He is the Teacher!!!

Hi Fam Fam! 101817
Wow this week has been full of learning and growing and becoming humble... I had a really good week. I hope you did!
Thursday: We had Quad-Zone Conference in Poole. Conference was amazing and I learned so much. So many of my really close friends are going home..time has flown. This evening we dropped by Richards house with Sister Elly Hollis who lives really close to him. He really was not feeling well, and he didn't have the strength to go to the shops to buy food, so sweet sister Hollis took Sister Gaston and I to the shops to buy him food.... she bought everything! She's such a sweetie! ❤ Richard gave us his coffee as well, which was a miracle!!
Friday: we had weekly Planning today, and our correlation meeting was cancelled, so we went to the chapel to correlate with the Elders, to see how we could help the work progress this week.
Saturday: we did finding this morning in west end. This afternoon we had a dinner appointment with Jean Baker. She had me write my testimony in her scriptures, which was so sweet of her. She just looked at me and was like "Sister Lund, I want you to write your testimony in my scriptures, I just really love you, and I will miss you" haha apparently she thinks I'm moving?! Haha I don't know. She is so cute though because back in the 70s or 80s there were some Elders that called her Munchkin from the wizard of oz, because she is so short. Haha and so now every time she messages us or talks to us she always says "love munchkin" 😂 oh my goodness. This evening we had stake conference in Portsmouth. The Saturday session was great, not very many people showed up, it was very different from Welling, and definitely different than Utah.
Sunday: we had stake conference in Portsmouth, and it was really good! I love conferences on my mission, such a special experience. And this evening we had a broadcast for the European areas from Elder Ballard; and he talked about how it is literally not possible for missionaries to do missionary work with out the members. He was very bold... he said missionary work or conversion will NOT happen without the members. It's so true.
Monday: we Skyped Heather this morning. She is doing better, she still is having some struggles, but all in all is improving. We had a lesson with a new investigator today, and it was a very strange experience...but I won't go into the details haha. We had a lesson with a Richard. And oh my goodness when we saw him today compared to when we saw him on Thursday, he was a completely different person. I could literally see the light in his eyes. It was one of the only times in my life that I could actually see a physical, emotional, and spiritual change in someone that quickly! Wow!! Richard was very emotional, but it was such a powerful lesson. We showed him the video "because of him", and all Richard said was "I have a second chance"... and it's so true, because of Him we all have that "second chance". This evening we taught Emilia, and we had a miracle! Emilia has not wanted to read the Book of Mormon. We have been trying everything. But today we invited her to act out the Book of Mormon, and it worked she read, or acted out two chapters!! There is power in the Book!
Tuesday: we went and did some service at Sister Linda Holden's house, we just were clearing out a bedroom. We had dinner with Sister Hollis. She gave us Rice pudding for pudding...it's very English...yeah it's not my favorite. This evening we had another lesson with Richard. he was able to talk with Elder Wells, a new senior couple missionary, whose occupation is in Addiction recovery and therapy, and he has worked with people with PTSD. So that was so helpful for Richard. Richard told us today "there is no coincidence you met me... God really does care. You two are my angels". When I heard that it just pierced my heart... I am so lucky to have been able to meet Richard he has taught me a little bit of what it means to be strong emotionally.
This week has been really good. It was tough. We had some really hard days. But I cannot say it enough I don't regret nor will I ever regret coming on my mission. I love the hard days. They have shaped me into a stronger daughter of God... something that hit me really strong this week was something my sweet companion sister Gaston told me. After I shared an experience with her about when I got to my mission I made a promise to Heavenly Father that I would try to do my best and do everything I possibly can to save and rescue souls, and I remember telling him and even telling President when I got here "Don't make it easy".... my mission has not been easy, nor is anyone's mission. Missions are not meant to be easy. Missions are a refiners fire. And they melt and mold us into amazing and beautiful things! But after I shared my experience with her she just told me "Sister Lund, you make me want to be humble. You are noble and You are teachable." I don't share this experience with you looking for recognition. Not at all!! I began to cry when she said that to me because it reminded me of my setting apart blessing, where it mentions that I will be blessed to be teachable. And my teacher is my Savior. And he teaches me so many things every single day. Missions are our MTC for life, and I am so grateful I chose to come here.
I hope that you will have a great week! I will let you know how moves go! We can do hard things! We got this! I love you so much!
Love,
Sister Lund