I Love these Little Adventures!!!!

Fam Fam!! Oh boy do I love you! Wowzers this week was a week of growth. Growing is GREAT! Hard, but great. This week was hard, but it also was full of laughs and great adventures.
Thursday: today I thought a lot about President Utchdorfs talk from this past conference where he says " Don't confuse the path of diamonds we tread on for ordinary pebbles". Sometimes I really take for granted all of the things I have been given in my life. I am so so so blessed. Today all of our appointments fell through and all of our back up appointments fell through, so we prayed a lot to really try to see what Heavenly Father wanted us to do and what he wanted us to learn from all of this. Sometimes as a missionary we miss just simple things from home... like today Sister Honeycutt and I decided we wanted movie theatre popcorn. Haha we went to the movie theatre, bought the popcorn, and walked straight out haha. I'm sure people thought we were strange to just come to the movie theatre just to by popcorn, but it was great! I love making memories like this!
Friday: we definitely are being put through a trial of faith right now. All of our appointments fell through again. We are really trying to just have a happy attitude and be positive. Sister Honeycutt wanted to take me to get fish and chips because I haven't had them yet. So we went to a "the Good Companions" haha we went there because we like the name! I'm not a huge fan of fish and chips... haha but had to have the experience, right?
Saturday: I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to study the scriptures everyday! It gives me such a boost for the day! Today was better! We decided instead of taking the bus we would walk everywhere and take in all of our surroundings! And it was great! I'm starting to navigate through the area better.
Sunday: Today was great! We had a lesson with one of our new friends Gerry. He is really nice. He reminds me a lot of Uncle Paul, so funny. He committed to be baptized! He is so great!
Monday: we taught Gerry again this morning. He has a lot of questions, but he has such a great out look on life, and he is really wanting to know if this is the path he should go on!
Tuesday: today was great! We had a lesson with Kerri-Anne. She is fantastic! I love her questions, you can tell that she is so sincere, and that she wants to learn. Then we had an activity at Toby Carvery for Relief society, and Kerri-Anne came, and so did Pam, Pam even brought one of her friends, so that was great!!
Wednesday: we had the missionary broadcast in Maidstone, and oh my days was that an adventure. The stake center is about 2 hours away by bus and train. So we had to leave early for it. But we didn't realize that the train station we got off at was too far haha. So we had to walk from the train station to the stake center. Haha it was so funny, we had to cross a river, and hike up a muddy hill, but it was such a great endeavour! You can just imagine us during this little adventure, I'm sure it was very comical. One of those moments you wish you had a camera.
I have really learned a lot this week. I love the gospel so much. Each day I am out talking to people, I am so grateful that I have the knowledge that I do. I have definitely taken it for granted at times, and saw it as "ordinary pebbles". But this path we are on is not ordinary... it is eternal, it is magnificent, it is miraculous. How blessed am I? Sometimes my view can become a bit foggy. This week I want to open not only my eyes a little bit more but also my heart, and look for all the "diamonds" our Loving Heavenly Father has blessed us and myself with. I love you so much. We got this!!
Love,
Sister Lund

 We had to go the movie theatre for POPCORN

 The Good Companions for English Fish and Chips

 Wasn't a fan but had the experience

 We are freezing little Eskimos!!!

Agency is a Gift!!!

My oh my... a week of a lot of growth for sure! It's crazy when you get a new companion, you kind of feel like you are starting all over again! I love sister Honeycutt, she is so kind. Something that I love about her is how her prayers are so powerful and specific. Her example has really made me want to focus more on having more specific and genuine prayers. But here's a little recap of my "journey" this week.
Wednesday: we went to a place called Hall place. It is this old old old house, it was used as an American base in WWll. So it was really nice to be "tourists" for a change. I think Dad and Grandpa would have loved the history behind this place. We want to go visit the Bexley village, because apparently there is a lot more historical places there (I'll keep ya posted).
Thursday: First snow!!! The people here have said that they haven't seen snow since 2013. They weren't very happy when it snowed, and I think now I know why. It wasn't snow... it was slush haha 😂 but sister Honeycutt and I were SUPER happy to see something that reminded us of home! We went and visited a few members today. One of the members we visited was Sister Fuller. She just turned 96, she says she wants to live until 100 so she can get a letter from the queen haha! She's so funny.
Friday: we had a lesson with a man we met in the bus a few weeks ago, Michael. He doesn't open up a lot, but he loved the lesson, and he committed to be baptized, so that is fabulous!!!!!
Saturday: we saw a lot of miracles today! We had lunch with the Du family, which is always fun. I love being with the members. But after lunch with them ALL of our appointments and back up plans fell through. Sister Honeycutt and I have set some high goals for this transfer. We want to work our socks off, and do all we can do to fulfill our purpose. So it was a little discouraging when everything fell through. We felt prompted to work in a former investigators area in the evening. We knocked 3 houses, and 2 of them let us into their home and let us teach them, and said they wanted us to come back! Complete MIRACLE.
Sunday: all of our appointments fell through today. So we did a lot of finding, and contacting formers 👍.
Monday: we had a lesson with Kerri-Anne today. Oh my days, she is so prepared. It really is kind of scary how similar Kerri-Anne and Gordon's lives are to mom and pops! Like crazy!
Tuesday: we had Zone training with 5 zones!! Which RM's will know that that is A LOT of missionaries!! But it was so fantastic. We focused on faith, and how faith leads people to do amazing things. When we realize who we truly are... sons and daughters of the most high God, and we decide to give our will to his, MIRACLES happen. I know this is true. Something I loved that was said was: "God exercises our faith. He will try us, it is not meant to be easy". I love the word "exercises". When you want to be healthy and fit what do you do... you exercise. It's the same with faith, if you want to know if the gospel is true, if you want to know that God has an eternal plan for you, or that the Book of Mormon is true, etc. We MUST exercise our faith. We can't expect to gain spiritual "muscles" (answers/testimony) if we don't put in the work.
This week I have learned a lot. I know I probably say that every week... but that is what missions are about... learning. It's fantastic! I have learned that people have their OWN agency. And as hard as we work, we can't change that. Agency is a gift God has given us, a wonderful gift. But sometimes it can be hard to accept other people's choices. I have learned that we can only do so much. As we do our part God has given us His PROMISE that he will make up the rest. Why not make he most of each day God has given us, and look for the blessings and miracles he pours upon us! I know that there our plain and precious truths all around us, we just need to open our eyes just a little bit more to see them.
I love you! Have a great week! We got this!!
Love,
Sister Lund

 The First Slush

 The Du Family

 96 year old, Sister Fuller

 The Hall Place

Me and Sister Honeycutt!!!

Fire in Our Bones!!!

Another week gone! Time went fast this week. There has been lots of changes this week! I'll share some with you! It's been a FAB week!!
Thursday: we had MLC (Mission Leadership Conference) today!! It was absolutely fantastic and totally needed. The main focus was on how we are missionaries and we do missionary work for one basic reason... because we love our Savior. The Center of everything is our Savior, so our main motivation for everything in the Gospel is Christ. All things point back to Him. And as we are setting goals and making decisions in life we need to always ask ourselves if Christ would be okay with our choices. President asked us a few questions that really made me think...
Do I really believe in Christ? That I can do all things in Him?
Do I have fire and passion for the work? Am I ready to get out there?
Do I Have fire in my bones about Christ!!!!!!!!
If not...Get on your knees and plead with God to give you this fire.
 I felt the spirit so strong. This year I want to have fire in my bones for Christ! MLC was in Crawley, so we had to stay with the Epsom sisters in their area. We were Albee to do some street contacting in their area, and eat at a Mexican restaurant. It was great!
Friday: We had a very interesting wake up call... (don't be worried mama) we heard this REALLY loud alarm... and I was like "who set that as their alarm... that would be horrible to wake up to". But the alarm kept going off... after about 30 seconds we realized that it was the fire alarm! So we all (there was 8 of us in the flat) started running looking for a fire. Turns out someone left a towel to dry right next to the radiator and it caught on fire. Luckily it wasn't a big fire! It was funny though because one of the sisters yelled "we're on fire... fire in the bones". Haha I just laughed at this experience, because in all situations we are in we can relate it to the gospel. But today we had another leadership conference. And during this conference I made a promise with myself and with the Lord, that I would give my all to Christ this year! I want to work my socks off this year!
Saturday: we had District Leadership Conference. And we just talked about what we learned in MLC. But this evening we had a lesson with Johnpaul. He is making progress! But he's struggling with baptism. It's not the fact that he doesn't want to be baptized, he just wants to make sure if he's baptized that he is a solid member. To me this gives me a lot of hope. Because he hasn't cancelled out baptism!! He is just trying to gain a stronger testimony.
Sunday: we had lunch with P.C. Today. She is always so kind and so funny!! This evening our lesson fell through, so we went to a members house and did a GROW with them. I love helping the members set goals. It always helps them to see what they are doing well already!! Sometimes as members we think we don't do enough, but it's nice to know that we are better than we think we are.
Monday: we met with a lot of members, and we did a lot of contacting!!  Not a whole lot to report.
Tuesday: transfers!! I got my new companion today! Sister Honeycutt is from Herriman, Utah. She has been on her mission for almost 8 months. She is really nice. We did a lot of street contacting, because it is a harvest week, so we are trying to find everyone that we can, we have been able to get about 7 new potentials! So that is great!!! Tonight we had a lesson with Kerri-Anne, and she committed to a baptismal date!! She is golden, she is so prepared.
Even though this week has been full of meetings, it has been such a great week! We have worked really hard. I know that as we have "fire in our bones" for Christ, that miracles WILL come to pass. That when we put Christ first, everything just falls into place! I testify that that is so true! I have found that the only way to live life is with Christ at the helm. When Christ is leading our lives, the journey is so much smoother! Let's have FIRE for Christ!! I love you! Have a great week! We got this!!
Love, Sister Lund

 Meet Sister Honeycutt

 Mission Leadership Training

 Eating at the Mexican Restaurant

 Saying goodbye to Sister Montredon

They call it Futbol here. Still a fan of soccer.

Give Our All to Him This Year!!!

Happy new year!! Wow 2016 flew! I'm so excited for 2017, and to take you all on this journey with me. I hope you are excited, because I sure am!!
My week in a nutshell: Thursday: we had District meeting at the Rayfields (members house), since we don't have a chapel. Haha today was interesting though... we had a service project at the Mangal Karagana, a restaurant that is opening up on New Year's Eve. It's a Turkish  restaurant owned by a "family" from Turkey. They say they are all brothers from another mother. But they are really nice. The whole time they had us clean out the fridge, and then stock the bar. After we had finished that they made us Turkish food! I am a fan! The funny experience was that their nana was there observing them, and she is so cute. She doesn't have any teeth, and she does not speak a word of English, and she stood up at the table while we were all eating and she started "singing", Everyone was like listening intently to her and sister Montredon and I said aww that was a pretty song, and it turns out she was praying... but we had no idea haha we don't speak turkish.
Friday: we had a lesson with Johnpaul tonight, and he committed to prepare to be baptized February 4th! He says he still wants to pray to know if it is right for him, but he said that he will prepare! He is fantastic, and so is his family. I just keep daydreaming about their family being sealed in the temple, what a great day that will be! All in Gods timing!
Saturday: Last day of 2016!! Haha all of our appointments fell through, and so did all of our back up plans. So we did a lot a lot of street and bus contacting! But to celebrate New Year's Eve we went to Creams, and got waffles! It was a good day, I learned a lot about myself, and I was able to reflect about some of the things I accomplish in 2016, and some of the things I want to accomplish in 2017. Yay for the new year!!
Sunday: MIRACLE!!! A less active man named Gordon came to church today, and he brought his fiancé Kerri-Anne, and their son with him. She isn't a member, but she said that she wants us to come and teach her. They are so amazing, their story has a lot of similarities with mom and pops story. But this evening we had exchanges with the Orpington sisters. I was with Sister Bove. She's so funny! She is a great cook too!
Monday: we finished up exchanges. Something I learned from sister Bove was how determined she is. She is so amazing. I love being able to learn from the sisters in my zone. When we got home we had a lesson with Kerri-Anne. We taught the restoration, and the whole time she was like ya this makes sense, this makes sense. The spirit I felt was so strong, and was just another reassurance that the gospel is true. I love how when we teach as missionaries we are learning right along with them.
Tuesday: we went and visited Zoolien Inebe, a member in the ward. She is so nice! But today we had to go to the dentist again for another one of Sister Montredons teeth. Poor thing. She has had horrible luck with her teeth here!! When we left the doctor she was like "Awww no more sweets for me!" And I was like " me either", I have become paranoid of my teeth now... I don't want my teeth to fall out! Haha my goodness!
I love how each week I feel like there is a principle God wants me specifically to focus on. This week something I was thinking a lot about was a talk that Elder Holland gave and he says "salvation is not a cheap experience". I've really been thinking a lot about this. How can I expect my mission to be all sunshine and daisies... Elder Holland continues to say that when we are cursed at, spit upon, or rejected, that we are walking shoulder to shoulder with the greatest life that ever lived. And how can we expect to not be rejected or to not be mocked or to not be spit upon, when the Savior himself was. Ahhh it hit me. I love this talk so much! I love this work. It truly is the work of God. This year let's finally let go of things that are holding us back from our divine potential!
I love you! We got this!!
Love, Sister Lund

 Exchanges with Orpington Sisters

 Eating at Cream on New Years Eve