This week was a bit of a tougher week. I was a little under the weather, but that is okay! God showered Crawley in miracles this week.
Thursday: We had Zone Conference which was so good! We got to watch the Christmas initiative video that comes out I think November 25... I could be totally wrong haha. And it was so good! You will love it. But the conference was really focused on "light" and how we always need to be doing things to bring the light of Christ into our lives. It was so powerful!
Friday: We had a lesson with our friend Chris, from Romania. He is really struggling with finding direction in his life, and is kind of fighting against himself at the moment. He doesn't really know what he wants to do. Tonight we had a dinner appointment with the Vowels... and they are the funniest family! Oh my goodness. Brother Vowels told us the story of how he and Lea met and how they got engaged. And let me tell you it was one of a kind. Remind me to tell you the story when I get home!
Saturday: We had a dinner appointment with Maureen a recent convert in our ward today. She is a sweet heart. Her husband is not a member, but he is supportive of her, and he was really nice to us, and apparently tonight was the first time that he stayed for a spiritual thought! Miracle! Haha and their dog is the cutest. His name is Jimmy, and he reminds me a lot of Essie Jane's dog Buster haha.
Sunday: Dave came to church again! Miracle! Our friend Joanna was going to come to church, but she had to cancel because her 2 year old son got into the sweeties, and ate a whole bunch of them and got sick all over himself and the buggie...so sad! But we saw her this evening, and she has been reading the Book of Mormon, and she prayed for the first time in the lesson tonight.
Monday: Today we had exchanges! I was with sweet Sister Leavitt. She has been on her mission for about 3 weeks! She is the cutest. I felt bad though because for part of the exchange we had to go to my doctors appointment, but she was a great sport! But this evening we had a dinner appointment with the Corrigans, from South Africa! I love South African accents, they are the coolest. Our ward has a lot of people from South Africa! But the appointment was really good. We had a really good conversation about the "Because of Him" video! I LOVE that video, so powerful.
Tuesday: We taught our friend Marie... and funny story haha. SO we found Marie on thursday at the bus stop, and she speaks french, and little ole' me knows a tiny tiny amount of french from her two french companions... and so I spoke the tinest amount with her at the bus stop. Well we had our lesson today and she was talking to Sister Gates, but couldn't figure out a word she wanted to say in English so she turned to me and started speaking to me in french. My heart dropped and I just looked at her and smiled and nodded. But I could only pick out like two words, and thankfully whatever I said resonated with her... But then as we were finishing the lesson we extended a baptismal date and she accepted! And then she got a knock on her door, and so she left us in her living room for like 10 minutes as she talked to this person outside. She comes back in and she said "I've got another appointment with God" and she smiles and hands us a pamphlet that said "Jehovah's Witness" on it. Sister Gates and I just looked at each other and smiled haha. We were like "Oh...wow" haha. It was a funny lesson though.
This week was a bit of a tougher week. But I am so grateful for the tough weeks, because I know that they make me a stronger person. Something that I learned from Zone Conference really struck me... "Just a little bit of a less focused study, prayer, or diligent day, takes away the light...Accounting with God at the end of every single day is vital. If we do not do it, it is like us just closing our eyes in the middle of the day". I loved this. Accounting with Heavenly Father is so important. He gives us countless amounts of blessings every single day, and if we are not looking back to see the miracles and lessons he has given us, we lose the light.
I hope that you will have a fantastic week! You are in my heart and prayers. I love you so much! We can do hard things. We got this!
Love, Sister Lund
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