Moroni 6:5-6

(Aldste Cummings)

Tjena tjena!

This week was super fun, as always. Elder Dumas and I are having a grand ol' time here in Gothenburg. In Swedish the name of the city is "Göteborg" (yuh-te-bori) by the way. Men vi kör ju på engelska.

Hmmm...what did we do this week. I can't even remember.

We were out knocking doors and this man gave us some grapes off of his grape vine. He wasn't interested in our message but he seemed to think we were pretty cool so he said whenever we walk by we can take more grapes. Definitely the best grapes I've ever had. We also met a really nice lady who wants us to come back to teach her and her husband about our message. We offered her some grapes and she also thought they were pretty good.

On Friday, we had a little "Miracle on Rails." We were on our way to deliver some copies of the Book of Mormon to a religion class at the local university when we left our phone on the streetcar. We were kinda stressed out but we prayed for help and we knew somehow that we were going to get it back. So we went to deliver the books and then walked back to the institute center in the city only to see that all the streetcars were stopped on the tracks heading to and from our apartment. We quickly about half a kilometer to the jam and hopped on a streetcar that was on the same line as the one we lost the phone on, just headed in the opposite direction. Because of the jam, everyone had hopped off the streetcars. We asked the driver if anyone had left a phone on the car and he just pulled our phone out of his pocket and handed it to us! We don't know and probably never will know why they were all stopped that day, but what we do know is that losing a phone in Gothenburg and finding it again one hour later is nothing short of a miracle.

In our Gospel Principles class on Sunday, we were discussing obedience and sacrifice to the Lord. Someone mentioned how it might be hard for someone who has never gone to church to sacrifice their Sunday by coming to church and keeping the Sabbath day holy. Anders, one of the people we're teaching, piped in and said "You know, I've only been here three times, but I've never felt like it was a sacrifice to come here."

He understood the reason behind church attendance and why the Lord has commanded us to meet together as congregations in worship. As we come together in remembrance of Jesus Christ and show support for each other, we are spiritually uplifted and given strength to take on the coming week.

Have a great week!

Love,

Äldste Cummings

1. A member served us this beautiful taco pie. You guys might be surprised to hear that as a missionary in Sweden, tacos are by far the most common dish served at member dinners.

2. "Kidney stones." The bottle appears to be empty. Maybe @DavidCummings could make a contribution.

3. The streetcar we lost and found the phone on. Spårvagn of miracles.

4. These grapes got me feeling like-