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