So, on Wednesday we went to the
temple which was amazing as always! Sitting in the celestial room I was
just overwhelmed by our Savior's love and our Heavenly Father's love.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life."
On Thursday, we had a very powerful
experience in our lesson with Sarah! In the previous weekly planning
session, Sister Jeppson and I had prayerfully considered a date for
Sarah to be baptized and we felt very strongly that March 21st
would be a good day. This might seem a little stranger considering she
didn't want to get married until May, but we went with it. In our lesson
on Thursday, we taught her about the Plan of Salvation (or at least the
first half of it) and as soon as we began to testify of the Savior, the
Spirit was SO strong. We invited her to be baptized on the 21st of March
and she said yes! She is now planning to get married on the 20th, and
confirmed on the 22nd! We are so excited and happy for her!
Another
amazing experience this week. During our companion study on Saturday
morning, we decided to make a lesson plan for the second half of the
Plan of Salvation. In our mission we call role plays "real plays"
because they are real 
Anyway,
we real played for Sarah's lesson and we really wanted to emphasize how
important the Atonement is. Without the Atonement, the Plan of
Salvation is not possible. We real played once and decided it was good
but we could make it better. In a moment of pondering, the Spirit helped
us to think of a powerful way to teach this lesson to Sarah. We decided
we would teach her about the Plan of Salvation without talking about
the Atonement until the end. Just a small change that catered this
lesson to her and the Spirit was so strong- just as we real played it! I
can't wait to tell you how the real lesson goes with her!
We
didn't get to teach Mareina this week because she was house sitting out
of town but she has been texting back and forth with us and she is
reading in the Book of Mormon. We are confident that as she continues to
read and pray, the Spirit will manifest the truth of the Book of Mormon
to her heart!
We didn't get to teach Luke and
Heather, but we will continue to have the faith that things will work
out with them, whether in our time here or for future missionaries!
There
was a crazy snow storm this Saturday and we shoveled. All day. It was a
lot of fun meeting people who were surprised that we would shovel for
free and many that didn't want us to help haha but it was great! That
day I was feeling too great- stomach cramps and such- and the next
morning I woke up at 4:30
with the flu. I was feeling terrible and throwing up all morning, then I
received a priesthood blessing from some members in our ward (approved
by the mission president...I'm being obedient haha) and immediately
following the blessing I started to feel better. I haven't had any
terrible symptoms since then and am feeling well enough to email...that
is a miracle!
With transfers, Sister Jeppson
and I are staying here and we are getting a new district leader and a
new zone leader! I don't know our new district leader but our new zone
leader was in my district during my first transfer! He is awesome!
This
email was super long, I apologize, but I love you all and thank you
always for your support, love, and prayers. Keep praying for Sister
Jeppson and I as well as all those we work with!
Love,
Sister Lewis
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