The transfer call was this last saturday night and I'm actually staying! This is now 3 transfers here in Waycross and that's never happened to me before! I'm super excited to stay because I love this area a lot! Sadly Elder Ivie is leaving and I'm gonna miss him a lot. We had a great time together! My new companion is Elder Babcock. I've heard some good things about him so I'm pretty excited to work with him.
The temple was also this week which was easily the highlight of the week! It was of course very spiritual and all stress and worldly problems felt like they were on hold while I was there. It was very peaceful and I felt very close to God. There's nothing better than going to the temple that's for sure. It was a full day trip also because we had to drive about 4 hours to the temple from jacksonville and also back to jacksonville plus back to Georgia! We also stopped at cafe rio after the temple so that took up some time as well. It was all worth it though!
This week we had a lesson with this lady named sara who has some pretty good potential! Her daughter is a member in Utah with her foster family and wants to serve a mission so she knows quite a bit about the church and missions. So we taught her the Restoration and she loved it and also has told us that she really wants to quit smoking! She also came to church yesterday which no one seems to want to do here in Waycross but she did it! She has some interesting hippy beliefs which raise some interesting questions she has but she is still wanting to learn and it seems like she wants to be baptised! It was definitely a miracle that we found her because she said that her daughter had prayed for missionaries to find her only a few days before we did! There's no doubt God lead us to her.
I've started reading the New Testament again last week and I noticed something in Matthew that I really liked. In Matthew 1:23 it mentions that Christ would be called, in Hebrew, Emmanuel which means "God with us." In the last verse of Matthew the Savior says, "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." With these two things at the beginning and end of his Gospel, Matthew may be identifying a message running throughout the Gospel of Matthew. That God will never forget us and that he is always with us. That is such a significant thing know. Whenever life gets too hard or too stressful or we feel completely alone, we always have God there to keep us comforted and to help us through whatever challenges we may face. Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us more than we can comprehend and they want to help us through life. We just have to allow them too and have faith that they can.
It was a very hectic week but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world because I got to go to the temple and I was busy doing the Lord's work by helping others to come unto Christ. I love being a missionary and I love this Gospel and the opportunity I have to share it with others! I love everyone one of you so much and I wish y'all the best!
Love,
Elder Plumb
P.S. the weekly title came from this really crazy guy that some members told us to go over to their house and teach the plan of salvation to. Probably the weirdest lesson I've had on my mission! It was very confusing and the whole time I thought it was a prank but it wasn't so...
1: A really funny sign we found!
2: I visited Colorado for a bit!
3: we found a cotton field!
4-9: The temple!
The Gourley's (on the left) came up from Palatka, FL to go through temple with these missionaries. They also took Calvin out for a birthday lunch on his bday! They are amazing Saints and we are so grateful for their love and support!
Calvin and his old companion!
President and Sister Lee and the year mark missionaries!
The each took a family name to the temple at their year mark Orlando Temple trip! Calvin had Elmer Plumb
Calvin with some of his favorite missionary friends. Elder Lamb on the right was in his district in the MTC
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