(Elder Cummings)
This has been a busy, busy week. We spent a big part of
preparation day switching Atwater 1 and 2's apartments and had our zone meeting
on Monday, Exchanges with the assistants were on Tuesday (I got to go proselyte
in the mountains again), we trained at trainer/trainee and DLC (district leader
council) on Wednesday, our quarterly temple trip was on Thursday, and yesterday
we spoke in church and had a baptism. It all blurs together. It has been a
memorable week for sure.
The baptism was for Aly Sanchez! We were not expecting this to happen until
next month, but things fell in place and last night we had a beautiful
service. She is the first person to be
baptized in the newly organized McKee ward!
At some future day she will be the answer to a trivia question. Take note of it now.
Next weekend we will be baptizing four, hopefully five,
primary children that we have been teaching. Two, hopefully three, of the will
be convert baptisms. That will bring the McKee ward to 6, hopefully 7, convert
baptisms for the year. Our new bishop, Bishop Castleton is very happy with this
and he is fully behind the work of salvation. He is taking handbook 2 to be his
guide in that he is striving to "give priority to member missionary
work" (5.1.1). We are looking forward to working with him and are happy
for the missionaries who will be working with him in the future. It will be a
great experience.
Foua is still doing well. She is making plans to be better
at budgeting and getting a second job so that she is not financially dependent
on her dad and can get baptized without serious financial repercussions. The
process is slower moving now, but this is good! She is moving towards
self-sufficiency. That is a huge change from where she was when I first met
her. The gospel is changing her life! Whenever we see her she brings up times
she has felt the Spirit. She has seen an
almost night and day contrast with her children and her home as she has been
studying the gospel and bringing her family to church. At the moment she is not reading in the Book
of Mormon daily, favoring the four gospels. The fruits of the Spirit are
noticeable in her studies. I trust that she is building real conversion and we
are encouraging her to continue studying the life of Christ!
It has been a great week.
With love,
Elder Cummings
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