"Hi, You!"

May 6, 2013

Sister Lewis was assigned to the Shepherdsville, Kentucky area. This is her first email home from that area.

Dear family, 

My companion Sister H is SO NICE! I love her. She's from Utah. :) She is really fun and we have a lot in common. Plus, I can quote Nacho Libre to her, and she laughs and doesn't think I'm too weird. (Don't worry, I don't quote it nearly as often as I did when I was at home.) 

 

Idk what stories to tell you, but basically I love it here. It is as beautiful and green as you said it would be. The people are nice and polite. Pretty much everybody smokes here, which is no bueno. But that's okay. We are teaching a lot of investigators right now, and it's amazing. There is a lot of poverty here, and it's sad and a bit scary at times, but the people are so humble. 

We are teaching a girl named S and she is wonderful. Sister H and her previous companion tracted into this family and found her. She wants to be a good example for her little brother. We are teaching her and her family, and they want to bring Christ into their home. They are amazing people. :) We haven't been able to teach a lesson yet, because it seems like satan is throwing everything he can at us to prevent them from being ready. But we're NOT going to give up, because we KNOW that the gospel will help their family so much. 

The other day we were driving around trying to find one of our investigators, because he hasn't been getting back to us. We got really lost and ended up having to turn around. However, the streets in the neighborhood were really narrow, and so we had to back up. I'm supposed to get out of the car and guide my companion when she's backing up. Anyway, to avoid having to do that, we drove around and found a little lot on the side of the road that we could pull into to make a u-turn. Which was a bad idea because then we realized that the lot was full of mud. We were stuck. After praying, calling people in our ward that were close by to come and help, and with assistance from like ten other people in the neighborhood and a guy with a truck, we finally got the car out of the mud. It was quite an experience. We learned that having to get out of the car isn't such a bad thing after all. :) 

Sorry if my words don't make any sense; you know that I'm way better at talking than at writing things out. 

 

Thank you for all your support. I love you and am so grateful for you. I am glad you are all doing well. And please keep sending me letters-even if you have to type them. 

Love, Sister Lewis