Sorry for not sending a weekly last week! We had zone pday so I disnt have too much time. These last two weeks have been amazing though!
First off Elder Andrus and I balled in tthe hood! We were biking around one of the government housing areas and we saw a few black kids playing basketball and we asked if we could play and we destroyed them in all three games we played! They acted super cocky in the beginning but once we started killing them they got really mad at each other, it was pretty funny!
We have made some good progress with Larry and Caroline. They came to church 2 weeks ago for the first time! We were so happy they came! They couldnt come yesterday though because their boss said they absolutely had to that time but they said they would for sure come next week!
Alvin has been doing great! We got him a cd player so that he can listen to the book of mormon and he loves it! We go over there to read with him a lot and he just loves the book of mormon more and more each day! Right now the only thing keeping him from being baptised is hes living with his girlfriend and in the past they havnt wanted to get married so please pray for them to want to get married and also for us to know how to get them to. Thank you!
Our newest progressing investigatoris jason and he is so awesome! He's 17 years old and talked to missionaries in Orlando or a few days when he was visiting his friend and then came back to Palatka and had some things go on in his life that really got him to ask God if he was there and if he loved him and he said right after that we came along. He really loves us coming over and he has tons of questions about everything! He also has some friends that are youth in our ward so that has helped. Right now we just need him to get to church and really understand priesthood authority so please pray for him as well.
Our mission president spoke in our ward yesterday as well. It was a supper good talk! I asked him what it was on before church started and he said he didn't know but he would figure it out when he got up there! Talk about inspiration! He just got up and talked and didnt look down at anything the whole time except to read a few scriptures! I really loved what he talked about towards the end of his talk about when him, his mom, and his dad drove to some lakes one day. His mom has Alzheimers and kept asking him where they were going and he would tell her and after each time he said he started growing more and more impatient. Then his dad could sense his impatience in his voice so the next time his mom asked, his dad would say, "you sweetheart we are going to the lakes to to spend some time together as a family." Then she would ask again and he would say it again except more loving each time she asked. I really liked that story because it shows us how we need to show Christ like love for everyone around us especially those who might get on our nerves. Instead of gradually getting more impatient or more mad, flip it around and get more and more caring and loving towards others. That's how we can get contention out and the spirit in when we follow Christ's example and love everyone no matter what they have done.
I also finally got a lizard to bite my finger! Everyone down here is always catching lizards and hanging them on their fingers or ears and every time I caught one they would never bite me but I finally got one to! It caught me off guard but it was pretty awesome! I'll send pictures!
Also yesterday I got to Skype the fam! It was so great talking with everybody and seeing how they were doing! Shout out to Jesse and his insanely deep voice now! Also jack looks like Peter Parker! They grow up so fast!
I love y'all so much! Don't stop believing! Keep on keepin on!
Love,
Elder Plumb
1- I finally got a watermelon! It was so good!
2- this guy had a bunch of pet pigs!
3-6 - it would not let go!
