Week 74

So, Sister Blosch and I are both staying on Kent Island!! I was not really expecting that, but I am really happy and excited! Actually, I wasn't quite sure at all what would happen. Usually I get a gut feeling about what is going to happen, but, this time, the last thing I expected was for both of us to stay in the area. Goes to show I didn't have a gut feeling this time haha! But, again, I am super excited and so is Sister Blosch because she is convinced that she will stay again next transfer and she loves the island!

This week was awesome! It went by SUPER fast! I feel like I only actually went to bed about 2 times, but I definitely slept like a log every night! Haha, so we started out the week really well making two visits to investigators every day! We saw Jessica on Tuesday and Wednesday, and she is doing amazing! She decided she wants to be baptized on April 9! We are so excited for her!! She also had her baby this week! She named her Ava, super cute!! We haven't been able to get out to the hospital yet because it's in Annapolis, but she texted us this morning saying that she misses our visits and has a lot of free time at the hospital because her baby is in the NICU and she spends a lot of time walking around when she isn't with Ava. So, we're going to try to meet with her tomorrow! Anyway, she is making major progress and has questions popping up everywhere which is a great thing! Questions are the basis for learning!

We also visited a part-member family this week, the Moors. We've actually been visiting with them once a week pretty much since I came to the area. Anyway, this Tuesday when we visited, one of the sons who usually never participates came and sat down as well as the other two kids who always participate! We always do a skit from the Book of Mormon with them, and this week we asked them to pick between a few based on topic, and they picked the one that was about baptism! It was awesome! Anyway, we had a cute little skit then talked a little bit about baptism, and the son who doesn't usually participate piped in and said, "I want to be baptized!" It was awesome! We found out that all of her kids want to be baptized! So, we are just working to help her come back to church so her kids can get baptized and go on missions someday! We are excited about that, too!

Last week we started teaching a woman named Noreen, and she is awesome! When we visited her this week we asked if she had prayed about Joseph Smith and the Restoration, and she said she did and that she felt like God was really close to her when she did! When we shared Joseph Smith's experience when God and Jesus Christ appeared to him in answer to prayer, she started crying and said she hadn't felt that way in a really long time. She has a hectic life so it's hard to get in with her a lot, but when we do, the Spirit just fills the room! It's awesome!

We also took a day this week to contact some referrals from mormon.org in Chestertown and Rock Hall, MD...a really really long way away. we drove almost 100 miles that day...oh man. That was fun!

Well, I love you all and thank you for all you do for me and Sister Blosch!

Love,

Sister Lewis

Pictures: One time, Sister Blosch and I went to a super fancy restaurant by the Bay Bridge, and this was the view from our table. Needless to say, we had to share the crab CAKE (yes, singular) that we got for dinner haha.