Staying in Mascouche

This is a forewarning. Often when I am writing an email I write the most serious moment of my letter first and then start from the beginning. And here is the warning, the ending of this letter is a little intense. But to begin I'll explain this lovely picture that I have attached, feast your eyes on this photographic beauty I title "Terrebonne Sisters cleaning the car." This literally just happened minutes ago and am still laughing =D Transfers were this week and as I believe I mentioned, I'm staying in Mascouche. However the ever so lovely Sister Leano became a Mama! Any non-missionary probably wouldn't get that reference, when a missionary trains a greenie its there child. So my mother is Sister Munive, My grandmother is Sister Godfrey, and my great grandmother and great great grandmother have died (which is to say that they went home.) So Sister Leano became the proud Mama of Sister Willis who is from Hawaii and never ceases to make us crack up. I am LOVING living in an apartment with another companionship. I've learned to make tortillas this week and also how to make a Book of Mormon into a steering wheel using paper and cardboard (sadly I just realized I never got a picture of it...) eh C'est la Vie, it made some wonderful girl really happy.

This week Sister Munive and I learned about the importance of planning. Every morning as a missionary we have a companionship study time, well almost every morning, sometimes we have someone scheduled at that time. Either way for some reason we had not had our full time to plan for the lessons of our dear dear investigator Luna but we showed up with a rough idea that we wanted to teach repentance. We parked the car and go and knocked on her door, no answer, then called her phone, with no avail... knowingly we turned to each other. Sister Munive said the exact words that I was thinking "We need to plan." So we head back to the car said a prayer and then started searching for the scriptures that would be best to share in order for Luna to understand the principle of repentance. Sister Munive had just found the perfect scripture and was halfway through reading it when Lona called. Hmm coincidence, I think not! We went in ready to teach the amazing lesson we had just planned only to realize that we needed to teach a different lesson, one of prayers and answers. Afterwards we came out of the lesson feeling happy how the lesson went and also in a way a little chastised. Sister Munive put it perfectly "Sister we have been praying that Luna may be protected as she continues towards baptism. God was protecting her from our unpreparedness." The moment we had the lesson planned then he opened the door for us to see her. At the same time we learned that no matter the circumstances we need to plan and if we plan for one lesson he may guide us into teaching a lesson that the investigator needs. So this week I have learned my lesson and I'm sure Sister Munive has as well.

Thank you all that have prayed for Luna. She is progressing very very well! We have had the opportunity to see her five times this past week! Which is crazy to even have the time to focus on just her as a missionary, or more accurately its a miracle we have been able to see her so often. She has even given us a referral to her friend living in New York City, who gladly thanked us via phone in one of our first visits "thank you for teaching my future wife about Jesus Christ." So Sister Munive and I may or may not be "shipping" them, and may or may not be making plans to get them married in the temple, but thats a minor detail. Luna is feeling the Love of Christ and is continuing onward to her baptismal date.

And this is where things get a little more intense.

As always miracles have happened this week. As a missionary it seems to be a lot easier to see these miracles, no matter how small. Everything from finding a new investigator or finding a lost sock seems to happen at least every week, if not daily. I am truly loving it here. I am truly loving being a missionary. Until this moment I didn't really seem to know why I am serving a mission. I just knew that I needed to and had no other reason beside that. Now I know. I was reading my notes from a beautiful talk given at the MTC on the 4th of July, I've began to just write what my thoughts are in my notes and when reading them something stood out that I had written. And when I read it I had no recollection of writing it, but this is what it said,

"One day I will be someone's hero, I will help lift them up out of the dark mist of sorrows and through the grace of the Almighty God, bring them to the Everlasting Gospel."

When I read that everything clicked. I am realizing how much of a blessing it is to work, no matter how oxymoronic that phrase may be, everyday I have the authority to spread the gospel abroad and to brighten peoples days. I have the power to share the gospel and to promise as a representative of Christ numerous blessings. This is my Testimony. My true and honest testimony. That no matter the trial, no matter the sin, and no matter the action, there is always a Father in heaven willing and waiting to help, all you must do is pray. Pray with a sincere heart, and I promise that God will respond. This I do in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sincerely,

Sister Cummings