Golly the time keeps going faster and faster! My beautiful
cousin Brittany *cough* I mean Sister Slade was completely right! I heard this
phrase often in the mission but I'm not sure if its a quote from something but
its "The days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days." I don't
think you could get more accurate.
This past week the ward here hosted a blood drive. I have
been struggling with allergies and so when I was asked if I am feeling healthy
I had to say no. Therefore failing the first question and not being able to
give blood. But it is my promise that once I return from my mission I will give
blood. (Hear that Mom and Dad? I'm getting over my fear of needles! Your little
girl is growing up!) It was especially amazing to see my wonderful companion,
Sister Munive, give blood. She having an even greater fear of needles than I.
Through a lot of guilt-tripping she started to think "what if I gave
blood?" this escalated to the point of her getting her finger pricked. She
was so nervous and in my heart I said a prayer that she receive the courage to
donate the blood. When the time came she didn't even cry. I am so proud of my
missionary Mama! She is such an example to me through everything she does.
Here's a little funny moment. We were cleaning the car and
found a Classical music CD that had been left by sisters who had used the car
before us. Sister Munive and I, both realizing that we loved classical music,
popped it into the player and listened to it. We were on the road heading to
one of our appointments when the track switched and started playing the Wedding
march by Felix Mendelssohn. We stopped our conversation mid sentence, looked at
each other, and realizing we had the same image of a white dress, bursted into
laughter. It wasn't until we had driven two blocks that we stopped laughing.
As missionaries we teach many many lessons about the gospel
and about Jesus Christ. Each missionary has a different way of teaching, which
makes being in a companionship the best thing that can happen. We have an
investigator Maria-Claude who is Baptist and attends her church every week,
each week taking notes so that she may fully understand what her pastor is
talking about. Sister Munive and I realized that she didn't really understand
the importance of the book of Mormon. I had no idea how to really get through
to her, but thankfully my companion did. She drew out two circles, labeling
them as the Bible and the Book of Mormon. She then drew a picture of God on one
side of the paper. She explained that churches who believe only the bible have
trouble following all the true principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, She
named off a few major branches of churches in today's world, each time she drew
a line threw the circle labeled "Bible". Each time the line would miss
God, it would grow close to God but it would miss it. There was only one line
that was able to be drawn to God and that was through the Book of Mormon. When
you only have one nail in a piece of wood, that wood would be able to move
everywhere, it would not be able to stay in one spot. However when you add a
second nail the piece of wood cannot move. This is the same with the Book of
Mormon and Bible. Without one, the wood or the line moves making it difficult
to find Christ. But together they provide a straight and narrow path to God
that cannot be changed. When Sister Munive taught this the spirit was so
strong. We asked her what she was studying right now in her church. She replied
with Nehemiah 1 (warning my spelling may be off.) The next day for Companionship
study we discussed how we could relate this story to the Book of Mormon. After
saying a prayer we immeadiatly realized how similar Nehemiah was to Enos in the
Book of Mormon. We returned with a lesson to Maria-Claude relaying our findings
from our study. And yet again the spirit was so strong. To those unfamiliar
with Nehemiah 1 it is the story of a prophet grieving for his people through
prayer and asking questions. Enos went through a similar situation, in fact he
poses many of the same questions and demands as Nehemiah, however unlike
Nehemiah, Enos wrote down the responses of the Lord for us to read in this day.
This experienced increased my testimony in the truthfulness of these wonderful
scriptures who through divine power teach together all of God's word. I am so
glad I was able to experience that.
I love hearing from you! I don't get much time but know that
I read every email.
Je vous aime
Soeur Cummings
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