Week....Eighty.........what.

Well, this week was amazing! I can honestly say that we did not have a bad day. It was that way for a while on my mission, so it's good to be back to feeling that way! I've found that when I am feeling down, it is because I am focusing a little too much on myself and not hardly enough on others and the Lord. When I live in the service of others and the Lord, I am richly blessed with joy and peace. Even though our days are not perfect, I feel a sense of satisfaction knowing that our progress is sure and steady and that the Lord has used me as an instrument in His hands that day!

Also, as Elder Bednar said, "A grateful person is rich in contentment. An Ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment. (See Luke 12:15)" I love that!

One of the miracles that we saw this week was on Tuesday when we decided that we should just go get to know Jessica a little better. So, we decided to bake cupcakes with her and get to know her. At first, it was mostly just Sister Blosch and I telling her about our lives and our hobbies and stuff. She was still pretty quiet, as usual, but, eventually, she started opening up. We have felt from the beginning that the reason she is quiet is because she is not super comfortable sharing her past, but, in this visit, she finally felt comfortable enough to let us get to know her, and how grateful I am for that! She told us just a little about the things she has gone through, and I am in awe of her strength and courage as a mother and a daughter to break the status quo! She is beginning a legacy of faith and dedication to the Lord in her family, and it is against all odds! She is amazing, and I can't imagine maintaining the kind of faith she has after all she has gone through! It just goes to show that we can be molded by our trials and hardships. She has gone through the fiery furnace and has come out as an amazing mother, teacher, example, and mentor. What an amazing woman. She is living, breathing proof of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. After all, aren't we all?

Denise is doing well! She is slowly learning the doctrine of the gospel, and it is changing her! She just found out that her mother's cancer has spread, so her mom's as well as her own immediate future are a bit unpredictable. We are going to visit the D.C. Temple Visitors Center with her tomorrow! It should be a faith-building experience for her. I am so blessed to know and interact with these amazing people.

Well, I am almost out of time! Thank you so much for all of your prayers, love, and support! I pray for you all often, as well.

I love you all!

Love,

Sister Lewis

P.S. - This week I found out that a brother in our branch is A DRAG RACER!!!!!!! I almost died. He let me sit in the dragster. 

Here is a picture of a rainbow that led to the Harrison's house. They are definitely a pot of gold. Haha, I don't really know what that means, but they are awesome.