Nothing is Impossible with God

It has been a slow week for us this past week. Mostly because Sister Esguerra now has the same sickness that I had a few months ago. She is really weak and has a really bad headache, and body aches. Not to mention the on and off fever, among the other symptoms. Poor sister. The other Roxas sisters and I have been taking good care of her though. Your prayers would be appreciated!

An update on Sister Rahlf: The surgery was a success on her thyroid. Unfortunately, the doctors had to remove her thyroid entirely. She will have to take medicine that will replace the thyroid. The Doctors are still testing to see if the growths are cancerous, but as far as they can tell, they are benign. She is recovering nicely, but apparently she has a crazy scar across her neck. We are excited to get our mission mom back (especially because Sister Esguerra is so sick).

We have two new investigators who we feel strongly that they are prepared for the gospel in their lives. Sister Angelina continues to attend church and is on track for her baptism next month. 

On Wednesday we had our splits with the STLs. It was a lot of fun, and we learned so much. My new companion for the day was Sister De Veyra. She is a really hard working STL. One thing that was cool is that in three of our lessons and two of our contacts said the exact same phrase: "Nothing is impossible with God." It was almost in passing on all of them and I didn't even notice until Sister De Veyra brought it up at the end of the night. She said, "Did you notice how many people today said the phrase, 'nothing is impossible with God?' It's cool how He gives us these messages." I think it is a good phrase to remember. I don't know why we needed that specific phrase, but I thought I would share that experience. 

The next day, as we headed home, was when Sister Esguerra was really sick. We were on a Jeepney that would take us right to where we needed to be in Roxas. (Cauayan, where our STL's live, is about an our away). We had been riding the jeepney for about fourty minutes, when Sister Esguerra needed to throw up. She said we had to get off here. We were at a gas station in the middle of no where, and at least twenty minutes away from our home. There would be no guarantee that we'd get another ride, and that would make for a long walk with heavy bags. Still, Sister Esguerra was prompted to get off. She threw up and everything in the restroom there, and we asked a few of the Tri C drivers here if they would be willing to take us to Roxas. None of them would. Before we could even walk away though, and contemplate our stranded-ness, a van came rolling up immediately with a sign in the window that said "to Roxas." It was more than a coincidence. It was a miracle. We recieved transportation immediately, and at least for the time being, Sister Esguerra felt a little better. We made it back safely to our apartment. Nothing is impossible with God. <3

Love,

Sister Lewis