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