Week 70 (8/4/14)

Yep. That's what I have learned this week. They are STILL stupid. You

think they'd know by now. If a 7 year old realizes that you wonder

what's wrong ;) hahaha

You know when people talk about the whole planting seed thing? When

people tell you, "oh it's okay! You're planting a seed! You never know

when it will be watered."

I've been hearing that my whole mission and normally when someone says

that I just want to come back and shove D&C 4 in their face, "the

field is WHITE already to harvest. Not brown ready for some seeds!"

But I guess I had to be humbled on that this week because if found out

what it really means!!! The whole planting seeds works and the seeds

are being watered a lot faster than you might think! That's what it

means! I guess South America is a pretty white field, and you get to

pluck those plants up a little faster.

But, we have old people here. And a lot of them. I guess they just

take a little more time. But that doesn't mean that the field isn't

white! It just takes em' a little longer to get there.

So there ya go.

White field.

I've just been finding out more and more of people that I've taught,

interacted with, taken care of after baptism, and even just talked to

on the street, are progressing! Some are going through the temple,

others are being baptized (some after YEARS), and some are just

continuing to progress in the gospel.

I even just found out that someone I talked to on the street on one of

my last days in Sarasota has a baptism date set! I had no clue that

was even going anywhere!

Ah. It's a really amazing thing to watch and be right in the middle

and on the front lines of all of this.

It is so HAPPY. :)

Being at the end of my mission is a while lot harder then the

beginning. I find myself becoming more and more distracted with things

going on at home. But as I prayed during sacrament meeting to focus

more and love the people more, I felt very peaceful. Then as I got up

to bear my testimony I looked out and had this overwhelming feeling

(that literally almost made me cry) of love for every single person

sitting in the congregation. It was exactly what I needed. It saw

people we'd help come back to church, some of our investigators, Nate,

and many more members here I've come to love! It really just love

these people.

We had a really fun thing happen this week. Our wards been planning an

emergency preparedness fair for months now. We had it on Saturday and

it was. A huge success! Sister Leicht and other members did really

good at advertising it and had a ton of non-members there! We got to

run around for 3 hours in the church talking to non members! So cool.

Everyone keeps asking me how I am, and how Florida is. Just for the

record, I am doing FANTASTIC, and the work here in Sebring Florida is

EXCEPTIONAL. :) now you all know.  :)

Love, Sister Nicole Calder :)