(Elder Cummings)
Hey y'all! This week was filled with fishing, the biggest
Bass Pro Shop ever, crawfish boils, and more miracles!
We were invited to a youth activity to share a spiritual
message afterwards and we went fishing in the members pond in his backyard(not
as uncommon as you would think out in the boonies) I caught some kind of fish
haha, I think it was called a perch? Don't blame me, I've barely ever gone
fishing.
We had to drive 2.5 hours down to Denham Springs because our
car needed to be re-registered so that was a lot of fun...we stopped by Bass
Pro Shop: Outdoor World to make it a little more enjoyable, one of the coolest
buildings ever. Look it up. I got to talk with a guy about being missionary
because he came up to me and thought I was the manager or something. So planted
some seeds it was good.
Then for the best part...we had a Ward Crawfish boil!! It
was sooooooooo goooooooood. We straight up had about 300 lbs of crawfish. Man
that stuff is amazing. I ate so much and it was so spicy that my hands started
throbbed and hurting after a while. My lips felt like I had bit both of them by
accident. But it was worth it.
My favorite part of the week is when we had our good friend
Jared Stacy(a former missionary serving here now moved back to Alexandria)
drive us around in the boonies. We went to a lesson, which ended up falling
through. As we're driving back in the middle of nowhere Jared rolls down his
window and screams "I love your dogs!" To a lady outside. The dogs
just start sprinting at the car so we just parked it and waited for the owner
to calm them down. After chatting for a second and seeing our missionary tags
she was like "y'all are a far way from home". Turns out she lived in
Tooele for a couple years and loves Utah and is obsessed with temples! She
isn't a member but her late husband is and she wants to do anything she can to
go inside the Salt Laky City temple. We just talked with her for an hour
outside and she wanted us to come back next week! I'm not kidding, we were in
the boonies. There was never gonna be a reason we would drive all the way out
there and knock on her door if we didn't know who she was. But the Lord
provided a way for us to get in contact with her, I love miracles!
This week I was thinking a lot about how I could be a better
missionary. I was frustrated with myself because while being in a leadership
position, I feel like I'm far from doing my best and am just struggling to be
the leader and example I want to be. On top of that, that makes me feel more
responsible for the influence I have on others, and I need it to be a good one.
While I was praying I had the thought "If I only I was perfect at being a
zone leader" and immediately I had another thought, that was not my own.
It said "Then there would be no point for you to be a zone leader" it
struck me more than it has in the past that this life is about becoming. We are
not expected to be perfect. Just like a child learning a piano song is not
expected to play it perfectly at first. They're learning and practicing. We don't
learn a new song planning to play it perfectly the first time. And so it is
with life. Try not to get frustrated like I do when you fall short because we
all "come short of the glory of God". And that's why we need our
Savior. We has, does, and will lift all of us from our weaknesses and
shortcomings to become "new creatures in Christ Jesus" as we come
unto Him following his teachings.
Elder Cummings
Photos!
1.Outdoor World!!!!
2. Brother Taylor made us some Harry Potter wands!
3-4. Some southern boys fishing
5. Fat ties. This is my new fattest tie. I call him: the
Giraffe🦒
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