Week 47 (2/24/14)

I learned SO much this week! It was probs one the most exhausting

weeks of my mission, but I learned SO much! Yep... I totally already

said learned so much, apparently I did though!

We did the "metro training center" from Monday to Wednesday. It. Was.

A. Party. We had sooooo much fun! Mainly because- both of our MTC

companions were there! Sister Lee was mine, and Sister Ormsby was

Sister Upshaws. Sister Lee and Ormsby have been companions for 5

transfers now! Crazy right!? Transfer calls are this Saturday and if I

get transferred then I might just haves little freak out. I've had a

different companion for the past 4 transfers in a row! I'm hoping I'll

get to stay with Sister Upshaw for a while cuz she's the best and I

love her so much! She reminds me a lot of one of my best friends, so

that helps a lot :)

Anyways. The metro training center is where you go to downtown Tampa

for a few days and just street contact all day long. We stay with the

"sister AP's" (as we call them, it's not like a real title, but they

basically are) and 2 other sets of Sisters :) and one of those sets

just happened to be the best sisters ever!

This was all made for the new incoming missionaries, but they are

putting all the missionaries who are already out through it to gain

some better contacting skills. So right when you get here to Florida

after you get your comp you just go straight there for 3 days. A

little crazy and intimidating for some people! But people down town

know us! It was really amazing to see! We could feel  more and more

how the work was hastening!! Cheesy right?;)

We had so many cool experiences. We rode the bus for about 3 hours one

day and taught 11 lessons!!!! I even taught one girl the whole plan of

salvation with the pamphlet! She loved it! We had some creepy

experiences as we'll just because it is downtown and there's a lot of

people, but they gave us some pepper spray so it's all good ;)

We just had a ton of fun and learned a lot about street contacting. It

was great! We couldn't walk the 3rd day at all though. I know that

sounds super pathetic... We can bike 30 miles no problem, but we can't

walk 15 haha. All of us were literally limping with blisters all over

our feet. It was really effective though! Like I said, we learned a

lot of cool tools to take back to our area.

I've really been seeing lately how the spirit works. The mission helps

you a lot with that. It helps you to recognize easier the promptings

you receive. I love seeing all the different ways the spirit works!

Even the other day we were driving and I had a prompting to go to

these peoples house who we haven't been able to get a hold of for

months. We said we'd go back later. 5 minutes later the Sarasota

Elders texted us they had a strong feeling that someone needed to

visit them. So! Of course, we jumped on it and they were home and let

us in! It was amazing! I love the spirit :)

Also... I got to talk to Ernie on Tuesday! He baptized one of his

friends on Saturday! He was so nervous and said he wanted to talk to

me to see if I thought he could do it! I love him!

I love you all so much! I'm really happy for my mom and Darren and I

support them 100% :) I'm really glad that everyone is happy! Happiness

is all that really matters!

Love you all!

Love- Sister Calder

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Famous Tampa Sign

MTC Comps Reunite

Maybe We Have Way TOO Much Fun

Eggplant Pizza

Waxing Time

Too Much Walking In Tampa

Sometimes We Find Gators

Testing Pepper Spray

Pepper Spray

Christina Face

Fresh Avocado MMMM