This past week was moves week.... any guesses?! Stay tuned 😉
Thursday: Today we had district meeting, last one as a district before move calls. We are the only sisters in our district so our meetings get pretty interesting... and a bit loud haha. But it's so fun. We were supposed to go district finding, but it started pouring! It was Sister Gaston's half-way mark today! This evening we stopped by Patrycja, because she just had surgery, so we brought her some get well treats. She wasn't feeling too well so we didn't stay long.
Friday: haha it is always funny on Fridays before moves, because usually this is the day that President calls to tell you if you've been called to leadership or called to be a trainer.. but he and Sister Gubler were in Portugal for a training. But none of the missionaries knew he wasn't going to call until Saturday so everyone was on edge. I actually was at peace, and not too anxious about it because I had a feeling I am going to stay in Hamble... we will see though! Sister Gaston really wants to train! We did quite a bit of finding before we went to correlation this evening. Oh my days... so it is starting to get cold here in little ole' Hamble River, and sister Handley served us frozen fruit and ice cream for pudding (English term for dessert). All of us were freezing, I could not feel my tongue, it was numb. I looked over at Elder Dasalla (from the Phillipines) and he was shivering... bless. 😂 haha it was really funny though!
Saturday: Today we had futbol! Which was great, we met a man who let me play with his puppies, which fun fact, one of them was named Abbie, spelled the same way.... all the other missionaries got a kick out of that haha! Sister Gaston and I tried doing an activity at the chapel... we wanted to show the movie "Meet the Mormons". And the whole week we had been inviting everyone... so only one person came... and it was Alcina, but we felt the spirit that we need to do it, so we did! We are going to try it again this Saturday and see if it works! So we got a call from President at about 7:30pm... my stomach sank! When sister Gaston answered the phone President asked if he could talk to me, so she handed me the phone, and President and I chatted for a little, and then he asked me "So, Sister Lund, how would you feel about staying in a Hamble River another transfer? I know you have been there since April, I went quiet and thought oh boy... and I though about it for a bit, and a bit hesitantly said "Yes President, I can stay if this is what the Lord want me to do"... He replied and said "Sister Lund, I know this hasn't been the easiest for you, but the Lord has made it very clear to me that you need to stay with Sister Gaston, in Hamble River", when he said that to me, I remembered that I didn't want my mission to be easy, so whatever my Heavenly Father needed me to do, I was going to do it. So I said "President I will do what Heavenly Father wants me to do, I feel the spirit confirming to me this is where I need to be". I was just so grateful for President that he took the time to call me just to make sure that I would be okay with this.
Sunday: 13 Months! I don't think it's hit me... I don't quite feel it yet. I feel like I've been here forever, yet only a few months. Emilia came to church today on her own which was a miracle, because Pat wasn't feeling well. She struggled the third hour... she wouldn't go to Primary. But we had a lesson with her this evening, she seemed a bit better.
Monday: we had accounting this morning with Elder Rhee, he found out the he is moving to Paignton, Plymouth to finish training a new missionary. So it was our last accounting. We had a lesson with Richard today. Which went really well, it was a very spiritual experience. We met with him on the sea shore, in Weston, with Heather. Richard really is struggling in his life. He was very emotional today, and he opened up a lot to us. He has a lot of things he needs to work through. This will be a long journey, but he will make it! This evening we went to the Bakers family, and had a FHE with them, we haven't done that in a while, so that was nice.
Tuesday: today went pretty quick, we had quite a few lessons. This morning we decided to stop by a potential, Susan. And she let us in! MIRACLE!! We were able to get to know her better today so that was great, and she said we can come back on Friday. After Susan, we went by Linda Holden, in the ward, since they live a few houses apart. She was busy sewing, so we didn't stay for long, but she is so sweet. I don't know how we got to this topic, but we were talking about Wisdom teeth, and she said she wants to see one of my videos... oh boy... so if you have one of them still, and can send it to me that would be great. But no worries if you can't! This afternoon, we saw Richard again, and taught him the Restoration. This evening we taught our friend Alex... I don't know if you remember the Alex I taught back with Sister Velez in April, but we are starting to teach him again. Oh my goodness, this lesson was a tough one... amazing and the spirit was so strong, but it was tough. Alex has a very strong belief in the Bible. And so we are trying to teach him very simply 😅 but he is great, such a nice guy.
So this week has been really long, yet really short. But man have I learned! I have been studying what it means to be a Christlike leader, and I was reading a talk from President Utchdorf, called Continue in Patience. He was talking about his experience in training to be a pilot and he said " I'm still not sure why endless running was considered such an endless preparatory part of becoming a pilot... Nevertheless, we ran and we ran and we ran some more". I love this because it made me think about how a lot of the times as humans we don't see or understand the importance of something, but if we truly want to follow God, we do it anyways. Patience is a purifying process... without patience we CANNOT please God. If we are ever going to grow and reach our potential we have to learn to wait for things.
I like this because growing up when we hear from our parents or grown-ups tell us "Patience is a Heavenly virtue" we cringe... or at least I did 😅😂 but it's true. And not only is it a Heavenly Virtue, it is a rare virtue... one that I want to one day perfectly acquire. I am so grateful that to come closer to my Savior, Heavenly Father will give me opportunities to put my desires or wants on hold so that I can gain this precious and rare virtue.
But as Elder Holland says "Don’t give up, boy. Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead--a lot of it--. You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven; but for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come."
I hope you have a great week. I love you so much. You are all in my heart and prayers. We can do hard things. We got this! I'm smiling! I hope you are too!!
Love, Sister Lund
P.s. I love a quote from a talk that says " Who is the greatest leader of all time? Jesus. Who is the greatest follower of all time? Jesus".
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