Wednesday, March 16, 2022

S13 E4: Miracle on 27th Street

(Elder Cummings)

So we have this lesson set up with a lady named Tisha. She is so awesome and we're so pumped and she calls us and cancels the lesson. I was on exchanges, so Elder Leis was like "you know what, we should head over there anyway and talk to people". It was the only lesson in the area we had that day, it was 11am on a Tuesday, and it was at the edge of our area a good bit away. Logically, it wouldn't make sense to head over there anyway. It would've made sense for us to finish our studies and planning the rest of the lessons we had that day. But if there is one thing I've been taught, when it comes to the Lord's Work, "it ain't a logic thing".

         So we head on over and park the car in the Tisha's neighborhood. We start walking and the first house we walk by there's this sweet lady named Nanja who was so excited to talk with us. She was like "I've been watching y'all. Each time yall come by yous always walking the opposite way. I been waiting for yall to come this way, to me". We were able to have such a sweet moment with her and explained who we were and Who we talk about and she was eating it up like it was her mother's cooking.

          Anyway. We keep walking down the street and run into Lester. Lester works in Lake Charles(like 3 hours away) and is never home but for short periods of time and we somehow caught him. He as well had seen missionaries around in the past but never had a chance to talk to them. He has been reading the Book of Mormon and said he's coming to church this Sunday!

           Lastly, we're continuing down the street and we hear some K-Love(Christian Gospel Music Radio #letmetellyouaboutmyjesus #toogoodtonotbelieve #thereisjoyinthehouseofthelord #walkingfree) playing in the distance...we knew exactly where to go. We meet Rochelle washing her car. She is a legend. She doesn't have a phone number but has seen us biking around in the past but never had the courage to just stop us while we biked. Because she doesn't have a number, it is so hard to get a hold of her. Please keep her in your prayers.

           What is so legendary is that this all happened in like 45 minutes or so. We were there at the right time. Why did we decide to go? I don't know, it didn't make sense. Why does the Lord use a bunch of college aged kids who have little to no life experience represent Him and do His work on the earth? Expecting to teach people of all walks of life about this Man who has and can solve all their problems and bring relief to all their pains? I don't know, it doesn't make sense. But it sure is awesome.

Stay blessed 🙏

Elder Cummings

1. Helping a member buy 8 tubs of salad dressing and LITERALLY 252 lbs of black beans

2. Exchange picture with my boy Elder Richards. I love that man so much.

3. The legend Jason Fowler

4. Demonstration of the graininess of my camera quality. Elder Leis said "it's like those old movies". I said "at least we have color"






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