One Year

We finally were able to leave our apartment and resume our missionary duties this week after testing positive for COVID. We talked to several people about it, and apparently this latest mutation of the virus has been very contagious, it spread like wildfire in Hawaii, but the symptoms were relatively mild. Elder Mundell tested positive the longest, but he never had any symptoms. We're happy to start sharing the gospel again, and host more of our family members. Cathy's daughter Keilah and her wonderful fiance Anthony are visiting us this week, and we are showing them some of the sights on this beautiful island. They are amazed at how green everything is. We love having them here! Keilah captured her mother on video having one of her infamous hiccups, and we will post that video on Dan's Facebook, ElderSister Mundell.

Keilah Meyer and Anthony Young 

President and Sister Andersen recently returned from new mission leader training at the MTC in Provo, and they shared with us how wonderful it was to be taught by the Lord's chosen apostles and prophets. They expressed their appreciation for the senior couples serving in our mission, and told us that most of the other missions in the world are not as fortunate as Hawaii in regards to senior missionaries. They had other mission leaders come up to them in amazement that we have 28 couples while theirs had only a handful, and some even none at all! We are blessed to have three senior couples serving just in the Kaneohe stake alone. 


Cathy Mundell June 29, 2023

We've reached a milestone in our mission. Today marks exactly one year from the date we will be released on June 30, 2025. We've been on our mission for 11 months, and we feel like our time has gone by extremely fast. We can't wait to see what the next 12 months holds for us, it's all been a blessing to serve and to love the best way we can. This is also exactly one year ago that we were in Oregon visiting Dan's mother and two sisters. You can tell from the "before" and "after" pictures that Sister Mundell has lost a lot of weight during the past 12 months, 50 pounds! She has been so diligent about eating right, getting exercise and avoiding snacks that the transformation in her physical appearance has been amazing! The weight loss has had dramatic effects upon her overall health and fitness. Her knees aren't in constant pain anymore and she doesn't get winded easily like she used to. 

But more important than the physical changes you can see has been her spiritual growth that we cannot see. Sister Mundell has been reading the scriptures every day, learning more about the doctrine of Christ, discussing the things she reads with her husband, and applying those principles into her life. Her spiritual transformation has been the greatest change she's felt in her life, all the result of a serving a full-time mission.

Sister Mundell June 29, 2024

 

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