Tjena!
This week was really fun. All of the lessons we had
scheduled this week all had to cancel and reschedule so we spent basically the
whole week talking to people on the street or proselyting door to door. We
found a lot of people who would like to meet with us so that's great!
Last Monday we were just walking back to the church building
to do something when someone called for us to stop. We turned around to see a
girl we had contacted about 8 weeks ago chasing us down. When we first talked
to her, she said she wasn't interested, but then she kept seeing us around town
and saw us meeting with someone at the library and her desire to meet with us
and learn about our message continued to grow until she was willing to
literally chase us down to stop and talk to us. We're meeting her today. No
effort is ever wasted when you're doing the Lord's work.
Another fun thing that happened this week, we switched
companions for the day and I was paired up with Elder Fronk, a missionary who's
been our for just over a week now. It was super fun. We just spent the day
walking around the streets of Jönköping talking with people. Because he's so
new, I had to do all the talking. My Swedish improved by leaps and bounds just
because of those couple of hours. Super good time.
The scripture I chose this week is a pretty simple one with
profound meaning. No one receives everything all at once. This life is intended
to be a learning experience for us. We learn by doing and by making mistakes.
The things we learn from our actions and experiences enable us to have more
experience that add knowledge on top of what we have. Whether it be our faith,
our understanding of the gospel, or even learning a new skill, we have to be
patient and willing to work for it. You can't put a roof on top of house if the
house isn't built yet. Everything has to be built little by little from the
foundation up.
Love,
Äldste Cummings
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