Lots went on this week. It was pretty fun though!!
Thursday: we had DLC (district leadership conference) today at Orpington, and traveling to Orpington was an adventure as always. But the meeting was really good. Haha I thought I wasn't allergic to cats, but I think it's safe to say I am. Quite a few people here in England have cats. And this evening we were at a members home having dinner, and my allergies were crazy. But the funny part of the evening... we literally just said the prayer on the food, and we were passing around the salt and the pepper grinders. Sister Honeycutt, handed me the Salt and when I went to turn it upside down the salt it EXPLODED all over my food. Haha oh my it was so embarrassing. I just picked off all the salt I could... but through out the meal I would bite into a chunk of salt... yucky! But great memory. 😂
Friday: Today I was reminded of the quote Kylee shared with me while she was on her mission. "You never grow in your comfort zone, and you never feel comfort in your growth zone". Some of the experiences I had today made me feel uneasy. But one thing that I am learning right now, is that all of the experiences we have in life are bringing us closer to the one person who knows exactly how we feel... our Brother and Savior Jesus Christ. Sometimes we might feel like we are "blind" on the pathway. But as long as we let Christ take the reigns and show us the way, we have nothing to fear.
Saturday: Today we attended the baptism of Tololupe, a friend the elders in our ward were teaching. He loved his baptism. Elder Still, our district leader had the opportunity to baptize him. Tololupe, had to be dunked 4 times, because his legs kept coming out of the water haha. Just shows how important it is to have witnesses, to make sure that baptism is performed correctly. This evening we were able to see a family in our ward for dinner. The wife is a member but the husband is not. At this time, he isn't quite ready, but he really is trying to make changes in his life, and study and learn, because he expressed how important his family is to him, and that he really does want to be with them eternally.
Sunday: we had church at the Maidstone stake, and Wilfred came with us! Huge miracle considering he doesn't have a car, and that he had to take the bus! Wow! He is so prepared. Since we don't have a chapel in Welling, we showed Wilfred around the Maidstone chapel. We showed him the baptismal font, and he just smiled. He expressed to us how incredibly happy he is to be getting baptized. He has been searching for a long time, and he was like I know now that I have finally found the fullness of the truth!! Teaching Wilfred makes me so happy!
Monday: we taught Wilfred again today. Each time we teach him, he opens up more and more. He committed himself to start preparing for the priesthood and the temple... HOW AMAZING! He isn't even baptized yet!!!
Tuesday: Today was such a fabulous day. We had interviews and zone training at Presidents house. Today I was able to see so many personal miracles, and I was able to understand the path Heavenly Father has me on just a little bit more. Being in Presidents home was so amazing. The spirit was so strong, and it felt like home. It was like all our worries were just wiped away for the day. Sister Gubler asked sister Honeycutt and I to make dinner for us, and them, and the zone leaders. Haha so we made a cobb salad, and toasties. They turned out really well! After dinner Sister Gubler drove us to the train station to go home, we got in their car and it took 4 tries to pull it out of the drive way, but she got it eventually. 😊
This week really was such an amazing week. I really have seen that God always answers our prayers. They're not always answered in the ways we want or the the ways we expect them to be answered, but he always answers them. As it says in Alma, I know that God lifts our burden and makes them seem light. I know if we just put our trust in Him, and have faith in his plan, even just a little, that everything will just work out. A story was shared with us about the woman who swam the Catalina Channel a few years back. This woman trained and trained and trained so that she could swim this difficult journey. Her first attempt she swam I think it was about 15 hours in all, through the cold water amongst many sharks, and she was so exhausted. She came up against some fog, so she wasn't able to see if there was land ahead. Being so exhausted she told her trainer and rescue boat to pull her in, that she couldn't go any further. To her disappointment, she soon found out that land was just a little bit aways. After this experience she went back trained really hard, and made her second attempt. She got to the same point where there was a bunch of fog and she couldn't see anything ahead of her, but she was resilient she wouldn't let anything stop her. She finished the course. She was the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. And not only did she finish it, she beat the men's record by 2 hours! Wow!! I bet this woman the second time she swam this Channel, just kept telling herself "Just keep Swimming". At times I feel this way. But you know what, that is okay! Sometimes all God asks of us it's that we "Just keep swimming".
I love you so much!! Have a great week. We got this!
Love, Sister Lund
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