Letters from Sister Lewis

03/12/18

Subject: The Last Group Email

I can't believe I am writing this email right now. I am actually literally in denial haha, but that will change when I land in Utah and see my family again.

I don't have the proper words to say because I am feeling so many different emotions right now. There is a song by the Nashville Tribute Band that pretty much sums up exactly how I feel.

"The hardest thing I've ever loved to do is getting on this plane and coming home to you; in a million ways completely torn apart, as a land so far away still holds my heart. And the most sincere prayer I've ever prayed is thanking God for each and every day, for the blessing of the man I've come to be, as I walk up and kiss my mama's cheek."

As my last email to you, my family, my friends, my loved ones, I would like to close my mission with my testimony.

I testify with every fibre of my being that God lives. I have seen Him in every detail of my life. I know that He loves me personally, as a Father does His child. I have come to know that my Father in Heaven knows me more than I know myself, and I have found comfort in realizing that He knows exactly who I can become if I simply trust in Him. I testify that our Heavenly Father sent His Only Begotten Son, even Jesus Christ, into the world to die for our sins. I know that Christ did truly walk on the earth. I have felt closer to Him than I ever have in my life by reading the Bible and the Book of Mormon everyday. I testify of the reality of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. As I have made mistakes on my mission that caused feelings of guilt, those feelings were completely wiped away as I sincerely repented through prayer. The Book of Mormon is the Word of God. I have no doubts about that. No man could write a book that would make me feel the Spirit of the Lord as strongly as the Book of Mormon does, only God Himself. I know that I am happy because of this gospel. I am filled with joy and peace solely because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I thank my Father in Heaven, my Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit for being with me every step of the way.

I leave this things, including these 18 months, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

For the last time,

Love,

Sister Lewis