Hej på er!
This week went by so quickly. We had so much to do with
teaching lessons and going on splits and the like. Our area includes the whole
county of Skaraborg so we often have to travel a lot to meet people. It's super
fun though, and it's teaching me how to use public transportation which is a
great thing to learn for the future.
Transfer calls came yesterday! I will be staying in Skövde
which I'm extremely excited about. I love this area and I'm glad I get to stay
and help along the people I've met here come closer to Christ. Sadly, Elder
Martineau is leaving. He was a great trainer, I learned a ton from him.
However, he's going to Gubbängen to be a zone leader in the Stockholm zone.
He's going to do a great job!
This week, I've been thinking a lot about learning and
progression in this life. As missionaries, we teach people about the gospel and
invite them to make the necessary changes in their life to accept it and
receive it's blessings. It's a big commitment and a big change and it often
takes a little time.
Something Elder Martineau says when teaching people about
God's plan for us is: "Evangeliet är till inte så att vi kan ha ett bättre
liv efter döden, utan att vi kan bli en bättre person imorgon."
Translation: "The gospel isn't so that we can have a better life after
death but rather that we can be a better person tomorrow." And that daily
self-improvement continues forever throughout eternity.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us that we can change by
making those little steps, we can "put off the natural man and become a
saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord"(Mosiah 3:19). Change is
always a process and everyone always has things they can do to improve
themselves. That's why we have the gospel. To teach us that through Jesus
Christ and his atonement, we can make little changes in our life to be a better
person tomorrow than we are today.
Love,
Äldste Cummings
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