7-28-14
Dear Family,
This week we´re going into my last transfer and I was told that I was going to get another new filha (would be #9) but then was super excited to find out that it´s my filha from the states, Sister Gearheart! I trained her in SC my last transfer there and she has been there the last 10 months and finally got her visa! So I´m way excited I´ll get to have my last transfer with her, here.
This week we had the baptisms of Sidnei and Jonathan. I’m so excited for them, they are awesome! Jonathan will be such a stellar missionary he was definitely an elect investigator and Sidnei was just so ready for the gospel! One of my favorite things about this week is that we had the opportunity to help a lot of people really understand the whybehind the commandments and see the blessings when they live them. Sidnei was a great example of that and he has become such a different person! It was so cute this week he really wanted a bible and wanted to wear a suit to church so he could look like the rest of the guys there because he told us he didn´t want to just be a ‘part way there member’. He wants to do everything that God wants him to do. So we were able to find a bible in our house and our LMA donated pants, shirt and tie for him and he just looked so good at church :)
We also were really blessed to find this awesome family this week. It was definitely inspired. We were knocking doors the other day and met this older lady who was super catholic and clearly was not really interested, but in talking to her she mentioned something about her son’s family and we just felt like we wanted to meet them so a few days later we went and found their house and the spirit was so strong. They´ve been to a lot of churches but haven´t stayed in any of them. When we shared the first vision the mom started to cry and at the end when we had Sergio (the dad) say the prayer she started to cry again. They were so excited about reading the Book of Mormon and going to church. That´s why being a missionary for Christ´s church is the best because you get to tell people who are hungry for the word of God about this amazing thing called the Restoration that can bless their lives so much and teach them about how they can follow Christ which is the best thing they could possibly do with their life! Unfortunately their daughter Diani who´s pregnant had some complications Saturday night and they were in the hospital all of Saturday and Sunday so they didn´t get to go to church. But pray for them that things will work out and they can be there this Sunday! Also Bruna who was supposed to get baptized yesterday, we were able to convince her mom to authorize her baptism, but Bruna knows her mom doesn´t really want her to get baptized so she decided she didn´t want to anymore. So they could really use your prayers that her mom will soften her heart and support her in this decision.
Anyway I love you all a ton and hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Sister Lewis
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