HOLA MI FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!

Hola, 

Ugh I can’t explain how great it feels to have P day and be able to write home! I hope everyone is doing well! I pray for my family and friends everyday! I love you all! Thank you for all the prayers coming my way, I totally feel them as I go throughout my days. 

Well the MTC is muy buen, muy loco, y muy espiritual! My companion Hermana Heitonga is from Tonga and she is so hilarious and sweet. She was a little worried to have a “white chick” as her companion but she quickly let me know that I am welcome to come to Tonga whenever I want haha!!  My other Hermanas (we all call each other companions cause we are so close) are from New Zealand and Texas. Their names are Hermana Watson y Hermana Connally. Mi Hermana will be coming to Barcelona with me which is great! 

My district is so awesome! We all get along so well! There are 4 of us hermanas y 8 Élderes. All the elders are either going to Barcelona or Madrid which is so fun! 

We all went to the temple together as a zone this morning and it was so amazing to be surrounded by people my age who have the same goal as me, which is to serve the Lord and bring his children closer to him! The Spirit was so strong! 

So...I have so many funny stories already but I’ll just tell a couple right now. So we were in class and one elder was handing out stickers and I asked my companion how to say “I want”. She answered “quiero”. I quickly yelled to the elder across the room “te quiero!” This means I want you/ I love you... I was supposed to say lo quiero which means I want it... the missionaries had a good laugh about it haha. The poor elder was a little shocked haha! The good thing is I will always remember what lo quiero means now! 

Ok one more funny story... one companion is from New Zealand so we have different words we say for certain things. For example we say trash and she says rubbish. Ok so one day we had taquitos for lunch and she looked at them and said “oh we are having Mexican sticks for lunch”. I WAS DEAD!! I could not stop laughing haha!  We gave her a hard time but she was cool about it haha

The MTC is a lot of work but I feel the Spirit constantly! I remember thinking the first couple days that there would be no way I would still be here if I did not know that this work was the work of our Heavenly Father. I know this gospel is true and I know our savior lives. I know the Book of Mormon is another testament of our Savior Jesus Christ and I know it was translated by Jospeh Smith. 

It was so cool because yesterday I had the amazing opportunity to shake Elder Gong’s hand (he is a member of the 12 apostles) and touch the pages of a 1831 version of the Book of Mormon. He looked at me and told me to never forget of the book’s truthfulness and I was able to say with a surety that I would not forget. I love the Book of Mormon, it has blessed my life so much. I encourage you all to read it if you haven’t recently. 

Well thank you for all the prayers! I have truly felt this week that our Heavenly Father loves us and is aware of our needs! 

I’ll leave you all with my favorite scripture this week.  “Lift up your heart and rejoice, for the hour of your mission is come; and your tongue shall be loosed, and you shall declare glad tidings of great joy unto this generation” D&C 31:3 

This gospel is a message of joy and I can’t wait to share it with others. 

Te amo,  

Hermana Ross