Monday, May 7, 2012

Hola from Nerja [Letter 17 - Nerja, Spain]



My dear loved ones,

Hello! I hope everyone is well. This week I have been working on studying the scriptures for the second lesson in Preach My Gospel. As I have studied the Lord's Great Plan of Happiness I have learned even more about the love of our Savior for us all. I have found two new favorite chapters of the scriptures. I am pretty sure that as I continue to study they will all be my favorite. Anyway, I would like to share with you 2 Nephi 9 and Doctrine and Convenants 138. I just love the knowledge that we have. It is most definately the fulness of times. 

So this week has been a week of growing. After Dia de Diamante my courage to contact leveled and then dropped. I'm still not quite sure what happened. But contacting has again become a struggle. As I have prayed and thought of how to change once to be a better servant of my Savior I have found some interesting things happening. We have been listening to the testimonies of the Apostles and as I have listened to their witnesses I have been amazed at their love for others. Then it dawned on me. Contacting those in the streets is an act of love. As my love for the people here grows my willingness to share what I know also grows. After I realized this great attribute I walked into the streets and they all seem new and different. I am so excited to be a servant of the Lord and continually look for a friend to stop on the street to share the gospel with. I am so grateful to the Lord for this new light and vision. I understand even more the term "a change of heart" mine has seemed to swell with the knowledge of the love of our Savior for ALL His children. I am grateful for His Atonement and the power it gives me to change and become better. I know that everyone has this opportunity and I get to share this great news with everyone. What a great CALLING! 

I have been seeing small miracles all week. The Lord never ceases to bless. I have met some great people with great spirits and great desires to follow the Lord. It is amazing to see their determination and love for the Savior. Its these small points of light that light up the whole room. Also this was the week that I was able to go up to Madrid and collect my residency card. I am now an offical resident of SPAIN. Cool huh. Well I had the opportunity to travel from Málaga to Madrid all by myself. I rode the train into Madrid then figured out how to get from the train to the metro. Then I was able to find the right metro line and get off at the right stop. I found the Office where to collect my card (which took all of 20 minutes after 6 hours of travel). I met some of my friends and fellow missionaries that I know from the MTC. It was so much fun to see all of them again. After lunch I then had to do the reverse all the way back home to Nerja. I made it. All by myself. For me that was a miracle. After such a day it was great to give Hermana Gibson a big hug and go home. Hermana Gibson spent the day in Málaga with the sisters there. All in all it was a good day but we were excited to get back to our area and continue the work. 

I love you all. I hope all is well. 

Hermana Petru

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