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!