Not One Day Goes By that God Doesn't Watch Over Me...NOT ONE DAY!!

Hi Fam Fam!
This week... OH BOY. We saw SO many miracles. But opposition in all things, right?
Wednesday: So we went to Swanwick Lake with Patrycja for preparation day, and it was really nice to be in the trails again... even though we weren't on a mountain.
Thursday: We had Quad-Zone Conference. Wow, it was so amazing!! It really was just what I needed. We talked mainly about who we are (I suggest that you read D&C 138, and study about noble and Great ones) and we talked about urgency in His work. There was a part in the meeting where they shared this: "This knowledge takes our breath away. We know that God has a work for us... "I knew it, God knew it, and I knew I could not deny it" ". If you don't recognize that last sentence, it is a quote from Jospeh Smith. This hit me so hard, because I know that I have a work to do, not just on my mission, but in life. I know that God knows as well, and I CANNOT deny it.
Friday: We did quite a bit of drop bys. We are really just trying to find people! Which is great, hard, but great.
Saturday: Such a great day!!! Alcina had us come over to help her make samosas, which I had no idea what they were. It's like this Indian side dish thingy, and you have to fry them. So that was my first experience ever frying food. Haha you have to be REAL careful, didn't realize that oil pops haha 😂. But....Paul got baptized! The Elders and us have been working with the Truter family for a long time. And it has been amazing to witness the miraculous change that has been wrought upon them. Paul was glowing after he was baptized. You could see how happy it made him, and also how happy it made Alcina. It's these kinds of moments that make life so sweet. To see families starting to come together.
Sunday: Paul got confirmed today!! After he got confirmed, he came up to us and said "when can I get the priesthood, what is the next step?" Oh man haha he is so excited!! He truly has changed. It is amazing what the gospel does for people.
Monday: We had exchanges, and I was with my lovely best friend Sister Walker. She is such a sweetheart. I love her. Our exchange was crazy though, because nothing went to plan. We were supposed to have Nadine's baptismal interview, but she never showed up... so we just did finding.
Tuesday: We called and finally were able to get into contact with Nadine, and she said that she is just very nervous. She doesn't know what she wants. Which is very heartbreaking, because she is ready. She is ready to be baptized. I think that is probably one of the hardest things about missions is when you have a friend that is ready to follow their Savior and be baptized, but they are too scared to make the step. Ugh it rips your heart out.
This week has been full of ups and downs. But I really have been trying to focus on love. I am so grateful for the love that my Heavenly Father has for me. I know that I am not even close to comprehending what his love even means, but I do know that He is watching over me. There is a talk medley that I have been listening to a lot on my mission called "missionary work and the Atonement" and there is a part in there that quotes what missionaries will say: "why is this so hard, why don't things go better, why isn't our success more rapid, why do they reject us?", and he answers with this: " Missionary work is not easy because Salvation is not a cheap experience. How could we possibly bear any moving lasting testimony of the Atonement if we have never known or felt anything of such an experience. We are proud to say we are missionaries but mark my word that means you must be prepared to walk something of the path He walked. To feel something, a little of the pain He felt. To at least occasionally, sometime during your mission shed one of the tears of sorrow that He shed. To come to the truth, to come to salvation, to come to repentance, to come to know something of the price that has been paid, we will have to pay a token of that same price. It'll only be a token, but I believe that it has to be paid. Presidents let your missionaries know that the Atonement will carry them, perhaps more importantly it will carry their investigators. You let them know that when they struggle, when they are rejected, when they are spit upon, and cast out, and made a hiss and a byword, they are standing shoulder to shoulder with the best life this world has ever known. They have every reason to stand tall... and remember that for a moment in their lives they will understand what He went through for them."
This talk makes me cry and brings me chills every time I listen to it. Something I am grateful for this week, and that I have been learning a lot about his week is How grateful I am for the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I am grateful that He loved me enough to go through what He did. And I am grateful that I am having opportunities in my life to learn more about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. This life is not easy, but I know that NOT ONE DAY goes by that God doesn't watch over me... NOT ONE DAY. I am grateful for this knowledge. I love you all so much. Make it a great week. We got this!
Love,
Sister Lund