Area Number 2

Well, my last week in Cartagena is officially over. It's sad to think
about leaving here, mostly because it means starting the walking era
of my mission, but I feel surprisingly ready to go. I feel good about
what I have done here in Cartagena 3A and I really believe that I left
the even just a little bit stronger than when I left. I know that the
Lord has something else in store for me to learn and do in the other
parts of Spain!

Sooooo....where am I going might you ask.....?

First, a couple things from this week! We saw a TON of miracles. We
had some pretty high goals set, and even though we didn't complete all
of them, the Lord prepares the way for us to really work hard and
accomplish some amazing things! We were able to not only have one
baptism, but two by a miracle half way through the week! A couple
weeks ago, we found a lady who listened to the missionaries 7 years
ago and was about to be baptized but that area was closed to the
missionaries and so they had to leave her. Well after 7 years of
waiting, we found her and she still had that desire to be baptized!
MIRACLES!

One more awesome opportunity that the Lord gave us. We were leaving a
mission conference about an hour away from our house and we were
REALLY late for an appointment so we were trying to go pretty fast but
right before we left the city we saw a family stopping cars. We
thought at first they were asking for money, and so we were just going
to race by, but then we saw jumper cables in their hands. At first I
REALLY did not want to stop, so as she asked I looked to my companion
to give me the no that I was looking for, but he just looked back at
me to answer her. I thought about why we are really here in Spain as
missionaries and decided that it didn't make sense to turn away this
family who needed help just so I could get to an appointment that
could be rescheduled. We decided to stop and try to help them with
their car. None of them knew how to use jumper cables, or really speak
English or Spanish. I was thankful for the speech I had to give in
high school about how to jump start a car, a took control of the
cables, but after 5 minutes her car still wouldn't start. We realized
that her car was a stick shift (actually a Volkswagen Golf like my old
car) but she didn't know really how to start it by pushing, so they
asked me if I could do it, and luckily I left my car lights on a
million times in high school and was very used to push starting a car.
We were able to get it started and they went on their way. This
experience helped me learn that the Lord prepares us to serve. He
gives us the experiences in our lives that we need so that we can know
how to better serve others, and although I was very frustrated every
time I had to embarrassingly push start my car at school, I'm thankful
now that I know how and that the Lord could use me as an instrument to
help someone else.

Also the conference we were at was to introduce us to the new mission
president, president Anderson. Just in the few moments we had with
him, I can tell how much he loves this work, loves us, and loves His
Savior.

Alright, here it is. This Wednesday I will be traveling ALL THE WAY TO
THE OTHER SIDE OF SPAIN to serve in the city of....HUELVA! It's right
next to the border of southern Portugal, another beach town, and it's
REALLY HOT there. I'll be serving with another native companion from
Guatemala, Elder Guarcox. I don't know much about the area yet, but I
do know that it's where God wants me to be and I'm excited to see
what's in store for me there.

Thank you all who read and keep track of my journeys. Thank you for
your prayers and support!

Elder Jenkins