Hej på er!
This week has been really great! We've been working so hard
and not wasting any time. And this next week won't be any less busy. We are
going to be teaching a couple classes at a local high school on top of all the
people we need to visit and talk to. These weeks are just flying by. I can't
believe it's already time to write this email again.
We keep forgetting to take pictures so I'm sending two that
I took last week when we had our humble Thanksgiving dinner.
I'm running a little short on time so I won't be able to
write a whole lot. The verse that I've been thinking about this week came to
mind when we were teaching a lesson to a nice Swedish lady. She expressed a lot
of concern that the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, classist, and
selfish. It made me think of King Benjamin's sermon in Mosiah 4 where he
teaches us that we are all beggars before God. We rely on Him for everything.
How can we expect Him to forgive us of our own trespasses when we refuse to
forgive others theirs? How can we expect Him to bless us with His goodness when
we refuse to give of our own to others? When we truly realize that we all are
indebted to the Lord for everything we have enjoyed in this life, then we will
try our best to give of ourselves and bless the lives of others around us. True
understanding of our relationship to God will lead to true understanding of our
duty to our neighbor.
As we approach Christmas, I hope that you all find a way to
serve someone in need and show love to everyone regardless of who they are just
like the Lord loves us.
Love,
Äldste Cummings
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