Update

There are so so so many things that I can talk about that I am having trouble just picking one! Seriously though! There has been so much that has happened this week. A woman we have been teaching actually remembered what we had talked about the lesson before! A member was able to join us at last minute to teach one of the most beautiful and non-awkward lessons of the law of Chastity. We had a visit from Elder Kacher (I think that is how you spell his name) but he is in the presidency of the seventy and he visited Montreal!! He didn't have the time to speak to the missionaries but we were able to still hear him during a meeting he held for less actives, recent converts and investigators. Gah! So much has happened!! And that is only a small percentage! We are seeing so many miracles here!

But I am going to talk about one that seemed to be the main miracle.

As missionaries we plan everyday to try to achieve certain goals which are called "key indicators." Which are goals focused on teaching investigators and less active members. So as usual we had planned an entire day full of lessons, it was foreseen to be one of our most productive days so far. We started the day with singing at a nursing home, a practice that we do every week. It was as usual full of funny quebecois songs and awkward moments where a drinking song comes in and all the missionaries try to look like they are suddenly busy. Anyways we had finished with that and were on our way home to eat lunch. On the way we received a phone call from a woman. She said that her mother was dying and that she was within her last twenty-four hours. She asked if we would be able to come over and sing hymns and say a prayer with her, to help her mother feel as comfortable as she could. We asked if she would like the elders to come over and give her a blessing. She said that would be wonderful. We were not able to catch her name but she gave us an address and a time to come. So we went. We called up the Elders and they were completely by chance free at that exact time. We get to the apartment to find that it is one of our neighbors whom we had talked to only a handful of times. We gladly sing a handful of hymns and say a prayer. Then the Elders gave her a blessing. It was so beautiful. Full of comfort. You could see in the dying woman almost as if a weight was lifted off of her, the same as in her family. The spirit was so strong and by the time the Elders lifted their hands off the suffering woman she was peacefully sleeping with a smile on her face. The family was so grateful for the small time we were able to give them.

After this touching moment with this family we went home and Sister Blanc made some killer soup for "linner." But she made so much that we had no room for it in our fridge. So with the excess we were able to package four rather large tuber wares of delicious soup. Just as we were wondering who to give these to we got a call from one of the people we were planning on seeing saying that she was sick. Followed by another call from another investigator saying that she was sick. And then another. And finally a fourth. Literally all within fifteen minutes. It felt like our uber successful day was going down the drain! But then we realized, four sick people, four bowls of soup. Hmm. Needless to say it didn't take long, so we jumped into the car and went to deliver the soup. In two of the houses we were able to do some small services like doing the dishes or taking down the trash. Which we were more than happy to do. Finally we went to drop off the last soup to a woman who lived alone. We were able to do her dishes and share a scripture. She said that it was the most beautiful thing she had heard and that she was willing to go to church. On the way out she asked us if we could get a tub of butter that was in her car. So we went down to go look for her car which she described as a red Hyundai. We exit the building to find that there are THREE red hyundai's! And none of the keys work form them! So in avoidance of an awkward moment. We said a quick prayer and then Sister Blanc had an idea to go and look just behind a dumpster. Don't ask me why anyone would put a parking spot behind a dumpster but the car was there and we were able to get the butter for her. Once we had gotten home we stopped to think about our day. At first we were really sad because we had not reached really any of our goals. Out of six lessons we had planned we had only taught one and half. But then we stopped and really thought about it. We had spent absolutely every moment of our day in the service of others.

Sometimes in life we plan for certain things to happen. We plan to accomplish certain goals by doing certain things. But I can tell you what I learned that day was that it does not matter what we plan for because there was already a plan placed just for us at the beginning of time. And we said that we wanted to follow it. So God helps us. Sometimes the things we plan for that we think are right are not what we really need to do. God helps us by putting us in the situations that we need to be in. I am so grateful to be here as a missionary serving the lord with all the heart that I can give. I am so grateful for this gospel and these truths that we are privileged to share with the world. I love you all and am so grateful for the prayers that you send my way and to other missionaries. Thank you so much.

I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Sister Cummings