5-5-14
Dear Family,
So the sad news of the week is that I´m leaving Piraquara. After spending the first half of my mission opening new areas every single transfer I finally got to an area to stay in and I´ve been here for 4 transfers - almost 6 months, so it has been my baby. But I know it´s time to go. It was a pretty sweet experience to sit in Testimony Meeting yesterday and think about the last 5-6 months - and think about how ridiculously much I love all of the people that were sitting in that room. After church and after our baptisms I went to ward council and at the end announced that I was getting transferred. It was pretty bitter-sweet. But Bishop was really kind and we were able to talk a little bit about the changes that have happened in this ward since we opened it in November. Church attendance yesterday was about twice what it was when we got here, there have been about 40 baptisms which is a lot more than what we normally have had in an entire year in Piriquara, and there has really become a spirit of missionary work and reactivation in this area. The Lord´s hand truly has been here and I was so blessed to get to be a part of it! I´m just sad as I wanted to be here when the chapel finally gets finished because it was my goal to split the Piriquara Ward, but I know that they will get there :)
And I got to spend my last Sunday doing one of my favorite things in the world to do as a missionary - baptize J Yesterday we got to be a part of seeing Maria and Odivo get baptized. Maria´s family came to church finally and they were there for the baptism! That family is amazing and they will be incredible members of the church when they all follow Maria´s example J Divo has really been making a lot of changes too and it was so cute to see how he just bit the bullet even though that water was so freezing cold. When he got out and got his towel he ‘booked’ it, but clearly forgot where the bathroom was so I was chasing him down the hallway trying to help him find his way. Poor guy, but after getting past the freezing cold he said he felt amazing J I’m so excited to see both of them keep enduring to the end and continuing to see the blessings that the gospel brings!
We are so blessed to have the truth and to get to share it with everyone! I´ve also been thinking how blessed we are in the church to have so many people that we love so much! I´ll have my last FHE tonight with pretty much the whole ward, and I was just thinking about what a blessing it is that we get to know all these incredible people who influence our lives so much.
I love you all so much and am so grateful for you!
Love, Sister Lewis
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