The Walrus Screams at Midnight

Hello everybody! Sorry it's been a few weeks since I've written anything! These last few weeks have been so amazing and a lot has happened!

First off Selena got baptized! It was such a great baptism and she was smiling the whole time! It has been such a blessing to see the change that she went through. It has just been another testimony builder that the Gospel is true and it really does change lives for the better. I just feel so fortunate to have had this knowledge my whole life and to now have shared it with others who haven't really puts it in perspective.

Sadly I'm starting my last transfer of my mission so those experiences as a full time representative of the Lord is coming to an end but it won't be the last time in my life of seeing those miracles as missionary work continues on for the rest of my life and I'm excited for those experiences. It's definitely bitter sweet to be at this point in my mission but I'm definitely going to be focused on being a finisher and having no regrets in this last transfer.

I'm super excited for this transfer also because I'm with Elder Lamb who is one of my best friends that I've made since being out here! He goes home with me too so it's really crazy how we even got together! We both are excited and ready to finish strong together. It's definitely gonna be a good transfer!

This transfer started out great too! We had a fantastic lesson with a young woman named Brooke that we just started teaching. She has had the discussions before and has retained a lot of the knowledge that past missionaries have taught her. She told us that she really wants to be baptized especially before she goes back to school this fall. She definitely has a strong desire because she actually keeps all of her commitments! We set a date with her to be baptized on August 10th and she is super excited for it! It has definitely been a great start to this transfer!

I love you all! Keep on keepin on and know that you are loved! Have a great week!

Elder Plumb Update

Elder Plumb has been too busy to write an email lately but wanted me to send some pics of Selena who they were teaching and recently got baptized.  She is progressing well and enjoying having the spirit more abundantly in her life.  Elder Plumb currently is in his last transfer (still in Interlachen, Florida)and now companions with Elder Lamb who he came out on the mission with from the Missionary Training Center.  They are good friends and happy to spend these last 6 weeks together!  

Elder Plumb, Selena, and Elder Gibby Baptism day 7/13/2019

Elder Lamb's mom posted on Facebook of the good news these two friends are now companions and will die together or go home from their missions together!  They came out together and are now going home together.  Elder Lamb is the 1st one on the right with the hat.

Elder Plumb and Elder Richardson, another of Calvin's good missionary friends.

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave!

Hello! This week was pretty good! We did a lot of service for members of the ward this week and boy was one of them super freaky! The first one we did was just mowing a yard, the second one was sorting a hoarders house, and the third was clearing the food pantry for said hoarders house. The third one was the scary one. So we take a look at the walk in food pantry and there's just a ton of food and other random stuff everywhere and she points out all of the spider webs everywhere and said she can't move stuff off of the shelves with spider webs and spiders everywhere so of course I get volunteered to be the guy to vacuum out all of them spiders! It wasn't too bad at first with getting some webs but the once I started moving things around and getting behind some of the food there were spiders everywhere and some of them were way to big for me to look at without screaming like a little girl! Boy those things are a lot harder to suck into a vacuum hose than they look! By the time I was done I was shaking like a Chihuahua! No bites though so thankfully I'm still alive!

Anyway the rest of the week was great! We had a sweet lesson with Selena and talked with her about temples and the importance of them as well as family history and she is excited to get thay started so she can get her ancestors to the temple! We also had her baptismal interview which she passed! She is super excited for her baptism which is this Saturday! Oh boy it's gonna be a good week! 

We also had zone conference this last week which was the first one with President and Sister Wood! President and Sister Lee left 2 weeks ago now and it was super sad saying goodbye. They are such great people and have definitely taught me a bunch while I've served with them for the past 2 years. President and Sister Wood are amazing though! We haven't too much interaction with them but they definitely have the fire to further the work that was left from the Lees and they are definitely going to keep that bar high! I'm excited to serve with them for the next few months!

That's about all that happened this last week. All is well and good times are ahead! I hope y'all have a fantastic week! Love you!

Elder Plumb