So this week was just a succession of miracles, one after the other! I feel so blessed to have served in this ward and with Sister Sessions! I feel like we worked really hard together and that my faith has grown so much!
So we had a church tour with Linda and Cecelia on Thursday! Cecelia is so sensitive to the Spirit it is amazing! I love teaching her! After the tour we asked her what stood out to her and she said, "The part about baptism." What! Awesome! We had also invited them to be baptized a few minutes earlier and Cecelia nodded her head yes twice! The first when we first asked and the second after we explained what baptism really is! Linda said they would talk about it, but they are going to keep learning and praying to know if the Book of Mormon is true. Linda is open to the idea that it is true and when she finds out that it is, she will be baptized!
Another HUGE miracle of this week. It is kind of a prolonged miracle, so here goes...
I believe I have talked about Sarah's husband DJ in the past but a recap is that he has really been excited since Sarah got baptized and his desire to learn has grown so much. Last week on Mother's Day, Sister Sessions and I made out some cards for some sisters in the ward who we felt prompted to give something to. We went to Sarah's house to drop hers off and DJ saw us sneaking around outside so he came out and asked what we were doing. This was a HUGE miracle because we haven't always had the greatest opportunities to talk with him and only him. We started talking about the plan that God has for us and why we have commandments, all that good stuff. We asked if we could teach him about the Plan of Salvation and he said yes! We left to go drop off some other cards and that was that! So, on Saturday, he called us to see if we could help paint their new place that they are moving into for a little bit. We of course said yes and were so excited to go over! So, when we painted, we had some time waiting for the primer to dry and we had an AMAZING lesson on the Plan of Salvation! Everything was clicking for DJ and he was just getting it! It was amazing! We also talked about how Christ's church fell after he left the Earth and how it was restored through a prophet and he totally got it! I don't think I've ever seen so many light bulbs go on in one lesson! Toward the end of the lesson, his daughter Josie interrupted and so we never invited him to do anything, which is kind of really important to do. So as we were changing our clothes, Sister Sessions and I were talking about what could have gone better and we had both felt like we should invite him to be baptized. We talked about it and decided it wasn't too late! We went back upstairs and invited him to be baptized THREE times, each time resolving some concern or excuse that he had not to be baptized. He ended up saying that he eventually would, and he would start by coming to church! So yesterday while I was one exchanges in Damascus, Sister Sessions and Sister Mahoni saw him at church and taught him with the PERFECT member friend for him, Brother Probeyahn! They taught DJ about the Restoration and invited him to be baptized again, Brother Probeyahn bore amazing testimony about how he used to be DJ, and he doesn't know what he was waiting for, and that hreally struck DJ. SO...HE SAID HE WOULD BE BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!! His date is next month! I am seriously overjoyed at this! I can't tell you how far he has come. I love their family so much and I just see them going to the temple together! They are going to have an eternal family and he is going to have all the blessings of the Atonement of Jesus Christ! It does NOT get better than that!
My testimony has grown this week. Even though sometimes we may feel like we have to give things up to follow God, in the end we never truly give up anything. Through God, we can have the GREATEST blessings. ETERNAL blessings! He has a perfect plan for us. Jesus Christ is the center of that plan. I LOVE this plan!
I am being transferred on Wednesday to Woodstock, VA. I am sad to leave Mt Airy but I know that the sister who is coming here is needed and I am needed in Woodstock. We are all on the same team!
I love you all! I pray for you and appreciate all you do!
Love,
Sister Lewis
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