10-14-13
So I only have a quick min, but I wanted to try to give you an update before I'm off! I fly out this afternoon and for the first time in my life I was actually on top of packing and was able to have a little extra time this morning so we could stop at the library (Extra blessings from serving a mission ;) )
We had a great last week here in Lexington, although I can't tell you how sad it makes me to leave Lexington. We had Skye’s interview yesterday so she is getting baptized this Saturday and her whole family had such a good experience at church yesterday! I’m sad to miss her baptism but I’m so grateful I got to be a part of seeing the changes along the way. We also made a huge progress with Tammy, Tony and Anthony. Thank you for your prayers with them, we are so excited for them.
It seems like my companions and I have finally really started to teach by the spirit in unity and we had some really powerful lessons this week. I know they will continue to do great together! Pres. is having them stay here and finish their training by training each other :)
Another really special experience for me this week - On Tuesday we had exchanges and I got to go back to my first area! Gaston! I was only there for 6 weeks and we just had one baptism. My very last day there we were gone all day for trainers training and when we got back we went on splits with the sisters staying with us, so I took 2 sisters with me and my 2 comps went elsewhere. We realized we only would have time to have one lesson before we had to be back so we prayed and picked one house to knock on. The man we talked to wasn't super interested but we were able to carry a conversation long enough that he let us go in and talk to his wife (probably to hand us off to someone else but hey it works). We talked to her briefly and shared the restoration and gave her a Book of Mormon and I set up a time for other missionaries to come back and see her. Then we left and I totally forgot about it. We came back and it turns out she ended up getting baptized and is one of the best missionaries in Gaston! Her sister got baptized after her example and now she is a ward missionary. It was such a sweet experience to come back to that last house that I saw before I got transferred and to see the difference in her life. She shared with me a poem she had written about "3 little angels" who had shared this message with her. Who knew the miracles that would come! The Lord is so good to us and I felt so blessed that I got to see the fruits of it. It was amazing to me because I was so close to the members there and it was fun to see them, but truly my favorite part was seeing those whose lives are changing from the gospel!
Member missionary work has picked up a lot in the last week too! We decided to have our members’ text us anytime they talk about the gospel, give out a pass-along card, etc. and it has been so fun to see them get excited to share it with others! I hope you will all take the fire from conference and go share this wonderful message with others! It is our responsibility to give them the opportunity to accept the gospel! Don’t keep this precious gift for yourself ;)
I am so, so grateful for the time that I got to spend here in SC (over 1/3 of my mission!) and I will definitely miss it. I was kind of hoping to stay one more transfer because we have an apostle coming next month and Sisters Conference next week, but I have learned never to question the lords timing or placement for anything so I am grateful and excited to be going to Brazil. I know there are plenty of people there who will also touch my life!
I love yall! (I suppose I will have to drop the y’all and start saying eu te amo)
Love, Sister Lewis
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