Week 77: Missionaries sang as they walked and walked and walked and walked

Hey everyone!

I feel so bad because at the beginning of my mission I was so good
about writing long and thought out emails. Since then my emails have
been going downhill "like liquid Mercury flowing down a sloping, a
sloping....thing". It just feels like the longer I am here the faster
time is flying! I have started telling people that I have a year and a
little bit here in Spain so that they don't just make fun of me for
having 5 months left. Luckily, the burning hot sun makes every moment
count :)

We had a really great week! I have been really stressed because it has
seemed for a while now that we were just trying as hard as we could
but having no divine help! This past week there were so many little
miracles. We knocked up to a door and the couple let us in and as we
asked them a couple of questions,  one being "what would you think
about the opportunity to be "born again", like to start over fresh?"
They looked at each other and then my comp and. I. Gave each other the
same look we gave each other the week. Before right before the dog
peed on the door, and then they said. " right before you guys called
up we settled a 5 day argument and decided what we needed was just a
fresh start in our lives! We were literally just ending our talk when
the door bell rang" CRAZY!

Saturday night, we decided to call one of our Chinese friends just to
see how he was doing. He answered and said "are you calling because
you want me to go to church tomorrow because. I think I can go....."
He actually came and liked it a lot! He even stayed for the choir!

I just wanted to say a little bit as well regarding pioneers. Most
people may not know, but in the beginning of. The church, there was a
lot of persecution for. Church members. They were driven from their
homes, often forced to leave all of their. Belongings behind, people
were killed until finally they decided to make the long trek from the
Midwest to the western Rocky Mountain region. This trek was extremely
difficult and many did not make it; however, those who did were able
to establish themselves finally free from this persecutions. As
members of the church, we greatly respect the sacrifices that they
made and for that reason we celebrate these pioneers on the 24th of
July. I never really understood these types of pioneer sacrifices
until I came here to Spain. Almost 90 percent of the members here are
first generation members, people who had to leave their families,
traditions, prior thoughts, ideas, hobbies, or habits all because of
something they feel is true. I am amazed daily by the strength of
these. Members and am so grateful for what they give to the church
here. Most of all, I am thankful to the two pioneers in my family, my
mom and my dad, who made these sacrifices for the good of their future
family.

I hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Jenkins