She got the box

Hi Daddy.

Yes I got my box!! It was so great! Thank you sooooo much!! I loved it to pieces. It was perfect. It was exactly what I needed. In fact, with everything I would pull out of the box Hna Millán would be like, wow, ella sabe. Like, your mom really knows you well. Haha duh dude...she's my mom. So thank you thank you. I was dying for t shirts. It is soooo hot here. I have no idea what the conversion is...but it's like 44 celsius and they say next month it will be in the 50s what is that in F? Also...I think it's more humid here...but let's be honest, I can't tell.
Well, I had a pretty big week this week. The father of one of our members died (he was 100 years old!) So we spent some time visiting his family. People open up to the gospel when they've lost someone. And I went to my first catholic funeral...in spanish. haha it was interesting. Jose Antonio (from our branch) is the only member in thier entire family. The funeral felt cold and empty. And impersonal. It made me sad...and very grateful for the gospel and the knowledge that we have. It actually brought me back to last summer at Corey's funeral. I can not even begin to describe the vast difference between the two. Corey's was sad...so sad. but it was so full of the spirit and of good memories of Corey. I think sometimes we forget how much the gospel is our entire life until we really see how people feel without it.

Also, transfers are this week! But I get to stay put :) I'm glad. I think I could be in Ciudad Real for a couple more transfers...but at least for this one I will. Hna Millán is going to Cadiz. I am sad to see her go...I learned a TON from her. She's been great and is a really good missionary. But she is ready to leave cr so it is good. Plus Hna Sturgess is coming!!! I'm SO so excited for her to come!! She was my favorite friend from the hermanas conference. She's awesome. and tall and from nevada and a comm major at byui :) also, we have a mutual friend from byui (brittany large) so we both knew about each other before I got here. Yes! It will be good.

Yesterday, we both gave talks, taught sunday school and then primary. We literally taught all three hours of church. It was crazy. We were so tired. But it's because it is summer so all the members are out on vacation. We almost had more investigators than members!

Speaking of which, we had a new family at church yesterday :) they are friends of paulina (our invs. that was supposed to get baptized sat. but has to get married first) and they came to church because they have noticed how happy paulina is after coming to our church and wanted to see why...it was awesome! Almost all of our new investigators are from Paulina. I wish all of the members in the wolrd were missionaries like Paulina. She's so great. And she isn't even baptized yet! But she tells everyone about the church because of how her life, and the lives of her entire family have changed after she started coming and reading the book of mormon. The Book of Mormon is true. I love it more and more everyday.

Well family, I love you so much. I am so blessed. I can't even handle how much the Lord blesses me. A couple weeks ago we had a specialized training and President Clegg talked to us about light. We read D and C 50:24 and talked about what the perfect day is... but also we talked about how when joseph smith was praying, the darkness came, and then the light. In the same way, we often have periods of time in our life where it's hard, or feels dark. But then it is always followed by light. More light than we ever had before. We just have to make sure that we are always trying to add to our light...all our lives.

good stuff.

Be good. Have fun. Be happy. I love love love you all.

Con amor de españa,

Hermana Ross