MTC: Just about done and dusted

 (Sister Cummings)

Hey y'all!

This week was absolutely AMAZING and went by SO quickly! It's all kind of a blur.

Lately, our district has gotten really into playing pickleball in the mornings which has been such a blast but I get wayy too competitive. Not the best sport when you're trying to be Christlike.

Anyways, this week is also the last week of the MTC! People from my district start leaving to the field TOMORROW. Which is just so crazy and so absolutely sad. My companion, Sister Martin, and are the last to leave and we don't leave until Saturday so we just get to stay here and watch everybody leave. Which is super depressing but also so exciting! They're all going to be amazing missionaries!

Okay let's get to the good stuff; the Jesus stuff.

This week, I was reading in 3 Nephi Chapter 5 where the Nephites all repent and turn to Christ and in verse 3 it states:

"Therefore they did forsake all their sins, and their abominations, and their whoredoms, and did serve God with all diligence day and night."

The word that stuck out to me here is the word, "forsake". The dictionary defines this word as:

"To leave someone or something who needs or counts on you."

This stuck out to because their sins needed them, Satan needed them. The influence of being needed is one of the strongest influences in a relationship. To leave someone who depends on you is one of the hardest things I feel like you can do. But, these Nephites were able to do it, they were able to free themselves from the dependent nature of sin and find themselves free, independent, and agentic again. This all happened through Christ. I think this is amazing.

To conclude, I am so thankful for the strength that comes from my Savior as well as the freedom that comes from turning away from sin and turning to Him. This is how we repent and this is how we change. I just love Jesus.

I see Jesus in all y'all!

Love Sister Cummings

PS. If any of y'all have any advice, what's the best way to teach someone who is really intelligent and wants to know the deep doctrine about everything and um, you kinda don't know the deep doctrine all that well?