Muggings. 9 June 2014

6-9-14

Dear Family,

So happy to hear about new little baby Gideon! I think there´s nothing better than baptisms except new babies :)

This week was exciting and crazy as usual. Monday we went back to see Lurdes and Therezinha and their families. We found out that one of the daughters had gone out the night of the baptism and was attacked. She is in the hospital but can’t move or talk or do anything and all the doctors were saying she probably won’t make it. This obviously came as a bit of a shock to us. We thought, “okay what can we say to help them right now?” But we just shared some scriptures about faith and hope and I was absolutely amazed at the way that they reacted. Instead of being angry with God, they told us that it was because they were baptized and that they´re going to church, that their daughter is still living, and during the week as we visited they told us each time of the blessings that they are receiving. I have been so impressed by their faith. They are an example to me.

I also got to do some exchanges with some sisters this week which were so awesome and we were blessed to see so many miracles; finding some super elect individuals and giving that area a little bit of a jump. We set some goals. As I was heading back to my area I thought how amazing it is that the Lord gives us the ability to help people. We were able to make some adjustments and set some goals that I knew weren´t from me.  I know that when we are willing to serve the Lord, He gives us what we need. It is pretty amazing!

We also had kind of an exciting day yesterday getting robbed in the middle of the day after church. Thankfully they just wanted our stuff and nothing to do with us. After the police report we decided to go look around a bit in the area that they had run off to, and we found a ton of our stuff which was a huge blessing! We found our scriptures, identification, and some things that I was pretty sad about losing, so we really were so blessed that everything turned out the way it did! The Lord definitely takes care of his missionaries :)

Love you, have a great week!

Sister Lewis