Week 76 (9/15/14)

Here's the biggest tragedy of Florida- no one knows what scones are!

Well, I guess no one meaning a couple people, but still... And the

word "Navajo taco" confuses them quite a bit... My new goal is to

bring a scone bus to Florida to introduce these crazies to delicious

food.

I would also like to shout out to sister Leicht... thanks for feeding

me corn on the cob and making me potatoes and chicken without onions.

She even made me my own little pan :). So then Matt and I didn't have

to eat onions. :) best mission mom ever.

This week has been full of a lot of crazyness. I don't dare go into

detail because I'm afraid I'll have to re-live it in my head. The

drama of the mission and the Sebring ward combined might just be a

little too much for my head right now. But! We're not giving up!

I've been thinking a lot about feeling too comfortable lately. I've

been on my mission a little while, and there are times where I've

gotten to comfortable with what I'm doing. Too comfortable with the

spirit, studies, the sacrament, and everything else in the gospel.

It's a little hard not to when you're doing it 24/7. Everything just

becomes so normal you barely think about it half the time.

But I've realized how important it is to check yourself often. Look at

where you stand and where you are headed. If you think you're standing

still, you're probably going backwards.

I have been in one of those slumps lately. I feel like I've just been

going through the motions with hardly any thought to anything. So this

morning I was praying and asking for guidance, and then I realized

something!

I wasn't asking enough questions.

Questions are how we receive spiritual guidance and revelation from

our Heavenly Father. We need that conversation and guidance. I've just

been telling him about everything and asking for his help, but I

wasn't asking him HOW I needed to do it.

So I asked a specific question, and got my answer right away. Right

then, I knew He was there, and that He was aware of even my silliest

thoughts and questions.

Then this morning I was reading in 3 Nephi 14. It talks a lot about

asking and receiving (as does most of the Book of Mormon). And again I

felt the spirit confirm to me that I was a daughter of my Heavenly

Father, and that he loved me and wanted to give me the things that I

asked for, but I just had to do it. :)

So that's one way I've figured out how to get out of the spiritual

slump! Ask a question, and you'll get answer. :) also- take the

sacrament seriously and really using that time only to think about the

Savior will tie it all in. I've been doing that a lot more lately and

have seen a difference in the way I feel before, during, and after.

Love, Sister Nicole Calder

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your

children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good

things to them that ask him?

3 Nephi 14:11

Zone Development Day, getting Jeffery the lamb

cupcakes

More Zone Development Day

We biked 45 miles in 2 days so we thought we deserved some pretzel pizza from Little Caesar's. Best thing ever!