So!
I am serving in the Baltimore YSA Ward! My companion Sister Sirrine and
I cover the entire Baltimore Maryland Stake because we are the only YSA
Ward in the stake. We only teach YSAs (that means Young Single Adult
BTW =) )
Anyway,
I love serving in this ward because we get to serve and street contact
in the city! There are lots of people to talk to there and plant the
seeds of the gospel. Also it is interesting to see the state of living
in Baltimore. It is definitely block-to-block. You can be in the ghetto
and two blocks later you are in an upscale part of town. In the most
dangerous parts of town, they have blue lights on the lamp posts. It's
pretty crazy, but I love it!
I
absolutely LOVE the people here! They are so inspiring. There are so
many homeless people in Baltimore and so many people who have
experienced tremendous hurt in their lives but they still smile all the
time! They are still happy and they love so easily. They love each
other, they love God and they love their Savior. It's incredibly
beautiful.
So
I want to tell everyone about two amazing miracles that happened this
week. I know that they are a result of faith and prayer!
The first was on Friday
night after having dinner at Chick-Fil-A with a member. My companion
and I were street contacting and holy cow! Heavenly Father is amazing!
He put people in our path that weren't interested, but put us in exactly
the right place at the right time. We got to talk to a young man named
Brandon. He is going to school in MD to be a nurse. That sparked a
conversation about helping people and one thing led to another and we
ended up having a super sweet experience. The Spirit was strong and we
bore our testimonies of the Savior! It was awesome. He seemed to be
looking for what the gospel WILL bring! We invited him to church and he
is coming next Sunday! We will also teach him with the elders later this week.
Okay,
miracle number 2! So we went to church yesterday and sitting in front
of us in relief society was a 27 year old girl named Sarah Peters. She
is a nonmember but her boyfriend is a member of our ward. She was taking
the discussions about 2 months ago but she got too overwhelmed. She
decided to start off just by coming to church. Anyway...yesterday at
church she felt the Spirit super strong and received answers to prayers.
At our Munch and Mingle activity after church she was going around
telling everyone about it and I was like, "Hey, I know that
feeling...she needs to commit to something NOW, while she's feeling it."
So I walked up to her right before she was going to leave and started
talking to her about the Spirit. We talked for about 2 hours, but I'll
give you a summary of the conversation.
Me: How does God speak to us?
Sarah: By the Holy Spirit.
Me: Right! Like what you were feeling today!
Sarah: Yeah!
Me: So...what is God trying to tell you?
Sarah: ....He's trying to tell me that this is where I'm supposed to be!
Me: Awesome!
Our
conversation went on for a little bit and I thought I should give her a
week to mull it over and think about it, but the Spirit told me to
invite her to be baptized...so I did. And she said yes!! She's so cute, I
love her! She actually didn't say yes the first time. She said, "I
don't know...should I? Why do I feel like this? Why am I fighting it?
Should I just say yes??" and I said, "What is GOD telling you to say?
How do you feel right now?" and she said, "I feel happy...ask me again
so I can say yes!" Hahaha love her! Too cute!
Keep
praying for me and especially the people in my area! The Spirit speaks
to THEM through me so their hearts need to be soft! I will keep praying
for you!
My testimony grows each day that Jesus is the Christ and He LIVES!
Also,
everyone should watch the new Mormon Message, "Sitting on the Bench"
it's amazing! It truly testifies of the Savior and the healing power of
His Atonement. Especially if you are going through hurt or depression or
know someone who is (and don't know how you can help) watch it! =)
I love you all!
~Sister Lewis
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