Tjabbatjabbadoooooo
The skies are continuing to hold back the warmth and
sunshine that we hardworking Halmstad missionaries deserve. Last year, it
didn't rain all throughout the months of May, June, and July and it was
absolutely incredible but also extremely unusual for Sweden. So basically, my
first Swedish summer wasn't Swedish at all and gave me abominably high
expectations of what a Swedish summer is like. Talk about false advertising.
This week we officially said goodbye to Elder Seely. It was
sad to see him go but 🅱ig 🅱oy is on to 🅱igger
and 🅱etter things.
Elder Childs, my new companion is from Utah and has only
been in Sweden for 3 months now. He loves cooking and he makes some good eats.
He's training me to properly cook for myself in college. He's super creative
with missionary work and always has ideas that I had never thought of. It's
exciting to try the new ideas but also nerve-wracking sometimes. You know what
they say "You []will have a difficult time of] teach[ing] an old
[missionary] new [methods of proselyting and finding the elect]!"
I also got a haircut today. I haven't gone to an actual
hairdresser for more than a year and I haven't cut the hair on top of my head
since Elder Dumas and I executed President's Order 66 with the Great Buzz of
'18.
Other than that, I have little to report about the work here
in Halmstad. Things are moving, sometimes not the way that we would like it to,
but we're diligently working to spread the joyful message of the Restoration of
the Gospel with Heavenly Father's children in this lovely city.
A little food for thought before I close off: All of us are
imperfect and sometimes may feel unable to do what the Lord requires of us.
President Eyring put it this way: "If you told me that you feel perfectly
capable of fulfilling your...duties, I might worry that you do not understand
them"("Walk with Me," April 2017 General Conference). But lucky
for us, God knows that we can't do it ourselves and He intended it to be that
way. In the face of daunting tasks, we are made humble and turn to the Lord
with all "[our] heart and a willing mind"(D&C 64:34), and that's
all He requires to use us as His instruments to work miracles.
Have a great week!
Love,
Äldste Cummings
2. Last companionship selfie 😢
3. Last afro pic before the haircut.
4. After the big clip.
5. Throwback.
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