2nd Transfer!

(Dani, sorry this isn't very blog worthy...ill try again next week =)

Thank you so much for the wonderful Valentines gift! I was thinking about you all day and would look at the clock and think,"ya whits probably warming up now" or things like that because I knew they were competing against Utah. I was SO happy to see two packages for me on my way home! I have the best family in the world! Everyone is so jealous of my oranges and banana bread =) And I loved the talking card! Also I got to talk to Alison this week! In the Assembly Hall there isn't a phone line, just a walkie-talkie that connects to Mission Services (my new calling) in case of an emergency and my friends let her talk to me on it! So not allowed but I think they are the only two Sis. on the square that would have done that for me. It was SO FUN!!!I am now one week into my second transfer! My P-day is actually Wed. but we were in the office all day so we have a little time today and a little time wednesday. Let me tell you some of the details that have changed. My companions name is Sister. Lara from...Chandler, AZ!! She went Hartford El., Anderson Jr. High, and Hamilton her Freshman year! She has been just down the road my whole life =) Soph yr she moved to Arizona City and has been there since. She is SO sweet and fun to be with. I think it is going to be a great transfer with her. The only thing I am not a fan of is my new calling...although it is growing on me. Sis. Lara and I are now the Mission Services Directors. Its kind of hard to explain =/ Basically we are in charge of the scheduling and where everyone is at every moment. There are 6 companionships that we are over and we go on exchanges with to help train them and answer any questions. Sis. Lara and I already gave a 2 hour training on our job and I felt totally inadiquate teaching Sis. that are all older than me in the miss. and probably know more than me. I spend about 20 hours a week on the phone telling sisters where they need to go and such and tons of time on excel in the office. We make schedules and weekly reports to the president of how many language tours and regular tours we get and things like that. Our office is with the Mission Presidency, APs, OAs (office assistants) and all the MSD people in the basement of the South Visitors Center. I am in the same apartment complex but there is an apartment where the APs, OAs, and MSDs (me) live that I had to move into. I was REALLY struggling at first with why in the world Heavenly Father would make me be in the office in just my 2nd transfer. All of the Sisters I serve with in the office are about to go home! I wish I could be out on the Square teaching not in an office =( People ask me why I am down there in just my 2nd transfer and I just say,"I'm still asking Heavenly Father, but I'll let you know when I find out!" haha So far what I have found out is that I need to be there to help spread a little happiness through the mission =) Lots of times the Sis. that call in are angry becuase someone is late to replace them, or they don't want to assignment you gave them, or things like that. You really see the Sis.'s true colors in my calling haha. I just have fun and write lots of thank you notes to sisters that are especially helpful and willing to do whatever I ask them to. I really do think it has made a difference in people's attitudes in just a few days. Even though deep down I HATE that I'm in the office and have this stressful calling...I just try to be really cheerful and happy and hope that it will spread from the office up to the square. I actually have to have this calling for two Transfers so I can train the next MSD. So sad! I guess if there is any time of the year I want to be inside it is now when it is cold and slow here. I just keep praying that I will learn to love my calling and that I will be able to magnify it...and not forget how to talk to people. Shoot I think this email is really boring but I have to go. Sorry, I'll try to make some miracles happen down in the dungeon the next 12 weeks so my emails will be better! haha. I love you all so much! I'll write again on Wednesday I think! YAY!!!Love, Sister M. Olsen