The Week Where God Interceded‏

On this week's episode of Sister Cale in Columbus-Sister Cale said
goodbye to Sister Clark and welcomed Sister Scott into the area, the
Sisters (both companionships) worked hard and taught 23 lessons,
Sister Cale was given her driving privileges back, there was ice
cream, there were water colors, and there was God given help every
step of the way.

Hey Friendlies!

This week was seriously so crazy. After some serious contemplation and
seeking counsel from all appropriate sources my darling Sister Clark
friend determined that it was God's will to conclude her mission and
go home to take care of herself. In the midst of all of that we also
had our inspired (but stretching) goals to fulfill before we reported
back to Zone Conference on Friday. This week would not have been a
possibility without the enabling power of the Atonement of Jesus
Christ and the mercy of a loving Heavenly Father who arranged for
miracles as we showed forth faith to fulfill the goals that we had
set.

So much more significant than the numbers of our goals this week
though, were the people that we had the opportunity to share the
gospel with in a variety of ways. On one particular afternoon I was
retaught the power of a compliment. We were in Baltimore seeing Sister
McCann and decided to knock a bit around her retirement community
before moving on to our next finding activity. There is no soliciting
allowed in this community, but conveniently as missionaries we aren't
solicitors, though often times people don't necessarily agree with
that. We knocked on Elfie's door and at first she was rather irritated
that we had even knocked. We tried to explain that as representatives
of Jesus Christ that we aren't solicitors and she was not having any
of it. Out of the blue I told her that I really liked her glasses.
They had pink rims and were super cute on her. Her entire demeanor
changed and she gave me a hug and told me how much she liked me
glasses, she said that I "make them look good". Though she wasn't any
more willing to learn about the gospel, she gave us both hugs and told
us to be safe as we walked away into the pouring rain. I cannot yet
say that I am fearless like Mormon when it comes to preaching the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, but I can say that I no longer worry if those
we speak to are going to say no to receiving the gospel. God's
children are amazing. I love them all. And I love that I get to share
with them something that brings me incomparable happiness, even if
they don't want it.

So-meet my new companion Sister Scott. Sister Scott is from Rancho
Cucamonga and was homeschooled. She has a twin sister who is attending
BYU-I and has three other older siblings. She has been on her mission
for about four months now and this is her second area. She loves to
sing and is excited to try all of my crafty things. She still has tons
of greenie Fire and is just ready to go and try about anything to
share the gospel. I'm excited to see what we will accomplish together.

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

Love you all!

Jessica