Buenos Dias!

Sounds like you guys have been busy! I'm sure it will be good to rest after that. Grandma and Grandpa Ross are coming to vegas? That's crazy. I wish I could see them too. But...such is life. Tell all of them coming that I say Hi! :)

By the way mom, I don't take a plane. I will have a 3 hour train ride to get to Málaga. I'm excited though...I've never been on a train! So pretty sure I send home more pictures than any other missionary I have ever heard of...but i like pictures. And I take a lot. So I'm sending more! haha some of them are from thursday, it was my last p-day in Madrid...so I wanted to see cool stuff. My companions were just going to a really big mall (lame) so I got permission from President (he is soooo cool) to let me go with the elders to do stuff :) he didn't mind. Well as long as I wasn't paired up at least haha but I said I wouldn't want to be paired up anyway! So a group of us went to the Real Madrid stadium...which was pretty cool. But I didn't go inside. Then we went and walked around madrid to see cool things! It was so fun! i loveddddd it. Madrid is pretty awesome looking. It is super old. A big thing here in Madrid is churros and chocolate. So we went to a famous chocolate place in Puerta del Sol and ate churros and chocolate. But they aren't like the kind dad likes to buy at costco...they are a little thinner and not covered in cinnamon and stuff. But you dip it in chocolate and it's delicious.

Oh also I got called up to give the talk yesterday. Luckily I had one prepared :) but afterwards President Earl came up to me and shook my hand and was like, well, I think you're ready. haha and I so am! I've loved the mtc...but I'm ready for real life. I hope my companion speaks english....and I wish I understood spanish. ha. One of the big things I will miss about here is my teachers. I've learned a lot about what kind of missionary I want to be from my teachers here inSpain, both of them are spanish (women) and served their missions in spain. They are so great!

The first picture is all of us this past saturday at the park after contacting and singing (the whole mtc)

This is temple square-ish. The building on the left is the mtc. The top three floors are where we live, eat and go to class. The first three floors are used as a hotel for people who have come from far away to go to the temple. The building on the right is the stake center and straight ahead is the temple obviously :) It is so cool. So beautiful! I have been amazed everyday at how close I am to the temple. I've loved it.

more temple.

This is in front of some really cool huge building that I'm not really sure what it is. Someone told me it used to be the central post office...but the elders say a lot of things....

this is me in front of one of the catholic cathedrals doing a thumbs down to the catholic church :) the cathedrals are kinda cool...but mainly creepy.

this is me with Elders Swenson and Gibson. Swenson (on the left) is one of my class companions. These two are some of my most favorites. Anyway, these are the elders I spent all day with on thursday. we had a blast. Also, we are in front of the PALACE. as in, where the king lives! (or at least one of the palaces)

This is my "I'm standing in front of a palace!" face. It was pretty exciting..and very cool. Also, if you look over my shoulder you can see two headless maniquins dressed up all fancy like. That is for taking pictures...kind of like how with have those put your face in a hole things...but weirder. hahaha I love spain.

Random fact about spain: here they use the word "taco" for "bad word"...so cuss words are called tacos. kinda funny.

mom and dad! there is some papers you need to send out for me for my loans! I'm pretty sure it has to be done very soon....so please don't forget! Just look in that little notebook thing I left. Thank you!

Anyway, that's my life. I go to málaga tomorrow! yay! :)

I love you!!!

-hermana ross

p.s. I almost forgot. I asked president about pres. horlacher last week...and him and hermana earl were like oh yeah! we know scott horlacher! He's so great. he was such a crazy funny kid but was a hard worker and would go out and do anything. They seemed happy to hear he was in the stake presidency too.