(Elder Cummings)
Hello all! This week
has been full of amazing blessings and treasured experiences. It has all flown by so fast.
As of yesterday, it has now been a year since I graduated
high school. Where has the time
gone? I cannot believe it has been that
long already. This time last year I
still had no idea what Hmong really was, but my bags were getting packed ready
to go find out.
I still don't really know what Hmong is, but I learn more
every day. Just this last Saturday I was
trying to ask an older woman "what do you think about that?" but instead informed her that "you are
offended." After assuring us that
she wasn't offended by anything we had said I remembered an MTC instructor
saying something about how he had made the same mistake on his mission. Elder Bagley and I also volunteered to help a
member of our ward tear down some chicken coops in his backyard. The Hmong are a very resourceful people, and
it was an enjoyable experience to take apart the coups and guess what the wood
had come from. I made war with black
widows that night, and even got to hold my first rooster!
Sou will be getting baptized this Saturday! The Hmong branch here in Merced covers the
YSA aged Southeastern Asian population.
When we first met Sou he had no real comprehension of what Christianity
is, and now he has a burning testimony of Jesus Christ, of His gospel, and of
the restoration through Joseph Smith.
The change that has come into his life has been amazing to watch.
Elder Bagley and I have been so blessed to work together for
these last few weeks. We are having a
great time being back together. In the
car we are either speaking English, White Hmong, Green Hmong, or broken Spanish
together. It is a great time.
Elder Bagley's Spanish is much better than mine. Two weeks ago we checking up on less-active
members when we ran into a hispanic woman, Maria, who was getting ready to move. She had met missionaries in the past, and
told us that she knew that we were messengers from God. She was so grateful to have ran into
missionaries. Elder Bagley, who had been
leading the conversation, said a prayer for her and we gave her information
over to the Spanish elders. Yesterday
they told us that Maria will be getting baptized! That was a tender mercy, to know that we
played even a small part in helping her.
I hope you all told your dads that you loved them
yesterday. I wasn't able to due to
mission rules, so I am going to take the opportunity now. I love you Dad!
I hope you all are having a great summer!
With love,
Elder A. Jared Cummings
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