Week 22

hahaha estoy muy bien! Gracias papá.

first of all, you should TOTALLY check out the mission blog this week...we are in it lots. and lots of my most favorite people.

Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down and I'd like to take a minute just sit right there and I'll tell you how I became a trainer after just two transfers. (fresh prince for anyone who doesn't know 90's television)

yes...that's right. Transfers are this week. Hermana Sturgess knew we would both be staying put here...but president through us a nice little curve ball anyway. We are training! together! And I still feel like I am being trained. haha It is going to be really interesting and crazy. But we're really excited! We decided that it is too easy for me and hermana sturgess...so the Lord felt like we needed something to mix things up :) So we don't know anything about her other than she will most likely be american. We have been spending all weekend and all day today trying to get everything ready and turning our two man piso into a three man piso

So this past week was zone conference and it was SOOO great!!! Oh it was just the best. We spent thursday night at the mission home, just us and the cleggs :) it was a blast and then all day friday was the conference. It was the zones of La Mancha, Granada and Málaga together. It was almost half of the mission together. You can see the picture of the blog. But something kinda crazy is that president clegg asked how many had been out over a year and only like 10 missionaries raised their hands and 6 of them are about to go home! Our mission is so young! It is just growing super fast. Anyway, I essentially learned everything and more at this zone conference. President Clegg is so cool. I love hearing him talk about the scriptures! That is sad about your mission president dad. I hope you get to go! It is kinda funny how you really get to know your mission president so well. I just love him. After the conference he came up and gave me and hermana sturgess high fives :) haha. Also...I have the best zone in the whole mission. During the whole conference we were representing our la mancha pride. (you should know that la mancha means "the stain" in spanish...ha) It is a tradition to sing for all of the people who have had birthdays and say something nice about all of them. We had both of the cleggs and then elder crawford from our district up there so when it came to each of them we would just yell, "HE'S FROM LA MANCHA!!!" Then we would say, "somos la mancha!!" and elder clegg's favorite joke is "no se mancha la mancha" you aren't going to get that. But that's ok. It was so fun. I'm sure you can imagine how much I would love something like that.

So, going into the zone conference none of the other missionaries had any clue what la mancha was or where it was. But now they know it is where they want to be :)

love my life.

Ok. one more thing from this week. Our little (but actually really huge) tender mercy from the week. Saturday, we were having a really loooong day. All of our appointments were falling through and we were just in the street a lot all day long. and it was hot. Don't get me wrong, we are still pretty happy campers together even on days like that...but we were tired. As we were walking home for the night, a woman that we recognized but couldn't remember her name came up to us and was like, "so your meetings are tomorrow at 10:30, right?" uhhh....yeah!!! That kind of thing just does not happen. So then she told us her name again and we remembered her! Her name is Yolanda and we contacted her in the street like a month ago. When we contacted her she was like well...I don't have time. and just wasn't very sure so she didn't give us contact information. I remember being really bummed about her because we talked for a while and then could only leave her with a pass along card. And she had seemed so nice. It kills me when that happens. Anyway, she kept that card. She told us that after talking to us and hearing us testify of Jesus Christ she was "walking in the clouds" and it made her think about her life and relationship with God that whole next month. Then her job changed so she doesn't work on the weekends anymore...and she saw us walking saturday and knew she had to come to church. It was so incredible!!! Such a testimony to us that the people who are prepared will be receptive. We just had to be in the right places at the right time. So anyway, she really did come to church yesterday and we taught her last night too! I already love her so much! She had already started reading the Book of Mormon yesterday and she told us that she wants to make promises with the Lord....and we hadn't even mentioned baptism yet!

oh yolanda. so great. It was such a blessing...I know the Lord is aware of ALL of us.

It was a good week. This week we get to go to Málaga again! to pick up our new hermana. SO exciting!!

what fun with new little tiny babies! I hope the whole fam is doing well. Also, Happy Birthday Adam!!! I know I'm either early or late....I just can't remember the exact day. ha. sorry. I love you brother! olé.

I love you all!! Miss you!!! The church is true.

con amor,

Hermana Ross