Tjena!
This week was great.
Looking back on it, I can't quite put my finger on too much
that we did that was noticeably different than what we usually do, but it was
still a great week. I guess just being a missionary and doing missionary work
is great.
We had the opportunity of going on companion exchanges with
our dear sweet elders in Växjö. I was able to spend the day with Elder Carter,
a good friend of mine that I learned to know and love in my Skövde days. What a
great man.
Elder Youngberg and I have been having tons of fun and
success as we work hard together to find people who have been prepared by the
Lord to accept our message. We have been blessed with so many small miracles
that all add up to make a big difference. Never discount God's tender mercies!
The scripture I chose this week comes from a couple
experiences we've had with an investigator Siv. She has and always has had a
strong faith in Christ and is perhaps the most open Swede I've ever met! She
just loves to love. Because of her honest desire to follow Christ, she has been
very receptive to truths that we teach her. She readily recognizes truth that
comes from God and how God speaks to her.
When we taught her that she had to stop her life-long habit
of smoking in order as a commandment of God, she accepted the truth but was
unsure of her capability of doing so. We comforted her and gave her a
priesthood blessing to help and sustain her. Immediately after the blessing she
wrote out a plan to stop after having received as she called it inspiration
from God while our hands were on her head.
Next, when we taught her that in order to become a member of
the Lord's church she would have to donate 10% of her income, she accepted the
truth of it but was understandably nervous concerning her finances. We said a
prayer, and after the prayer she said that the Holy Ghost had spoken to her
mind and said to her and she realized that if she stopped smoking, then she
would be able to afford to pay the tithing donations which brought great peace
to her soul.
I wish I could be more like Siv in my ability to listen and
heed the subtle promptings of the Holy Ghost. The Lord really does speak to us
in our minds and in our hearts. If we are willing and obedient, we can hear and
feel the thoughts and the feelings that don't come from us.
Have a great week!
Love,
Äldste Cummings
1. That's right. I live here. (pt 7)
2. Just a couple of grabbar celebrating Midsommar.
3. Jo, men, tjabba.
4. If anyone can tell me what kind of flower this is, that'd
be great.
5. Oh, sorry, didn't see you there.
6. That's right. I live here. (pt 8)
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