Wow. Sounds like things were great at Barnes farewell. I wish I could've heard!! I can't wait to see pictures! Tell him I love him. Our ward really is so great. Tell them hello for me. Also tell all "the neighborhood girls" I say hello. The hiking sounds fun! I miss seeing Mountains. We had weather like that here too. Only it was 80's and the next day 30's! Let me know how the trip went.Training is good, I actually have done it before, they just barely started sending out letters. My companion is so great. I've been blessed to always have wonderful companions who are always my friend, and give me strength when I'm weak.

 

We had such a great lesson the other day. We've been teaching a woman who has come from a dark past. She's made huge changes, long before we met her, and continues to make changes as we're meeting with her. We had a lesson the other day, and felt impressed to focus on the gospel of Jesus Christ. We started by teaching that through the gospel we can be clean from sin. The spirit was strong, and then we movd into teaching about faith and repentance. As we talked about these first principles of the gospel the spirit was very thick. Before long she told us a concern that we've never heard from her. We've been meeting with this woman for about 4 months now. She said, "even though I've left that life behind for some reason I just can't feel worthy. Like, when I go to church it's not really me and who I am." She said "I know His forgiveness is real, but my old life is what I was raised to know, it's hard for me to feel like it's not who I am, even though I don't do those things anymore." My heart almost broke, when I heard this. If she only could see herself the way God see's her. If she could only know who she really is. It takes my breath away.

We were lead to very specific stories to share from the scriptures. The spirit continued to grow stronger. Then our team-up bore testimony of a similar experience and how powerful the atonement is. They both began to cry and I knew the Lord was telling our friend within her own soul, that His forgiveness is real. It's amazing to see the atonement at work so constantly. It was at work the moment we walked into the home and we said the prayer. It was at work as the spirit settled into the room. It was at work when she told us her concern, and we were guided with what to share. It was at work as the spirit testifed to and touched her heart. What a beautiful lesson it was.

 

We had another one with Jewel as well. We watched the restoration and the spirit was so powerful. We got down on our knees and prayed 3 times during the lesson, for the Lord to reveal to Jewel the truthfulness of our message. She cried in all of her prayers, and the spirit testified to her heart that our message is true. I can't describe the sweet and beautiful feelings of power, peace, and testimony that fill the room when we teach- but it's a remarkable experience every time. It fills and satisfies the soul of every person in the room, if they will open their heart to it.

Sister Forbush and I are learning from on high how to teach with greater convincing power of the spirit, and how to discern the thoughts of our investigators. What a marvelous work we are engaged in. What a wonder it is to see hearts changed and convinced of the Lords message. I know these experiences are real, and that they came from the Lord and his imparted spirit. I've witnessed the Lord communicate to hearts that Joseph is a prophet, the Book of Mormon is His word, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is his restored church once again upon the Earth. It will come to all who sincerely seek the answer. Of this I know and testify, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I love you all. I know He lives.

 

Sister Lewis

1.Carl's baptism!

2. Ernestine, Carl, Mrs Betty. Mrs. Betty introduced them to the gospel! We just love her.

3. The schedule we had to work out for all the new sisters coming to serve at the jail, and the decrease in cars. It took SO MANY HOURS! I had to use parts of my brain that I despise using. Lol. when all the math finally fell into place it was such a miracle. Suddenly all the numbers connected. I understood for maybe 10 minutes why people loved math. Because it's so rewarding when it all fits into place. Then I went back to despising it (too strong?) because it's so hard to work out!

Our lost phone! and the other one is of Carl. We love him! He's 89. And reading the Book of Mormon, coming to church and praying to know if it's true. He's so great. He thinks I'm German and that Sister Forbush would be a good wife because she's soft spoken. HAHAH. Carl carved what he's holding!

Snow storm! We lost our phone during this storm. The next email will be us finding it, AFTER ALL THE SNOW MELTED! LOL.

6. Friend from Lee Summitt. She used to come out with us to lessons all the time. We were so happy to see each other!

7. Mrs. Betty! She brought Ernestine and Carl to the gospel :)

8. Thank you for my V-day treat!

9. Lost on the way to Zone meeting. WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME!? Lol. We went 30 minutes on the wrong free way.

1. The Ruis family we LOVE!

2. A Sr. couple who is going to Barnes mission! They said they'd look for him!

3-4. Sister Forbush and I trying out Vienna sausages. Ew.

5. A special tour we took at the jail.

March 19th

Hey mom! Thanks for the email :) I can't believe Barnes farewell is this weekend! Wow that's crazy. I'm excited for him. I think all of those things you mentioned he will gain if he serves with his heart. :) Thanks for getting school taken care of. I've actually briefly thought about switching to BYU. With all the sisters leaving on missions enrollments are low and it would be very easy to get in right now. We'll see what happens when I get back. I would rather go back to BYUI. But it might make more sense to try BYU. I've thought about talking to Austin about it, but I don't want to worry or think about it, I only have so much time left where I don't have to concern myself with those matters. So I'll just figure it out when I get back. I don't really want you to post these things on the blog- about April and Jewel. Just because I don't think they'd appreciate their stories up for everyone to read. But things with April are going so well! I called her this week and she said that she was on vacation but she made sure to pack her Book of Mormon. Before I called her I was praying and to know what to say and that she'd feel the spirit and I felt so strongly that she knows. The spirit has already told her. I even felt that she knows she knows, but she's denying it. I prayed that I'd have the chance to tell her that. We laughed and talked. I just love her so much, I'm sure we'll be friends for a very long time. But as I was teaching about the apostasy we started to discuss her questions and concerns and I said, "April everything will be answered if you just know that the Book of Mormon is God's book. It all hinges on that. All you need is to gain a witness the book is from God." She agreed and then I said. "April, you already know this is all true. Your heart knows it. You've felt it. The spirit has born witness. You're just afraid. I know it, you even know it. you know you know, you're just unwilling to let your mind catch up with your heart." She never denied what I said, she just went into her fears and concerns about joining the church. She committed to pray for strength to accept the Lords answer and to continue to read and pray. She has really been thinking alot about her readings. I just LOVE her. She's so wonderful. We got off the phone and I was filled with such an overwhelming joy, that I can't describe. I'm so anxious for her to accept what she already knows. I hope she gets baptized soon, but I also kind of hope it's after my mission so I can go! lol. I don't know how i'd get there she's in North Carolina. Maybe when she goes through the temple. I really feel she'll get there soon. When we were hanging up she said, thank you so much. I always feel so much peace when we talk, and these conversations really help. Little does she know how much they help me as well. I truly feel that she is my friend. Jewel is also doing so well! She came to Presidents devotional this last Sunday and she really felt the spirit. She was crying and said, "I think this is going to happen for me a lot sooner than I thought." She's so prepared it's unreal. We know that her husband is playing a huge role in helping her receive the gospel. We know angels are preparing the hearts of men, just like Alma says. It's amazing to see and feel that. I love this work. It's hard. It's challenging. We're on the front lines of the battle with Satan. But the Lord protects his servants, and we have no cause to fear. You see remarkable miralces and trajedies on the front lines. This is a work my heart loves. I'm grateful to be able to serve our God in this manner. I'm grateful that because I am part of the tribe of  Ephraim I know it's my responsibility and the Lord will give me opportunities to be such a missionary throughout the whole of my life. It is the desire of my heart.

well I love you all very much!!

Here's a scripture for you mom- regarding what you said about blessings outweighing the sacrifices:

Romans 8:18 "I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Our sacrifices and sufferings are not even worthy of the comparison of our blessings. What a remarkable thought. I have faith in this scripture. I believe it to be true. I cannot see it. But I beleive my Savior and trust that my blessings will not have comparison to my sacrifices. How great is our God.

March 11th
Well here is the update on life here.
We've had so many wonderful experiences!!! Remember Jewel? Our Family History Miracle? Well we've been teaching her and it's amazing every time! She is so wonderful and so prepared. We know and have felt very strongly that her husband on the other side is working overtime to help her receive the gospel. We feel that he is there in our lessons. Our first lesson with her was so great. We sat down and were filled with what to say. We found ourselves saying things we've never said before. We kept telling her over and over again, to keep a prayer in her heart as we spoke because we knew our message was from her Savior and if she would pray with sincerity and act on the things we shared, the Savior would witness to her heart that what we shared was true. She cried at several points during the lesson and kept telling us she really felt like it was meant to be and we were supposed to meet etc. She came to church on Sunday and when she left she said, "I'll be back, I just really feel like this is what I need to be doing!" Afterward sister Forbush said, "Jewel is our Jewel" Haha I love it and it's so true!!!
Another wonderful experience came as I was calling someone from our teaching center at the jail. I've been talking with a wonderful woman named April. I love her sooo much. I really do feel that she is my friend and I get excited to talk with her everytime I call. It's hard, however, to teach formal lessons over the phone. People don't usually answer wanting to instantly engage in an outlined lesson. Especially since they can't see you. You really have to work to build a strong relationship so that they can trust you. You have to work hard to set them at ease and make them feel comfortable, so that you can engage them in a conversation about God. So it's been hard for me to teach "lessons."  April has been around the church for a long time so she actually knows most of our doctrine, but I usually testify of principles as we talk and testify how important it is for her to know this is God's restore church. The other day before I called I was praying about what to share and how I could teach the lessons as it is in PMG so that my friend can know the truth for herself. I felt inspired to pick two bullet points to teach every time I call. Then go through the lessons step by step. I also felt impressed that as I picked those bullet points before I called I would need to kneel before the Lord and ask him to provide a way for me to teach them. I did just that, I picked the first to bullet points from lesson one. Then I knelt in prayer and asked the Lord to provide a way for me to teach them to April. We started talking and I instantly knew it would be hard to incorporate them naturally into our conversation. I prayed so hard to know how to do it, and then as Elder Holland counseled I stopped worrying about it and I listened with love and waited for inspiration to come. Before I knew it the Lord filled me with wisdom and counsel. I found myself saying things I had never thought of before, and before long the conversation naturally flowed into the first two bullet points and it was an incredible conversation. At the end she committed to write down the questions of her soul on a piece of paper, and then pray about those questions and ask for answers to them. Then she committed to open the Book of Mormon and study it to find an answers to the questions of her soul. It was so amazing how perfectly everything streamed together. I learned a lot from our lesson as well. The Lord taught us both profound lessons throughout our conversation. It was amazing. Afterward I was filled with so much joy, I knelt on the ground and prayed, laughed a little, and rejoiced with my Father in Heaven at what He had just done for his daughter and my friend!
I also took a tour through the jail the other day- before we went in I asked everyone to say what they hoped to gain from their experience at the jail. We all talked about it and I asked everyone to pray in their hearts that God would help them receive what they desired while they were here, and I promised that He would. I also shared what I wanted to gain. I said that I wanted my testimony of Joseph Smith to be strengthened during our tour. Wow. I have never born such a strong witness of Joseph Smith in my life. It was such an amazing experience, and the Lord answered the silent cry of my heart. I know He answers the prayer of faith, and will help us along in all ways. It's wonderful to be in His service and to know Him. I plead with Him daily that I might know Him more, and I can feel him help me along as I come closer to His heart.

Thank you for all you do. I love you all soooo much!!!
Love Sister Lewis

February 25th
Hi mom! I love you too! I'm so excited for Barnes to go on his mission. How neat will that be. Things here are going well. It's a busy p-day I had a lot of meetings so I won't have a lot of time to email. The neat story for the week is that "revelation rains." Sister Hansen and I have received a lot of inspiration about things we need to do here at the Jail. to make it better for our guests and bringing people closer to Christ. We knew what we were receiving was right and inspired of God. In the end when we were about to roll our all of our changes and plans, we felt impressed to wait. Confused, we did. This morning we had a meeting with the department from Salt Lake and they told us about changes they wanted to make. Down to exact and small details they were the exact changes Sister Hansen and I had been inspired about. It was amazing. We're now ready to immediate apply what was taught because the changes have already been drafted up specific for our Liberty Jail. It was amazing and such a testimony builder. President Keyes taught us months ago that revelation rains, meaning when it comes it falls upon everyone involved. He talked of an experience where he felt impressed to incorporate specific training meetings into our monthly agenda. He hadn't applied the changes yet, when 1 month later Salt Lake said we needed to have training meetings once a month covering the exact things President Keyes had been inspired about. Revelation rains.

Things here are going swell! We have a baptism coming up this week. He is such an amazing man. He's the husband of one our recent converts. He's had to exercise a lot of faith and make some changes and he's done it all with amazing trust in God. The other day we stopped to visit him real quick and as we stood on the door he began to weep and tell us that he loved God so much and was so grateful for all the Lord had done for him, and he just wanted to do all he could to follow him. :) It was such a beautiful and tender moment.

As for what to do when you come. I don't know yet, but I'm down for some good barbeque. I might suggest a closer destination that is apparently the best barbeque around. It's about an hour a way, it's a little gas station, but at lunch the lines are out the door. I was thinking it would be neat to invite Kim and Wendy to meet us for a few days out here, it sure is closer than  Utah. I could show them a little of what I've done in the last year or so. ;) and we could plan some activities they might be interested in. Just some food for thought.
As for BYU, I'm not sure when registration day is- I think it's probably after I get home but if you could call and find out from the office if there is anything I need to be aware of in order to register for fall semester that would be great. Thank so much!
I love you!
Sister Lewis

February 18th
Hey! So things here are going well. :) Sister Forbush and I had to write up a miracle we had the other day to put in the jail's miracle journal. So I'm just going to send you a copy of that for the day.

This morning Sister Forbush and I studied family history in the 12 week training program. We were inspired by what we learned and determined to use family history in our proselyting efforts that day. We packed family history cards in our bags and told the Brenchley’s as we walked out the door that when we came back in 2 hours we’d have a family history miracle to tell them about! Then we left on our adventure. We felt impressed to tract down Liberty Landing Street. The first door we tried was a lone, large yellow house nestled into the trees at the top of a steep hill. We parked at the bottom and hiked up to the top, huffing and puffing the whole way. We arrived only to find a creepy abandoned house, with a car parked in front. Off to the side of the house there was a motor home, resting under an overhang of green plastic paneling. We crossed the obstacle course of bikes, dirt and logs, also known as the front lawn, to the motor home- hoping we would find the family there. As we walked under the green overhang the paneling creaked and whistled with the wind. A loose piece swung back and forth like a pendulum ready to collapse on us at any moment. With one eye on the paneling and another on the door, we knocked and waited anxiously for the trailer to open. We waited for several moments when to our surprise… nothing happened. The door stayed shut, the paneling continued to creak in the wind, and Sister Forbush and I stood alone at the top of the hill. No miracle at this house.

We turned around and trudged down the hill.We tried several more doors but with no more luck than the first. About the 4^th door we knocked on a friendly older woman answered, swinging the door wide and allowing 4 little dogs to come bursting out of the house. We immediately used them to our advantage and oohed and awed over how cute they were. Noticing a fish tank inside the front door we suddenly developed a deep interest in aquatic life… we asked her if we could take a closer look at the tank. She cheerfully let us in. Step one, check. As we surveyed the myriad of fish we noticed several old pictures hanging on the wall behind the tank. We mentioned them to her and asked who they were of. She told us they were her great grandparents. We began asking her about her life and family. She told us wonderful adventures from the exciting life she’d lived. She was kind and caring, and easy to talk to. We loved her instantly.

Focusing on her family we asked if she’d ever done any family history research. She mentioned that she’d always wanted to but wasn’t sure how to start. Our smiles stretched bright as we pulled out our handy family history cards. We told her we’d love to show her how to begin her family history research. She agreed but in the end wasn’t ready to have us come back and teach her how to begin. She said she’d look up the website on her own in her spare time. We could see our conversation beginning to close and her curiosity waning. Unwilling to give up on this wonderful woman, we silently prayed for another way to spark her interest in our message. Desperate to know what to say I plead with my Father in Heaven and then listened. Quietly and gently a question began to from in my mind, “Have you ever wondered what happens after this life?” A stream of light began to form in my thoughts and I could see where to guide our conversation.  Knowing she was a widow I posed the question and then asked her if she believed she’d see her husband again. She of course answered, “yes.”

A second question crisply made its way into my thoughts, “Do you believe you will still be married to him in Heaven, as husband and wife?” I tenderly spoke the words and she responded with… “Well, I’m not sure. I suppose I’ve never thought about that.” I began to testify to her that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God, and he intends for those marriages to last into the eternities. She began to get teary eyed and said with a glimmer of hope, “You’re going to make me cry.”

We let this hope sink into her heart for a moment and then continued on.

We asked what was necessary for a marriage to be considered valid in the U.S. She mentioned you needed to be married by someone holding a license. “Exactly,” came our reply, “you must be married by someone with authority. The government of Heaven is no different. For a marriage to last into the eternities you must be married by someone holding God’s authority.” We then knelt by her side and turned to Matthew 16:19. We read with her the account of Christ giving Peter power to bind things into the Heavens, which says,

 "And I will ^agive unto thee the ^bkeys of the ^ckingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt ^dbind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

We testified that this binding power was how God bound marriages into the Eternities. Then we asked her what the pastor had said at the end of her vows. “Till, what, do we part?” She spoke almost in a whisper, “till death do we part.”

“Right” came our soft reply. “What did that man tell you that day? He told you his power was to marry you for this life only. With that very phrase he testified to you that he did not hold the same binding power Peter was given by Christ. We know, however, that this power has been restored to the Earth again today, and that your marriage can be made Eternal through this power in a holy temple of God.”

While showing her a picture of the temple, Sister Forbush testified of the comfort that comes through the knowledge of eternally bound families. She shared how she had felt of that peace after the loss of her own mother. She testified that through the priesthood power, she knew her parents had been bound together in the temple and they would be married in the Eternities. She testified that she was sealed to her mother and family in God’s kingdom. She knew they were not permanently separated at death, but would remain a bound family for time and all eternity. The spirit was strong, and our friend wept. We asked if we could come back and teach her more, to which she readily agreed.

We knelt on the ground and said a closing prayer to our Father in Heaven thanking him for the spirit He had given us that afternoon, and for the blessing of Eternal families.

15 minutes later we were back at the Liberty Jail. Bounding up the stairs we called out to the Brenchley’s “Ask us about our family history miracle…”

Sister Forbush and Lewis.

Love you all!! This work is true :)
Sister Lewis

February 11th

Hi! Happy Valentines day... in a few. Thank you so much for the poster! I loved it and dug into the hot tamales right away. Also Sami thank you for your letter! I loved it.

Things here are going great! :) I'm very happy and my companion and I are being blessed so much. She's amazing. I'm touched by her spirit and sincerity every single day. The Sisters I work around are all SO good. I've been blessed my whole mission to constantly be surrounded by simply amazing Sister missionaries and Elders.

 

This Sunday we got our friend Carl to come to church. He's 89 years old! We've been teaching him and trying to get him to come to church. He always tells us, "I'm too old to change." We tell him "you're never too old to change." When we tell him he needs to be baptized he always says, "Now I've already told you, I've already been baptized." We always respond with "and what do we always tell you Carl?" Then he says.... "You'll have to tell me again." Hahah. He's great. One lesson we were inviting him to church and he said, "next week." We spent about 10 minutes testifying of the importance of acting now, asking questions and reading scriptures about procrastinating the day of your repentance. Afterward he said, "well now I feel bad." We told him that was good, he could use it to change. Then I said, "So Carl, will you come to church this weekend?" He said, "Well no. I already told you I wasn't coming." He reminds me of Grandpa Barnes. But this Sunday he came!!! It was so great to see him sitting up there with his cane listening to the speakers.

 

We also are teaching another man named Carl. He's always worked on Sunday. We taught him to keep the sabbath day holy last week. We knew it was going to be a hard lesson and that we needed to be spiritually prepared to labor with our hearts to communicate God's message. To be honest I went in feeling almost weary with the task ahead- we prayed to be equal to it. The lesson went so well! The spirit was so strong. He started off telling us he couldn't be baptized into the church if we required him to come every Sunday. By the end he said he would act in faith and either find another job or trust God to work something out with his job.This Sunday he showed up and said that he told his boss he wouldn't be working Sundays from now on because he would be attending church. At first his boss told him no. So Carl said "then you'll have to write me up, because I'm going to church on Sunday." He said that his boss has now told him he can have every Sunday off. The Lord blesses us when we act in faith to keep his commandments. I'm grateful for the faith Carl showed.

 

Things are going well here in Liberty, MO.

I love you all and hope you have a great week!

P.S. sorry this letter was short.

Love Sister Lewis

 

February 4th

I'm so glad to hear Barnes was in the temple! I bet that was such a special experience!! Yay!! :) I got to go last week as well, how cool is that :) We went on a  Wed. First time in over a year. What an incredible experience it was to be back. So peaceful, and absolutely the house of God on the Earth.

 

I have very little time to email today, but here are a few stories/thoughts for you:

 

Story first. We were teaching a woman named Angela about the Book of Mormon. We had a different lesson planned but when we got there we felt impressed that we needed to teach her the power of learning from the Book of Mormon. So we switched gears and read where she was at 1 Nephi 8. We were directed by the spirit to get out peices of paper and all write down something we felt we needed from Christ that day- an answer to a question or a concern. Angela identified hers as did Sister Forbush, myself and our team-up. After we taught her the power of study journals, and wrote down our needs and desires. We felt very strongly that if we would kneel down together and pray to our Father in Heaven to answer our questions, that he would. We asked Angela to kneel with us and offer the prayer. Afterward we got up and in faith began to read. I tried to focus my attention on Angela, but I simply could not the spirit began enlightening my mind with answers to the deep questions of my heart. When we were finished I had received an answer, but I was not sure if she had. We asked her if anything had stuck out to her. She said yes, and went back and read us a verse that perfectly answered her concern, then she expounded to us why it related to her current situation. We told her that the Lord had answered our prayers. As we went around the room, we had all received revelation from God. How merciful He is!!

 

"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" 3 Nephi 14:11

 

We wrote down what we had learned and then knelt back down in prayer to offer God grattitude for what He had done. We asked Angela to offer the prayer and be sure to sincerely thank our Father in Heaven for hearing and answering all of our prayers. What a miracle.

 

Next thought: I took a lady through the Liberty Jail and she said the most profound thing I've heard anyone say concerning that jail. She said that it was appropriately named, Liberty Jail. She said "This was truly a place of Liberty. It is only as we submit our will to the Lords, and surrender our life to Him, that we find true freedom." The symbolism in that building is profound. I hope you come to visit the area when the time comes so I can show it to you! :) Love you all have a good week!!!

 

Sister Lewis 

#1. Heathers baptism
#2. Their family
#3. It was also 60 degrees out. BEST DAY EVER.

Hi mom! Things are going really well here. I love hearing the updates things sound great. Yes I got Mary's letter and yours and just loved it! I keep forgetting to tell you but everyone in our immediate family can email me from their own emails if they want. I can email them back as well- might make letters and keeping in touch easier. That's so amazing about Dani's call. How great will it be to have the four of us all on missions at the same time!!! I can't wait for it! Too bad it will be so short lived. I have no idea what my release date is, sorry. I just know it's the end of May. I'll find out eventually I'm sure. I laughed about Barnes and his calling. Sounds like quite the challenge. That's great Barnes is knocking doors, that was such a HUGE blessing to me. It's really neat because here at the Visitors Center we have a phone center where we call referrals from members. We're supposed to be doing that half the time we're at the jail. When I got here it wasn't being done at all. It's amazing to see how Heavenly Father gives us talents and experiences to further his work. He's helped me and another Sister really catch the vision for what can happen here at the jail and we've really been working to help the other sisters know how important these referrals are, and how to call them. In the last three weeks, out of the people we've been calling, 13 of them have agreed to meet with missionaries and 2 of them I'm regularly keeping contact with over the phone. Miracles are happening everywhere. I just love it! Yes I do a half/half day like we did at the V.C.
Here's another miracle. There is a woman named Alma who just moved into our ward. She's blind and she's trying to re-activate and get back on the gospel path. When we met her one of the first things she told us was that she had to leave her braille Book of Mormon back in Colorado. She expressed how sad she was that she could not read the scriptures. Getting/shipping a braille copy of the Book of Mormon is not an easy endeavor. It comes in 6 HUGE books. Well fast forward a week or so later to our p-day. We were at an LDS book store, and just leaving when the owner stopped us. He said, "you sisters don't by any chance know someone that reads braille do you?" We told him yes and he said "Well I just inherited a braille Book of Mormon and there's no way I can sell it. Do you think there is any chance they would want it?" My mouth just fell open. Was this for real? Sister Wilson replied instantly, "Yes that would be great!!" He took us to the back and loaded us up with the Book of Mormon. It took all my strength to carry the books home. When we took the books to Alma the next day we told her that this was a Book of Mormon hand-delivered from her Savior Jesus Christ, it was a gift from Him to her.
Also, the baptism and confirmation yesterday went wonderful! Heather is so great. She bore her testimony at a devotional we had last night and told the story of how Jesus Christ answered and helped her through everyone of her questions and trials leading up to her conversion to the gospel. She talked about how the day before her baptism she knew she would be worried and nervous so she went down to the V.C. and prayed for peace and strength. She said she just sat there for a few hours and was overwhelmed with peace. It was great to see her and her husband together Sunday after she was confirmed. They were so loving and happy together. She just beamed. I know Heather was baptized by the proper priesthood authority of Christ. She's joined His only true and living church. What a glorious and marvelous thing that is. What a bright future she has. I bear you my witness these things are true, and I am about the work of Christ as His missionary, so is Jessi, so will be Barnes and Danni. How great it is to live in this day and age, when the gospel rolls forth boldly, nobly and independent. 
In the name of Jesus Christ amen.

I'll send home the picture of all three of us holding one of the 6 books.
The video is me with Alma's son doing the "missionary handshake" (his handshake he likes to do with all the missionaries)
The other picture is from this morning. Hahah. I played soccer with the Elders and Sisters and didn't wear shoes. I didn't realize it was stinging my feet so bad until afterward as I walked to my shoes, I was like... my feet kind of hurt. Hahaha. I tried to pop them and they won't pop! I just love sports lol, we're going to go play again today at 3- maybe they'll pop then.
One is from the baptism
One is with the V.C. directors. They went home this week :( So we're getting new ones
One is from eating WAY too much chili-cheese fry casserole for dinner when we were at the jail one night. Lol. I was just so hungry!

P.S. Found my wallet. Really???? In my bag the WHOLE TIME. Ya. Don't want to talk about it. My companion and I both looked in my book bag like several times each. Lol.