Happy Christmas :)

Dear everyone,

How was your Christmas?? You know I love my family from the bottom of

my heart and every Christmas I have had with them has been so amazing

and wonderful, BUT this Christmas has been my favorite, and hopefully

one I will never forget.

First off our contacting was on fire this week, we saw someone on the

street, on a bus stop and asked them if they had two minutes, if it

was a yes, we shared the video with them, if it was a no, we wished

them a merry Christmas and went on to the next person, because wow

there are so many people in California.

So we did have plans of seeing Sister Rounds (Sister Ballards aunt who

is also on a mission as a senior missionary here) on Christmas Eve,

like we did on thanksgiving, but for one reason or another our mission

president said no 😢 he said no like the day before Christmas Eve, so

we had to scramble to find a place to go which was no fun, BUT the

Glendale 1 sisters said we could go to a dinner in their Ward because

a member there wanted to feed all the missionaries in our zone so we

did that, and it was so fun! There was a piñata, and a white elephant

gift exchange and (best part) non members!!! Best Christmas gift you

could give a missionary right there! So we got some pretty solid

contacts for the Glendale 1 sisters. So then we spent the night with

the Glendale 1 sisters, because our heater was out and it was gonna be

like 40 degrees that night.... I'm such a weather whimp now hahaha. So

Christmas Eve night we all talked about why we wanted to serve

missions and shared our testimonies of how grateful we are for our

Savior. It was so spiritual and it made me look forward to next years

Christmas, and what I can do now to be a better missionary.

This whole transfer I have felt pretty inadequate, and I have been

lacking the faith that I should have in myself. I have failed to see

how much Christ has been walking with me in my mission. It's because

of Him I am here. As I strive to help other people, he in return helps

me, and I am so grateful for his promised blessings.

If there is anything I can do to help or serve you all in any way

through email, packages or letters let me know :) and I hope at this

time that we can all love those who have hurt us, and pray for those

in need, and go out of our way to show our love for our brothers and

sisters around us.

With love from,

Sister Plumb

I forgot to thank people for gifts!! I am so sorry!! Thank you to, the

brights, Lawson's, wanderys, grandma tish and grandpa John, the young

men of the Roxborough Ward, elder enos, and sister Lawson and of

course my wonderful family for all the lovely packages and cards this

week! They really brighten my day, and inspire me :)

Also a fun story for this week! Of all the almost accidents we see we

actually saw one saw one! So we were witnesses to a hit and run it was

insane. The police have been calling us to tell them what happened and

we identified people who could have been the person who hit and ran.

So that was fun. Almost converted the cop, but he said he was

good..... I don't think we'll hear from him again lol.

This is a picture of our district! They are the best we did a white

elephant gift exchange and I got a Justin Beiber toothbrush that

sings! Brushing my teeth won't ever be the same hahahaha

Merry Christmas :)

Hey everyone!

Wow so much and not enough has happened this week!! I am looking

forward so much for Christmas though! What a great opportunity it is

to serve a mission during the Christmas season. This week went by so

fast I'm not even sure what happened. I'm so sorry. Ok but something

exciting that heppened this week is that we had a mission Christmas

party! It was so fun! We started with a testimony meeting and then ate

some lunch and each zone prepared a song to sing for a nativity and

people were really creative with the songs it was so funny! And then

we had a piñata!!

Also what's been fun this week is that we've been doing a 12 days of

Christmas with a family we are teaching and it's getting harder and

harder to ring the door bell and run away when we leave the gift

because they are waiting for us at the door hahaha they know it's us

but it's still fun!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and remember the love of our

father in heaven has for each and everyone of you.

Something that I enjoy but really shouldn't be enjoying is when I'm on

the bus and ask if people are excited for Christmas, and the majority

of them cry. Which is sad but it helps me help them realize that

getting the perfect gift or the perfect meal doesn't matter. That the

true meaning of Christmas is to remember our lord and our savior Jesus

Christ.

I love you all and wish you a merry Christmas :)

Christmas Christmas Christmas!!!!!!!

Hey everyone!

This week has been so Christmassy! There's no other way to describe

it! First off sister Ballard is just a champ. She plays the piano so

well, so she was asked to play in like 3 Christmas parties this week

and I was asked to sing in two of them, so that made the week very

festive in deed. Even though it's been like 80 degrees here, people

still try to make it seem like Christmas with lights and songs and

pretending it's freezing cold when it's like 70 degrees out hahaha

Californians are so adorable. It rained a lot yesterday (that's a fun

story) so it started to rain like crazy when we got done with dinner

from a member with the elders, so we ran to their car but they said

they couldn't take us anywhere because they had a lesson to get to and

they didn't want to drop us off in the rain. So we drove to their

lesson and they told us to not get out of the car because it was a

sketchy area and sisters are technically not supposed to be there. So

we were studying in the car, when sister Ballard said she had to go to

the bathroom so badly, and she couldn't wait. There was a grocery

store just at the end of the block so we RAN through the rain, jumping

over puddles, and made it to the store, and back soaking wet. It was

kind of fun! The Elders didn't even noticed we left at all, so it all

worked out fine.

Also, some good news I hope you all will enjoy- Maria is getting

baptized!!! Aaaaahhhhh I'm so excited for her! She excepted the date

January 30! It's been 10 years that missionaries have worked with her

on and off before, but she finally opened up to us and told us her

real concerns for being baptized and we were able to help her work

through it and give her a plan of how she will reach her goal. There's

a really good scripture you should read if you have trouble with

feelings of inadequacy, guilt, or a long for relief, Mosiah 26:30.

"and though repentance is not easy as we strive to obey with all our

hearts, he gives us this promise, 'Verily I say unto you

notwithstanding your sins my bowels are filled with compassion towards

you, I will not utterly cast you off, and in the day of wrath I will

remember mercy.' The savior wants to forgive." Elder Craig  A. Cardon.

This Christmas season is a time to remember why we need a savior. I

love being on my mission during this time especially because it helps

me focus on Jesus Christ more and understand more and more each day,

how much God loves us despite our imperfections. That is true love,

and that is true joy. I love my Savior, I love my Father in Heaven. I

can show my love for them everyday on my mission, and I challenge

those of you who are not on a mission to look and pray for missionary

opportunities to serve those around you and to share what we know to

be true.

I love you all! Stay warm! Keep smiling :)

Sister Plumb

Getting Results!

Hey everyone!

This week went by so quickly! I can't even keep up! Sister Ballard is

basically a rockstar. She is so bold and loving which is really what

this area needs its perfect!

Some good news- if you guys remember Chris a couple emails back. We

had to refer him to the eastmont elders and he's getting baptized on

the 13!!! We met him one night at a bus stop and he asked to borrow

our phone because his truck broke down (we weren't worried about him

stealing it, it's a pretty crappy phone) he was about to run back to

his truck when we gave him our card with our number. And he called

us!! It's true. You pass out 100 pass along cards and if you do that

one will call you back and get baptized! Hahaha I am so happy for him!

Gigi and Justine are really progressing, we got a new investigator

last week! His name is Kevin and he'll be getting baptized on January

9! And we're still working with Maria.

But we're bowling right now so that's why I don't have a lot to say...

Thank you to my wonderful Ward for sending me holiday cards and the

Christmas card garland!! It's hanging up in my room right now, I'll

send pictures in a little bit!

I love you all so much!!

Sister Plumb