We Find HIM in the Furnace

This week has been fantastic! So many miracles. So many conversion experiences. I always love to be able to share these experiences with you. Let me take you on my journey through this week!
Wednesday: America shocked the world. Haha don't you worry! I know who the President is! England was very interested in the election. Haha when I start talking and people can hear my accent, they always ask me about the election... I just tell them I'm not sure how I feel about the election, but I know who is really in charge... Our loving Heavenly Father.
Thursday: Today we had our correlation meeting at a noodle house in Welling. I like American Chinese food better. It's not bad here! But I still like Golden Jade better! 😊 oh boy tonight was a night of trying new things. We had a dinner appointment at Maureen's house. She wanted to make us an authentic African meal... I was worried hahaha. She made us Okra soup. I don't know if you know what Okra is, and I don't know that you know I am a texture person when it comes to my food! Okra is very very very slimy! And then she made poundeyiam (I think that's how you spell it) it is very thick thick thick "potatoes/dough" I don't even know what it is. And you eat all of it with your hands. She wouldn't let us have spoons. Haha I don't even eat ribs without a fork haha so you can imagine how I was dealing with this 😂 Good things she wasn't in the dining room with us. It was just Sister Montredon and I eating. We both were having a hard time haha! But yay for new experiences!
Friday: today was Poppy Day, or Veterans Day as we call it in the states. And here in England they are very passionate about Poppy Day. Everyone wears Poppy flowers. Sister Montredon and I even got Poppy bracelets. But it was interesting to see how they celebrate this day. They celebrate it more on the 13th of November. We had district meeting. It was a really spiritual district meeting! We really focused on how can we do "just one more". How can we push ourselves "just one more". I loved district meeting today!! We had a VERY interesting experience on our way home from Orpington. We were on the bus sitting in front of a Mother and her 9 year old son. And we handed them a pass a long card because she was on the phone. Sister Montredon and I were just talking when we heard this splashing sound behind us.... I just kind of sat there like "huh, what was that" and I turned around and saw that this little boy had puked all over his mom and all over the seats and floor. At first I was like oh no... did he puke in my hair! But then we just started pulling out tissues and hand sanitizer and giving it to the mom! She looked like she was going to be sick too! Poor thing. But it turns out that her name was Abbi! She was sooooo grateful and amazed at the way we handled the situation. It's amazing that we can find different ways to serve. Haha this was a night I won't forget!
Saturday: MIRACLES MIRACLES MIRACLES HAPPEN!! Christian got baptized today! His baptismal service was amazing. He was radiating. It was amazing to see how happy he was and how happy his family was. And Johnpaul his dad who is not a member even gave the closing prayer. I felt so humbled today to see Christian make this step and come closer to his Savior. I love being a missionary and seeing not only changes in individuals but in families. The gospel is amazing. After he was baptized he didn't want to get out of the font. He wanted to get baptized again! Being able to teach him has been a blessing, and I feel so grateful that Heavenly Father has brought him into my life, because their family has taught me so much.
Sunday: Christian got confirmed! He said that he felt like his Heart was going to explode. He felt like Heavenly Father was giving him a really big hug. Ugh today was so great!! We were able to go sit in young women's today. They were talking about conversion. It really made me think about how much I have grown so far on my mission. Being on a mission really opens your eyes, and it helps you to see who you really are, and what your purpose here in life is.
Monday: today was a pretty normal day! We have this cafe by our flat called Cafe Thorntons. And one of our less active members Angela works there. This really was a little miracle that we were able to see her. She invited us to come over to her house this Friday to make a cake with her! We are so excited!!
Tuesday: today was fantastic!! We had specialized zone training! So President and Sister Gubler were able to be there! I always love to see them. This zone training was phenomenal. Like amazing! The topic today was really focused on our "true identity". He shared so many powerful insights with us. I'll only share a little bit of what he said. Something he said really struck me. He said that "We find HIM in the furnace". He was referring to the story in the the Old Testament in Daniel chapter 3 where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are thrown into the furnace of fire. I loved this insight that he shared with us. Sometimes the only way we can truly find our Savior is by stepping into the furnace. This isn't easy. But as we trust in Him, and as we remember our identity, which is that we are Sons and Daughters of the most high God, then we can remember that through him we can do all things. The furnace can be really intimidating, it can be really scary, this is really similar to life. Life can be scary at time, choices we have to make can seem scary. But it says in Daniel 3 that they trusted in God, that they feared not because they knew that He would deliver them. I love this! We can't go through our life living in fear. We can have fears, we just need to remember not to let them control us!
I loved this week! I love the peace I feel that comes from the gospel. I am so grateful for conversion experiences that I am having here on my mission. I know that I wouldn't be able to have these experiences anywhere else! I wouldn't trade this experience for anything! I love you all so much! I hope you are well! And that you are HAPPY!! Make it a great week! WE can do this!
Love, Sister Lund