So I'm officially in a trio! Hence the title :) seriously though, trio
power is a real thing. I'll be honest, my whole mission I've been
terrified of being in a trio, but it is such a blessing! Both my
companions are super obedient and work hard, so it's such a huge
blessing cause the three of us are all on the same page and are able
to get so much done together. This week was so crazy I can hardly even
remember it to be honest! From tracting in the rain to teaching
lessons back to back for hours, we had a pretty miraculous week.
So something super cool that happened this week was that elder Hamula,
from the quorum of the 70, along with his wife, came to speak to our
mission. So we all gathered together to hear them and it was seriously
just hours of pure inspiration. They are both so amazing and taught us
so much! I don't know how our mission got so lucky but lately we've
had such amazing visitors who pretty much blow my mind but also are
helping me so much to become a better missionary. Another super cool
thing was that I was one of the lucky ducks who he interviewed after.
He asked president if he could interview 5 of us, so president gave
him a few names and I got to be one of them. I was actually terrified,
to be honest, mainly because president has this thing where he said
he'll never send anyone home, so was like "well what if he's just
gonna make elder Hamula pull us in his office to send us home?!" So
when I came out of the interview, president said, "see, you're still
alive! I guess we'll keep you." Haha but in all seriousness, this
interview was the biggest blessing! He asked me a few questions about
the mission and my thoughts, and then he asked if I had any questions
for him that didn't get answered in the conference. So I told him how
I came in with a few questions which all were answered at some point,
but then I got to just talk with him about doctrine and how to be the
best missionary I can be, and his wisdom pretty much left me baffled
to say the least. So, that was definitely an experience I won't
forget.
Something elder Hamula talked a lot about was the importance of
sticking to the pure and simple doctrine. Along with that, we were
meeting with one of our returning less actives this week and he told
us how much he likes to read the pamphlets we've given him, even
though he's read them a million times and they're so simple, they
always help him feel the spirit. Both experiences were just such a
reminder to me that pure and simple doctrine can always bring the
spirit, even if it's something we've heard or learned a million times.
So never forget that! Love you all :)
Love,
Hermana Lewis
Pictures:
1. Me and my favorite baby, Angelito!
2. I had to get a picture with these two before transfers cause
they're both from the wonderful land of bountiful! Elder Hastings went
to woods cross with me and elder jones sadly went to bountiful.... But
we've forgiven him
3. Packing day fails haha
4. So, this picture captures probably one of my happiest moments I can
think of on the mission. We were at church and none of our
investigators were there and all but one told us right before it was
supposed to start that they couldn't make it, and in walks the
Hernandez family. Cesar, the one on the far right, hasn't been to
church in I don't even know how long, but never did I think I'd see
this day come. He wouldn't hardly even talk to us when I first got
here, let alone have anything to do with religious things. And here he
is at church! Miracles happen people. Daily.
5. Saying goodbye to Hna Garcia :( please excuse our ugly faces
️ I'm sorry I don't have a ton of
time to tell you the details because we're going bowling in a minute,
but I'll share my favorite miracles with you!
First, we picked up 3 new investigators this week and already have
baptismal dates with two of them! And the third one we are seeing
tonight so hopefully we can commit him to a date too.
Second, we had MLC on Thursday. But this wasn't just a normal MLC- the
director of proselyting (for the entire world), brother Hemingway, and
the director of reporting, brother Fillmore, came to visit and they
taught us some pretty amazing things. I can't even tell you what an
answer to prayers that meeting was- by the end of the day I felt
completely mind-blown, spiritually exhausted, slightly chastised, but
also so pumped and ready to get out and work harder than I've ever
worked before. And for the first time ever, I'm actually excited
excited to teach zone meeting, because I get to share a small part of
their inspiring words with the other missionaries who weren't there.
Third, our investigator Eric, who has been super distant lately,
randomly called us the other day and wanted to meet! So we did and we
had such a great lesson with him :)
Fourth, we found out one of our investigators and one of our members
are seriously twins, and it was the funniest experience ever. So we
invited this member, monolo, to visit our investigator, Arturo, with
us. Now first I have to tell you that every time we visit Arturo, he
makes some comment about how our noses are growing (cause he says
we're lying like Pinocchio) and then laughs at his own joke for a good
five minutes while we just stare at him. So we take monolo to his
house the other day and he asked Arturo why he hasn't been to church.
When he started giving excuses, monolo put his hands over his eye and
said something like "you're nose just grew so long it poked my eye
out!" Then the two of then laughed together for a good 5 minutes and
my companion and I couldn't help laughing either cause we couldn't
even believe how similar they are. That was the moment we decided
these two were twins. That's not really a miracle exactly, but we
though it was funny so I wanted to share.
Anyways, I have to go but I love you all, have a great first week of February! 
