Dear Sis. Plumb, You are Here by called to China?!... (Group Letter)

Huanying

Welcome.... I think? Actually I just made that up.

So I am still in Huntington, but I have a new companion Sister Gong! She is from Bejing and has been on her mission serving in the Chinese work for 14

months here in Arcadia, California. She is seriously the cutest thing! She doesn't speak any English - haha - it's awesome so we talk a lot through actions so far...

Kinda like our own made up sign language. It's awesome. So yes that

means I am going to be learning some Chinese on top of my Armenian,

and Spanish!

General conference rocked this week! We are so blessed to be able to listen to modern day prophets speak to us. This is how God speaks today, and how he answers prayers. Many of my prayers were answered in the last session of conference. It is a testimony to me that the Lord knows what is best for us and he wants to help us. So answers do come, even in ways that we don't always expect them to.

I love you all! Hope you have a fabulous week :)

Sister Plumb

                                              Zhenya and Sister Gong (4th Companion)

Easter Bubbles from Easter Package Sent from Home

LOVE

                                                            3/28/16

Wow this week was something else. Literally I have learned so much,

and unfortunately there is just no way to explain it all in an email.

This week we sang happy birthday and made a birthday cake for an

investigator and to a less active, we contacted people on the street

with a ukulele, gave service where we hauled some cubes, and biked 46

miles.

Also, being that it was Easter week, for my studies, I read what the

Savior was doing each day until his resurrection. I wish so badly that

I could have been there by His side the whole time. As missionaries we

are supposed to try to emulate all the attributes of Christ as best we

can. As I have been working on one each week, I thought for Easter

charity and love would be more fitting, since it's one that I really

want to work at. What I've learned is that love is so dang powerful.

In the most destructive and in the most wonderful way, love can

change everything for someone. Jesus Christ was the perfect example of

love. He knows each of us so perfectly because he has gone through

each sorrow and pain that we have. Despite all that He was hated and

betrayed, and yet was still able to forgive and love those who hurt

him. When I think of Jesus Christ I think of love. I am so grateful

for Him, words really can't describe. When you feel that no one

understands or if you can't see a brighter future, remember what your

facing right now has already been faced and it has been conquered. We

can look to the future with Hope because of Him.

The mission is amazing. There are always things to look forward to each and everyday.

I love you all! Sorry it's so short!

Love always,

Sister Plumb

A Personal Message Just to Mom - More Details About her Easter

Mom! Thank you for all the pictures!!! I seriously love them! It's good to hear how much fun y'all had for Easter! 

My Easter was good! We had dinner with sister Iverson, whose family was going to be gone for Easter. She gave a card with 50 dollars in it! Which was amazing because.... We needed it haha 

Also I got your package today! Thank you so much! Here's a video of me and sister Tilini who is going home next week! Transfers will be this week and I'm pretty sure sister Vaea will be transferred because she has been in the same area for 8 months. She wanted to say thank you for the gifts she got from you in the package! You're seriously the best mom ever! 

I really enjoyed this Easter because I was able to teach about Jesus Christ as opposed to just hearing about him. We are teaching an Asian family with no Christian background and we told them about the last week of Christ's life leading up to his resurrection. It was such an amazing experience. 

I really have learned so much from Him and I have so much more to learn. 

I love you so much! Have a great week!

Zhenya

Lynn's Baptism Pictures

                            Sister Plumb, Lynn Egan, and Sister Vaea (Zhenya's companion from Tonga)

Lynn and her Aunt = Happy Reunion

Lynn Egan

Good afternoon everyone!                           3/21/16

This week was so special, especially for Lynn (that's why I'm naming

this email after her)! On Friday Lynn got baptized. This is a decision

that she has studied out for years, and finally came to the decision

of making it 3 months ago. Her story can be an example to all of us on

how important it is to be a missionary to everyone. Lynn's first

experience with the church was when she was very young and would go to

church with her aunt who was a faithful member. She loved her aunt and

the values that she lived by so much that she wanted to stay with her,

but she was unable to because she had to care for her 3 younger

sisters. As her life went on she got married and now has 3 daughters

and 13 grandchildren!

All her life she has studied the bible, has gone to a couple general conferences, and even has a family search account she's been working on. She said that the things that she has learned has helped her and her family stay united and close. The funny thing is that Lynn knew she had two neighbors who were Mormon. They have been friends for 10 years and have invited her to relief society activities, but didn't really talk about the gospel with her. Until one day their daughter gave Lynn a Book of Mormon and invited her to read it. Lynn read it and then went back and wanted to learn more. As we taught her she continued to thirst for knowledge. She read the ensigns (Church magazine), past general conference talks, and one day we came by and she told us that she had read all of preach my gospel! (That is a manual that we use to teach people!).

Lynn told us that she had always wanted to be baptized she just needed the right guidance to get there.  She knows that it takes time to get your own testimony, and she hopes that she can be the same example to the rest of her family as her Aunt was to her. Oh the best part of this story! Her Aunt is like 91 and she wanted to surprise her by bringing her Aunt to her baptism. It was such a tender reunion! And her Aunt was so happy to see her all in white. Lynn's husband Larry even came to the baptism! He isn't too thrilled about church, but he likes to see his wife happy.

Lynn is an example to me of how beautiful things come over time and through a lot of work, and even if it takes a while that doesn't mean we give up. We keep going and we can always start again, because we have a Savior. We fall and mess up time and time again, but because of Him we can be freed from our mistakes and our trials. We can look at each new day as a new beginning to our lives. There is so much good in this world. I

have seen it in people and in the work that I do. I'm so grateful for

Lynn and the decision she made and the progress that she will continue

to make.

I challenge you all to pray to find someone who is looking

for this knowledge and invite them to come to church with you or read

the Book of Mormon. You won't regret it :)

Thank you all for your prayers and your support! You all have made a

difference in my life and I'm so grateful for each and everyone of you

:)

Love

Sister Plumb

Pics will come later!