Week 64

 Hellllooooo! :)

so I have lots of BIG news :)

first of all, this picture of Dima and Rosi is them with their brand new temple recommends!!! :) they are going to the temple with the rest of the ward this weekend. Obviously they'll only be doing baptisms...but they are so excited! I am too. It makes me so happy. Yesterday Dima named off basically all of her ancestors to me...because she is excited to start their work :) she is such a treasure. Yesterday I had to say bye to them though. sad. But, I feel really proud of myself because I didn't even cry! Rosi said, "we aren't going to cry because we have to be strong" Well said, Rosi. haha They are just so much a part of me now....that I know I will see them again. Even if only through skype :) But maybe I'll be able to swing a trip to Bulgaria at some point in my life. They would pee their pants. So would I! haha But I will miss them so much. They always tell me that I teach them about the gospel and they teach me about life. So true. They are just full of good advice :)

So before I move on...you probably want to know where I am going, eh?

drum roll please....this is a big deal....it is only my second and will be my last move on my mission....duh duh duh.....GRANADA!!!! YESSSSS

do you know where granada is? Hurry, google it. It's kinda famous.

But here's the deal...hermanas aren't in Granada! which means I will be opening it with my new compy (Hermana Roderick from Utah...Hna Nelson's mtc companion)

What is funny is that in that last interview I had with president, when he asked me where I wanted to go, I got all nervous and just dropped two cities that don't have hermanas...haha but one of them was granada! I don't think he remembered that. But I think the Lord did :)

I'm excited! A little nervous...because whitewashing will be a new experience...and quite the adventure. But president told me that they had hermanas there years back (actually my trainer was there) but he thinks that the ward misses having the hermanas. I don't know if that is true or if president is just trying to give me a positive start...but we'll see! I kind of feel like he is handing me a project. But it will be fun.

It has been SO sad to say goodbye to people here! And I still have a lot of goodbyes to say...but yesterday I gave a talk in church and just cried at the pulpit. Not that it's unusal for me to do that...but still. I love these people. The other pictures I sent is one of our bishop and his wife and then Mariela (baptized in october) and Matilde (the older lady) a member. We go to their house every week...so I have gotten super close with them. In sacrament meeting, I was sitting by Mariela but she had to leave early so she said bye to me and left right as I was getting up to talk....so I was doomed from the beginning. It's the worst when I'm already crying before I even get up there! I just feel like I can hardly remember life before Murcia. It's like I have always been here and always will be....it's kind of like that mission tunnel thing that curtis told me about before I left. haha

I am going to miss Murcia sooo much!!!!

But, the Lord has prepared me to already know that change is good.

I feel like I've done what I could here.

Something really great is that the hermana that is coming here is Hermana Gibson! (from my trio last summer) So my two hijas will be here together! haha And I totally called it! I knew hna gibson would come and I'm so glad.

ya está. I love you family!!!!

oh, and dad, that story about you and curtis made me laugh SO HARD! hahahaha I love it.

I hope you have a good week...I'll let you know how granada is! :)

con amor,

hermanica ross