So this week was CRAZY but SO amazing!
So,
first an update on Sarah! She is doing so good! We went over last night
to have dinner with her and her boyfriend Josh at Josh's aunt's house.
You'll probably have to read that twice. Josh is a member of our ward-
that's how Sarah got introduced to the church =) Anyway, we had a lesson
about the Book of Mormon after a Family Home Evening watching "Labor of
Love." If you have ever seen that movie you know how cheesy it is, but
also how awesome it is. I cried especially having my first investigator
sitting right next to me. (The movie is about a missionary coming home
and talking to the guy on the plane about his mission.) After the movie
she said she felt the Spirit telling her to read the Book of Mormon a
lot more, like every day. Ha! Not a coincidence that that was the
commitment we had planned to extend! She says she already knows the Book
of Mormon is true because it talks about Christ. Talk about golden
investigator! Oh my lanta she is the best! She still hasn't picked a
date but that's only because she doesn't want it to stress her out. She
wants it to be a happy experience. We're not worried! Sorry for rambling
haha she is just so awesome!
We picked up TWO new investigators this week. That's right TWO! That is a miracle!
I
told you all about Devinity a little bit. She is one of our new
investigators! She has a son but we have special permission to teach her
since her boyfriend Davonte is in our ward =) Last Monday night we had
dinner with her, Davonte, and Davonte's sister Tete. We taught her about
the Holy Ghost and asked her if she would be baptized when she finds
out that these things are true and she said YES!! WOO!
On Saturday,
our ward had a super fun Thanksgiving activity with a dinner and
service auction. We donated the money to House of Ruth, a shelter for
abused women and children in Baltimore. It was a sweet experience to see
the blessings of service!
One of our members
Catherine brought two of her friends to the activity and we gave them a
church tour! One of them- Idris- is really looking for a closer
relationship to God. She is Jewish so she feels a little bit like she is
betraying her religion, but she feels something different at Christian
churches and especially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She is so sweet and we will meet with her this week! She is our third
new investigator!
We had a sweet miracle on Thursday!
That day we had a car fast and it was hard to get around but we worked
our behinds (haha) off all day! We hadn't really felt like our work was
effective that day, at least with return appointments and such, and
then, at 9:01,
a member (Christian) called us with an AWESOME referral named Amita!
Referrals from the members are seriously THE BEST! If you haven't
noticed, all three of our investigators are through members...NOT a
coincidence! So, member missionaries, you are SO important in the
hastening of the work! Believe it! Live it! We are going to meet with
Christian and Amita tonight! We are so excited!!
Funny
story of the week: we were street contacting last night and this man
named Tony was talking to us and at first he was really nice. But then
he told us that the Bible says women are seductresses and that white people
are pedophiles. Yeah, we zipped outta there REAL fast haha!
I LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you for your support and prayers! I know that my Redeemer lives! He is my light, my joy, and my peace!
Love,
Sister Lewis
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