Hello friends and family,
I've gotten to the point right now where I feel like I have been out
here for a long time, and yet I still have a large amount of time
left. Luckily, the time isn't passing by too quickly so that I can
enjoy this amazing opportunity to serve the people here in Spain.
Elder Miller is certainly one of the main sources of enjoyment. He
just wakes up with a smile every single morning, ready to work, but
still patient in those morning hours when I'm not so smiley. Of course
there are the occasional funny Spanish mistakes here and there, but
I've actually been so impressed with his Spanish in such a short time.
He did stand up in front of the church and say "I just want you all to
know that I love myself"...there were some weird looks, but I'm sure
they got the point.
This week was absolutely full of miracles. I am not sure if it is just
the faith of elder Miller, or maybe I have just been so oblivious
these past weeks, but we were able to see the hand of the lord so many
times. I'll just share one example. Last week we were sitting on the
train, it was late, we were on our way home, and I really just wanted
to read some of the Book of Mormon. I could tell my companion was a
little ancy to talk to someone, but he couldn't find someone to talk
to and I wasn't being very helpful in his pursuit. Then I head him say
hi to someone, and he quickly turned to me and said "elder, that guy
put down his phone and he said hi to me...I think he would talk to
us..." At that point in time I kind of gave him an "are you serious,
no one actually WANTS to talk to us" look and so he just kind of
looked down in disappointment and said never mind. At that point, I
was sufficiently chastised by the spirit that I put down my book and
started up a conversation with the guy. It turns out he is from
Finland (there is an elder in our ward from Finland) and he DID WANT
to talk to us and find more out about the book we were reading. We got
his number, but he didn't feel comfortable about giving us his house
number. We were able to meet again after that, but we kind of lost
contact with him after a week.
One morning, we decided to go and try to contact this girl who had
given us her number and address like 3 weeks before. We had tried
going to the house a couple of times, but never had an answer. This
time, we went to the door and knocked and imagine our surprise when
instead of the girl we expected, out came the man from the train....he
looked about as surprised as we were and explained to us that he had
lived in that house for 3 years and was interested to know how we
found his house...we were wondering the same thing, but it's no
question that the hand of the Lord was involved in us going to 1 out
of 900 doors that was his. Then as we went down to the street and
talked to him, a lady came up and tapped my shoulder. She was a
Russian lady who we had met a couple nights earlier. When we met her,
I was super frustrated because I had some pamphlets and stuff in
Russian in my bag but had taken them out. Well that morning, I just
saw them again and decided to throw them in there just in case. Lo and
behold, she found us as we talked to the train guy and I was able to
give them to her.
There were more miracles similar to this one all throughout the week.
So much that I'm like 5 days behind in writing in my journal! I know
that the miracles have always been there, but I have just kind of lost
the hope and the faith to find them in these past weeks. My new
companion is really helping me to remember that they are always there.
I'll just end with a quote from one of my favorite scriptures from the
past week , "wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope
for a better world..." Have hope my friends, in whatever may come in
life, because there is always good to come.
Have a great week. Thank you for love, support, and prayers.
Elder Jenkins
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