Week 52: Member Missionaries!

Hey everyone! This week has been full of many miracles! We started out with a zone training in Winchester and it was so awesome! We talked a lot about helping people to receive the blessings of the Atonement of Jesus Christ by being baptized. It has been really effective to share with people that they can have the blessings of the Atonement by being baptized by someone with the priesthood authority. I know this is true and I know that we need it in order to return to live with Heavenly Father after this life.

We met with a dear sister on Monday night who is returning from less-activity in the Church! We talked to her about preparing to enter the temple and she is so excited to start! This is what it's all about. Helping everyone to get to the temple!

On Wednesday we had a really fun activity with the Young Women and Young Men in our ward. Us and the two sets of elders in our ward talked about using technology to share the gospel. I was struck by the incredible blessings that we have in our day. I thought about the sacrifices that women and men made over thousands of years so that we could have both the Bible and the Book of Mormon. We now have access to holy writ in the very palms of our hands. How blessed we are! I was also touched this weekend that we have the opportunity and the blessing to listen to living prophets and apostles of the Lord through technology. We live in an amazing time!

We had a cool miracle on Thursday! We went to a recent converts house who is 8 years old and she is usually really crazy! Haha we prayed that she would be calm and MIRACLE!! She was calm. Haha

We had a lesson this week with our investigator Colleen and she really connected with the member that we brought! We were able to talk to help her understand the importance of knowing that the Book of Mormon is true! We will continue working with her and help her prepare to receive the blessings of the Atonement by being baptized!

The members in this ward are getting so fired up about missionary work it's awesome! We hope to start teaching many friends of member very soon!

Well, I am out of time! Just wanted to share something quickly that I loved about conference this weekend. Watching President Monson struggle was heart-breaking, but even more powerful was the comfort of the Holy Ghost that I felt as I listened to our dear prophet continue to speak. His urgency to deliver the message that Heavenly Father had given to him brought a power to the message that penetrated my heart. That was a very powerful moment. I could almost see the Savior at his side giving him the strength to deliver his talk. In addition, the thought of his devoted counselor reaching out to give him aid is heart-warming. I am not worried for President Monson. I recognize the possibilities of his frail health, but I am not worried. Heavenly Father is in charge.

I love you all! Thank you for everything you do for me and my companion! Keep praying! I feel it!

Love,

Sister Lewis