Aaanyway, we started off the week with some service with a member of our ward who has the sweetest garden ever! If the Second Coming happens before I have time to get a good garden going, I'm coming back to Woodstock because seriously everyone has
a garden haha! We helped this sister peel peaches and talked to her
about the Atonement. There is no gospel topic that I love more. The
Atonement is incredible! The Atonement saves us, it brings us
comfort, it redeems us, it brings us forgiveness, it lifts our burdens.
The Atonement is the figurative key to our happiness. Again, the
Atonement is incredible!
On
Tuesday, we taught Keysi! It was awesome!! When we first started
teaching Keysi, we felt impressed that we should invite a young woman in
our ward who was going to be starting home school this year to come
with us to teach Keysi. We thought they would connect really well. So,
Tuesday was miraculously the only day that Hannah (the young woman)
could come to a lesson. She came with us to teach Keysi about the
Restoration. Okay... Miracle 1) Keysi felt the Spirit so strongly during
that lesson it was amazing! She completely accepted Joseph Smith as a
prophet as soon as we shared his experience in seeing God the Father and
Jesus Christ. She knew he was a prophet right away. Miracle 2) We
invited her to be baptized on August 22
and she said yes! Miracle 3) Keysi and Hannah connected immediately and
Keysi was so excited to be friends with her and have her to count on in
high school. Miracle 4) Keysi was a fulfillment of a promise given to
Hannah in a priesthood blessing months earlier. Miracle 5) Hannah
decided to go to public school with Keysi instead of home school! That
was the most amazing lesson that I have been blessed to be a part of.
Holy cow!
We met with Keysi again on Wednesday and taught her about the Book of Mormon. She loves the
Book of Mormon and is so excited to read it! We asked her how she
thought the Book of Mormon would help her and she said, "Well, it's
going to give me what's missing from the Bible." What?!? (For those who
don't know, after Christ and his apostles were martyred, many truths
were taken and lost from the Bible. The Bible is now incomplete, not
because it isn't holy, but because men have made it so over thousands of
years. We believe King James version of the Bible to be the most
correct version of the Bible.) She is so prepared!
On
Thursday we met a set of twins named Naomi and Gina! They are so cute!
Their family is not super interested in religion, but they want to come
to activities and stuff. We are hoping and praying that their
hearts will be softened as they have brief but powerful experiences
learning about gospel truths at activities. They came to our missionary
sport night on Friday and got to learn about baptism! It was awesome!
This
week we also saw a member of our ward named Sis Clark who has been
having some health issues recently, and with lots of prayer and lots of
faith, she was doing so much better this week. So much better, in
fact, that she was able to return to work and church this week! Sis is
the greatest example of faith to me. As she has reviewed priesthood
blessings she has received (including her patriarchal blessing) her
faith has increased that her health would improve, and as such, it has!
We
are hoping to start teaching the granddaughter of a member of our ward.
The granddaughter's name is Megan and she is extremely humble! We are
excited to start teaching her!
We went to the
temple this week, which was incredible as always! At the temple I was
reminded that we are not supposed to do things alone. We are here
together for a reason. Let's work together to share what we know is
true! We aren't all full-time missionaries, but we can all be
missionaries full time! Also, I will include more of my typical pictures
of the temple 
How
grateful I am for the eternal ordinances that happen in that building.
We can be with our families forever, and it's all because of the Atonement! Death has no sting, the grave has no victory!
Well, I love y'all and thank you for everything you do! Prayers, support, and love goes a long, long way in this work!
Love,
Sister Lewis
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