Happy...Tuesday??

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY EVERYONE! Libraries were closed yesterday so here we are today. I hope everyone has been paying attention to the weather...Florida has been have a..sub tropical Storm?? or something like that, basically, lots of rain and some thundering and lightning. Nothing too bad. Yesterday we played ultimate Frisbee and soccer in the rain, hence the first picture. Oh my it was fun. Missionaries vs. members. Not the best but we missionaries had fun. I even was able to sacrifice my body for some goals. I LOVE THIS DISTRICT!!

My body hurts from all the hard playing but the Lord gives us prep days so we can preparing for the week. Defiantly keep me in your prayers to be able to continue to work!

This week was unique...I was able to go to Leadership Training and learn how to be a better leader in the mission. District leaders, zone leaders, and trainers are invited. Well I am none of those BUT President cycles sisters through so this time was my turn! i learned so much!! Mainly, how important obedience is. If we are obedient then the Lord will bless us. We need to be obedient to let this work Progress. If we aren't obedient we wont have the Spirit, we wont feel comfortable in this work, its like the Kingdoms of Glory. We need to be living the Celestial Law NOW to obtain Celestial glory! So cool!

Also because of leadership I got to go on splits with Sister Allen. She is way cute and a great missionary. She was way fun to get to know. She told me that every missionary she has gone on exchanges with she has been companions with SO keep your fingers crossed for me! (:

Beverly came to church and she is reading the Book of Mormon. That is way cool to see the difference in her. Jason is doing well, some members are reading with him when we arent there. Way cool!!

Well i think that is it for now.....I pray for you all!!! Keep this work in your prayers and go share the gospel with someone...
HAS ANYONE MADE A MORMON.ORG PROFILE YET???

love always. sister ploth.

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Can you believe its already Week 4??!?!?!

Hello Everyone! I got caught up in President's email talking about repentance...so I will share with ya'll what I have learned....
So repentance has been on my mind A LOT! Not only about how to better teach it but how to understand it and apply it in my own life. We have to be truly repent ourselves in order to teach others how to do it. I have learned a few things and I pray I can convey them in this letter.
First off, repentance takes time. We cant rush it. We cant expect instant forgivness, it seems like a lot of time in my life I expect that instant gratification but then those feelings of guilt and shame come back. In order to repent we need to be broken. I looked up contrite this morning and it had the most intersting defination. "filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement" We must desire those feelings of guilt to go away and we have to have FAITH that Jesus Christ knows how we feel but most importantly we need to know he will take it away. This week while looking at mormon.org, Sister Staley and I came across a video from a guy named Tim. He had only one leg and is very phsycial active. He utilized the atonement to get over his feelings of inadequices and to be make the best of his situation. It strengthend my testimony on the atonement. But back to repentance, when we repent we must feeling that sorrow, we MUST plead with our Heavenly Father to help us get over temptation. We need to cast off that sin but know that if we are tempted again it takes strength to over but even more strength to rely on the Lord. When we truly repent we have to see a change in ourselves and the world. We are a different person. That is why we invite people to repent and then be baptized, baptism is symbolic of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. So we must follow His example.
So that is what I learned about repentance. (:


I hope SOMEONE learned something out of that. Kind of scattered but I am truly loving repentance!! What a great tool our Hevaenly Father has given us. So here is am about to be a missionary...I invite YOU ALL to study repetance and then make it a daily thing. I can promise that as you do that your life will change, you will be happier, you will feel of Heavenly Father's love, and you will better understand that atonement.

Cody was baptized this Saturday. He is 9 so he counted as a convert but his family are members. Sweet boy. We played Gosple Chutes and Ladders with him on friday. we made it up. If you ask up about the law of chasity or the 7th commandment he wll turn BRIGHT RED and say, "dont kiss what isnt yours!!!" haha.

Crazy week, we have leadership, i get to go!! that means 2 days in orlando full of revelation.

Also everyone!! Check out my mormon.org profile...http://mormon.org/me/8xtw/ then create on yourself!!

love you! keep praying for this work. Satan is working hard!!

love you!!
Sister Ploth.

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I have about 15 mintues left so....

I BEST MAKE THIS GOOD!!!

Well hello everyone!! I hope everyone called their moms yesterday, I did!!! What an awesome experience!! Oh how I love my mommy and my step mommy!! They put up with so much for me but yet they want to do so much for me. I dont think I will be able to repay them.


Everything is going so great here! We had zone conference this week. The mission is moving forward! Excited things are happening! We are able to now go on mormon.org and create profiles and use it in our teachings. I ment to get my URL to send home this week, oops! Next week! We get 2 hours a week to work on mormon.org, on top of our emailing on prep day. Pretty cool.

We also were taught a lot about repentance. What a blessing we have to be able to repent. Alma 24:10-12, 15-17, and 18 are some good references. Basically, we come with a broken heart and contrite spirit. We thank our Heavenly Father for the ability to repent. We confess our sins and we forsake them. We beg with our Father the ability to overcome sin and to be cleansed. One thing I was learned is that repentance isnt quick and speedy. You have to spend a lot of time on your knees and you need to FEEL of His love. Christ can take it all away, as along as we let him. Most importantly. we need to forgive ourselves. Sis Staley pointed out a cool thing..I dont remeber the reference but Heavenly Father says he will forgive whom he forgives but of us we must forgive everyone...so....FORGIVE YOURSELF!!

Out here we are defiantly running into a block. We arent finding a lot. Therefore, we cant teach and we cant baptize. So keep us in your prayers! The work is progressing and Satan doesnt like it. He does everything he can to hold us back. We cannot allow that.

Well thats it for this week....we have a baptism this weekend, Cody, he is a 8yr old kid. We taught him the law od chasity this past week...oh my...haha. poor kid was RED! hahaha. His mom thought it was hilarious. We are putting together a game to play with him on Friday!! so fun!!

well i love you all!! oh and just a little BTW...my mailbox has been rather empty lately. WHAT THE HECK?!?! (:

love always,
sister ploth.

pic attatched: Leesburg Zone. Reppin' green. We are the only sisters and this zone is known to not have sisters...no pressure right?? (:

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Welcome to Eustis!

Hello Everyone!! Here I am at the Public Library in Eustis, Florida! Oh my do I love it! Its a lot like Monroe! Crazy. Really cute and country. Our area is HUGE so we have to be full car and there is really no place to bike. Oh man how do I miss Peggy (my bike). The ward (congergation) is HUGE though. Everyone is so missionary minded. And there are a TON of old people. haha. So funny. No snowbirds though.

My new companion is Sis Staley. She is from Wyoming and she is a hunter. She has been out 4 transfers and she still has that new missionary fire! I LOVE her. We are the SAME person!! Its crazy! She will say something she likes and I like the same thing and I say what I like and she likes the same thing. We laugh so much! She is wonderful. Another cool thing is that everything she wants to improve on, Sis Christensen taught me (using scriputres more, member lessons, contacting, ect). . Sis Staley really understands the Priesthood Keyes and explains it so clearly when I just want to DO IT.  We are communicating well and we have set goals for things we want to accomplish. The neatest thing is seeing how I had the same concerns when I was her "mission age" so I hope we are able to help one another. Overall, I LOVE HER!!

The area is doing well. It seems when transfers come around and someone gets moved, things fall apart that first week or so. We were talking about it to Elder Stratford and I liked what he said, "Its the Lord testing us and seeing how faithful we are. And invetigator wise, its to see if that investigators are converted to the gospel or to the missionaries". We have some ideas and we are working with the WML to get the ball going.

Our teaching pool is small but what we have we are working hard with. We have one, Jason, who has a baptism date for this month. He just needs to overcome the W.O.W. so defiantly keep him in your prayers. He is way cool guy. He will be my first white guy baptism. ahaha. We are also working with a family whose son just turned 9 today so he will be considered a convert baptism. They are way cool. However, whenever I am around little kids (especially boys from 8-10) I just want to hug them because I think they are Kai! haha.

Oh and another thing...we share the ward with the Zone Leaders (Elders). Elder Goodrich and Elder Rumsey. I knew Elder Rumsey because he served in the Spanish Ward in my previous area and I met Elder Rusmey at the last zone conference. Both way cool Elders!! Attatched is a picture of our first sunday...we all wore yellow!!

Sis Staley and I saw 2 alligators! We got out and and took pictures of them (my first ones in florida!!) They were in the water and one saw us and looked at us (maybe not but thats what it seemed!) and it look like it was coming towards us!!! Sis Staley asks me how fast gators run and I recalled from Swamp People "oh about 30 to 40mph" Sis Staley said "okay...LETS GO!" and runs off. haha so funny. I also got stung by a wasp!! 2nd time on my mission! Oh man I was so mad! It was on Saturday.

Well thats about it! Mothers Day is in a week...so excited!! Keep us in your prayers! We are working hard!!

love always.
Sister Ploth

Micah: I got yout letter and annoucnment this week at the mission office. CONGRATS!! But you didnt put a return addy......oh man....

Allen: Sorry I didnt say anything about your email last week...thanks!! I look forward to your letter.

TayTay Robertson: I have been thinking about you LOTS! Expect a letter soon!!

And if [[Sister Missionaries]] come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto [[Sisters]] weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all [[Sisters]] that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

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