6 MONTHS!!!!

Hi Fam Fam! Can ya believe it, I've been out 6 months!! This week was crazy!  Wednesday: we had zone preparation day because our whole mission hit our mission vision! That is a HUGE miracle. Like HUGE!! On our way home from Orpington we were on the bus in front of these two young boys, and they had REALLY bad language so we got up and moved, in a nice way! And they got annoyed by it and starting throwing paper balls at our heads!! Haha sister Honeycutt and I just started laughing. As we got off the bus, we saw a double rainbow! Even after "little" trials Heavenly Father will always give us "rainbows". I just thought that was a cool experience.  Thursday: we had a lesson with one of our friends, Wilfred. His brother who is a member referred him! He is so nice, he asked a lot of questions and was so willing to accept the commitment to come to church!! Yay!! It is starting to get warmer here in England!  Friday: 6 months!!!!! Today was a pretty good day, a little crazy but still good. We celebrated my birthday with a brownie heart! Haha we didn't have matches so we tried lighting toilet paper in the toaster. It didn't work. But there were no issues at all! Promise I won't do it again mom!  Saturday: we went to Angela's house today! She made us lunch, and we gave her the giant chocolate poster from Cafe Thorntons that we found on the street a few weeks ago. She thought it was so funny!! Congrats to Dave and Aline!! Baby Spencer is so cute! So excited for you.  Sunday: I got your package!!! Ahhh I needed this. I loved it so much, thank you, thank you. Today was a pretty good day, we saw Pam. Haha she wrote you an email. She would love to hear back from you, hopefully you got it. She is so nice.  Monday: I was able to get my retainer fixed today! So that was a blessing. A lady in our ward hooked us up with a really good orthodontist! So I was really grateful! We saw Pam again tonight she was cat sitting, and wanted us to come see her. So we were able to talk with her for a little bit. She is so sweet. I love her.  Tuesday: this morning we were making breakfast and we got a call from the Erith sisters saying they needed help at the train station, so we ran out and caught a bus. When we got there they had SO many bags! Haha sisters tend to collect things. When we helped sister Pratama get her stuff on the train, we heard a beeping sound, and then the train doors closed. Haha I pressed the button like 10 times, I was like it's not opening.... then the train started moving. LUCKILY the next train stop was Bexleyheath so it was funny!  This week has been crazy! I loved it but there were some harder moments. In my personal study in the Book of Mormon I have been studying in Alma, with Alma and Amulek. And in these chapters Alma and Amulek are imprisoned. And while they are imprisoned they go through some really tough situations. While I was reading these chapters it really made me think about what I would be willing or able to go through for the Lord. Sometimes things we go through are scary or hard, but I want to be able to say like Alma "be it according to the will of the Lord". I want to have this mighty trust like Alma. I want to always remember that it is much better to go through life with the Lord than without him. I was also reading through an ensign article by Elder Bednar called "accepting the Lords will and timing". And he gives a quote by Elder Maxwell: "Not Shrinking is more important than surviving". We shouldn't run from our struggles. When we realize that we have been given these trials for our benefit... for our growth, then we will understand that it really is better to endure, than to run away! I love this, and it is something I am really trying to work on. I am so incredibly grateful for the gospel, and the sunshine and joy it brings into my life. I love you all! Have a great week, we got this!
Love, Sister Lund

 Our leftover Valentine's treats

 I could smell daddy's cologne on the shirt!!

 I got my package. Wahoo!!

 6 months!!

 Another successful heart attack

 Using a toaster to make toilet paper become a match was unsuccessful

I Just LOVE Love!!

L-O-V-E... I love you Fam Fam! Hope your Valentine's Day was great! I want you to know how much I love you, and how grateful I am for you. You are amazing! This week went pretty fast!
Thursday: I love having personal study everyday. There really is Power in the Book. Something I really loved from my personal study was in Jacob 3:1 " Pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions". I loved this verse. It really helps me to see that each and everyone of us have afflictions big and small, and sometimes we wish that they can just be taken away. But this verse says that no matter what affliction we have that He WILL console us. Today we went to President Gublers house and we were able to have some training on how to share the gospel in a way that is unique and personal to every person we meet. We really  focused on the Holy Ghost, and how we shouldn't be moving on to doctrine until we have established what the Holy Ghost can do for them. People are interested in what the gospel can do for them rather than the doctrine. I love how Elder Bednar, whenever he teaches or has talks he always invites the Holy Ghost to guide us! That's how it should be.
Friday: Somedays are a bit harder than others and today was a harder day. But I am sooooo grateful for my companion, she is my best friend! I love her. She is such a great listener! She asked me a few questions that made me think: 1) do you believe in Christ, and that he can make up the difference, 2) do you believe your loving Heavenly Father would send you down to fail? I love these questions! And I have been able to see on my mission and in my life that Christ truly can make up all the difference, and that our Heavenly really does love us, and he does NOT want us to fail!
Saturday: We met with a new friend today, Diane. She has met with Missionaries before, but said she would like to meet with us again. She is really nice. Hopefully we can keep teaching her! We got a message this morning from Brother Middleton saying that he was able to meet you! I'm really glad it worked out! Hope you liked the "English" package.
Sunday: I love going to church and seeing all of the members in the Welling Ward. Sister Honeycutt and I had the opportunity to teach both the Gospel principles lesson, and the Young Women's lesson. It was nice to be in YW again. I still remember the YW theme!
Monday: we had exchanges with the Orpington sisters. It was so fun. I was with Sister Biesinger. She is from Farmington, Utah. She is way nice. It was really fun to get to know her, and to go visit some members and potentials in their area!
Tuesday: Valentine's Day! Today was a good day. We went to a cafe in Orpington with the sisters to celebrate. Then we traveled home from Orpington. When we got home we walked to Welling and tried by some less actives. No one was home, but it was pretty warm. It was nice to be able to walk and be outside!
This week was a great week. It went really fast. In companionship study Sister Honeycutt shared and insight with me, she said: Is living the Gospel making me happy, or does it feel like a burden or a chore? And I loved this insight. I love the gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is my life, because I have the Gospel I have happiness. I am so glad that I have the knowledge of the truth. I know that it is only through the Gospel of Jesus Christ where we can find true happiness. Look for Him, and you will find Eternal Joy. Have a great week! I love you so much! Big hugs! We got this!
Love, Sister Lund

Til' We Meet at Jesus' Feet

Hi Fam Fam!! Something exciting is that my ward mission leader is in Salt Lake City right now! He will be there from the 7th-14th. He has a surprise for you so hopefully you will be able to meet him. He is so so nice. I'll send you more information mama. But this week was a pretty good week, it was slow but also so fast!
Friday: We went and visited Angela today. Her family has been struggling a lot lately and we were able to share the video "the will of God" and she loved it. She said it helped her so much. I love how the Lord works. Today was really good though! It was sunny and about 50 degrees. But today we saw another miracle, because we had a lesson with Pam, and her Brother Dave was there... he isn't interested, but we were able to teach both of them this evening, and it was great because they both participated. But it was really nice to get Pops' letter with his cologne, it was a great piece of home ❤.
Saturday: We had a lunch appointment at Queen's house. She lives in Woolwich, so after the appointment we tried contacting potentials and LA's in her area. We didn't find much success, but that is okay!
Sunday: Angela brought her older son to church today! This is a huge miracle!! We were so happy to see him. We made some brownies for a family in our ward. The father is battling cancer,  so they are really struggling, but they are so positive. I love Sister Honeycutt, she is like my best friend. It's scary how much we have in common! This evening our neighbors came over and gave us gifts for feeding their cats. Thank goodness we read the food label, because the chocolate they gave us has Vodka in it... haha but it was really nice of them. We have no idea what to do with them.
Monday: the weather is warming up a tiny bit. So this morning we went running! This morning we saw Gerry on the bus. we keep bumping into him... you think he would take that as a sign... but he said that he has been reading from the Book of Mormon and that it has brought him a lot of comfort. There is power in the Book!! We were walking past cafe thorntons (which they just shut down) where Angela used to work, and they had these big pictures of desserts. We asked if we could take one, and they said yes, so we are going to give it to Angela as a present.
Tuesday: We had MLC today at the Staines chapel. So we had to wake up at 4:45am to be able to make it to the chapel by 8am. Haha it was an adventure, but we made it there on time. I am getting pretty good at using public transport, so bonus! But the thing that hit me he most was when we sang God Be With You Till We Meet Again, to the Missionary couple that is leaving this transfer. I have sung this song so many times, but the phrase "Till We meet at Jesus feet" hit me so strong. One day we will ALL go back to our Heavenly Father and meet at Jesus' feet. How AMAZING is this. I am so excited for this day.
This week was a pretty good week. We are starting from scratch, so we aren't really teaching a lot of people right now, but we are definitely seeing miracles. And I know that through the things I go through everyday, the experiences I am having, that they are all shaping me to be a better and stronger person. Why not have Joy... even though things may be difficult physically, or emotionally, or even spiritually sometimes, I Ultimately have the choice to be happy or not. So ya know what, I choose happiness, because I KNOW the path I am on will and is leading me to Jesus' feet. And I can't think of a better path to be on.
I love you! Have a great week. We got this!
Love,
Sister Lund

He Does Nothing...Save it be for our Benefit!!!

Fam Fam!! Hi y'all (just for you mama). 😘 this week has been a good week. I know I say this every time, but I have learned a lot. I want to share a quote from President Monson's talk in October 2016: "We are blessed to have the truth. We have a mandate to share the truth. Let us live the truth, that we might merit all that the Father has for us. He does nothing save it be for our benefit. He has told us, “This is my work and my glory--to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” I love his quote. How blessed are we to have His truth! This is the truth. Everyone can know for them self. But I love especially the part where it says that He does nothing save it be for our benefit. Everything we go through in our life is for our benefit, even if it's hard. 😊
Friday: We have been feeding our neighbors cats, while they have been away. And so we did weekly planning in their flat, it was so great because... we looked at their book shelf and they had a Book of Mormon!! They kept it from when sister Montredon and I gave it to them on Christmas! So that was a miracle we saw!! But this evening we went and saw Pam. She is the cutest. She made us homemade pizza, which tasted really good, but she gave us way too much! I got really sick! But it's okay! 😊
Saturday: We had a lesson planned with Gerry, our friend we met last week that accepted to be baptized on February 18th. We met him outside a coffee shop, he is really struggling right now because his mother is passing away. Sadly when he met with us he said he wasn't interested at the moment, but he asked if he could keep the Book of Mormon. He really enjoys reading it, and he loves learning about the church. He says that one of the biggest reasons he loved meeting with us is that we were so unbelievably happy. He was impressed. That is what the gospel does... it brings us TRUE happiness. It was Chinese New Year so we went to Ho Wan, and got Chinese food, and we made our own fortune cookies. Haha sister Honeycutt tried to teach me how to use chopsticks, but it lasted about 20 seconds and I switched to a fork.
Sunday: today was great. We had church, and two of our friends came!! And after church we had lunch with Sister Eckelt. She is so nice, she talked about the Holy Ghost and how amazed she is at how she has been guided her whole life through so many things because she had the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost... what a gift. After sister Eckelt we wanted to go visit a less active (LA)... haha and we got lost. I'm not the best navigator, but hey every time we get lost, good things always come out of it! We thought we knocked on a LA door, but when the man opened the door, It was not what I was expecting. Turns out we went to an active members home: Katherine Eze, but we thought it was a LA because her daughters name was listed under the household on the members list and she is LA. But miracle!!! We found two new friends through this experience. It was Katherine's birthday, and let me tell ya, it was the strangest but best birthday party I have ever been to. We sang church songs, and we took lots of pictures. God really does know where we need to be when we need to be there.
Monday: we had exchanges with the sisters! They are so nice. I love exchanges, because I always learn so much from these amazing sisters I am serving with!
Tuesday: we had dinner at Maureen's house. She is so nice, she really wants me to visit her and the family after my mission! Which I told her of course I would love to! So when we come back, we will have to come visit her and the family!
Wednesday: we had President interviews, and zone training. I love interviews with President. I know that I am here in this mission at this time for a reason, and I know a big reason is because I needed to be with President Gubler. He is amazing! A miracle we had when we got home, was we got a call from Gerry. Sadly his mother passed away this morning, but he felt Iike he needed to  call us. He was grateful to talk with us and we were able to share with him a chapter to read in the Book of Mormon (Alma 40).
This week has been good. I have really been able to see the power that comes through prayer. I have been praying a lot this week for multiple things that I am going through or that I am trying to learn. I am so grateful that I can talk to my Father in Heaven whenever I need to. I am grateful to know that my Savior knows everything that I go through. Every success, every trial, every sickness, every good day... everything! The Atonement is real, and I know that it is carrying me through my mission, and that it will carry me through the rest of my life, as long as I accept it. I love you all so much. I am grateful for your support and all that you do for me. Have a great week! We got this! Cheerio!
Love,
Sister Lund

 Made our own Fortune Cookies

 Happy Birthday Katherine

 Yummy Pickles...check out their slogan

Chinese New Year... still can't use chop sticks