Today is Prep day - and a Miracle Week!

Hey all!

You might be thinking now... Why am I getting an email from Sister

Plumb? It's Wednesday! Yes you are correct no I am not breaking the

rules, but it has literally been an insane week. We had a Zone

Conference on Monday and we couldn't have our day to email on Tuesday

because we had an open house for our Institute, which I will explain

about in a bit because it was AMAZING.

Oh my... Where do I even start this letter? I don't know, I never

know. I'll just begin. Ok

Thursday we had such an amazing miracle happen!

We were returning from a meeting and having 30 min conversations on

the way to get some Taco Bell, because now I like Taco Bell (I know

Calvin and Jack probably don't believe me, but it's true. People can

change). So we are there, enjoying our Taco Bell, when a lady sees our

name tags and she said, "oh! Your tags say Jesus Christ! Oh! You're

sisters! That's amazing!" Her name is Kimberly and she begins to tell

us that she just moved here a week ago and before she left her

apartment to come here she had prayed that she would find a church

along the way. When she saw Jesus Christ on our tags she knew she

needed to talk to us! That was amazing :) we invited her to our open

house on Tuesday, and when we met with her on Tuesday she told us that

she knew that her grandma who had passes away a year ago was baptized

into our church a couple years before she passed away. She said that

meeting us was a sign to her that this is where she needed to be :) we

taught her the plan of salvation for all of gods children and I have

never felt the spirit so strong before like that in a lesson. She

accepted baptism immediately. Kimberly is so humble and she is so

prepared. She will be watching general conference with us this

Saturday and Sunday :)

I know that God is our Father in heaven. That we are here to become

like Him; to become better than we were, and I know this is done

through Christ and his atonement. I know that death is not the end of

life, and I'm grateful for the relief, and assurance I feel from the

knowledge of Gods plan for me. I want to share my testimony with you

all about how important it is to make known the teachings of Christ to

the world. We are put where we are for a reason. Sister Briscoe and I

were supposed to be at Taco Bell to meet Kimberly. Being where you are

right now and sharing the spirit with someone through your testimony

can literally change their lives. It changed Kimberly's in a matter of

minutes, and it can do the same for anyone who is willing to listen,

but how are we to know if they are willing to listen if we do not ask

them? I know that sharing this not only changes the lives around us

but it changes our own, and brings a kind of happiness that nothing

else can match.

6 weeks = 1 day

Hello my good people!

Saturday was the end of the transfer, or the 6 week period of time

that you stay in an area or move or get a new companion. It went by way

too fast, but this time I'm happy to say that we were able to stay

together and in the same area of Glendora, CA. 

Joy left for her home in Nevada on Saturday, and I know she's

reading this right now and probably thinking, "why is Sister Plumb

talking about me in her email? Has she always talked about me in her

email?" The answer is yes, but only good things I promise ;). The

reason I add this in here is to let you know that all these people are

praying for you, even though they haven't even met you.

A mission is about helping people come closer to Jesus Christ and that can

be done in so many ways. Prayer is where it starts, because that is

the help that we are asking for from God, and he will always answer our

prayers.

Speaking of people to pray for, we will be meeting with Lily and

Alyssa tonight. Every time we have had lessons with them, they bring

up concerns but we are able to help them with their concerns and the

spirit is felt so strongly. We are now meeting with them and their dad

tonight to discuss how their reading went in Alma 32. We hope that

they can understand the connection that the Book of Mormon and the

Bible have together.

Update on Sister Briscoe's knee- we went to the doctors on Thursday and

they said that everything is fine. Her patella is just out of place,

and she needs to do some physical therapy to build the muscle up to

bring it back into place. So we are back to walking! And we will work

to biking again. It's just good to hear that everything is ok with

her. Thank you so much for your prayers and concern.

Thanks to her knee and the limited walking we got to know a lot of

members better this week though and visited a lot of people. So things are

still looking up :)

Shout out to my Bro Calvin who becomes an adult this week! And shout

out to my sister in Virginia, Sister Lawson, for turning the ripe old

age of 21. I love you both!

Have a good week :)

Sister Plumb

                                Sister Plumb and Sister Briscoe hiking with other
                                    Sister Missionaries in Glendora

Sister Briscoe, my companion 

Sister Vaea and Sister Plumb at the top of the hill looking over the city of Glendora

             

Plan Broken Knee Cap

Although we do not know if Sister Briscoe’s knee cap is broken.... But

it does swell to the size of a  grapefruit whenever we walk or bike :(

so we will be figuring that out this Thursday. For the record, I did

not do this to my baby (my trainee companion) she came to me this way.

So the week has been a bit slow with us trying to figure out

activities to find people without walking. Actually it is a blessing

in disguise because our goal is to use the Ward members more this

transfer and now we definitely will for rides to our appointments.

Something really cool happened last Monday! Sister Feng, our recent

convert, asked if I could teach her niece the piano. Which is amazing!

Because we have never been to her house before because her aunt and

uncle didn't want is to come by. So last Monday I was teaching Eunice

and Sister Briscoe was answering questions from Sister Feng’s aunt. I'm

so grateful my mom pushed me to learn the piano and for all my piano

teachers who taught me, and I'm so grateful that I love the piano! The

gospel can be taught in so many ways. We can use all our talents and

all our means to help people and to share with them the joys of the

gospel.

Have a good week :)

Sister Plumb