(Elder Cummings)
Hey y'all!
This week has been kind of crazy! Thanks to Hurricane Delta
slamming right through Louisiana the whole mission got evacuated on Thursday to
Gulfport, Mississippi! All 120 Elders stayed 3 nights at the Gulfport stake
center (a church building) hence the title name: Hurrication (hurricane
vacation). In all seriousness, it wasn't much of a vacation because it wasn't
meant to be. Since a lot of missionary work nowadays is done online, we kept
having some lessons over zoom and Facebook. Technology is such a blessing! Me
and a guy from South Africa started having a really good conversation on
Facebook Messenger and has agreed to meet with us and talk more about Jesus and
God's plan for us! That would never have been available to missionaries just 10
years ago.
Anyway, while staying overnight with a bunch guys, our
mission president had some mandatory recreation so we all didn't go crazy. So I
played a lot of ball and spikeball, so much fun. It was awesome to meet all
these experienced missionaries who love and know the gospel. So many of them
are an example to me.
So for 3 nights, I slept in a room with 20 other stinky
young men(they made showers for us in the parking lot with 2x4's, tarps, pvc
pipes and a hose but obviously not ideal), all on air mattresses and pads, and
it was still a spiritually uplifting experience. If that isn't a testament of
the truthfulness of the gospel I don't know what is. We're all so different but
we all have the same purpose. We all try to see each other as children of a
Heavenly Father. That is why I believe we were so united and had such a great
time. It doesn't matter what our race, ethnicity, nationality, gender,
political affiliation, social class, family situation, interests, dislikes,
opinions, experience, knowledge....the list goes on and on. Literally ANYTHING
that makes us different goes in that list. We are Children of God. Children of
a Loving Heavenly Father that wants what is best for us, wants us to have joy.
When we know that we know each other.
This week was awesome as you can tell but the highlight was
last night when we called a couple we're teaching named Reginald and Gwen. We
use to call each other every night and share a scripture with them but recently
they haven't been answering our calls, so we gave them space and stopped
calling them for a couple days. On Saturday Gwen called and was like
"boys, why haven't yall been calling us? Reggie wants to talk to you
guys!" After that they committed to call with us at 8 every night. Anyway,
we called them yesterday night and Reginald started talking about the last
scripture we invited them to study about a week and a half ago. They used to
not be very good on their commitments but Reginald goes off just talking about
the scripture about baptism and the disciples and how we really do need to be
baptized. Me and Elder Christensen were just overjoyed. That’s just a glimpse
believe of what God feels when we obey His commandments. He gives commandments
because He knows that through obedience we can have joy beyond anything else.
He wants what is best for us, I believe it.
Elder Cummings
Some pics:
1. Went to Whataburger in Gulfport, feels just like home
2. Played some Frisbee on the beach with the boys, ft Elder
Christensen
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