Week 73

Hey family!

It has been a SUPER happy weekend!!! :)

Don't you just love seeing that many people in white?

We had a joint baptism and baptized 6 people! Ok, the elders actually did all of the baptizing...but still. It was SO AWESOME!! we were in heaven.

We even got Vicente to cut his hair for it! haha (our convert...in our cita on friday Hermana Roderick was like, "vicente, what will it take for you to cut your hair for your baptism?" haha eventually we convinced him to do it...and he looked way better!) Really though...it was great. There was a minute or so when I felt like I was in the temple or something because it was just baptism after baptism. It was a good feeling.

And it was cool too because yesterday in church we had 6 confirmations to do! It almost took up the entire meeting....but bishop got up to speak and was like, I wish we only had time to do confirmations every week! The ward is super excited about it. We have an eating cita every single day of the week this week. haha It got us pretty pumped too!!

The spirit was sooo strong in the baptism. All 6 of them were so happy.

I am happy too.

So, yesterday...we didn't really have many citas. And by not many... I mean none. We were a little tired by the end of the day. So, as Hermana Roderick was turning in our numbers for the week over the phone, I went through making a plan for where we could go for the last hour and a half of the night. I made a list of people we've met in the street...and that we could pass by their house...starting with two people we met the other night. The man's name is Elder (go figure) and the woman, Dora. We just met them contacting in the street. They just live in the same piso but aren't family or dating or anything. So anyway, we get there and Dora was home! Hallelujah! So we started teaching her...and about halfway through, Elder gets home and sits in the lesson. We started talking to him and testifying...etc.

He told us that a month ago he had a dream that he would meet us. And that in his dream, it happened exactly the way it did 3 days ago.

Except that in his dream there was one more person. Incredible. So, obviously I took the opportunity to invite him to be baptized.

I just walked home last night in complete awe and reverence. I remember so specifically when we met them and the events that led up to getting us to that exact spot at that time...and getting us to his house last night. I am just amazed. And so grateful. Not only was it a HUGE blessing and miracle for us....but Heavenly Father knows His children. He knows who is ready and He leads us to them.

Being a missionary is the best.

Our mission has a goal to baptize 70 people in august. It is going to take lots of miracles! But I'm excited.

also, recently my investigator from Ciudad Real just got baptized...after over a year!! :)

ummm...on another note, this is a picture of me with the little tiny cleaning trucks that go around the city and are really funny.

AND, last week we made homemade corn dogs with the elders...and elder hatch had REAL american barbeque sauce. IT ROCKED MY WORLD. For the last year and some months I have been eating the kind of barbeque sauce that they sell in mercadona (our grocery store) and it has been totally fine....I thought it was normal. Until last monday. I had completely forgotten what I was missing (although it is probably better that way) we did the side by side taste test. Not even close.

Thanks heavens for americans and their barbequing skills.

I love you family!!! you are the best!

have a good week!

con muchisimo muchisimo amor,

Hermana Ross