Halloj halloj!
The past couple weeks have been incredibly fun. I haven't
really been able to report them to you guys really well because of holidays
coinciding with our P-day, but basically, we had a really good time.
New Year's Eve, we spent the day with a member family in a
small town near Boden. Then, we went drove to Luleå to watch the fireworks at
midnight. Our friend drove us to the wrong side of the city to watch the big
fireworks show but Elder Jordan and I just stood out on the ice in the middle
of the bay to watch all the smaller fireworks shows happening in other parts of
the city. It was pretty cool and honestly more memorable than actually seeing
the big fireworks we were intending to watch.
Speaking of ice, we drove on the ice bridge! It was super
cool. It's just this river that freezes over during the winter. There's usually
a ferry but when the ice is thick enough they just plow off the snow and open
up the ice to thru traffic. It was pretty awesome.
On Saturday, we got a call from some members who live out in
the middle of nowhere who needed help stacking firewood for their wood-burning
stove. We drove out there--they live in the middle of the woods--and helped
them out. On the way there we saw a moose just chilling in the middle of the
road. It was incredible but it ran off before I could get a picture.
During the days in between Christmas and New Year's, our
mission president challenged us to read all the entries and 57 subheadings
under "Jesus Christ" in the Topical Guide to the LDS edition of the
scriptures. It was a lot of reading, and I haven't even finished it yet, but it
has been incredibly rewarding. The exercise has shown me that everything
preached by the prophets since the beginning of time has had it's center in
Jesus Christ and His atonement. Everything God does and commands us to do is
centered in Him. As His representative, I am grateful for the opportunity I
have to continuously invite others to learn of and follow Him.
Have a great week!
Love,
Äldste Cummings
4. Elder Cummings' Declassified Boden Survival Guide Tip 3:
Wear a ski helmet liner under your stylish Norwegian wool hat. It adds
increased warmth and heavily minimizes the itchiness factor as well as dry
forehead skin.
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