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

Preparation days are about to get Wild!

Hola!! 

Ok sorry for 2 emails this week. Last week my phone wasn't working so I didn't have a chance to send my email. But ya, I'm in Hospitalet!! Its definitely interesting because we are opening an area so we are starting from scratch. It's been good getting to know the members here. Our ward is super united and super happy to have hermanas. There are a ton of Latinos here so you know what that means...we have eaten reallllll good this week! 

It's been different being in Catalunya. We are super close to Barcelona so that is awesome! I saw the Sagrada Familia today and it is amazing!! Its HUGE!! I cant wait to see everything in Barc!! My companion was frustrated with me cause I was walking really fast today. I just get so excited to see everything!!! 

My companion is hilarious. She loves making jokes, singing, and dancing. Its a party every night. She is from Mexico and speaks really fast so pray for me jaja. 

Ok so cool little miracle this week...we were contacting in the streets (cause we dont have any amigos) and we saw this lady with a bunch of grocery bags and offered to help her. She said she was fine cause she lived close. We started talking and started talking about her country and family and stuff. We told her that we are missionaries living here and we are new to the area. She wanted to keep talking to us so she told us to walk with her. We got to her piso and she invited us in. We decided to go and we met her sister and the daughter of her sister and a kid that was living with them. We gave them a book of mormon and they told us to come visit soon.  It was so weird but such a blessing!! I dont recomend going into someone's house that you dont know but hey, it worked out. As we were leaving she told us that we have a new friend now! I know God has people prepared to hear this message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so happy to be a part of it!! 

I love you all! Have a great week!

Hermana Ross 

Mi nueva compañera: Hermana Lugo (de México)

Barce

Barce

Barce

La Sagrada Familia

Voy a HOSPITALET!

Hola a todos!!

Well im off to Hospitalet! I will be opening g a new area with my new companion! I'm a little nervous but I know it will be great! Hospitalet is 5 minutes away from Barcelona in metro so you already know I'm gonna make it a goal of mine to see a barc fútbol game!! 

Saying goodbye to my amigos and members was rough! I love them so much!! I have learned a TON from them. I have learned to love people WITH their flaws. I learned to be more patient with my Heavenly Father. I've learned to do all I can do and then put the rest in the Lord's hands. I've learned to not stress as much because if we are doing the right things, everything will work out in God's timing. I've learned a lot about faith. I've seen people trust in the Lord when everything seems to be crumbling down around them. We really don't need to fear when we trust in the Lord. Ive learned we can do hard things and come out from trials stronger! 

Quick cute story! We went to visit our good friend María Luisa. She is a little old lady who has a lot of health problems. She loves when we visit her cause she gets lonely. She asked us to bring some pictures of Jesus for her. Before my mission my aunts and grandma got me some pass along cards with beautiful pictures of Jesus on them. I decided to bring some to María Luisa. She got this huge smile on her face and as she looked though each one she kissed the cards one by one. It was so sweet. It really made me think how much my Savior means to me and how much I love him. 

Well hope you all have a fabulous week!! I'll keep ya updated on my new adventures in Hospitalet!! 

Adiós,

Hermana Ross 

María Luisa

Sweetest Fam

My idols! Pepi and Ángel

Our Good buddy John

5 Meses!!

Hola a todos! 

This week was good! Our amigos and our ward is great. I love our members so much, they make me so happy. Pray for our amigos that they will keep making those steps towards spiritual progression. Gracias!! 

This week I have seen that as we are one in purpose we can see miracles. Our mission took a day to try and find new people to teach. We also fasted this Sunday as a mission for our amigos. After this day of trying to find new people the mission as a whole found 400 or something numbers of new people. It was amazing to see that when we work together with one purpose we can see great things come to pass. 

This week was my 5 month mark which is crazy! Time is (usually) flying by! I have loved being a missionary and seeing little miracles everyday!! I am so grateful for the goodness of my God and my Savior Jesus Christ. I love them and know they live. They are always here for us. They are aware of us and will help us. I'm so grateful for this knowledge that I have. 

Espero que tongan una Buena semana les quiero muchísimo! 

Hermana Ross 

Alicia and the White Rabbit for Halloween!

Me and my amigo

Jirafas at BioParc

El puesto de sol!  God is so Good!

Our District

Oct 2019 Week 4 update

Hola a todos!! 

Espero que a todo esta bien!! 

This week was good! Our amigos are good, our barrio is good, the weather is good, life is good, God is good! 

Ok so a quick cool experience I had... we were meeting with our amigo John to do some family history work. He had his tree filled out until his grandparents. We started looking for family on his grandpa's side. We looked through records of baptisms, marriages, births and couldn't find anything! We started looking on his grandma's side and we found part of a tree with the same last name as his grandma's. We clicked on it and IT WAS HIS FAMILY!! This tree had 4 generations of his grandma's side filled out! This tree was just missing the part that John had. We were able to combine the trees! John was so happy and so was I! I know his family was happy too. 

Ok kinda funny story. So yesterday I was taking a shower and when I got out I go to open the door and its stuck like really stuck. I don't know how to explain it but it wasn't opening. My companion tried opening it with butter knife and even taking the door knob off but guys, it was not moving. After 30 minutes my companion starts ramming the door while I turned the handle and finally it opened. It was a good team building activity that's for sure. 

Guys, God loves us. He knows us and out needs. I've said this a lot but it's so true. I've seen some of our amigos struggling with things at home and feelings of dealing with these things solo. Chirst knows exactly what we ate going though and we can ask him for anything. He is there. As we follow him, he will bless us with the strength we need to press forward.

Love ya all. Thanks for sticking with me throughout my crazy all over the place emails. Have a great week! 

Adios, venga, nos hablamos,

Hermana Ross