S3 E6: Travel News!!

 (Elder Cummings)

That's right guys!! We got news this week...

I'm headed to a Spanish area! Kind of, not really. The real news is that Elder Pratt is leaving for South Korea in like 2 days and so I'll be a trio with the 2 Spanish Elders in our quad for the next week or so until transfers. We'll be working both of our areas so that'll be fun.

This week us two and Brother and Sister Palmer were headed to a lesson. After knocking on the wrong door twice... I decided to pull out Mekia's address. That was awkward, but I just was like "so THAT'S what tracting feels like". Anyway we get to her apartment and the doors open and she's just chowing down on some massive shrimp the way only a born-and-bred New Orleansite could, it was legendary. We walk in and she has a friend there too and we're pumped to teach some gospel. As soon as we start talking Mekia's friend, Susan, is like "Do y'all use the KJV bible?" And we answer in the affirmative. Then Brother Palmer straight up says "We also have another book of scripture called the Book of Mormon" and I almost choked. Please do not get me wrong, the Book of Mormon is powerful and one of our greatest tools in bringing people closer to Christ, but here in the Bible belt, people are very very very very very wary of accepting anything else as scripture so we have to be careful when we introduce it and I was just taken back.

However, Brother Palmer must've been inspired because Susan was like "Oh! I remember y'all now! I used to talk with you guys...John Smith right?"...Oh how I love John Smith. Anyway, we ended up talking a lot about the Restoration of the Gospel. And I felt the confirming witness again that the message we bring to the world is true. I stood there(there wasn't enough chairs) and testified the best way that I could that the heavens are open, that God speaks to His children now, and leads them now. God has given the world a prophet, and oh how we need a prophet today. Listen to him, follow him and you will Hear Him and be following Him.

Have a great week y'all!

1. Some Kachen food at Yawyaw's house(not kitchen, Kachen)

2. Us(elder roodbol) cleaning the car

3. Awesome chalk drawing of the Baton Rouge temple that I signed my name on the bottom and took a picture...then I erased my name don't worry, it was just for memes