Week 33: miracles in Romania

Happy Labor Day to everyone!

I think they have something here in Spain like a day of the workers,
but it's not really a big deal. It happened like 4 months ago and
everyone still works! I'm definitely missing the usual going on the
lake and wake boarding to celebrate, but there will be plenty more
labor days to celebrate in 17 months.

Life in Spain is great! Today, it rained for the third time since I
have been here, but it like actually stormed! Apparently southern
Spain isn't used to that kind of weather because the entire city like
shut down. All the streets were flooded and the highways got closed
and trains broke down; it was a mess! Luckily the sun is shining again
and we should be back to the normal blazing hot and humid we are all
used to here in Malaga.

I'm still spending the days here with my 7 foot body guard and
companion elder reeder. It's been amazing to watch his progression as
a missionary. His language skills are getting better and he is really
working hard to participate in the work of the Lord. I'm so glad to be
with him and I hope that our time together doesn't end in 3 weeks.

So I will explain the title of this letter. Last Monday we had a
pretty incredible experience. We were out on pday, visiting some of
the sights of Spain, and we got a super distressed phone call from one
of our investigators. She was super distressed and was trying to tell
me what happened but she is Romanian and doesn't speak Spanish very
well so it was hard to understand her. Finally, we got to her house
and she told us that her dad had gotten in a car accident In Romania
and at that time was in a state of coma shock and wasn't moving or
talking. She wanted us to come in a say a prayer with her for him, so
when we were about to pray, she called her family there in Romania so
that he could be on the phone listening. So I started to pray, and
right after I asked that he would be able to start getting better from
what had happened, I heard noises on the phone. Our investigator
started flipping out and running around the room, apparently he
started talking! She was like KEEP PRAYING KEEP PRAYING, so I think I
ended up saying like a ten minute prayer. Once we finished, she asked
if we could go to Romania with her and give her a blessing, and we
told her we couldn't but that we could get elders there in Romania to
do it. So we were able to get a hold of missionaries there and they
went and gave him a blessing. I haven't heard anything more about the
situation, but I'm confident that her father is doing alright. I know
that the Lord answers our prayers and that he desires to hear from
each and every one of his children.

Miracles are happening every single day here in torremolinos, more
than I can count. I'm so happy to be here, serving in whatever way
that I can. Thank you all for love, support, letters, and prayers! I
wish you all the best and hope you have a great week!

Love,

Elder Jenkins

Ps. I promise I'll do a things I learned next week! sorry!