I'm Back Home!

I’m back from my mission! It’s been some of the best two years I have had so far in my life and I wouldn’t trade anything for them. I would say the biggest thing I truly learned on my mission is that we all have a Heavenly Father who loves us all infinitely. He’s always there for us in all times of our lives from the best times to the worst. I know that as we seek out His guidance in ALL times of our lives then we will make the right choices and draw closer to Him. He’s there for us always and I’m so grateful for that.

Come and hear me talk more about my mission and the Gospel of Jesus Christ on Sunday September 8th @ 10:30 am @ 9800 Foothills Canyon Blvd

Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

Ohhhh Yaaaaa!

This week was super good! We had a baptism for Brooke Manning! And no she's not related to Peyton manning sadly. It was a super good baptism! She was super happy the whole time and bore her testimony at the end.

The rest of the week was very uneventful. We have interviews this week and soon I'll be going to the temple so I'm very excited for that! We might be able to go twice because our ward is having a ward temple trip and our mission President allows us to go if we have a recent convert going and Brooke and Selena both should be going!

Today was a super fun pday too! We played bow and arrow tag with these foam bow and arrows! It was super fun and tiring!

That's about it! Love you all! Have a great week!

I like it, I love it, I want some more of it!

Yellllloooooo! This last week has been super good! It's been super fun being with Elder Lamb and we've had a great time! This last week wasn't super eventful but it was still great! 

We had district council in Gainesville so it took us almost an hour to get there cuz we are banished out here in Interlachen but I ain't complaining! District council was pretty good but the best part was we went to buffalo wild wings for lunch! It's been too long since I've been there and oh man was it a sweet reunion with me and those cheese curds! 

More importantly we had 3 fantastic lessons with Brooke this week as well as her baptismal interview this last Saturday in which she passed! She is pretty much completely ready for baptism! We just have a few more things to teach her but she's had the discussions before so she knows quite a few things. She's supposed to be baptized this Saturday but they were talking to us about pushing it back a week so they can get her family to be there too. I honestly think the sooner the better but knowing her I think she would be fine if she does push it back a week. We'll see what they say.

We also had a trade off with the zone leaders because they probably just wanted to see if 2 "trunky" (homesick and ready to go home) missionaries like us in their last transfer were actually doing work lol! Which we are so no need to worry. We are finishing strong! Anyway it was a great tradeoff! I was with Elder Landon here in Interlachen and Elder Lamb went with Elder Thomas who we didn't know because he was from the Florida Tallahasse Mission before they merged into our mission but they had a good time on their trade off. I've known Elder Landon from my time in Orange Park so we had a really good time catching up and had a super fun trade off! So that was a good time! Only two more tradeoffs for the rest of my mission! Crazy stuff!

Anyway that's about all that happened this week! Oh ya! I also finally burnt my pants for my 18 month mark at a burn party some members in Palatka had but I sadly forgot to take pictures. Oh well! I love yall! Have a fantastic week!

Also here's some pics of a gator that got super close to us and walked right in front of us! And a video of Elder Landon and I throwing away a members coffee and cigarettes that they gave us because they are finally deciding to stop! And also some pics of me at the gators stadium!

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 

Breakfast

This week has been pretty great! We had our mission wide zone conference because it was President and sister Lee's last one. It was very emotional and they were pretty much crying the whole time but that just brought the spirit a whole lot stronger. It was super good and there were a ton of really good musical numbers that some missionaries performed. I'm definitely gonna miss those two though! I've learned so much from the both of them and they have done so much for this area these last 3 years. I'm excited though for President and sister Wood! I've heard really good things about them so it'll be a good few months with them! They come in on Thursday which is crazy! Less than a week with the Lees. 

Anyway we also had the temple trip this last Friday! I didn't go because it was only for the departing missionaries so Elder Gibby went so we had to drive all the way up to the mission office in Jacksonville which was a lot of miles! We only have so many miles we can use a month and that trip wrecked us! It was super fun though because since it was such a far drive we couldn't drive back down and then back up when they came back so me and 2 other missionaries from our district stayed up in Arlington for the day! I used to serve there and so did one of the other Elders I was with so we spent the day visiting past people we knew there and it was so awesome! We didn't get to see everyone we wanted to but we got to see quite a bit and it was sweet! It was nice just reminiscing about the good ole days in Arlington which was about a year and a half ago which is crazy to think about! We had a good day though.

Sadly this week we dropped Tyler's baptismal date because he's just not progressing as much as he needs to so we are just gonna try and teach him as much as we can and set a date with him when he's ready. But we did set a date with Selena for July 13th! The same day as Pats! We had 2 amazing lessons this week too with Selena! We taught her more about priesthood authority and the importance of being baptized with that authority and that really helped her have the desire to be baptized! We also had a lesson with her all about the atonement of Jesus Christ and repentance. She was really emotional during the whole lesson and the spirit was very strong. She really understands now that she is never alone no matter how down or lonely she feels and that Christ knows everything she feels, has felt, and will feel. It was very powerful and she was asking all the right questions. Then in church the next day both speakers talked about the Atonement and one of them sang I Stand All Amazed and that just reconfirmed to her the love that God has for her. She is doing fantastic!
I'm excited for another week out here in the Lord's vineyard! Interlachen is completely ready to harvest! I hope you all have a great week! Love you all!