Week 75

hey hey!!

I wonder if trey is speaking the same day as matt. hmm...I would have liked to see that! :) I need to go to the cheyenne ridge ward too. It is going to be complicated juggling two wards! haha but that's ok.

dad, if it makes you feel any better, I can't wait to hang out with you :) and you aren't even my boss! well, kind of. but not really. you know what I mean.

does maria jose look so cute getting baptized? :) it was such a sweet baptism. A tinge of bitter sweet because Rosa couldn't get baptized with her...but it was a happy occasion. She is such a good girl. And she is getting baptized at such a good age (13) so she is with the YW and can learn to make good choices now. better choices than the ones her parents have made. And she knows it. I love her so much!

But, it was a pretty big bummer about Rosa. She was soooo sad. We we saw her she just hugged me and cried. She wants to get baptized so badly. We spent a lot of time this past week doing all we can to make it work out...giving the Lord lots of reasons to help Rosa. But, unfortunately....it just can't happen yet. But it will. She told me it will. She said she is going to come to church every sunday anyway and keep reading and praying everyday...until she can change her life. She has already done so much...and I am so pround of her! She is a champion.

It will be hard to say bye to them.

ummm...something crazy that happened in the baptism- we had everything planned out and good but halfway through the talks during the baptism service I look around and realize that there are only two men there.

The man baptizing her and a member of the bishopric. We didn't have two testigos. I guess I should have planned that part out....but it has never been a problem before. I wasn't expecting all of the women in the ward to come and leave their melchesidek priesthood holding husbands at home! So, I was sitting there like...ok, we have the rest of this talk and the musical number to find another priesthood holder.

awesome. The spirit told me to call the elders. I felt rude because i was in the front row and got up right in the middle of the talk...but I figured I'd be obedient. So I called them...and bless their souls they answered my call even though they were in the middle of a lesson, ended their lesson and sprinted to the church. The church is true folks.

People love talking to us about our basketball team. haha about how huge they are. spain is pretty new at the basketball thing. they are soccer people :)

Today for p-day we went around the touristy pretty part of Granada with the elders...and hiked up to the Alahambra. It was so fun...so beautiful! I love the Alahambra. The elders are really good at reminding me that I only have one more p-day left. haha isn't that weird? I mean, has time gone by fast for you guys? Because I think about it and I feel like I am in the twilight zone or something. it is so not real. but I am excited to go swimming. ha. not gunna lie. And

112 degrees won't be a huge surprise...because it is that hot here too! In fact, the only reason Julio hasn't got baptized yet is because it's so hot outside that he won't leave the house. sheesh. haha Trying to get him to go to church this week I told him that we would turn the air on in the church to arctic temperatures. but he still didn't come.

madre mia.

Vicente's mom came to church yesterday!!! :) we'll just slowly baptize the whole family. they other day his mom told us that Vicente's dad really wants to meet us! Which is a huge step because just a couple months ago, he didn't even want us in his house. The gospel blesses families. I think they have noticed the drastic change in their son....so they are really warming up to the church :) his mom LOVED church yesterday! She is like best friends with the whole relief society already. It's so good.

So, today starts my last full week. I just want to work SO hard. and I want to do my best. I wonder and I hope that I have done all that the Lord has expected of me. I really hope so. I just can't help but realize how much I still fall short. But I love being here. And I feel so grateful for this time. The Lord has blessed me so much!

Being a missionary is the best.

um....ya está.

well fam bam....I love you! have a fun camping trip!

con amor,

hermana ross