Saying good bye to my mission by visiting Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty - December 7, 2015

I am going to miss my mission so much!!

What a fun day!!

Lady Liberty!!

Manhattan in the background

On the ferry to Ellis Island

This is Cecilia, Elder Plummer's mom. Our family has also been on a mission these last two years and they have been wonderful with its up and downs, but very worth it.
This blog is becoming a book tomorrow and it is our hope that it will be a great testimony builder and inspiration to whoever reads it, especially our Plummer posterity.

What a great way to say good-bye to your mission by visiting the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan Temple! I get to see my boy in 7 days from today.

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A Wonderful Thanksgiving Celebration, truly a feeling of gratitude - Visit to the Manhattan Temple- Turkey Bowl at Princeton- It came to pass that we lived in a manner of happiness!

Absolutely loved the Manhattan Temple 

My wonderful zone

Cruising NYC

Our nice study room in East Brunswick

Wonderful Thanksgiving with Carmen Ortiz

Elder Todd Christofferson grew up in East Brunswick and left on his mission from this ward

Turkeybowl at Princeton - Nov. 2015 

My wonderful Zone 6 - "And It came to pass that we lived in a manner of happiness"!

Hello family!
Thank you for sending the Thanksgiving pictures! I miss the
thanksgiving dinners in our basements! Always remembered how fun the
dinners were. Today I just sent home two boxes full of books and and
some other stuff I want to save. It should arrive at the house this
Friday!
I have a lot of mixed emotions. I am excited to come home but I
really going to miss the mission.
We had thanksgiving at the Bishops parents house, the Allongos. It
was sooooo good and we invited our investigators Angel and Edith to
join us for Thanksgiving and they came! Bishop also invited some of
his non member friends and at the end of dinner we shared the
restoration. We felt that the spirit was there. Bishops friends had a
lot of questions. We felt that he wanted to bible bash but was
respectful about it. After Angel told us that his family really
needed this dinner as they were struggling financially.
The next day we had a powerful gospel of Jesus Christ lesson with
Angel and Edith. They told us after that kneeling prayer we had with
them last time, they felt at peace. At the end of the lesson they asked
what they need to do to get baptized! They didn't want to set a date
yet but they are working towards it. We ended with a family kneeling
prayer. Super cool. I feel I was sent for them.

I love you so much!!
Elder Plummer

My last transfer is to the city of East Brunswick with Elder Cook

My old trainee, Elder Johnson

My new comp, Elder Cook

Goooood morning dear dad, mom, Tanner and Mckay!!
Mom and dad you look great in that temple photo! I am now in East Brunswick with Elder Cook! We served in the same Ward in Union city so I know him pretty well. He is from Seattle Washington. He is 26 years old and has been out for a year and almost a half. He is supper funny! This is my first time in a four man with two other English speaking elders. It is super crazy. It is crazy I am still a zone leader! Haha, this will be my fifth transfer. It has been good. Elder Cook and I have been doubled into the area which means we are both new to the area.
So we tried this investigator yesterday name Francis. He gladly let us in and we had a good restoration lesson with his wife. Patricia the wife, understood it very well. Elder Cook is very good at teaching very simply. We ended with a kneeling prayer and after we asked them how they felt. They said they felt peaceful and calm. We assigned them a chapter to read and said they will read it as a couple! We were so excited!
Last night we met with a less active named Alex. He expressed how he would like to go back to church. We got to know him and his interests and promised him that the blessing that he wants can be his. He then said he is going to talk to his boss tomorrow to get Sundays off. I felt that we really conveyed our love to him.
Also when is the latest I can turn in my MTC applicant video? I love you all dearly! Thank you for your support and love! I pray for you all!

Love, Elder Plummer

My last transfer, I am going to miss Union City and all the miracles we've been experiencing!! November 9, 2015

Celebrating birthdays!

Saying good-bye to our dear brother

Teaching my cousins in Lima, Peru!

Family!
Well, I am getting transferred from Union city! This last week we
worked very hard. We had some cool miracles. First miracle was we
were contacting last Friday night and we contacted a family that were
super receptive and nice. They invited us on the spot to go have some
refreshments at their house! They told us that they just moved here to
UC and that missionaries visited them before for a couple years! They
both wanted to be baptized, but they were not married at the time. They
actually just got married a couple months ago. Gregorio is from Mexico
and Jessica is from Venazuela. We shared the restoration and after we
testified, they said they knew this is the true church! They said they
want to have their lives in order before they are baptized! Amazing
miracle!
We also contacted into this young girl named Eva from the Dominican Republic.
 She was very attentive to our lesson. Two days later we showed the
restoration video to her. It really touched her. She seemed very
motivated after to read the BOM!
We had a great lesson with Juan Antonio in Peru about the intro of the BOM
and the word of wisdom. He is funny. He says he would like the
missionaries to come by and visit! We also got to talk with Giuliana,
Adriano and Natalie! It was really fun!
Elliott is doing better with smoking. One thing we are doing is
reading the BOM with him everyday through FaceTime. It is
the first thing he does when he wakes up! Super cool.
We had a good gospel of Jesus Christ lesson with Natalie Valdez. She
is still praying about being baptized. We have been setting the right vision,
goals, plans and accountability with all our less actives. I am going
to miss a lot people and Union city so much.
Love you all dearly! Thank you for your prayers and support!

Elder Plummer

What a great week we had, I love this work!!! November 2, 2015

The city that never sleeps

P-Day

Fall is here

Hey family!
We had a busy week. Monday we played a lot of soccer with the zone
and then went to the noche de Hogar and the ward had a debate about if
we should celebrate Halloween. It was pretty funny. Ended up that we
should celebrate for the kids. Haha

Tuesday we had district meeting in Newark and after we had a fireside
with Danny Humphrey who wrote the Riccardi letter. It was super
spiritual as he expounded on the letter and how he and his comp would
wake up at 4:30am to do role plays. He said he hated it but how it
really helped him. He said his trainer Elder Riccardi after he got
home volunteered to keep an area open for 2 months as the ward mission
leader and even postponed his wedding day! That night we taught Isabel
the importance of reading. As we were teaching her we both felt a
strong impression to drop her. We were very bold with that she needed
to read but we didn't drop her. We are planning to drop her this week.

Wednesday we were in a trio with Elder Wagner while his comp went
to the temple. We had 5 solid lessons, one lesson that stood out is
the one with Denise Lopez. She really is not progressing but has been
inactive of 12 years. We decided to let elder Wagner share something
with little notice. He shared a great video about the guy that served
a mission but then left the church because he stopped doing the little
things. He came back and talked about the joy he feels within the gospel.
She said she needed to hear that. It really boosted Elder Wagners
confidence as a new missionary.

Thursday we visited some less actives and set some goals for them coming
back to church and introducing friends to the gospel. We ended the
night with the Aragons. They are the coolest family! I love them.
Hermano Aragon used to be less active and would drink a lot but he was
activated recently and is now the Elders quorum president. His wife is
the stake primary president. They love having us over for dinner.
They give us haircuts and whatever like we were their kids. They have
given us good referrals.
Friday we had Mission leader council with president. We talked about
the needs and improvements of the mission. Our focus this month is
living worthy of the spirit. We then filmed ourselves teaching the
intro to the BOM. And then evaluated on what we could do better. We
then went to a less actives house to use facebook to communicate with
Juan Antonio. Because of Halloween we went home by 6pm and we talked
with Juan Antonio for 15 min because he called late. He wants me to
come to Peru in two months haha. We talked a little bit about prayer.
This actually happened on Saturday. Sunday we set up to talk at
8:30pm but he didn't answer. We will set something for next week. I
am going to keep on staying focused. Anyways, I love you all dearly!
Excited to see you all soon!

Love, Elder Plummer

I love being a messenger of good news (the gospel) October 26, 2015

Learning how to cook breakfast

My new companion, Elder Bennett (the Union City gang)

Hi family!

     Mom, thank you so much for the packet!  I really appreciate it.

The bars and beef jerky was just what I needed, thank you! The festival

looked so fun at the conference center! Send my love to abuelito and

abuelita! This last week we focused on finding new investigators so we

contacted a lot of people.  We found this very prepared lady from the

Dominican Republic.  She has been reading in the BOM and said she is

interested and said when she is committed to something, she is

committed. Tender mercy of the Lord that we found her.

    We also found some former investigators from less active families.

They seem they have some interested.  We found this Peruvian

couple named William.  He lightened up as he and I talked about Peru,

it was fun.  We had a good restoration lesson. We taught simply and

they interacted.  As a mission, we have been trying to focus on being

good teachers and teaching simply.  My comp and I gave a training in

zone conference with a couple of zones about unity.  I was nervous but

it went well.  President gave a powerful training on how he got his

testimony on his mission.  He talked about how people were surprised

that he went on a mission and didn't believe him until he got on the

plane.  It was probably the best training he has ever given. He was

personal and it was powerful.

   My Canadian comp is super cool.  He speaks Spanish very well.

Well, the zone is doing well too.  We are working on getting people on

baptismal date and making sure we teach the importance of the Book of

Mormon.  We have been doing the 90 day challenge in the BOM and has

changed my perceptive and increased my conviction to the gospel.

Everyday I am making it the best I can, and I am giving everything I got.

   I love you all dearly!

Elder Plummer

Latin America all unified in one cultural hall!!!

Beautiful October morning overlooking NYC

Semana de la hispanidad

So fun, trying different foods!

Of course, Inca Kola, sabor nacional

A combined dish from different Latin American countries

Hola mamá! Qué tal?
Yo tuve una buena semana! No puedo creer que Mckay mide 6'2"! Estoy comiendo bien. Estoy tratando de hacer una dieta, voy a eliminar todas los carbohidratos y solo comer proteína, frutas y vegetales. También estoy levantado pesas cada mañana y me ayuda bastante par bajar de peso.
Tengo un nuevo compañero y se llama Elder Bennett de Alberta, Canadá! Mi otro compañero se fue porque chocó el van. Y nosotros dos no podemos manejar. Es por eso que mandaron a Elder Bennett aquí. Él es bien amigable y bien trabajador.
Well, we had a good week. It was weird getting a new companion in the middle of the transfer but just because my last comp wrecked the van, they had to switch him. Like I said, Elder Bennett is a funny guy. He is a hard worker. Excited for this transfer! We saw Isabel last night. She has been ready for a while now. She does want to get baptized but does not know when. Keep praying for her. Honnesimo is doing well. He has not been reading but he recommitted that he is going to take our visits more seriously. We saw him more committed than ever before so we will see next week. We are excited for him. We have been working a lot with less actives but we are going to try to get the ward more involved in the reactivation of less actives. So we can focus on investigators.
We had a cool miracle. We were contacting and this guy comes up to us and says he just was praying for help and he felt we were his answer. He was originally born in Ecuador but grew up in Germany and was taught by the elders over there. We invited him to church and he came! It was the primary program, so I don't know how excited he was to be there but he said he felt good throughout the meeting. We set something to see him this week. Super cool. The Lord is blessing us. I love you so much, mom! Thank you for all you do for me!
Tu hijo -  Elder Plummer.

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