S16 E3&4: JXN

 (Elder Cummings)

Howdy yall! I'm just gonna give a quick rundown of some of the best and craziest things the past two weeks:

1. Our friend Ryliegh got baptized!! She is so so sweet and it was an amazing time

2. We was on the streets the other day and this guy just pulls up in this old Honda and just starts telling us how he used to study and hang out with the missionaries all the time like 10 years ago. We were like "no way this is hype". Then he tells us that we're in the craziest neighborhood in Jackson right now and that we gotta be careful. But that he owns the streets and that he ain't gonna mess with us. He told us his name and turns out he is like one of the head gang leaders in Jackson. So I'm sure he really does own those streets.

3. We've been teaching our friend Milton for a couple weeks now. He's set on turning his life over to God right now and we've been working with him step by step. He has a hard time understanding everything we read and talk about with him but he is such an amazing guy. We challenged him to pray about the truthfulness of the Restoration of the gospel. We came back the next day and asked how it went. He looks at us and says "I didn't get no big show or amazing thing. But I felt a way I never done felt before. I felt peace, and I felt like I suddenly understood more of what yall been teaching me. It's gotta be true, all of it". Man if that isn't just amazing I don't know what is

4. We do service at a charity/thrift store center down in South Jackson and they had a good quality, foldable, ping pong table selling for $30. And we drive a Tacoma. We couldn't say no. We bought it and strapped it up and drove around with it the rest of the day until we went back to our place. Now we have mini tournaments right before we go to bed

5. We also met a guy who claimed to have seen a vision of the heavens opening and Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jung Un coming down and making peace with the rest of the UN and the world. In the vision he sat at a table with all of them as well as Bill Clinton and HW Bush and other world leaders. Pretty cool.

God is good. All the time. I am constantly reminded of how much He cares about each one of his children. He is aware of them and loves them dearly. "I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." 1 Nephi 11:17

Have a blessed one!

Elder Cummings

S16 E1&2: Angels Go Before us

 (Elder Cummings)

So we were at the church making a couple calls and we were about to head out to find some new friends to teach. Our man Brother Sisson walked in to clean the church and, not thinking too much of it, we were like "Hey Brother Sisson! Can you say a prayer for us before we go out?". He says of course and offers the most sincere and powerful prayer where he prays that angels will go before us and prepare and make ready people to hear our message. He prays that the Spirit be poured into the hearts of the people and they will be humble and ready.

Elder O and I look at each other and are like "man. We better have the faith to see the answer to that prayer because that was amazing. Let's not put Bro Sissons prayer to waste". So we get biking in the blistering wet heat(this week the plastic covering on Elder O's helmet shrunk cause the heat melted it).

We stop across the street from this house and this chained dog started just barking at us like nothing else. This dog was MEAN. We just stand there while this lady slams open the door and is like "WHATCHU YOU DONE DISTRUBIN MY DAWG LIKE THAT". We was thinking "oh boy, we need an angel to go before us on this one".

She steps down and just smiles at us and says "I'm just playing, but yall did disrupt me from prayin"

We get talking to Ms Felicia and learn that she was on her knees praying to God at that very moment for help and a sign when her dog starting barking it's head off. She opens the door and sees two young men preaching the Word on bikes. As we continue to talk with her we learn that she is still grieving from the death of her husband and has a lot lot more going on. We were able to testify of God's loving mercy and plan of happiness for all His children. I am so grateful to have been an instrument in the Lord's hands. I love it.

Another update: Willie and Tracie got baptized and confirmed this week!! They are so so awesome and I love seeing the Lord change people from the inside out.

God Bless

Elder Cummings

These are a ton of pictures of some of my favorite people in the world that I love so much!