(Elder Cummings)
Man this last week was insane.
So we've been teaching our friend Alicia. She is so elect.
Literally the pioneer of her entire family and she just turned 17. We had her
baptism scheduled for this last Saturday July 23 at 6pm in Clinton because we
don't actually meet in an actual church building.
So back up and explanation of the email title. I love the
ability that Southern people have to simplify and relate principles and ideas.
Somebody I used to teach once said that "Satan don't kick no dead
dogs". Meaning, that Satan is not gonna work on someone he's already won
over, or someone that's not doing anything. Satan goes after those want to do
the most good, want to make the most change, and want to be the best they can.
So at about 4pm on Saturday. 2 hours before Alicia is to be
a baptized. Cristine, Alicia's mother calls and says "I don't think Alicia
should be baptized". Our hearts dropped. After talking with her learned
that they had gotten into an argument over Alicia not doing the dishes and it
escalated into her not being grateful for everything her mother does. Crisitine
felt disrespected and Alicia being a teenager girl I'm sure didn't help with
that. It was wild. We asked to talk with Alicia and she was like "I don't
want to talk with nobody". Elder O worked his magic and asked "Do you
want to talk to Elda O?" She was like "yeah". While Elder O
talked with her I was praying so hard for everyone's heart to be softened. A
minute later we found ourselves just listening to Alicia and Cristine have a
very respectful and good conversation and Alicia is back on for tonight.
Not one hour later, Cristine gives us call and explains that
she is not at the house and that her car broke down. And she lives 30 minutes
away from us and 30 minutes from Clinton in different directions. We was like "uh
oh, what we gonna do?" Elder O is great with cars and while he was on the
phone asking her what was going on and explaining what she needed to do next, I
was praying that a way would be made that they could make it(see a pattern
here?). We end up coordinating with two different members to be ready to go
pick them up and BOOM she calls us back saying that the car is running and
they'll make it to Clinton. And they did. And she was baptized. And it was so
absolutely amazing.
I know the Lord is in His work. Because that's what it is.
It's His work. The advesary has power to bruise our heel, but with Christ we
can crush his head. That wasn't even close to all the things that happened this
week that put roadblocks in Alicia's baptism, but hey, she is now confirmed a
member of the Church of Jesus Christ and is going to the Birmingham, Alabama
temple with young women in the stake on Wednesday. God works. And God's work
works. We just gotta work with Him
Have blessed one yall!!!
Elder Cummings
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