The Book Brings Power!!

Hi Fam Fam!!

I can't believe this is the last week of another transfer! Wowzers...time. But this week was a hard good week. We had many growing opportunities, but we still saw the miracles!

Thursday: We had district meeting, and we focused on how Mornings are so important! We need to "Attack the morning". We have been making sure that when we wake up in the morning we don't let ourselves be lazy, we "attack" our prayers, exercise, getting ready, breakfast, personal study, planning, etc. And boy oh boy, have I a seen a difference in my whole day. The mornings truly do affect your day. We read the Book of Mormon with Alcina today. I love Alcina. She is treats Sister Velez and I like her daughters... she is such a sweetie.

Friday: Fridays are always crammed full of planning and correlation meetings, so there isn't a ton to report... Today Sister Velez and I talked a lot about how the Devil is really mean...haha. But seriously!! He wants us to nitpick at everything we do. He wants us to be as miserable as he is. But ultimately what he really wants is for us to forget who we are... he wants us to forget that we are sons and daughters of the almighty God... because if he can make us forget who we are, he can do just about anything to us.

Saturday: Today was a good day! Sadly all of our appointments fell through! BUT we were still able to have a good day! This morning we went into Southampton city, and we did some contacting on the high street... which wasn't very effective. Apparently people really don't want to stop and talk about God when they are looking for clothes

. But that's okay! Even though our appointments fell through, God guided us to do what we needed to do. We were able to have a lesson with Emilia this afternoon, and teach her about her purpose here on earth. And then this evening we were able to have a game night with Alcina, and her kids Paul and Rehana. Which it was a miracle Rehana joined us because usually she stays in her room!! We are making progress! Yay!

Sunday: Miracle!! Our recent convert friend Vinh came to church!! He hasn't been to church the entire time we have been in this area! So yay!!! He stayed for all three meetings too! He said that he felt SO much better, he felt like he came home. Emilia in sacrament meeting leaned over to me, and was like "Sister Lund, I know moves are coming up... they better not take you away! I will be SO mad!" I love Hamble River... We will see what happens with moves, we find out on Saturday. This evening we had dinner with a member Kim Smith. She is so funny! She is very bubbly, we love her. After dinner we went to Patrycja and Emilia's and we watched the Restoration movie. At first Emilia REALLY didn't want to watch it because she thought it would be really boring... but she got really into it! So miracle! She loves Joseph Smith.

Monday: Major miracles today! We had a Skype lesson with Heather... she is amazing, by the way she has been struggling with smoking lately. And during the Skype lesson I got a strong impression that we needed to talk about her smoking... and I was like noooo Heavenly Father, that will be the last straw for her... but I got the prompting really strong again. Right as I got the prompting Heather told us that she needed to use the bathroom, and that she would Skype us back in a little bit. As soon as she ended the call I looked at Sister Velez and I was like "God wants us to talk about her smoking!" And she was like "phew, you got that prompting too! I thought it was just me, and I had no idea how to bring it up"... so we were like, okay, God wants us to talk about this with her, but how are we going to bring it up.... and then Heather called us back. When we answered she was like "girlies, I need to apologize to you... I lied about going to the bathroom. I went to smoke". Sister Velez and I just looked at each other in awe. I want share the rest of the story, but this was a testament to me that God really does provide us with the spirit, and if we are listening, He will provide us a way to say and do the things he needs us to. Wow! Tonight we had an FHE with the Baker family. We followed the counsel from a few of the brethren in this last General Conference, and we read "The Living Christ" with them. We are told throughout the Bible and the Book of Mormon, that we need to come unto Christ... but how do we do that if we don't really know who he is. That is why it is so important to study his life.

Tuesday: today was a good day. We were able to see Vinh, and he brought his friend Mike and his two kids, Sophia and Leo, to the chapel to play football. Vinh even gave Mike a chapel tour haha! It was really good to see them. This evening we went and had dinner with Sister Jean Baker, and her friend Angie. We always love seeing them. Today Angie told us that she is absolutely not interested in learning about the gospel, but she likes to see us. Maybe she will change her mind later on in life... you never know.

This week was a good hard week. As missionaries, it can be really hard when your friends flog, or when it is really hard to get people to want to learn more about the Gospel. But I have found that when we have "hard" weeks in the work, the Lord is right there with us. He helps me to remember why I came on my mission, and that I am here to grow, and to learn and to be converted. It is so important to have a positive attitude! So so so important!!

I absolutely love the Book of Mormon. I love how the beginning in 1 Nephi, it talks a lot about how the Lord is "preparing a way" for us... and then the rest of The Book of Mormon IS that way. There is so much power that comes from the Book of Mormon... I encourage all of you, if you are not reading the Book of Mormon or if you have never read it... read it! I testify that it will change your life! He has the way prepared for you... find out what it is!

I love you so so much! BIG shoutout to daddy! Happy Father's Day. I couldn't ask for a better daddy! I get to speak in the Hamble River Ward this Sunday! I am talking about Lehi, and his example as a father, and dad... you know how much I love Lehi, and Nephi, hence my mission scripture! God works in amazing ways!! I love you. Have a fabulous week. We got this!

Love,

Sister Lund