Florida was one of their areas. Calvin Sr. wrote, " Bishop Henderson asked Achsah and me if we could go on a mission for the church. We agreed to go for six months, and left for the mission home in Salt Lake City in October, 1945. We were assigned to Tampa, Florida, arriving on November 3. I was second counselor to Brother Brooks, and we worked in Tampa the entire time of our mission. We returned home in May, 1946."