Transfers next week

Hello!!!!! It's been a great week! Not too eventful but still great! Transfers are next Wednesday and the call is this Saturday so we'll see where I go or if I'll stay. Hopefully I stay! Arlington is so awesome! I just want to stay at least one more transfer! 

The main cool thing that happened this week was we got our investigator with a baptism date, Shanika, in church finally! She loves the Book of Mormon and knows it's true, she just could never get to church and we could start seeing that she was slowly and slowly losing her spiritual fire. She came yesterday though with a member who has a little baby just like her and they sat in front of us and we basically just kept their kids occupied while they listened to the talks! It was probably the funniest sacrament meeting I've had in a while haha! She had come to church once before but only attended sacrament meeting and this this time she went to all three hours and we could see a huge difference in her after church! She was just way happier and didn't look so tired and worn out like she usually does. She got her spiritual battery filled! Her and the member that brought her are like best friends now too! They are taking their kids to chuckee cheeses this week and have a whole bunch of plans to hang out! I'm so happy! And just today Shanika called us and said she wants to read the Book of Mormon with us everyday when she is on her lunch break so we are going to call her at 11 everyday and read the Book of Mormon with her! I'm so excited! 

I love being a missionary and love you all so much! Keep on keepin on!

Love,

Elder Plumb

I'm Lovin It!

Man! It's been a great week! I had some McDonald's this week too if you can't tell from the title. I just couldn't think of what to title this so I rembered I had McDonald's and ya. Elder Blanchard and I are rockin and rollin! Arlington is so amazing! I can't believe the transfer is already pretty close to being over! I hope that somehow I stay here but we'll see.

This week we were super blessed with referrals! We got three new investigators just from referrals! They are all super promising too! Lately we've been having a whole bunch of lessons each day and hardly any of them are cancelling last minute like they usually do! We've had so many member present lessons too and they are just so great! Our investigators just seem a whole lot more comfortable and excited about things when they have other people they know in church. 

Also Dawn who is the recent convert that drives Phillip to church, slipped on her outside stairs and landed on her knees on the concrete and may have possibly broken one of them so please pray for her. Also please pray for us to find Phillip rides to church. Thanks!

I'm seriously lovin it out here! Just when I think it can't get better, it does! The key to happiness is without a doubt serving others. "Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives" -Thomas S. Monson. Follow the Prophet! He knows the way!

I love you all! Keep on keepin on!

Love,

Elder Plumb

1. - 2. Bowling last week!

3.- 5. The beach!

4. It's lil Sebastian!

5. The best G-Sled I've seen!

Sorry if they are kinda out of order 

Ballin' at da Beach

Wassup! Great week this week! First last pday we played beach volleyball at the beach! Well it technically wasn't the beach but it was literally like 20 yards from the beach so it was pretty cool!

Having members with us has really paid off this week! We went to see a former investigator named Phillip with a member named Dawn who lived near him. This is a different Phillip than the African Italian Phillip. We talked with him and taught him about the Restoration and then about church because he loved everything we were saying. So we invited him but he is legally blind so he can't get their himself so Dawn said that she could give him a ride and he was so excited! He loved church too and said he will definitely come back next week too. The member also said she would take him to our scripture class on Wednesdays! Having members like that just makes missionary work a whole lot easier! 

We have also been getting a whole lot more referrals in our area! There has been a whole bunch of advertising for the church in our mission so that's the result of it. So far we haven't gotten anyone promising but we will at some point! I'm so excited!

I love you all!

Eagles!!!

Heyo everybody! Hope bout them eagles! Sorry I just have to talk about this a little bit. Everyone who wanted the Patriots better luck next time if there will be a next time. Haha.

Alright so this week was pretty great! We didn't meet too many promising people until Saturday. Oh my goodness Saturday was a special day y'all! We visited a lady named lisa who talked to missionaries before and she told us how much she loved the Book of Mormon and we set up a return appointment with her. We were kind of confused because she seems super elect about was dropped by missionaries before so I guess she had a change of heart or something but we will see. We are planning on bringing a recent convert named dawn and she has a super powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon and how it helped her get over her addictions to coffee and smoking. I love members who love missionary work! There is nothing better than to have a member present at lessons because it just helps the investigator feel a whole lot more comfortable with everything because they have a friend.

We also knocked on the door right below Lisa's apartment and met another guy named Phillip who is legally blind but can still see a little bit and he invited us in and we talked to him about his beliefs and about faith and he really wanted us to come back! We just had two great contacts in a row! Blessings! 

I had another trio tradeoff with Elder Louis and Elder Redford while our companions went to their missionary leadership conference and we had another great time together. We basically just biked to that one lady named Terry's house and she still hasnt read much of the Book of Mormon since the last time we went over there which was back in December. She kept asking why do I need the Book of Mormon when I have the Bible and she kept saying she was cautious about it being true. We kept testifying about our own experiences of how we know it's true and telling her that she can only know if it's true if she reads it. Again she said she would read it so we'll see what happens with that.

Great week overall though! I hope y'all enjoyed the super bowl and especially fast Sunday. I love fast Sunday and the opportunity I get to sacrifice two meals to show my love for God. I love all of you so much! Keep on keepin on!

Love,

Elder Plumb

1. Something we saw at someone's door

2. Quote from your mission Zhenya!

3. Amazing quote from Dallin H. Oaks