Week 36

I can hardly handle how cute all of my sobrinos are these days. my goodness.

So first of all, let me tell you about this picture. We teach an english class every wednesday night. Here, all of the missionaries teach english. So normally, the elders in the other ward teach the advanced class and hna woodward and I teach the basic class. And we have been getting some regular english class comers that are super great and that I really want to teach the gospel too as well...anyway. Lately, the elders haven't been able to come to their class so hna woodward goes to teach their class while I do ours. (teaching alone is extremely weird) and this last week I started out the class with a piece of chalk the size of a pea. ha. but I had no choice to use it and keep going because I have to be able to write on the board to explain things and answer people's questions. But by the time I was done the piece of chalk was smaller than a grain of rice and I was still trying to write with it. I had no choice! One of our students said he is going to bring me chalk this week. haha but when hna woodward came in and saw what I had been doing she laughed at me. a lot. and so we took a picture. :) maybe you had to be there.

Also, ash told me about her language barrier adventures :) hahaha totally understand. I am happy to hear that you at least caught the word abogado though. But I have interesting language barrier experiences too...for example yesterday we started teaching a bulgarian matrimonio. But they are so great! They don't speak spanish very well, and neither do we for that matter...so there was like a triple language barrier...but they understand the spirit! I love them already. We are just going to have to throw out all of their jehovah's witness pamphlets :)

so Luis is still progressing quite nicely and going strong. We'll be having a baptism within the next few weeks and I am so excited!!!!

Another funny thing that happened recently was with our dear little menos activo friend who is actually pretty active...she just has a hard time with a certain commandment. Her name is Josefa and we visit her about once a week and love her to pieces. Sometimes when we eat with her and she says the prayer she will pray for us to get married one day. It really is thoughtful of her haha but this last time she prayed that we could go home and there would be a surprise boyfriend for us...hahaha I about peed my pants during her prayer. She's just lookin out for us :) maybe we'll both have surprise boyfriends just because of the faith of Josefa. what a woman. also, she told us that her favorite things to do are read and preach the gospel :) haha I just love these people. Sometime I'll send a picture of Josefa. She's a real gem.

So...this may be the most random email of my life...but ya know. It happens. I am loving Murcia, being a missionary and Hna Woodward. We have zone conference this week and I can't wait to here what president and the spirit have to say to us! The church is true. God lives. I know that when we read the Book of Mormon everyday...our lives change, we can recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and we recieve answers to our prayers.

I love you family and I miss you!!!!

olé.

con amor,

hna ross