All is well! All is well!

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!
 
    This Sunday we had an amazing talk from the Elder's Quorum President, President Haring. He shared a talk from the 1973 General Conference about a $5 lawn. It was a way cool story. Basically, we go above and beyond. We need to magnify our callings. He listed it in 3 simple ways 1. Know the calling (MISSIONARY WORK) 2. Learn the gospel. 3. LIVE IT. I have heard it many times  Meaning we cant just do a $3 job but a $5 job is going to be going above our limits. Yesterday was an example of Sister Christensen and I starting our $5 job of being missionaries. We got home at 8:00pm. We had meetings, lessons, and on top of this we had fasted. We could have stayed in, did paperwork, and made phone calls. Instead we went out to check on our investigator, Brandon. He was sick and didn't come to church. He doesn't have a phone. We jumped on our bikes in the rain and were off. He felt so much love and was so happy to see us. On top of that we got three referrals for the Spanish Elders. It was a neat experience! I want to be a $5 missionary. I want to go above and beyond. I have also been reading "Our Heritage". Seeing the trials of what the early saints went through adds to my testimony and makes me want to be better.

             We are going into week 3 of our member referral lesson. its going great! We role played with Bishop's family and the Elders Quorum President's family last night. President Haring and Sister Haring were AMAZING! They have 3 dates were they want to invite friends in their home to meet us! We are getting everyone to pray about missionary work and we are praying. Yesterday 2 other ladies came up to us and told us about how they have someone for us to meet. We haven't even taught them yet! With our prayers and the ward prayers the missionary work is going to take off. We are working hard to follow up. We haven't knocked a single door to tract but we meet people everywhere we go. Its been amazing.

               This week we met a 61 yr old man named John Wayne Beal. He was riding his bike. He was in a 15yr coma! He was 6"0something and woke up 5"0something. Crazy! He was way cool. Also, I ran over a nail this week with the car. We had to run around everywhere on Saturday to get it fixed. It was hilarious. Kind of frustrated. We had an appointment with Brandon that night and I told Sister Christensen that Satan was trying to get in the way because Brandon read from the Book of Mormon. Well guess what....we got the tire fixed, we saw Brandon, and HE READ THE BOOK OF MORMON! He said he felt so much peace in his day. It was so awesome!

We did have an amazing experience yesterday! There is an Elder we love that is struggling with obedience and its the simple things. Well we didnt know what else to do so we decided we were going to be bold and loving. We were going to remind the Elder through the Spirit why he was on a mission and why we need to be obedience. Sister Christensen asked an INSPIRING QUESTION "Why did you come on a mission?" He had a long, lengthy answer. He taught himself through the example of others. We bore testimony of obedience. We didn't accuse him. While we showed love, he changed right in front of our eyes. You could tell he knew of our love. He felt it. The Spirit was so strong. My heart was pounding, I wanted to cry. The Lord loves us. He can only bless us through our obedience.

hmmmm. What else...i am sure a million things but I am running short on time! We are going to go play with nerf guns with the Elders at the church. Thank you everyone for the letters! I have a list of people I need to write, so dont worry! I will write!!

Its fast Sunday coming up. If you cant think of anything look at Alma 6:  6 Nevertheless the children of God were commanded that they should gather themselves together oft, and join in fasting and mighty prayer in behalf of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.


love, Sister Ploth

 

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Crazy Email---all jumbled up-----ACK!!! sorry!!!

Hello ALL! Hope you have a great Presidents Day!!

 Everything is going great! I am learning a lot from Sister Christensen! She is really patient with me! I have taken a lot from what the blessing I got from Bishop Cheveir's blessing. I am being humble and teachable! She has so much knowledge, she should train before she leaves!

The week picked up! I have loved being busy again. We met a really cool guy named Brandon! He has such a desire to learn and progress. He accepted baptism the first lesson. One thing I have come to realize is that during the First Vision part of the first lesson, if we are teaching outside especially, something REALLY distracting happens. For Brandon it was a HUGE plane overhead! I prayed so hard for him to feel the spirit and he did! It was amazing. We have also going through potentials and have made a lot of contact with people who are interested in learning. I never realized how important those papers are until Sister Christensen took them so seriously. Also I LOVE updating the area book. It has a taught me a lot about how we need to treat the people we teach.
             
 We started our member lesson this week. We went over it with Bishop Chevier and Brother Eng and they loved it. We were able to teach them this Sunday and it was good. It comes in three different phases. 1. We teach the Message of the Restoration in the form of inspiration questions helping people remember their testimonies. We then invite people to pray to find those who are prepared for the gospel. 2. In 1-2 weeks we follow up and role play with them to invite people to meet with the missionaries. 3. We meet the people. So far its going really great! We have done 4 families so far!

           
love, Sister Ploth.

sorry this is so short! i had an awesome email but i had to give the computer up and it lost all my work. I talked to someone about the gospel so its all jumbled up!

I also got a flat this week! Ran around getting a tire on valentines day with the Conte Family. They were awesome! It was so fun!

Next week the email will be better!!

love you all!!

OH CHRISTELLE AND DJ ARE GETTING MARRIED!! YAY ETERNAL FAMILIES!!!

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"You dont need a goal when you are robbing a bank!"- Bishop Chevrier.

Hello Earthlings!

Well Transfers week were crazy!!  I felt really crazy, nothing was going right. I defiantly cried more than I have ever.

 
This week I have been praying, a lot. Nothing seemed to be going right. I realized that I was being impatient and expecting too much from myself and the area. That I wasn't allowing the Lord be apart of HIS work.

               
Sister Christensen is great! She is really reserved so not knowing what she is thinking is uneasy but I know it will be something that will be able to be overcome. She is teaching me a lot. She sees the miracles and really follows the Spirit. Before I would just do and see what works out. She is helping me not question myself. She strives to be EXACTLY OBEDIENT, which in turn helps me see what I am doing and how I need to improve.

  
This week was psycho! All of our gators were M.I.A.! It was so frustrating. Everyone lost their baptismal date, we didnt meet with anyone. Actually, that is a lie. We met with Kim's 14 year old son, Jhvante. He was way cool! He loved the first lesson, he told us he felt God's love for him. His mom's lesson was that amazing too. Its just hard because she works a lot and wont return our calls. We will just have to keep trying. Jhavante reminds me a lot of Brent Carter, pain Brent black and you have Jhavnte. Crazy huh?
The Weessies came to church this week! I don't think they have come in 5 years. Their home teacher saw them, got really excited and introduced them to the Bishop and other members. They were so comfortable. I loved seeing them! They are excited to come back. I LOVE working with less active members. They simply want an invitation back!

So I am almost out of time but I want to talk about Bishop Chevrier;s talk this week. It was Ward Conference. He talked about the 10 things we should all do, but dont do. Okay, so every one you do give yourself a point....lets go!

1. Attend ALL meetings (not just the 3 hour block but other meetings. its fine if you are sick, those things happen.)
2. Pay tithing
3. Pay a GENEROUS Fast Offering (if you get a raise, your fast should raise)
4. FAITHFULLY Home Teach and Visit Teach (Visit often, not just once a month)
5. Daily scripture Study (5-7 days a week)
6. Daily Prayer (Are you TALKING to your Heavenly Father???)
7. Regular FHE
8. Regular Temple Attendance (make it a habit! Dont you know how blessed you are when its near and you CAN go?)
9. Magnify calling (What more can you do?)
10. REPENT REGULARLY, Don't simply say "I'm sorry", put the sins behind you

It was an amazing talk! We don't need to measure ourselves by our perfection but by our progression. The Lord's kingdom raises us up! I love this gospel! I love studying the Book of Mormon and the Bible together! I love setting goals. This work is wonderful! Kind of crazy sometimes but helps me stay focused on the good.

I hope all is well! Thank you for the letters this week! They were EXACTLY what I needed. I needed to be reminded to forget myself. If anyone needs anything....let me know and I guess I can try!

all my love,
Sister Ploth

Picture 1: Sister Christensen and I. She forgot her badge...haha. Her hair is CURLIER than mine!
Picture 2: We got caught in the rain!
Picture 3: We got a pineapple for serving the Coutures (we swept and mopped her house)


           

    

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Hello Earthlings!

Well Transfers week were crazy!!  I felt really crazy, nothing was going right. I defiantly cried more than I have ever.

 
This week I have been praying, a lot. Nothing seemed to be going right. I realized that I was being impatient and expecting too much from myself and the area. That I wasn't allowing the Lord be apart of HIS work.

               
Sister Christensen is great! She is really reserved so not knowing what she is thinking is uneasy but I know it will be something that will be able to be overcome. She is teaching me a lot. She sees the miracles and really follows the Spirit. Before I would just do and see what works out. She is helping me not question myself. She strives to be EXACTLY OBEDIENT, which in turn helps me see what I am doing and how I need to improve.

  
This week was psycho! All of our gators were M.I.A.! It was so frustrating. Everyone lost their baptismal date, we didnt meet with anyone. Actually, that is a lie. We met with Kim's 14 year old son, Jhvante. He was way cool! He loved the first lesson, he told us he felt God's love for him. His mom's lesson was that amazing too. Its just hard because she works a lot and wont return our calls. We will just have to keep trying. Jhavante reminds me a lot of Brent Carter, pain Brent black and you have Jhavnte. Crazy huh?
The Weessies came to church this week! I don't think they have come in 5 years. Their home teacher saw them, got really excited and introduced them to the Bishop and other members. They were so comfortable. I loved seeing them! They are excited to come back. I LOVE working with less active members. They simply want an invitation back!

So I am almost out of time but I want to talk about Bishop Chevrier;s talk this week. It was Ward Conference. He talked about the 10 things we should all do, but dont do. Okay, so every one you do give yourself a point....lets go!

1. Attend ALL meetings (not just the 3 hour block but other meetings. its fine if you are sick, those things happen.)
2. Pay tithing
3. Pay a GENEROUS Fast Offering (if you get a raise, your fast should raise)
4. FAITHFULLY Home Teach and Visit Teach (Visit often, not just once a month)
5. Daily scripture Study (5-7 days a week)
6. Daily Prayer (Are you TALKING to your Heavenly Father???)
7. Regular FHE
8. Regular Temple Attendance (make it a habit! Dont you know how blessed you are when its near and you CAN go?)
9. Magnify calling (What more can you do?)
10. REPENT REGULARLY, Don't simply say "I'm sorry", put the sins behind you

It was an amazing talk! We don't need to measure ourselves by our perfection but by our progression. The Lord's kingdom raises us up! I love this gospel! I love studying the Book of Mormon and the Bible together! I love setting goals. This work is wonderful! Kind of crazy sometimes but helps me stay focused on the good.

I hope all is well! Thank you for the letters this week! They were EXACTLY what I needed. I needed to be reminded to forget myself. If anyone needs anything....let me know and I guess I can try!

all my love,
Sister Ploth

Picture 1: Sister Christensen and I. She forgot her badge...haha. Her hair is CURLIER than mine!
Picture 2: We got caught in the rain!
Picture 3: We got a pineapple for serving the Coutures (we swept and mopped her house)


           

    

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Transfer 4- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

Hello Family and Friends and others!

Well here I am transfer #4! (Remember: 13 transfers in a Sisters' life) Results are in, I am staying in Lake Mary and Sister Durr is leaving! She is going to Daytona! Sister Christensen is coming here! She used to serve with Sister Durr in College Park so I know she is a hard worker! This will be different but I am excited. I will miss Sister Durr so much! I love her so much and reading my emails and letters and seeing pictures I hope you all have been able to feel/see/know of that love! She is truly Christlike! I feel my Savior's love through and around and everywhere about her!!

As for the subject:: I GOT STUNG BY A BEE THIS WEEK! I was going to the bathroom in Walgreens and I felt something on my neck, well I grabbed it (MY 'B' (ee)) and it stung! I started crying!! It hurt so bad! Its hard to ride a bike with a stinger in it. We finally were able to get the rest of the stinger out THIS MORNING! Oh gosh.
Earlier that week, outside of Walgreens, A JW (Jehovah Witness) came up and tried to "save us". She was sharing scriptures from the bible and telling us that we had spiritual needs and we need to start dealing with them. Sister Durr and I were polite. We bore testimony of the Restored gospel. She gave us literature but we took it while shoving some into her hands. She seemed uneasy but hey, we read yours so you should read ours!

This morning I finished the Book of Mormon! I was reading it last week and realized I could be done by the end of the transfer and I was able to read 27 pages/day and be done! It was way cool! I learned a lot. Especially from 3 Nephi, I love the teachings of the Savior! I love they are consisted with the same teachings in the Bible. It hit me while reading that Christ's church is going to be the same EVERYWHERE! Next transfer I want to finish it again. If I read 12pages/day I will be able to do it. I invite you all to do the same!

Everything is going great! It seems like when we "lose" people, others jump on board. We got a referral from North Winter Park this last week, we taught him yesterday, he accepted a soft baptism date. We taught another member referral from the Holladays. A 16 year old kid who wants to go on a mission and share with people about "Jesus Christ, Mormons, and Stuff" That was way cool!
Carmen is struggling. She was all about the gospel and recently she has stopped talking to us. She is stressed out about worldly things. Every time I think of her I think of the Stake Conference talk about "jumping off ship". I know we need to nurture her and show her that the gospel WILL help her out.
Lindsey (Recent Convert) is still struggling. We see her a lot and always invite her to church and activities.
Next week we have some awesome plans for our investigators. I want to do more than teach them, I want to serve them!


Hmmmm. thats about it! I hope all is well. Here are some people I have been thinking of::

KAILEY FRAZIER: I want to see your baby!! (: I dont have your address
Ling Family: Dont have your address either. ):
Jason Call: Can I have a copy of some of your music? The one about missions "Best of Me". Its been stuck in my head!!

love you all!!

Sister Ploth!

Picture 1: Preach my Gospel Mission!! (In the car wash)
Picture 2: A girl in our ward collects these Beanie Boos. Well she showed them to us and we LOVED them! She bought us some! So of course we dressed them up like missionaries! CUTE!

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Week 6 of Transfer 3!

HELLO EVERYONE! 
WEEK 6 of TRANSFER 3! Next week I find out if I stay or go! Lets make this last week BOMB!

The area is going great! We have ups and downs but its going.
Carmen wasn't able to come to church, she was sick. She has been church in South Carolina so we want to talk to her tonight about how she feels moving her date back or seeing if she wants to get baptized this Sunday. She is understanding so much! its awesome to see her progress. And she is so proud when she reads the BOM. When we see her she is exciting to pray and show us. She truly loves reading it!
Yancy came to church! That was way awesome! We saw him on Tuesday and we were going to give him a soft drop talk. Just let him know that he really needs to make it a priority. Well I repented because it wasn't the Lord's will. I realized later that we never asked God if Yancy needed us, we were just frustrated. We found out that he hasn't prayed about the BOM or Joseph Smith, he just thought it felt good. He is reading the BOM (in Mosiah) but doesn't make church a priority. We told him if he made Church a priority God would take care of the rest. Well right then he prayed and asked God if this is where he needed to be. As soon as he closed his prayer he said, "God is putting this into my heart. Get me a ride and I will go." SO COOL! He wants to take us a magic game.
We saw Allison, briefly. She was going through a lot. She is headed off to Vegas for her job interview. We were able to visit with her for awhile.
We are making lots of contacts. Our street contacting is going well. I am gaining more confidence and boldly testifying.

 The member work is going so great! We aren't getting tons of referrals but people are starting to be more open. The members are trying to invite friends and family over that aren't members. One of the Youth even introduce their friend they brought to church yesterday. We need to be better at following up and REALLY encouraging and praying harder for the members.

I went to College Park this weekend on exchanges. Its the YSA/college area. Oh my. Half naked college students! But it was cool. I forgot how easy it is to talk to people my own age! I was with with Sister Kaaa (again) and it was so fun! She is a great missionary and I hope I can serve with her one day!

The coolest thing happened this week! Well one! SO we had Stake Conference. President Holladay (Stake Pres) announced that while Elder Neil L. Andersen (apostle) was here in October he went around and asked high up people if they needed help with anything. Well with some following up, the Saints of Florida will be able to examples among the believers. One cool thing is happening RIGHT HERE IN THE LAKE MARY AREA! The Florida Orlando Stake along with 6 other congregations (Christian, Jews, Islam) are coming together to donate time, talent, money, and such for a home for a family. Thats right Habit for Humanity. Its called a Harmony House. We went to the groundbreaking yesterday. Every leader gave a prayer. President Holladay gave a Melchizedek Priesthood blessing. It brought tears into my eyes! The spirit was so strong. I am excited to help out and meet people of different faiths. The Church normally doesnt do anything like this but when an apostle says to, we do.

I am so grateful to be serving! I am constanlty being blessed and I see that my friends and family are. Thank you for all your prayers and letters of encouragenment. You have no idea what it means to me! I love you all dearly.

love always. Sister Ploth.

I forgot my chip thing, so pictures next week!!

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"Do black people go to your church??"

Hello Everyone!

First off, check out the mission blog---- http://floridaorlandomission2010.blogspot.com/--- thats right! Sister Durr and I are on the front page! Sister Hall took that after a District Meeting a few weeks ago. Our Ward members were excited to tell us. (:

Second off, the subject line...hahaha favorite question I hear!! We teach a lot of black people, a lot.

WOW! This week there were MIRACLES! At district meeting Elder Jensen asked us about our miracles and I thought "What does he mean by miracle? I haven't fallen off my bike yet and I still haven't gained weight. Those are miracles to me" Well the Lord showed us miracles this week. Starting that day! We met the Riley family, less active, part member. The boys were so excited to have us over and they were super reverent. The 12 yr old even told us the first lesson in his own words and out of order but still is was amazing! We, or the spirit, taught a man how to pray. It was so powerful! After he was done he had to ask us if he prayed because he couldn't remember. He is way cool. We are going to go back to teach his family. His wife was hesitant but on Sunday we stopped by and answered questions she had. She felt so much better and opened up about wanting to quit smoking and come to church. It was way cool. On Thursday EVERY LESSON went through. Oh man that was way cool. We didn't realize it until we sat down that night. We even had some awesome street contacts. I am working on being a testifying missionary. The pass along cards make a great visual! We met with Yancy, we aren't sure if he will be ready by next Sunday. He didn't come to church and he seems to not understand the importance of the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 19:2-7). Saturday we went on a Temple Tour with Carmen and Juan. They loved it. And when they came to church Juan warmed up in the last 2 hours. Carmen has a baptismal date of Feb 5th now. woot!  We are way excited.

A member told us about fairlds.org. It is a website done by doctors and scientists that defends the church! Check it out and let me know what you think!

We were so busy this week that we ate our lunches on our bikes! haha. So funny but it is awesome! I love being a missionary and doing that! It feels awesome to be working hard and not rememebring the days. I have finally caught up on my journal! Pray that I wont get behind.

We have kind of picked up Jerry Barnes again! Slowly but surely.

hmmm...that is it for the week! I heard that NY GIANTS are going to the Superbowl!! yay! Shout loud for me!!

Well I love you all!!!

have a great week!!

love always,
Sister ploth
pic 1: eating lunch on my bike
pic 2: temple tour with Carmen and Juan
(P.s. My blog SHOULD be getting the emails now! So you can let people know about it!)



      

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