Elder Jesse Plumb - Washington Seattle Mission 10/2021 - 10/2023

  How's it going? This week was great because transfers were last Monday and I'm staying in Victor Falls for another 6 weeks. I'm super excited about that and to be here until May where I can finally see some more sun and mount Rainier. We saw some pretty daggum good miracles this week. One of them is a NEW Luis. Not the old one but one who seriously just randomly showed up as a person in our area Book records a couple weeks ago. He wasn't a referral or anything but we went and visited thinking we just had to have forgotten him or something, but we got there and Luis let us right in and we got to know him and teach him. A couple weeks ago we also did some service for a guy and his family, who lived across the street from a member family. And this week we saw them walking into church unexpectedly, which was super hype. Anyways the week was good and Elder Char and I are still grinding it out in Victor Falls. Still tons of potential here that we feel like we're just on...

  How's it going? This week was quality. Not much really happened, there was zone conference and we invited our friend Ava to be baptized. I don't remember if I said this already but Ava is 17 and is one our ward members sons girlfriend. We just recently started teaching her and asked her to be baptized, which she said she wanted to talk to her parents about before making a decision. Our main focus right now is to make sure she is growing her testimony and faith mainly in our savior Jesus christ and his atonement and not solely in the Church, so she is being baptized for the right reasons and not for her boyfriend or others. She's awesome though and has a true desire to seek the truth. The members have been helping us a ton out here too ever since we started the new teams idea from our mission president. Everything's rolling along out her in Bonney Lake, WA and my companion and I are feeling like we're  firing on all cylinders with all the miracles and successes rec...

  Hello everybody! This week was weird. I had to drive a biking elder, from the very bottom of our mission all the way to the top for a doctors appointment. It was a fun road trip I guess. We've been teaching a friend named Ava who will be on date most likely by my next email. Her boyfriend is in our ward/congregation and she's been around their family a lot and loves the Church, just wants to know more on it. She said she had a dream about being baptized but her parents couldn't come watch it. We obviously told her parents will definitely be able to come but my companion and I immediately just knew she was ready. We wanted her to pray on the Book of Mormon first though to receive her own witness of it. Other than that our friend Luis has been at a slight stand still the last three weeks. He's a workaholic right now so he hasn't been keeping commitments, but he said his work should be slowing down soon. Our friend Charles as well who we haven't been able to teac...

  Yikes sorry folks. So my last two emails didn't end up sending and I found out today. So I'll give a three week update real quick here. Two weeks ago or so Elder Narayan and I taught our friend Luis and it went super well and we had been coming by very consistently. I immediately told my companion we're getting him on date for baptism in the next lesson. And... we didn't but he came to church last week and we still meet every Sunday night with him. He's an absolute great kid, but he's also 20 so he's technically not a kid. I'm super high on him though we love talking to him and he's progress so much in the last 5 or 6 weeks I've been teaching him. Transfers happened two weeks ago and I got my third Polynesian companion. His name is Elder Char and he's pretty cool. He's from Hawaii like my first companion Elder Duvauchelle. He's a great Elder and works hard so we're seeing good things. Our inspiring mission president roled out an...

  Hello everybody! It's been a good week. We were able to get in contact with multiple friends who we haven't been able to get in contact with for awhile. They all went really well and like I said this areas still promising. We're starting a new team system for members in our ward that should absolutely blow up. It's a great idea and I can't wait to see how it goes. The members are going to be involved so much more now. We also had our friend Luis come to church, which I believe I talked about last week. If you've been out here and know me you know I'm high on Luis. Such a great dude. The people here like always are super fun to talk to. This one guy we talked to had the exact replica of Kiit from knight rider. Which I've never seen but I know what it is and it was used at some event before the movie was released and has David hasslehoffs signature along all the cast and stunt teams signatures. It was pretty dang sweet. Anyways like always I'm keepin...

  Hello everyone, twas a pretty average week but we also had transfers. My companion Elder Narayan is getting shipped to his original assignment in India, so I'm got a new companion his name is Elder Char. He's my third straight Polynesian companion. It's poly love out here, they can't stay away from me. I'm excited for this transfer Elder Char seems great and I've heard he's a great worker which is all we need in this area right now. It's gonna be a successful transfer no doubt, and I'm glad to still be in the Enumclaw zone and in this ward.  This place is beautiful. We've got a new progressing friend named Luis, who's 20 and is great. It's looking good with him and I'm planning on setting him on date for baptism next Sunday when we meet with him again. We're gonna see how it all plays out and continue with faith. I was on an exchange with an Elder named Elder Jones in his area Orting, and we decided to bike this super long steep...

  Hello everyone! Also sorry I forgot to write my email last week but we got a friend, Charles, and his fiance to church which makes it my first ever friend to church! It was hype and a very good service too. We call him Chuck Nasty(for all my Rockies fans out there), and he said he wants to convert but its hard for him to commit right now. The whole situations a mess honestly and he's got legal issues were waiting on so just pray for him yall. This week though was a tough week for our companionship and our zone. It's the last week of the transfer though and we're all pushing forward with faith. I still feel tons of potential in the Victor Falls ward and I'm very excited and hoping to stay another transfer here. We had our mission president at our church this Sunday and Elder Narayan and I were giving a lesson to the ward on member missionary work, so it was perfect having him there to help. President and Sister Beardall, let me tell you, are some of the greatest people...