"God Moves in Mysterious Ways" and He knows how to use a GPS.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my favorite people!

(You really are my favorite if you've stuck with reading all my emails for 16 months. )

This week was fabulous because I got to do the Lord's work! Oh and also because it was Christmas and I got to Skype my family. (I  them.) To all my family members who weren't there: I missed you! :)

Sister Syndergaard and I enjoyed Christmas eve with a family who have a small farm and doggie-boarding house. :) I got to hold some cute goldendoodle puppies, and after dinner Sister Syndergaard and I were angels for the nativity. :)  I wish we had taken a picture. Meh, a photo probably couldn't have handled all our heavenly glory. hehe.

Christmas day was a bundle of fun! We skyped our families from the McGee's home (see attached picture), visited a couple of single sisters, and one of our recent convert families. We had dinner with the Simmons family (Mom! they even had carrot pudding for dessert). 

Christmas as a missionary is the BEST. The Spirit of Christmas is really the Spirit of Christ. And the best way to bring that Spirit of Christ is to serve others. I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve as a representative of Jesus Christ full-time. :) In serving others, I really am the one who learns the most. That is a gift I will ever be grateful for. 

Yesterday we had a pretty cool thing happen. We had just finished contacting some people who had been referred to us in Morrow, and we were heading to Maineville to visit a member when all of a sudden Sister Syndergaard said "who is that on our GPS?" There was a little icon in the middle of the road a few hundred feet in front of us. (Each icon represents a person in the ward.) This was not someone we had met before. So we went in search of Jamie. She didn't live in the middle of the road, but she did live in Maineville. After a few dead ends, we finally found Jamie's house. We knocked on the door. Her ten year old peeped through the window next to the door and said "I don't know who it is" to the residents therein. Soon thereafter a man opened the door. His wife followed after him. They invited us in. When we asked if we could come back later this week to get to know their family better, the dad said "yes!" Jamie is a less-active member and her husband is Catholic, and they have two little boys. It was a miracle that we found them last night, and that we found them all together and at home (Jamie is a pharmacist and works odd hours). :) It was pretty cool. After meeting them, I thought back to something that had happened earlier in the day. I had been flipping through the hymnbook and stopped on the hymn "God moves in in a Mysterious way." How fitting. :) If he needs to, Heavenly Father will place a tiny icon in the middle of the road to catch our attention. :) It's all because he loves us! I know it's true!

I love you all! Have a good week! Choose to be happy!

Love,

Sister Lewis

205 Sycamore Ln. #62

South Lebanon, OH 45065

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