Eternal Families 永恒的家庭

Hello everyone!

Alrighty lets get this email started. So this week I have learned a

lot more than other weeks on my mission. And I know I probably say

that a lot but hey at least I'm learning each week!

Ok I'll start with a scripture,

Doctrine and Covenants 84:88

And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before

your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my

Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to

bear you up.

With my grandma being sick for a few weeks I had been praying that she

will feel peace and that my family too will be comforted. I had been

praying for strength that I may be able to conquer the challenges that

may lay ahead of me.

When my grandma passed away I was in a mission conference with Elder

Gaverret of the seventh, learning about temples and how we want to

keep that as a goal for our investigators to get to (That's what I got

from it anyway). My parents were at the Fort Lauderdale temple that same

Thursday, when they heard the news, and in her home my grandma was

surrounded by her family before she left this earth life.

This last Thursday God sent me an angel to help me in my work. I have

been thinking of my grandma so much more now in what I'm doing, and I

know that she is helping me and the rest of my family in more ways

than we even know.

We had a lesson with Regan that night and we were talking about the

atonement. As I explained all that Christ went through up till His

death and then His resurrection I started to cry tears of joy, because

it had never been more true or real to me of how I know I will see my

grandma again, how I know I will see her in her perfect state, and how

we will be together forever, than right then. I got a small glimpse

from testifying about eternal families, of what it will be like when I

see my grandma and others of my family again, and my knowledge has

turned into a strong belief. I know that it is because of our Savior

Jesus Christ that we can see our loved ones again, that death does not

separate us, that we can press forward in all things with faith in

Jesus Christ.

The knowledge I have of how the gospel blesses families is exactly why

I am on my mission. If I have known this my whole life how can I not

share this with others who are going through the same situation or

worse? I feel a joy in the knowledge that I have of this gospel and I

feel that joy 100 times stronger when I share it with someone and when

I see them use it in their own lives.

Heavenly Father has been teaching me so much on my mission, and I

can't believe it's already half way over! There is still just as much

and more to learn in the next 9 months!

Going back to the scripture, I know that I have not only been

strengthened by my grandmother but also from those around me. I want

to thank all of you for the support and prayers that you give to

missionaries, and especially to my family at this time, because they

do work. Prayers are powerful and they are answered in many different

ways, but I know it is always the way that will be for our

learning.... And if we learn it right it will be for our benefit. That

didn't have much to do with the scripture but the point is you all are

angels :)

One more scripture!

Doctrine and Covenants 123:17

Therefore...let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and

then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the

salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.

That was from my dad a while back and I just can't stop thinking about

it. I love it!

I love you all!

Sister Plumb

Yay happy halfway mark!