can do very much
until you know what is happening with the transfer. Sometime between
one and four transfer calls come in. The transfer calls are made and
that's when you know if you're leaving or staying. You don't know
where you're going or who your next companion will be, just that
something is changing. By six o'clock that night you're expected to be
back to work like a normal missionary. Transfer meeting starts the
next morning at 10:45 and the rest is history. After four transfers
with four new areas each, I feel I could very much echo Dicken's
narrator in saying "And Sister Cale, who was not transferred..." I
don't know what's going to happen this next transfer, but it certainly
won't be boring, that's for certain.

So this last week and a half has been a good, albeit kind of stressful
one. On Tuesday while I was in Reynoldsburg on exchanges, Sister Davis
and Sister Bradford were able to help Leticia commit to a baptismal
date. We were so excited because she accepted the baptismal date of
December 19. We made the most killer of plans to help her understand
all the lessons in a week and a half and things were going to be
great. Unfortunately she has since decided that she wants to wait
longer and hasn't been able to determine when exactly will be a good
time for her to be baptized. I think the most important thing that I
learned during this up and down process was that our faith is never
wasted. We were able to fast with Leticia on Sunday and even though
she still doesn't feel like she's received an answer, I felt such
peace. More than ever I am really beginning to understand that there
is very little of this that is about what I think or want, it is about
what God wants and what his children will choose in accordance with
that.

Zone Conference this week was some kind of wonderful. President Daines
gave us an awesome training on the significance of the sacrament
ordinance and our preparation for it. I think one of the coolest
things that was pointed out during the course of the training was the
difference in the wording in the sacrament prayers in the term of the
covenant being made. I also loved Sister Daines's training on Avoiding
Discouragement. It was brilliant.

Well ya'll the church is true, life is good, God's in charge, and
Satan hates you.

Love,

Jessica

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