We got transfer calls last night and Elder Bagley and I will be staying together for at least six more weeks! Our area has so much power in it! The branch is cozy now in the summers with only around twenty making it out to sacrament meeting each week. All of the members love the missionaries, and are very happy to help us in any way they can. I absolutely love it here! I can consistently find ways to grow and improve myself as a disciple of Christ. Elder Bagley and I have started studying paj lug, literally translated to "flower words." Paj lug are poetic couplet phrases and speech patterns that show the highest respect that can be given in Hmong culture. Elder Bagley and I have been implementing them into our prayers. It has been a wonderful experience to learn better how to address my Heavenly Father in love, in Hmong.
With over half of the branch out of town for the fourth of July, this week could have been a slower one in teaching, but we have powered through it. We have been led by the Spirit to neighborhoods, and then to streets, and then to doors that have been ready to receive the message we share. The Lord is so merciful to us. He speaks to us "according to [our] language , unto [our] understanding" (2 Nephi 31:3). He wants to be understood! He wants to teach us!
With over half of the branch out of town for the fourth of July, this week could have been a slower one in teaching, but we have powered through it. We have been led by the Spirit to neighborhoods, and then to streets, and then to doors that have been ready to receive the message we share. The Lord is so merciful to us. He speaks to us "according to [our] language , unto [our] understanding" (2 Nephi 31:3). He wants to be understood! He wants to teach us!
One of the people we have been teaching is preparing for baptism later this month. Years ago he overcame cigarette addiction, and more recently he has conquered alcohol. As we were visiting him this last week we began to talk about repentance. As we discussed he was taught new truths by the Holy Ghost and became aware of additional steps he must take to be completely free from these past transgressions. He had to pray for forgiveness! The Spirit taught him as we talked. God spoke to him through the still, small, voice.
I have felt that teaching influence all through my life. It is an incredible blessing. He will teach you all if you listen for it. He will teach you as you attend church, as you pray, and as you study His holy words. He will teach you in a way that you can understand!
I pray that you will all have a wonderful Fourth of July! I love living in a nation where men and women are free to act and believe. It is truly a blessing from God.
With love,
Elder A. Jared Cummings
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