I Believe in Christ [Letter 54]

My dear loved ones,

It has been another week in the service of the Lord. And what a marvelous week it has been. Well it started with a really hard Monday. All of our appointments canceled. This is when you learn truly what kind of missionary you are. Well on Tuesday we found out some scary stuff was going on with our recent converts. Trials for recent converts always happen but the are really hard for missionaries as well. As you watch your convert, someone you have prayed for, fasted for, fought for, decided what they really want. Some fly on the wings of the gospel, others fall and have to try and pick themselves back up. We as missionaries watch this dear people we love and pray for them even harder. This week Hermana Nelson and I had the opportunity to fast with some of our recent converts and watch as their faith the Lord increased. I don´t worry to much about them. I know that the Lord will take care of them. It was a great testament to me and I know my faith grew this week.

On the other hand this week we have had a recent convert decided to trust more in the world. we had the privilege to go and offer comfort and teach and testify of the gospel. It was a great lesson and the power of the Savior still astounds me. This week also we have the opportunity to continue to teach a great girl. She is Spanish. And this week she has been fighting to quit smoking. She loves the Book of Mormon. And really has been prepared. This week as she sat in sacrament meeting for the first time she began to weep. She kept saying that she didn´t know why she was crying she has never felt so peaceful. As I sat with her for a few moments after the meeting It was such a wonderful moment to teach of the Holy Ghost and His great role here on earth. She is progressing and her testimony is growing at an incredible rate. I am so lucky to be here to teach her. She is looking for to a baptism and we are excited to welcome another sister into the ward and kingdom of the Lord.The Lord is truly blessing and hastening His work here in Spain. All in all it has been a great week and I am looking forward to what this next week holds in store. I pray this email finds you well, and blissfully content.

Love,
Hermana Petru