(Aldste Cummings)
Hello all!
This week we've been keeping ourselves busy, as always, with
working hard. Because the congregation in Skövde is not very large, the few
members we do have live rather far away, and we don't have a car to use and
have to rely on the public transportation system, we don't have a whole lot of
interaction with the members during the week and are mostly left to ourselves.
Which means we spend a lot of time doing what lies at the heart of missionary
work in Sweden--finding new people to teach.
It's actually quite a fun time when you get over the initial
anxiety that comes when you're a new missionary. By this point, I've had a good
amount of experience with it--Friday marked my six month mark as a
missionary--and it's pretty enjoyable. It's fun to not only practice the
language with random people from all over the country and world even, but it's
also interesting to listen to people and hear their stories and opinions on
faith and other related topics.
Anyway, on a slightly tangential note, we were knocking doors
for a couple hours last night and in Sweden they refuse to salt the sidewalks
or roads when it snows--apparently it's harmful to the grass or something--so
they just throw little pebbles on the snow to give you "grip" when
you walk. (I personally think it's kind of silly because when the snow gets
packed down the rocks get packed down into it so they end up accomplishing
nothing but then when it snows again they add more rocks on top and it's a
vicious cycle until the snow melts and there are literally millions of pebbles
on the sidewalk that you have to walk on). Anyway, we were knocking doors and
all there was to walk on was cold snow and with dress shoes with relatively
thin soles. Our toes got pretty darn cold let me tell you that.
On a more serious note, I've been reading the Old Testament
recently and I just finished Isaiah which was an incredible read. I loved how
thoroughly messianic but even more strikingly Christian Isaiah's prophecies
are. He testifies so clearly of the Messiah's role in our salvation by His
atoning sacrifice. His prophecies are a testimony to us of the fact that every
prophet who ever lived prophesied not only of the Messiah, but Jesus of
Nazareth as the Messiah. I know that Jesus is the Christ and I am eternally
thankful for everything he has done--and will do--for me.
Love,
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