Mark 12:34

(Aldste Cummings)

Halloj!

This week was awesome. We had some really good lessons and met some really cool people. I'm excited to continue to teach and get to know them.

A couple weeks ago, a young man who was baptized here in February who married a member who lived here and then moved to Stockholm was visiting his mother-in-law with his 14 year old little brother. We were able to spend a lot of time with them and last week the 14 year-old even went out to knock doors with us! He loved it. Anyway, this week he traveled back home, but not before he told us that he wants to have contact with the missionaries who live near his home in Stockholm so we sent them his contact information. It was tons of fun, he's a good kid.

We also got transfer calls this week. Elder Jordan will be transferring down south to a town called Halmstad. It was a fun transfer, he will be missed. The newcomer will be Elder Mathias, a rather young missionary. I'm looking forward to the next six weeks!

This week, we talked with so many people in lessons or at their door who had such good and strong faith and intentions. There were so many times this week when I wanted to say, as the Savior did to the scribe who asked him which commandment was the greatest, "Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God." There are so many good people out there in the world, but by the Bible and the Book of Mormon, we know that simply being a good person is not enough to enjoy eternal life.

That may sound like a rather depressing thought, but why should it be? The Savior commands us to come unto Him. Why should we ever determine that we've come "close enough." We must always come closer and grow closer to Him. That's the purpose in our lives. To become complacent with our progress is to jeopardize it. May we all find ways every day to strengthen our faith in, knowledge of, and love for the Savior Jesus Christ.

Love,

Äldste Cummings

1. Knocked on someone's door and while they were giving their dog a bath and it ran out and jumped on me 🙃

2. Perfect example of the Weird Swedish Door©. Front door in an unlocked fully enclosed  patio with the doorbell on the outside separated from the walkway by about 5 feet with about a foot and a half of snow on the ground.

3. Beautiful picture of the moon--at 2:24 PM.

4. Companionship pic ft. tie awkwardly buckling over my bobby-pin tie-bar.