(Elder Cummings)
Another week has flown by, capped off with General
Conference. It was wonderful to hear the
words of living prophets teaching us God's word as it applies today. Between sessions Elder Ostler and I were
driving around Fresno confirming less-active addresses. Overall an incredibly productive weekend for
teaching and for hearing the good word of God.
The area is still burning hot. We have six with a baptismal date for April,
and we are hoping to set three for May tonight.
Despite all of the "success" that Elder Ostler and I are
having, every day is still stretches us to do more and be more, and every
nightly planning we plead with the Lord to show us how to use His time the next
day. No matter how hard we work there is
still more we can do. The Lord makes up
the slack as we learn and grow.
Currently one of the people we are teaching is struggling with
the Word of Wisdom. As Elder Ostler and
I have been praying and studying for how to help them, the direction we have
been getting has been very real. This is
a prime opportunity to clearly teach the principle of repentance, and that is
what the Lord would have us do.
This week we had an exchange with the assistants. At a recent specialized training, Elder
Ostler asked them if they could go on one with us so that we can improve our
finding in our area. We do pretty well
finding together, but we are setting goals to become better in that area. The exchange was a huge help. I went into the assistants area, Shepard and
Dry Creek wards, for a fun evening of talking with every person we saw! I love opening my mouth to strangers who are
no stranger to God. The message of the
restored gospel is universal.
We had an amazing lesson with a recent convert last night
about the power of the priesthood. He is
making baby steps towards increased activity and more lasting conversion
week-by-week. It is so eyeopening to see
just how many questions he has had since his baptism that have gone
unasked. We are working with him to get
his own family-file names and take them to the temple. The temple is a source of lasting conversion.
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday! Thank you for the prayers and emails that you
send my way!
With love,
Elder Cummings
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