格勒迪丝.耐赐 Gladys Knight

Hey!

What a great week this was! It just flew by! Mainly because we went to

the temple on Tuesday and then on Friday we went and saw Gladys Knight

and her Saints Unified Voices choir on Friday!

It was such an amazing spiritual event! Many of you may know Gladys

Knight from Gladys Knight and the Pips. Yes it is THE Gladys Knight.

And yes she did shake my hand! She is a member of our church, and she

came to Arcadia to sing to us and to bear her testimony of the church.

The spirit was so strong and I had never felt it in that way before.

It was as if our religion turned just 10 degrees baptist. People were

standing up and clapping and saying the old, "hallelujah, AMEN!"

Something I know I won't see again in our church building hahaha but

it made me so much more grateful for my Savior by expressing that

thanks in a different way.

Sister Gong loved it too. I translated some of what was said in the

vocabulary that she knew and a little in Chinese.... It was weird, but

it happened! Little miracles happening each day.

Also! Annett got baptized last week! Oh my goodness! I was so happy

that we ran into the Elders who are in Glendale!! They showed me a

picture of her getting baptized and I cried. She is Gigi and Justine's

neighbor. And we found her and taught her that day we were going to

split our area in Glendale. It was so cool to see the good results of

something that was so hard for us to do. And Annett is so amazing! She

had a lot to work on before she could be baptized but she did it! She

is such an example to me.

Let's see what else happened this week...... We are going to be

starting up English classes the first week of May. Which I am so

nervous for! Idk really what I'm doing when I'm teaching Sister Gong

English, but it seems to be helping her and I, so we will see where it

gets us in 3 months! Thank you for all those who have given me advice

on how to teach English, and the support and hope you have in us. It

really is giving me so much strength.

Well hope you had an amazing week!

Remember to say your prayers, read your scriptures, and be kind to

those around you.

God loves you, Jesus loves you, I love you!

Sister Plumb.

勤勉 Diligence

Our mission scripture is- Doctrine and Covenants 4- Now behold, a

marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men.

Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve

him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand

blameless before God at the last day.

Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work;

For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that

thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store

that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul; And faith,

hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God,

qualify him for the work. Remember faith, virtue, knowledge,

temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity,

humility, diligence. Ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be

opened unto you. Amen."

现在看啊，一件奇妙的事工就要来到人类儿女中间。

因此，你们着手为神服务的人啊，你们一定要尽心、尽能、尽意、尽力侍奉他，使你们在末日能无可指责地站在神面前。

因此，你们若有侍奉神的心愿，就被召唤做这事工；

因为看啊，田地已经白得可以收获了；并且，看着，用力挥动镰刀的人，就是在储藏，他就不会灭亡，却为他的灵魂带来救恩；

而且信心、希望、仁爱和爱心，以及眼睛专注于神的荣耀，使他有资格担任这事工。

记住信心、美德、知识、节制、忍耐、手足亲情、神性、仁爱、谦卑、勤奋。

祈求，你们就得到；叩门，就给你们开门。阿们。

We recite this scripture every morning. It holds a lot of significance

to me, because I read Doctrine and Covenants 6 before coming on my

mission, and it answered my prayers about whether I should go on a

mission or not. Of course there were many answers that I got, but this

scripture has a special place in my heart.

So! Going a long with that Sister Gong and I worked our tail ends off

this week trying to find new people. Literally it got so frustrating

because well you know, people. BUT it was super rewarding!

We picked up 8 new people and 2 of them are super solid. Unfortunately

none of them are Chinese.

We met with Steven twice this week and are seeing him tonight. He is

super psyched about baptism and starting over. He loves God and Jesus

Christ but he knows what's going to be hard for him. I think it's so

amazing how self aware he is and we will lay out a plan for him

tonight to help him reach his goal.

So yesterday, was not our pday (obliviously, because I am emailing

y'all now). It was like 90 somethin degrees and I brought my ukulele

to block the sun and make the walk more enjoyable. Then this guy asked

us if we go around healing people with music. His name is Thomas. We

talked with Thomas for 3 hours! (In the shade). Usually when people

want to talk to us for that long I can tell it will be a while. So I

told him who we were, what we do, and then asked what he was searching

for, and he said "truth". And we were like "well that's perfect! We

got it!" We taught him almost every principle of the gospel. He

genuinely wanted to know, and that is what kept us standing there for

so long. We asked him what he wanted to do when he found truth, and he

said become a minister of the truth. He is so prepared, but it still

may take a while. He is asking all the right questions, now it takes

action and faith, which I know he has!

Please pray for Thomas, and Steven.

We have been praying with all our heart might mind and strength, to

try to find new people to teach.... Actually no. We have been praying

to find the elect people to teach. The people who want to hear what we

have to share with them. The people who want to exempt Christ in their

lives and live his teachings taught by prophets today. Diligent

prayer, and focus on work has brought so many miracles. Sister Gongs

English is improving so much! My Chinese is getting there (As you see

I had to practice the scripture above).

It's been a tiring week, and I love being tired in this marvelous work!

Sister Plumb

Chinese food for life! Btw. Went to the temple today! In two words-

LOVED it. There's no other feeling that matches with being inside the

temple. I will send more pics when I have an adapter!

救主 Service

Hey all!

This week was not too shabby!

It rained for half the week, and I even made Sister Gong bike in it

for a little while haha she did not like me after that! It was hard to

find people because of the rain and I guess the doors we knocked on

were just not sympathetic to soaking wet missionaries in their house.

Oh well what can you do? Well we learned Chinese and English! Sister

Gong is super adorable. English is so difficult but she is trying so

hard! I sneezed the other night and she said, excuse me. We were also

watching a Joseph Smith video and she said, I love you Joseph Smith.

And then when we were walking and I asked her if she liked music she

said I love you music!

I love my companion so much and though it's so hard to talk with each

other and communicate I learn that there is one language that we all

speak and that is service. Everyday this week I looked for every

possible way I could serve my companion, to make her feel comfortable

about English work and the language. It worked too! We were both

smiling and having fun, understanding that these acts show each other

that we love each other. I'm so grateful for the Savior and his

perfect example of service and charity. I love what Sister Marriot

said in the women's general broadcast, "Love is making space in your

life for someone else." I hope we all can follow the Savior’s example

this week and serve those around us, whether a neighbor, a family

member or stranger, everyone is going through something and can always

benefit from the love that comes through service.

我爱你

Sister Plumb


Sister Gong made me some Egg and Seaweed Soup and it was delicious!

Letter to Mom with More Details about her New Companion and Members in the Huntington Area

Dear mom,

Sounds like an awesome conference weekend. So jealous! But mine was

good too! We went to a members house for all four sessions and even

went to a less actives house for priesthood session, to make sure he

watched it. The members made us breakfast burritos and waffles yum!

The members here are so wonderful, I am so grateful for them. Did I

tell you that we have this one member who we call Grandma because she

drives us to the store every p-day and buys us extra groceries some

days? And then she takes us to dinner. She is so funny and cute and

like a Grandma :)

Yep it was transfers this week. I'm staying and Sister Vaea is going

to Pasadena BUT we are still in the same apartment! She just has to

move rooms haha so funny she will probably stay in Pasadena now the rest of 

her mission. My new companion is Sister Gong. She is from China. She

has been out for 14 months and doesn't know any English. So ya I just

met her today and communication is tough, but it is definitely

possible. It's like in Tarzan where they just act things out to

communicate hahaha it's fun.

Conference was in a word INSPIRATIONAL! I kinda have an idea of

what I'm going to do with my life after my mission now! I'm planning

on getting a general business degree and do internships from that

program that was talked about at conference-- the one with the British

guy (Elder Kearon). So that could lead to teaching kids English around the world or working for a humanitarian non-profit organization. Idk but that program could help me network and find my niche in that area. I still am praying about it to see if that's what I want to do so we will see!

I will send Jesse a card in the mail!

I love you!

Sister Plumb