(Elder Cummings)
Good morning y'all!
As I mentioned last week, I got transferred over to
Alexandria, Louisiana. Kown by it's native inhabitants as Alec (prounounced
"Ellick"). A couple of the districts in my zone are the following:
Many (pronouced manny), Opelousas (pronounced Opp-uh-loo-sus), Lecompte (pronounced
Lecount) and my personal favorite, Natchitoches (pronounced Nack-uh-dish).
What's crazy is this isn't just southern accents getting in the way, it is
straight up how these places are pronounced. Gotta love it.
This week was great though. Brother Yost, an old Louisiana
native was picking us up to head to a lesson. Per usual, he started rambling on
about fishing and good places to catch some bass when BAM all of a sudden we
hammered a goose that flew a lot too low over the road. The best part was that
after Brother Yost exclaiming "what in the SAM HILL!" the goose just
got up amd flew away like nothing happened. We were going 45 and nailed that
thing! Unphased, Brother Yost keeps on driving and mentions how he hates it
when that happens and went on about how dense geese are and how he'd shoot them
4 or 5 times while hunting and they'd just keep flying away. Next thing I know
we're talking about how he mounted a 9 lbs bass he caught 5 years ago that sits
on the wall of his living room to this day. Gotta love the south, and I'm not
even in Mississipi yet.
We finally get to the lesson and it turns out amazing. Turns
out Brother Yost knows the wife of the guy we're teaching named Mark. On top of
that both him and Mark used to be in bands when they were younger. Absolutely
epic. We taught the Restoration and Brother Yost gave a powerful, sincere
testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. It was seriously like
Brother Yost and Mark were the only people in the room. He turned to Mark and
looked him straight in the eyes and talked about his journey of gaining a
testimony of the Book of Mormon. He said as sure as he was talking to him he
was sure what he was saying is true. He testified that Mark's life will never be
the same when he opens and starts pondering the message of that book. And then,
Brother Yost gave Mark the commitment to give at least 5 minutes of his time a
day to the God that gave His Only Begotten Son to us. It was amazing. I hope we
will all find time for the Lord who has already given everything to us. If you
really want to, you will find time.
Elder Cummings
-some pigs 🐖
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