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Hey y'all -                                                                               7/11/16

Well what an adventurous week this week. Of course every week is an

adventure. Well well well.... This email is entitled trees. Why? I'll

tell you. You know when a storm comes or when winds hit trees try to

take deeper root in the ground so they don't fall? Well. Now you know.

It's the same with all of us and our testimonies. Helaman 5:12 "And

now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our

Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your

foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds,

yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his

mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to

drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the

rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation

whereon if men build they cannot fall."

We shared this scripture with David this week because man oh man did some winds, and storms come in the whirlwinds. But he pulled through! It's amazing to see the progress he is making and has made in his life. So yesterday was the first day in 50 years that he went with out smoking. Ya. That is HUGE. It has been a really big step for him.

I know that all of us in our lives have experiences and events occur

in our lives that help us take deeper root. I know that it is because

of those experiences that we are able to make it through the storms of

life. I know that we would even be able to grow and be where we are

now if it wasn't for a loving Heavenly Father to send us a savior to

help us over come the storms of life. It's amazing how much you can

learn from his gospel everyday.

People have been asking how my Chinese is coming. I'll just say that

of course I am not fluent. Yet! Haha no actually far far from it.  We

are speaking mandarin at night after nightly planning though. So that

gets..... Confusing. But it is definitely helpful!

We spent the day with our recent convert Josie. She is a great

missionary! That's the picture attached. And we also had to move

sister Fengs baptismal date to the 24 because she didn't come to

church! Daaaah. But she can make it. :)

Anyways. Love you all. Remember who you are.

Sister Plumb