I am turning into an old fogey. This week I hit my halfway
mark… It is really funny how mission life is really similar to real life. You
have a birth, your teenage years, your mid-life crisis, and… well lets not talk
about that last one.
I can tell you that I hit a moment where I looked back on my
entire "life" and I found I had grown a testimony. This testimony
being that God puts us in the exact situations that we need to grow. He puts in
our paths large blocks that seem to be impassable but as we climb them we grow
stronger. For example, as my family and close friends can attest to, I very
very strongly dislike driving. To the point where every morning to go to
seminary my brother would drive. And not only driving in general but driving in
snow! Oh the horror! But god has helped me a lot in this aspect. Ironically my
first area my lovely Mexican companion had not gotten her drivers license. My
second area was originally a car free area but once my lovely Tahitian
companion sprained her ankle we were given a car. And now being a senior
companion it is I who drives the car. Mind you this is all in CANADA. With all
of its ICE and SNOW. It is almost as if God said, "get over yourself
Sister Cummings and drive." But hey look at me now! I no longer have a
fear of driving on ice and snow, granted the snow tires help.
Speaking of weather, the sun and warmth has melted so much!
Now we only have a foot and a half of snow! *fist pump* However it is currently
snowing right now so…not sure how long that will last…
I just wanted to give a quick message regarding General
Conference and Easter. We are approaching one of the my most treasured
weekends. A priority that I did not realize until I came on my mission. I have
grown up watching General Conference and occasionally I would hear something
that would touch me but generally I would just colour and draw during all of
the sessions. However being a missionary, particularly a missionary teaching in
a second language, we must teach the simple truths in order for our
investigators to understand. And as I taught I started to understand these
truths about General Conference. That we are privileged to hear the words of
the only presiding Prophet on the Earth who speaks to us about a God who loves
us and how to accomplish his plan to return and live with him.
Not only do we get to listen to inspired men and women but
it is all during Easter! I cannot imagine a better way to celebrate the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. The prophet has seen fit to initiate a program
involving the video "Because He Lives." Which can be accessed through
the church website at lds.org. It is one of the most beautiful videos I have
seen as of yet and I encourage you to watch it if you have not had the chance
to and to share it with your friends. In this time of Easter we missionaries
see the most miracles as members reach out to their friends to share the
message that because God lives death has no sting. That we may all live with
our families for forever even after this life. As missionaries we have been
going around and doing Easter Caroling, and this is one of the choruses of one
of the songs that we sing, Sorry it is in French.
Il vit, et parce qu'il vit
La mort n'aura plus de victoire
Grace a lui
Nous pouvons prendre
un nouveau départ.
The message of this song is exactly as the chorus says. He
lives and because he lives the grave has no victory, thanks to him we can have
a new beginning.
Help your friends and your families to discover this
beginning. This Joy. In the knowledge that God has died and lives for us to be
able to live with our families together forever. Invite them to watch the
video. To watch General Conference. And even better meet with the missionaries.
I love you all and thank you for the love and prayers you
have sent to me and other missionaries.
Soeur Cummings
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