Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

This week was a good week! It had its difficult moments, but I loved it!
Wednesday: it was our first district p-day. So we went to the Orpington chapel, and we played volleyball and chair soccer and fruit basket, and of course we had food! It was so much fun!! It was a not so fun night however haha. Sister Montredon lost her bus pass, while we were in Sidcup which is about 30 minutes from Bexleyheath. So we spent about an hour trying to get the bus's number to contact them about a missing Oyster card. But MIRACLE a really nice bus driver gave us a free "ticket-to-ride" (there's a Beatles song for ya pops) back to Bexleyheath! It really stressed out Sister Montredon, because those are not cheap! But luckily we have everything figured out now!!
Thursday: today was fabulous! We had zone training! It was like a "life-changing" day for me! We did a lot of different role plays and workshops. But the workshop that hit me the most was when we had our "individual interview with Christ". We basically just went in a room by ourself, and there was a picture of Christ with some questions that we had to answer. I'm not going to share any more of what happened because it was a really sacred experience for me, but I can say that it was one of the most spiritual experiences I have ever had. It made me really ponder on my personal relationship with Christ. To end Zone training I was chosen to give a talk on my favorite Book of Mormon story, so I chose to do 1 Nephi chapter 3. This chapter is what got me here on a mission! It seems like I am always the one that is called up to give talks or bear my testimony. Heavenly Father really likes to give me these types of growing opportunities.....haha yay for growth! I actually really love it! To end off the night we went to Brother Middleton's (ward mission leader) house, and had correlation meeting!
Friday: Being bold is only hard when you start to fear man more than God. Today was really good. We did a lot of contacting and finding, because we are in our "harvest week". So sister Montredon and I made it a goal to be bold! I still sometimes get scared to walk up to strangers and talk to them about the gospel, but then I have to take a step back and realize that I am called of God to spread the Gospel, that it is his work not mine! And I need to be bold for Him! I'm not perfect but I'm trying.
Saturday: today we did banner contacting!! Haha it was a different experience, but it was awesome!! What we did was we went on the high street and set up this 6' banner and we sang hymns and we contacted people! It was great because we had our whole district there of 12 missionaries and so we all were singing and "running" after people 😂. Not everyone appreciated it..... some kids tried to explode soda on us haha, but hey I loved it!! And I felt the spirit, so it was a great experience. Later in the evening we went to P.C.'s house (the Thai lady) and yes she made Thai food. I think we ate something that she called seaweed and lily flower soup.... I'm not sure what was in it, but it tasted okay! And then she made us this really yummy green bean salad thing! Oh my goodness though! On our way home it was POURING...I'm starting to get a taste of the English weather, and it is very unpredictable! It can be sunny one minute and pouring the next!! Good thing we have umbrellas and rain jackets! 😊
Sunday: today we were sooooo busy!!!! Yay! We had a lesson with such a golden family! Their names are Sheni (dad), gBemi (mom), Shemi (the son), and Demi (the daughter). I love their names! We taught the restoration and the lesson went really well!!! The spirit was so strong and they were involved and had so many questions! After that lesson we went to a members house and did a Skype lesson, and after that lesson we stopped by Maureen's house and we were able to talk to her husband who isn't a member! MIRACLE!!! The whole day was just go go go but I LOVE days like that!
Monday: today was a different day! It was Elder Morelli's (district leader) last full day in the field. So we travelled to Croydon, which is almost two hours away by bus, so that we could do banner contacting. We went to lunch at KFC, yucky. I'm not a huge fan to begin with, and English KFC isn't very good! It was so fun to be in Croydon though! There are some really cute twins in that area! But since we went to Croydon, it ate up the whole rest of our day, because we got stuck in traffic on the way back! And then we got lost on our way to one of our lessons, and had to wait for 30 minutes for a bus! But it was such a great day!
Tuesday: we got our flu jabs today! They do them differently here, and you know me when it comes to making sure things are clean... that's all I will say 😂 but we were able to go see Christian today!!! We taught him the 10 commandments, and it was a really fun lesson! We switched his baptism to November 12th, because he wants to be baptized on his birthday! So we are really excited, and he is SO excited! Maureen is even reading the Book of Mormon, she is making so much progress! We are so proud of them, and I know Heavenly Father is too!
Wednesday: this afternoon I made moms white chicken chili, and I did pretty good, if I do say so myself! They don't have the same ingredients as mom uses here, but I improvised! So that was kind of fun to make something from home!!
I loved all of your emails! They are always exactly what I need! So keep them coming 😉 but I love you so much! I really want you all to remember who you are. We are all literally God's sons and daughters! How amazing is that! Don't let Satan tell you that you aren't special. We all have a purpose here in life. We all go through trials but as we stay close to our Heavenly Father he can make our burdens feel light as it says in Mosiah 24:14. God visits His people in their afflictions, He NEVER abandons His children. Make it a great week, and just know how much I love you. You are always in my heart and prayers! We can do hard things!!!!
Love, Sister Lund