Tjena tjena
I don't know if I've mentioned this, but I've lived in
Sweden for over a year now and have yet to patronize an Ikea establishment.
Huh.
This week was some good fun. On Tuesday was Zone Conference
which is always fun. We always have a handful of other elders staying at our
apartment the night before and it's a blast. The conference itself was really
quite incredible. We talked a lot about the Book of Mormon as well as how we
can improve how we talk to people. President is such an inspired man. He's
leading this mission to Zion.
On Wednesday, the sister missionaries in our area said they
had someone they were teaching that wanted us to come over with them to try on
facemasks. Elder Nelson and I thought that a good, moisturizing and soothing
facial while also discussing the Gospel of Jesus Christ would be quite a
pleasant experience. Good for both body and soul. So we came. We show up to find
that there was to be no facemask but rather we were going to try on Mary Kay's
line of men's facial care products. One thing led to another and we left the
apartment with foundation on our faces. We had no idea what it was, she just
told us to put it on. Despite how marvelous our skin looked, neither Elder
Nelson nor I felt personally comfortable with walking around with makeup on so
we quickly boogied over to the church and wiped it off in the bathroom.
As you all are well aware, Thursday was Thanksgiving! Just
about all Swedes were unfortunately rather unaware. It was a regular
proselyting day for us except the fact that we were able to take an hour or two
to do something Thanksgiving-y. Elder Nelson and I decided to bake Pumpkin Pie
from scratch. We even had to make the evaporated milk. It was really fun and
really tasty.
All the kids in the congregation went up and sang songs and
gave talks during church yesterday. It was so awesome. The children in this
ward are the most spirituay mature children I have ever met. l was simply blown
away. That evening we were also able to hold a fireside with the youth in the
ward which went so well. Those kids are so awesome.The parents in this ward do
an amazing job of raising their children on a foundation of faith. For all the
parents of whose children I speak: ni gör ett gott arbete.
I just want to end with saying that it's important for all
of us to remember our spiritual experiences as we go through life. God blesses
us with the witness of the Spirit to strengthen our faith and resolve to endure
to the end. He expects us to stay true to the truths He has revealed to us. May
we be able to say of our own communion with the Spirit of the Lord as Joseph
Smith so boldy testified of his own experience, "I knew it, and I knew
that God knew it, and I could not deny it."
Have a great week!
Love,
Äldste Cummings
1. Your ring fingers are the weakest so apparently that makes them ideal for applying anti-aging eye cream. Huh. The more you know.
2. Pumpkin pie. We didn't have a pie tin, alright?
3.
4. Orkar inte förklara.
5. Swedish Christmas beverage (kinda like root beer) matured in oak barrels for six months with gingerbread. God Jul!
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