I hope you had an amazing week! Ours was pretty good!!
Thursday: We had DLC today, which was fun. Elder Hardy got mixed up with the schedule and forgot who was given what presentations, so he accidently said that we were giving a 15 minute presentation... It was okay though we just went with it and winged it! It actually went really well. I am so grateful for the spirit! DLC was fun though! This evening we had a dinner appointment with the Stewarts. They are a cute family. Although Sister Shumway and I got a little sick after dinner, but that's okay! Then we had a lesson with Hannah, Peter and Jo's daughter. It went really well. We extended a baptismal date to Hannah for February 24th. She totally could make it, however it really is going to depend on her parents.
Friday: We had District Meeting in Crawley. Our whole district has changed. But it was also really fun because our sweet senior couple the Wallaces were able to come. And Sister Wallace can lead the music so she got me off the hook which was really nice... considering the fact that I have NO IDEA how to read music, but people always ask me to conduct, I know how to wave my hand, but that is about the extent of my abilities! haha
We were supposed to go and see Joanna, but she cancelled our appointment, which is pretty frustrating considering her baptism is on the 3rd of February. But this afternoon we went and read the Book of Mormon with Sister Senior. Bless her, she is wonderful! She is struggling understanding, but she is a trooper, she just got out of the Isaiah chapters! Tonight we had a dinner appointment with the Marcos family. They told us their conversion story, about how they were just trying to get their DVD player fixed and Jonathan Marcos ran into the missionaries, and invited them back, but he was going to play a joke on them... and then Debbie Marcos ran into another set of missionaries, and invited them back, and they got baptized like 3 weeks later. Amazing what Christ can do for people. Then we had a lesson with Charlie Hodby's grandmother. She isn't very interested, and I think she felt a bit overwhelmed, but all we can do is just share our message, and let people choose for themselves.
Saturday: We dropped by Joanna today, and her partner Aidan was there. So we met him... We talked with her about her baptism, because she wasn't planning on coming to church tomorrow, which is sad because she is so so close. But by the end of the conversation she told us she would come. The ward even bought her kids car seats, and we coordinated a ride for her. So we will see what happens. But today we had a Skype teach with Izzy and it went really well. We have been praying a lot about Izzy and we really felt that God thinks she is ready for baptism. SO we extended a date for February 17th... and she said she would pray about it. So miracle! This evening we had another lesson with Peter and Jo and Hannah. It went pretty good. We reviewed the Restoration. And Hannah said that she is willing to prepare for the 24th of February, again it really will depend on Peter and Jo.
Sunday: Today was absolutely insane! We were like running around with our heads cut off! Oh my days... Long story short, Joanna was supposed to come to church...but she didn't. A few members in our ward went to pick her up but she wasn't ready, so they went back later and she left a note on the door that she will walk to church. So she was like lost... or something like that... Who knows, I still am so confused! So Sister Shumway and I went to go find her and to get her to come to church but we couldn't find her, and it was just insane! Anyways... we felt super sad, so we called Elder Armstrong and Elder Hardy and talked with them for a little bit. But it was good because Elder Armstrong is like my best friend, so he helped us! And then we got a miracle text from Izzy! She was like "Sisters, I got my answer... I need to get baptized." AHHHH! So she chose February 24th because Michael's family will be intown and can come and support her! Which is amazing! I can't think of a better way to finish my mission than to watch sweet Izzy get baptized. Bless her, she is the cutest! That was a MIRACLE!!
Monday: We had a lesson with Izzy and she came to the Chapel, and we went over the baptismal interview questions with her to help her prepare for her interview and it was like a role play. She like answered these questions, and passed with flying colors. My goodness. And then we showed her the baptismal font, and she loved it, she was like "It's massive!" and then we looked at baptismal clothes. She hates the jumpsuits, so she told us she is going to buy a dress, and she found one. Oh Izzy! Then we had a dinner appointment with Josh and Demi Craggs, a young couple in the ward. They are so nice. And then we got on a train to Eastbourne for exchange.
Tuesday: I was with Sister Rathinam for exchange. I just love her! She is such a great missionary. We saw so many miracles as well. We were able to put two of their new friends on date! Woohoo! So exchanges were great.
This week was fabulous. It went so quick. The weeks are just flying by! Ahh!! But something that I really loved this week was a talk I read by Patrick Kearon called "Come unto Me with Full purpose of Heart, and I Shall Heal You". It basically just talks about how all of us have the power to change.. not on our own but with our brother Jesus Christ. He can heal us. I love the part where it says: "If we have strayed from the track, we can change, we can return, and we can recapture our joy and our inner peace. We will discover that returning to the track from which the land mines have been removed brings enormous relief. No one can find peace in a minefield. Our Savior is the Prince of Peace, the Great Healer, the only One who can truly cleanse us from the sting of sin and the poison of pride and change our rebellious hearts into converted, covenant hearts. His Atonement is infinite and embraces us all. The invitation given to the Nephites, when He ministered to them as the resurrected Christ, is still in force for you and for me: “Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them.”14 Not one of you has thrown away your last chance. You can change, you can come back, you can claim mercy. Come unto the only One who can heal, and you will find peace."
I love this. No matter what, Christ and his Atonement is infinite and it embraces us all! My invitation to you this week, is the invitation Christ gave to the Nephites... Let Christ heal you.. You don't need to hold onto your wounds any longer.
I hope you have a great week! I love you so much! We Got This!!
Love,
Sister Lund
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