(Sister Cummings)
Hey howdy y'all!!
Merry late Christmas!! These last two weeks have actually
been the most bizarre weeks of my whole mission. Like no joke. But it's been SO
GOOD!
Here are some highlights:
- I flew on A PLANE for about 4 hours with the rest of the
missionary music group all the way up to Darwin (the most north part of our
mission)! I actually thought the next time I would be on a plane would be when
I finished my mission but I guess not!
- We got DOS zone conferences this transfer because we got
to piggyback on the zone conference in Darwin. I feel super spiritually sauced
up right now!
- I got to see and catch up with my mission mom! I love you
Sister Woodbury!
- I met a bunch of elders I didn't know even existed because
they've been serving up north the whole time I've been here. It was really
strange. They're really strange... because they obviously haven't had much
interaction with sisters since they left the MTC...
- We performed our Christmas music devotional TWICE and both
times I felt the spirit so hard. Sister Walters and Sister Starr did such a
great job! I love them! They're beautiful!
- We celebrated Christmas Adam! One of my favorite holidays
in the world! If you didn't know, Christmas Adam is celebrated the day before
Christmas Eve (because Adam came before Eve obvi) and you celebrate Christmas
Adam by having a rib dinner to bring in Christmas Eve. It the best thing ever
and our fav members hosted it and ahh I just love them! It made me feel like I
was a bit more connected to my family because I knew they would be celebrating
Christmas Adam too!
- We had the BEST Christmas day ever which started off with
having a sleepover with my favorites (Sister Forrey and Sister Cundiff. Love
them) and then we spent the WHOLE day with other missionaries. It was literally
the dream! I love how all these people I serve around have because legitimately
as close as family. It's amazing!
- I can't think of more but I know more happened
- I love my companion Sister West! She's so tall and special
to me!
Here's my spiritual thought, it's reason behind why we
celebrate Christmas Adam:
In our increasingly secular society, it is as uncommon as it
is unfashionable to speak of Adam and Eve or the Garden of Eden or of a
“fortunate fall” into mortality. Nevertheless, the simple truth is that we
cannot fully comprehend the Atonement and Resurrection of Christ and we will
not adequately appreciate the unique purpose of His birth or His death—in other
words, there is no way to truly celebrate Christmas or Easter—without
understanding that there was an actual Adam and Eve who fell from an actual
Eden, with all the consequences that fall carried with it
- Elder Holland from his talk where Justice, Love, and Mercy
Meet.
Anyways, I hope this thought makes you want to celebrate
Christmas Adam next year and eat some ribs!
I love y'all!
Sister Cummings
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