Bones Festes!!!

Hola!! Espero que todos tienen un feliz Navidad!! I am so grateful to be on the mission right now. I really love being able to focus on others this time of the year. I have seen that as we try and help others they end up helping us. We have gotten really close to our amigos and members and I love it. We feel so much love for these people. 

I love this time of year. I'm so thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ. He lived his whole life for us. We have hope for the future because of him. Christmas is not only about his birth but also about his life and knowing what he did for us. Thanks to him we can repent. Through repentance there is hope to change into a better person. Thanks to him we can live again. Thanks to him we can be with out families forever. Thanks to him we have a perfect example of how we should treat others. Thanks to him there is hope and joy.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas with family and friends! I hope we can all focus on the blessings in our life thanks to Jesus Christ. Love you all!! 

Pics: Day in park Güel

Palm reading, New Friends and Temple Surprises!!!

Hola mis queridos amigos! Mucho tiempo! Sorry, I've been a bit busy. This past few weeks have been good! We have transfers this week but we are staying here in good ole Hospitalet!! Im stoked, I love it here. We have met a lot of new people and have really been working with some less active families. We have some solid amigos. I've been learning a lot. Ive really seen how important it is to go after the one. I've felt so much love helping those people come back and remeber their faith. It's been beautiful to hear the testimonies of these people expressing their desire to strengthen themselves and their families through the gospel. 

        

So these past couple weeks have been pretty busy. Weve had some fun/ interesting things happen including meeting a drunk guy who read our palms jaja. We also bought matching Pjs for Christmas which was super cuteee. Also cool story...we also were waiting outside the church one Sunday waiting for an amigo to show up and a man walks by and asks if we are Christians and asks if he can come investigate our church and of course we said yes!!! He is awesome. He is Colombian and works at a Colombian restaurant and he wants us to visit! Score!! 

Ya I'm really happy here. Our ward is great!! We had our ward choir program and it was so great! All the little kids got nametags that said future missionary and one kid ran up to me so excited to show me! I asked him where he wanted to serve and he said he wanted to go to the moon. So cute! 

Also one thing super exciting is that we can go to the temple in Madrid now!!! I'm so excited to be able to have the opportunity to go and see the blessings that the temple brings to families and individuals!! Well I dont have a lot of time this week but I love you all!! I hope you have a great week!! Le quiero! 

Hermana Ross 

Mis Hermanas

Mi Mamita (trainer)

Fun Times

White Elephant with my Zone

Mi Distrito

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hola mis queridos amigos,

I'm so thankful for every one of you! Thanks for your prayers and thoughts and emails. 

This week has been good. My companion and another hermana in our piso got sick the beginning of the week so that was a little rough but we are alright now!! We also got stuck in the rain one day without coats or umbrellas so that was an adventure jaja. 

We have been getting to know our members in our ward better and I love them. They really take care of us. We met this awesome family who is trying to get back to church and they are so fun! We also met the friends of a member. They are living in the same house while they find a job and they are super interested in learning about the gosple. They are great. We really have been blessed with so many milagros!!  

I've loved being in Barcelona. Everything is in Catalán! Before, everything was in Valenciano when I was in Catarroja. And now everything is in Catalán. I dont understand it at all but its ok cause everyone knows Spanish jaja. 

Being on the mission during Thanksgiving is different but it's been really nice to reflect on my blessings while I'm away from my family. I am so grateful for them and for the gospel and how we are strengthened by learning about Christ's gosple together. I know Christ lives and he loves us. I read a beautiful scripture in 1 nephi that says, " And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find pasture." I know that in Christ we can find pasture and he will watch over us. Have a great week everyone!! 

Germana (in Catalán) Ross