This week has been great. Sister Crosby and I are continuing to remain positive in our finding and teaching efforts. Last week I wrote a song to the tune of Book of Mormon Stories to help us remember to ask for referrals. It goes like this:
God has prepared many people right here in Peru,
We just have to ask for them and teach them what is true,
Members know so many and investigators too,
We can find all of them in Peru!
I don't imagine the Primary Songbook publishers will be asking me to include it in their book anytime soon, but it's been helpful for us here, in Peru.
We're focusing more on less-active members, and we've seen miracles. We've been trying to contact a woman named Carolyn for a long time, but whenever we stop by, she isn't home. Friday, while we were visiting another less-active woman, we met a man sitting on the porch of the neighboring house. After talking to him for a few minutes, we discovered it was Dave, Carolyn's non-member husband! We had the opportunity to testify to him of eternal families and temple marriage. We gave him a temple pass-along card and an invitation/info card for General Conference. He said he'd take it home to his wife. It was a miracle to run into him! :)
Also, Sister Crosby and I have a theme of our own D&C 64:33. :) I'm just praying the Lord wants me to finish training with Sister Crosby--she's wonderful. (Transfers are on her birthday Oct. 15th...it'd be a great birthday present if she got to stay!)
Also, I bet you didn't know Indiana was a zoo. I surely didn't. I've seen more wildlife here in a month than I saw in a year in Utah. (Maybe I wasn't looking?) It's pretty cool though. I've seen deer, mice, beavers, possums, a crane (just one lonely one down at the river), raccoons (mostly dead on the side of the road, though a couple live ones), bunny rabbits, cardinals, robins, long-horned steer, chipmunks, squirrels (they're so cute when they run!), gigantic spiders, frogs, slugs, walking sticks, horses, a bat, dogs (everyone in Indiana has a dog), cats, and even hairless cats! So if you can't afford a safari in Africa, might I suggest a trip to Indiana?
General Conference was wonderful! Rafael came to the Sunday Morning session. What a miracle! Saturday night when we gave him the invitation to come we had no expectation of his actually coming. But he did, and I was happy that he did. :)
Did you catch the theme of Saturday's talks? Missionary Work! :) We've been praying for something like this. Missionary work simply cannot be done without the help of members. :) I'm excited to witness more miracles as the hastening happens! Elder S. Gifford Nielson said that this time in Church history ranks in importance with the events of the First Vision, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, and the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pretty cool, yeah?
I love being spiritually fed at General Conference. What a blessing it is to have the knowledge that Heavenly Father speaks to us through a prophet and that Jesus Christ is at the head of His Church today.
I can't believe I've been in Peru for a month! Times flies when you're serving a mission.
I love you all!
Sister Sarah Jane Lewis
1858 S Business 31 Apt 2D
Peru, IN 46970
P.S. sorry about the typos and weird fonts. This computer is doing weird things
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