S4 E6: Westbank Best Bank #blessedbank

 (Elder Cummings)

Hello y'all! Got some news for you

I will be leaving the Westbank this upcoming transfer... It was sad news but an exciting change. I've lived here the past 6 months and have made relationships with the members and non members alike that I'll forever cherish. I love these people and I'll miss them sorely. Now before you get all excited I'm not headed for Taiwan yet, whenever that will happen, only the Lord knows...I just wish He would tell me sometimes.

I'll be headed to Alexandria, Louisiana! For those of you you who don't know where that is that's ok! The only reason I know where it is is because that's where I evacuated to for a hurricane. Where my 72 hour kit of protein powder, peanut butter, bread, and oatmeal lasted me 144+ hours.  Miracles are real people.

Either way, the work is the same no matter where we go, we testify of Christ and invite all to come to Him. I have learned a ton here in the Westbank, and Alexandira will give me a chance to learn things I never could here. What's awesome is I still got a lot to learn.

I could go on about this week. I grew to have a greater appreciation for the allegory of the Olive tree after I spent a whole day in an orange farm pruning and cleaning a couple of the 100+ trees that were there. However I don't remember Jacob talking about all the fire ants and poison ivy...I should've read up on that more.

One thing I learned is the care and attention it takes to prepare a tree so it can bear forth fruit. 1)God is very aware of us and what He wants us to be, He knows our struggles and challenges and knows what will be best for us. He is careful with us, much like the master is very particular and caring for his olive trees. 2) it takes pruning and cutting to prepare the tree for fruit, and ultimately a more successful blooming. Whenever we feel defeated or deflated we can always remember that God is the Gardener. He knows what He wants us to be. And we can say, when we bear forth fruit, "Thank you Gardener for cutting me down, for loving me enough to hurt me". Trust in the particular attention God has for you, and the high hopes and wishes He has for your life, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Elder Cummings

1. Why did the duck cross the road?

2+3 Before and after of some trees

4.just bragging about President and Sister Palmer, some of the kindest most loving people I have met in my mission so far. They give their all for the Lord even with their crazy busy lives and they're rocking it