May Baptisms

Hey friends and family! This week has just been so great! Sister
Graves and I have been having so much fun serving the lord I hope that
all you mothers out there had the most amazing Mother's Day! I know
without my own mom I wouldn't be able to spread the gospel or be out
here in SC so I am definitely grateful for all our mothers do for us!
As for News this week Stephen and Trinity got baptized and it was
honestly the best thing! We had an experience where their grandmother
who is an inactive member of the church, she asked us to invite one of
her visiting teachers who has always sent her letters in the mail for
three years and although thy had never met face to face they were able
to do that at the baptism and it was amazing to see the change in
their grandmother who now wants to over come her addictions and
anxiety to come to church with her grandchildren! Little do we know
that reaching out to someone no matter how little it may seem will
help them to feel of our saviors love I testify that visiting teaching
and home teaching is an amazing thing in he church you are entrusted
to help others feel our saviors love never give up on those you may
have never met because they may be the ones you need to reach out to
the most! I love y'all so much and hope you have an amazing week!
Remember you are children of a loving God and he wants nothing more
than for us to be happy and to follow his son Jesus Christ! And to
reach out to those lost sheep!
Love,
Sister Lewis

6 Months out

Hello Friends and Family!
Sorry for the lack of a group email but we have had some interesting
P-days! So I haven't had much time to email. But the work here in
Summerville is going super great! It is so strange that I am 6
months out! I am going to be honest there have been so many ups and
downs but missionary work is the absolute greatest and it flies by so
quickly. I can't even believe that I am 6 months out and only have a
year left!
Anyhow this week we have seen Trinity and Stephen just about everyday
to prepare them for their baptism this weekend. They are so excited
it's the funniest thing because they haven't missed a Sunday in a
month but they think that church is sometimes boring but they have
such a desire to be baptized it is crazy! They also passed their
Baptisimal interview, so this weekend we will have them baptized and
confirmed as well! It was also really funny because we have been
trying to find them super simple ways to teach the commandments so we
taught tithing using goldfish which was really funny because everytime
they think of tithing they think if goldfish which made the Elders who
did their Baptisimal interview laugh super hard!
Last Monday we also were able to go on a super fun road trip through
Mt. Pleasant to the beach to see Isle of the Palms and also to see
Sullivan's island which was so much fun! It is so beautiful out here
in South Carolina! And there is so much history! I also have missed
being at the beach because it was so much fun serving in Myrtle Beach!
And be prepared because I'll be sending pictures!
We also found this guy named Everette who was so sweet so we started
teaching him and when we went over on Wednesday we were planning on
putting him on date for baptism but he ended up telling us that he
wanted to drop us and become Buddhist instead, so that was interesting!
Another funny thing that happened today was when we went grocery
shopping there was this lady who yelled at us that "it isn't about
religion, we just need a relationship with Jesus" ..... that's what
you get when you serve in the south!
We also were bored one night this week so Sister Graves and I decided
to watch finding faith in Christ and build a fort in our living room!
So that was super fun and exciting!
I also just want to bear my testimony that sometimes we all go through
tough things but these trials we face help us grow and become stronger
I promise if you have faith to keep enduring you will be blessed with
the strength equal to your tasks if you only put your faith in our
beloved Savior Jesus Christ, he is the way back and it is only through
him that we can become perfected and live with our families for
eternity! I love y'all lots and say this in the name of Jesus Christ
Amen!
I also hope all of y'all are super good to your mothers on Mother's
Day because they do so much for us! And for all the mothers especially
my mom I want to say thank you for all that you do you will never know
just how much you truly bless the lives of those around you! Happy
Mother's Day!
Love,
Sister Lewis

More April Photos

Charleston

Hello Family and Friends,
Today we went to Charleston with our Sister
Training Leaders! So that was super fun, especially because Charleston
flooded today with the rain! 
Things with Sister graves are going good except I'm gonna be
honest she is too caring of a person! (; So things are great,
she has the exact personality of Shaeley so it's awesome to have her
around,
This week we found a couple more investigators 2 to be exact and they
are super cute, we also wanted to put Trinity and Stephen on date but
their grandma didn't want us doing that until they fully understand
what baptism is, We also have been doing a lot of the same thing,
knocking on the doors of people who regret opening the door once they
open it and see us so... that's about it.
I'm gonna be honest I never thought a mission would be this hard emotionally and physically! 
But its definitely worth it. 
Anywho I love y'all tons!
Love,
Sister Lewis