1st Letter from the Mission - He is in Fleming Island, Florida now with Elder Kunde (trainer)

Hellooooooo! I am serving in a place called Fleming island. It's not technically an island but it's surrounded by rivers so it's kind of an island. But it's a super cool area and I see lizards and frogs everywhere I go! I've gotten to know some of the members of the Fleming island second ward very well and they are really nice and interesting people. Some of them have awesome southern accents and are super funny!

My companions name is Elder Kunde and he's from Idaho falls, idaho. He's super cool and loves to hunt so he's got a few good stories about all the big bull elk he's hunted. His favorite NFL team is the Broncos too! He doesn't know like anything about them though but they are his favorite team anyway he says. He's a really good trainer and is really funny too!

My birthday was awesome! First we had a big conference call with president Lee and all of the trainers and he asked us how we were doing and what we have learned so far. Then we went to the church and did some family history stuff that was really boring and afterwards we went back to the apartment and did some studying for about 45 min. Then we heard a knock on the door and it was Brother Mecca who is really funny and has a great accent and he loves the missionaries. But we didn't know why he was here and he just said let's go! So we left with him and I asked him where we were going and he just mumbled something about his neighbor so I still didn't really know what we were doing. So we drove for a bit and then he pulled into a pizza place and I still didn't k ow what was going on until we went in and I saw his wife with a balloon at a table and I finally realized it was a surprise birthday dinner! Elder kunde had set it all up and had some pretty good acting during the whole thing. I thought he was just as confused as I was but he knew the whole time. So we had some really good garlic knots and some pizza and then afterwards we had an ice cream cake! I hadn't been so full for a long time! And then I got pranked again after that by some of the sisters in my district who called us and said one of them was unconscious from a gluten allergic reaction and they needed our help but we could tell it wasn't real. But we drove down to the church and we were right it was another surprise and they had helium balloons which were really fun to use to make our voices super high and they also had some more cake! And to top off the whole birthday was the best thing ever!

When we got home there was a mission wide conference call that our district leader said was VERY IMPORTANT!!! So we got on and president Lee talked for a long time about how technology helps us teach a lot and then he told us all that starting Monday (which is today) we are going to start using Facebook and Google plus to prosilite! And we are also getting smart phones!!! But those aren't until like two more Wednesdays but all district leaders, zone leaders, and sister training leaders get smart phones today. I'm so excited to get started on all that it will be so useful!

I love Florida so much and the people are amazing, funny and really nice it's so great! I love y'all and email me if you got anymore questions!

Love, Elder Plumb