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This week was tons of fun. On Wednesday I had to part ways
with Elder Jordan as he caught a plane down to southern Sweden. While I waited
in the airport for my new companion, Elder Mathias, two members of the ward
that are retired kept me company for a couple hours. It was really enjoyable,
actually. Old Swedish people are really fun to talk to.
There's this thing up here called a "spark" which
translates to "kick" but it's like this seat on a long pair of
skates. You stand on the skates on the back and kick off the ground while kids
or anything you're carrying sits on the seat. It honestly looks incredibly
comical and doesn't seem real but people use them all the time when they need
to walk the dog or take out the trash or something. Pics to come.
This week was full of miracles. First off, we had two
lessons cancel on us on Thursday so we ended up knocking doors instead and the
third house we knocked had an American flag on the porch and so we asked a
little bit about it and turns out it was a man and his American, super pregnant
wife. They let us in and we got to teach them all about the Restoration of the
Gospel and they took a Book of Mormon and we'll be back this week. The funny
thing is as we were leaving, we commented on the flag again and she said "Yeah,
I just put that out today for some reason." 🤔
The next day we were out tracting again and this man opened
the door and we said hi to him and told him that we talk about Jesus and he
swore and said that we should come in so we sat and talked with him a little
bit and he really genuinely enjoyed our chat and he wants us to come back. He
said that he never lets people in and attributes the timing of our visit and
his willingess to let us in to God. 🤔
I woke up a couple days ago with a really uncomfortable
imbalance in my head because one of my ears was refusing to pop. It lasted for
a couple hours and in the shower I was getting kinda light-headed and all. We
had quite a full day ahead of us so I said a quick prayer to ask the Lord to
heal my ear. Then after my prayer, I saw my Vick's VapoRub and had the thought
to put some in my ear. I thought, "um, wut." But I figured that maybe
it would work but it definitely couldn't hurt so I gave it a shot and within a
minute my ear was completely back to normal. 🤔
I don't really know if the VapoRub actually made a
difference or if it was the Lord's way of testing to see how well I was
listening to the Holy Ghost and my willingness to follow its counsel. Kinda
like when Elisha told Naaman to bathe seven times in the River Jordan to heal
his leprosy. The water didn't heal him, but it was his obedience to the counsel
given by a prophet of the Lord that effected the miracle.
I learned a couple things from this experience. 1). Miracles
happen. Even VapoRub naturally rebalanced unpopped ears, I definitely didn't
come up with that thought myself. 2) God cares about us so much that he was
willing to heal my ear so I didn't have to be uncomfortable all day. and 3). As
we listen to the guidance we receive from the Lord, whether through the Holy
Ghost or the counsel of His prophets, we are blessed.
Have a great week!
Love,
Äldste Cummings
1. My glasses started freezing.
2. She colddddd. (-26 degrees Farenheit)
3. Another good example of the Weird Swedish Door©. Front door with doorbell on the other side of sliding glass patio door.
4. Elder Mathias getting a nice, cold welcome to Boden.
5. Call me.
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