The Spiritual Friend

Chapter I

It was morning when Anna arrived at school. Her home was about a kilometer away and she made this journey by foot every day. It was exhausting, but Anna liked. It was a moment of reflection. She came and went alone with his backpack and concentrated only in thought.

Anna had always been a girl who kept distance from people. She had long, dark hair, and enigmatic black eyes. She was fourteen and was attending the 9th grade of elementary school. Her body was slender, but she always arranged in a way that does not draw attention. It was a simple person, very kind and helpful to the others, although she prefers always to be alone, so had few friends. She had always been a good student in school, the first in the class. Teachers loved her, especially her Portuguese teacher, Arthur.

Arthur was a tall, strong, with a few strands of gray hair and a smile that never betrayed his real state of mind. Divided his time between the Portuguese lessons and imagining a Spiritual Center at the city. He was a médium and manage spiritualists and lectures studies. Above all Arthur was very observant, but he was also very playful and ran his classes very relaxed.

No one had ever trying to figure out what was behind that quiet girl, or the reason she likes to be always alone.

One day, in time between classes, the teacher called Anna to a conversation and began to ask questions:

- Anna, is it just me or are you sad today? He asked pulling the girl and making her sit beside him in the schoolyard corner. Before she could speak, he looked at her, scanning for evidence of her sadness, intervened and said, "Yes, you are".

Anna nodded.

He continued: - Problems at home, with your parents? I think so.

Anna nodded again.

Then as if he had dragged her to a parallel universe, began to speak:

- Girl, life can seem difficult and problems can seem impossible to overcome. However, they are not. Do not despair ever. Your parents are going through a delicate moment, and in opposite of what you think, yes you can do something to help them overcome this difficult time. You can pray.

Anna was stunned with the how accurate and precise the man talked about her problems, until she realizes that man was just a funny teacher, who could atract everyone to his classes with his dynamic teaching and activities.

However, in that specific moment he was serious, concentrated in her eyes and especially in the girl's reactions. In addition, he continued:

- Your mother is a warrior woman, who loves her daughters, her husband, but she has not treated you well. Do not worry. That does not mean she does not love you. She is just unloading on you all stress that has overwhelmed.

At that moment, Anna burst into tears and thought to herself. "How did he know all those things if she had never commented anything about her family life with anyone."

At that moment, Arthur interrupted his thoughts and his tears saying:

- Anna, your father is an easy man to be influenced. He has a mistress and that is why he became distant and aggressive with you. In addition, any possessive spirit is easy to approach him and feed of his weakness and the bad attitude he has taken.

Anna just cried and did not know what to say. As if reading her thoughts he said:

- You do not need to say anything. Just promise me that whenever you need you will seek me, and you will do exactly why I say. He paused for a moment, took his hand and then said:

- At night when you are alone in your room, take a glass of water put it in front of you and open the Bible in the book of Jonh. If you want to understand the Bible, You must read John.

Anna said yes. The bell rang and Anna returned to the classroom. Nevertheless, she could not concentrate. She was only recalling teacher's words, especially on this particular question. How did he know all these things and he was willing to help her?