ITS THAT TIME AGAIN... [Letter 40]

HELLO!

Well, that subject kind of says it all. Its time to write again. Its also time for TRANSFERS!!!! Pretty sure that word is the dread and the joy of every missionary. Seriously.
Okay well on the transfer news. Hermana Torres is leaving. Sad day. But she is amazing. She has done amazing things here in Almería and I am excited for her to share this things with the people in Murcia. I have learned so much from her, not only Spanish. We are definately going to be friends for a long time. Well with her leaving that means I´m getting a new companion! Her name is Hermana Brimhall. She is from West Jordan. She is awesome. I´ve met her a couple of times and I´m excited to work with her. She came into the mission the transfer after I did. So it will be fun to get to know her and share the amazing place that Almería is.

Okay on the work front.  ITS AMAZING!!! It´s that Lord´s work which means that there are miracles everyday. This past week we had intercambios or exchanges with the hermanas. Hermana Torres went to Cartagena and I stayed here. Hermana Woodward came to work with me. We had a lot of fun. She is from Spanish Fork, UT. It was great to be able to use my utah slang and twang and have her understand me. But also we saw some amazing miracles. For me because I was from that area I had to plan, start lessons, and speak up. I don´t think I have ever talked that much in lessons before. It was amazing to see how much the Lord really is willing to do to help His children. I learned really to trust more in the Lord. Also we found a FAMILY. Oh my goodness. It was awesome. I felt strongly that we really needed to pass by this future that we had even though it was kind of far. So we trucked over there and rang the intercom, praying someone answered. 1st miracle they were home. 2nd miracle they let us in. As we started to talk with them more and more people appeared to listen. By the end of the lesson we had 6 people crammed in this little room. Oh it was wonderful. 

They are from Bulgaria. Their spanish is small but they are eager to learn about the gospel. When I looked in our stash of books I found 2 copies of the Book of Mormon in Bulgarian and several pamphlets. When we went back the second time we taught the restoration. They had some great questions. With the scriptures we read the ones out of the pamphlets in spanish and then in Bulgarian. They are amazing. They have been prepared by the Lord. I feel blessed to be able to teach them. I love this work. I can think of nothing else I would rather be doing. Some days are hard. But the small flashes of light dot everyday. Look for them in you life. As you begin to recognize the hand of the Lord, you will see more and more the evidence of His love.

Okay so a story about my intercambio now one from Hermana Torres. As they were ringing door bells nobody was answering. Hermana Torres had been studying faith during her study and she remembered that faith is power. She then turned to a Hermana Martín and said if we had enough faith we could open this door. Hermana Vasquez turned and said well lets pray then. So they prayed. Just as they finished their pray a man came down the walk unlocked the door and let them in. God loves us. He answers prayers. He lives.

I love you all!

Hermana Petru