Hola to you

fam!!!!!!!!

how are you guys!!!!!!! the mission is GREAT I LOVE IT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this week was soooooo bomb!!!!!!!!!!! my mission has completely changed!!!!!! complete 360 degrees. wow. what a week. let me tell you a little bit about it.

I learned a ton this transfer, especially about being seinor comp and training (who would have guessed haha) I loved being junior comp cause senior comp had all the answers. we visited a testigo de jeovah this week and he kicked my trash (only in that cita) ad i realized how not easy it is to be senior comp ahah. but this next cita i am going to show him who is boss. but it was a really cool experience to see this transfer all the lord has blessed me with. i love this work man. yeah i wanna see the fam and all my friends and find a wife and all that but i know if i give it my all this last year that i have, the lord is going to bless me with all the blessings after. And i am going to give it my all. thats why i am here. alot of times we cant find alot of people to teach but we work a fool every day but the lord has a ton of lessons to teach us in these moments. of preservirance, obedience, love, tons of stuff that we wouldnt have learned if we werent on the mission. I love the mission sooooo much.

as you know the transfer ends at the beginning of this next week. on monday i will send my companion back to his family. then i will see if i am going to train or not. haha we will see.
This tuesday i am going to go to Bariloche to renew my visa!!!!!!!!!!!!! VACATIONS!!!!!!!!!! hahah for like one day haha. but its all good itll be fun. I get to see elder davis again and see some other elders haha.

THis week was super good. we did a tsunami in senillosa and we found 13 new people to teach and we have 7 people with a baptismal date. WE almost had a baptism this weekend but it didnt follow through. so this next week we hope we have one. we have baptismal dates up until the 25th of august, every weekend. itll be good. haha.

we had a super funny experience this last week. on monday we were at the house of the other elders and elder naylor and my comp were sick. so me and elder alvarez had to go to their appointment. I didnt have clothes so we found the most random of all the clothes we could and went. I had suuuuuper flood pants that when i sat down almost came up to my knees hahaha then like a 3xl shirt on. with shoes that were super small, like size 9. then a super small over coat that helped me look somewhat good. we just found whatever clothes and went. haha. it was super funny.

glad everyone is doing well. tell brad i say hi. tell the fam i love them and glad everyone is going well.


The gospel is true, with as much time as i have to share the message it just rings true to my heart and my soul. Love you guys

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Hey family!!!!!!!!

SEMANA DE 10 CHAVÒN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we had such a good week!!!!!!! it was the best numbers senillosa has had in a really long time. we just ripped it up. alot of miracles. here was the week

this week. On friday we did a tsunami with the elders of Barrio america in their area. I went with elder paredes he is from chile he is a newbie and super tight. super cool elder. We WHOOPED TRASH. taught in 3 hours, 5 others and found like 30 people that want to hear the missionaries. We just kicked trash, it was soooo cool. The spirit just worked through us. Its crazy what obedience will bring. haha. Our area is doing super good. We havent found a ton of people but the people we have found, were prepared. We put another fetcha this week after a bomb lesson 1 with Paula. We just testified the crap out of the lesson and   at the end she accepted the invitation. My comp was super sick yesterday, we went to the hospital twice. he was throwing up allllll day so we just stayed in the pench the whole day. that was the first time i had missed church in all my mission. I felt super weird. haha. But now he is doing much better and we are going to work super hard this week to find more people to teach and what not.

also on tuesday we found David. I felt like i needed to talk with him on the bus and i did. come to find out that he has talked with the missionaries before and been to our church. ITs crazy how many people are ready to hear the gospel. I love it. 

I just love the mission. Its so good. I miss the fam but i love the people too much to leave them. I cant leave them. 

My goal in the mtc was when i leave argentina to feel homesick. and i think i can reach that if i keep doing what i am doing. The lord is blessing us for our obedience and he loves everyone of his children. Keep choosing the right family. 

As far as my package just insoles in you can find them to help my arches. that would help me a ton. Thanks fam. Love you all. 

Elder ROss

Hola!!

Hey mom!!!!!!!!!
My week was pretty dang good!!!!!!!!! I will explain it all haha. I love it here. Its going so well. Now i realize the importance of obedience. I guess I was taking advantage of a obedient companion when i started my mission and didnt understand how strong i personally had to be and how much of a difference it made to stay strong. Now i have to set the example and from this point til the end of my mission i will be senior comp so that will be good for me to set the example.

this week was super good. on monday we went to neuquen to play soccer with the zone leaders and the hmnas. then on tuesday we went to nequen to have a mtng with the zone leaders. then on wednesday we played ping pong. (warning, i am pretty good at ping pong) then on thursday we had a suuuuuuper good lesson with Paula. She wants to get baptised, so this week we are going to put a date with her for her baptism. she did a fast with us too so that things could be better in her life. She is basiclly golden. haha. then we had a super good lesson with carlos about sunday attendance. then we went and picked up elder naylor in neuquen cause his comp had to go to bariloche to do his visa stuff. then on friday all day i was in neuquen to do papers for my visa that i have to renew. it was pretty fun to see the elders from my group. i think in a couple weeks i am going to go to bariloche to finish the papers. then on saturday we had an activity with the primary. they made the missionaries dance and everything. super fun haha.

We do eat alot of meat. But not as much as you think. My favorite food is Milanesas. OOOOOOHHHHHH i am going to make them allllll the time when i get home. I am going to make alot of food from here when i get home. I have a cookbook from the mission and everything. haha.

it was a super good week. The lord just keeps blessing us. I am basiclly taking this area and starting from zero. its not easy to do but i knew this is why president kept me here. Im just super happy in my mission now and i love it here. I see the lords hand in my life everyday. There isnt a moment that passes that i dont see the lords hand in this work and in my life to teach me things that will help me later on in life. I am just convinced that this is the true church. No one can ever take that away from me. I have seen so many things in my mission to manifest that. its something that i can never deny.

Thanks for all you support. I couldnt do this without you guys. I know your prayers are being used in my mission. This is the true church. Love you all.

Elder ROss

Our 4th of July....yours?

MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!

So just to tell ya....i love your emails mom. they are perfect. PERFECT!!!! Just the right type of information. Today we are going to play socer with the whole zone. yes i am keeping warm, i bought a scarf the other day. The hmna deliah gave me one but it was like a lepord deisgn and had purple spots. a guy stopped me in the street and said it was a little gay hahahahaha oh well. I am better. Not sick anymore. 

I completed a year in the mission on the 6th. It was a good day cause we did an activity in the church and it turned out pretty well. Now i have like 360 days til i come home. yeah the mission flies. it doesnt feel like two years. 

On thursday we went and met the new president. The wife is a Slaugh. She has family in vernal. They are super cool. Super cool. They love talking with the greengo`s cause they are from the states. And i got to see alot of elders that i havent seen in a while. Good times. 

WE had a SWEET week. Filled with miracles. I am super happy on my mission. This is like how happy i was with my trainer. I just love the work.I love it here. 

My one (of many) miracles for this week was Paula. She is the grandaughter of Hnma Deliah. She is the one that asked about god and if she has a purpose in this life. On wednesday, an hermana called to tell us that she couldnt give us lunch, its the mom of one of our fetchas Jose. So we lost a lesson with him and he basicly told us he couldnt meet with us this week. So i thought "great no lunch, what do we do" and i thought "deliah" so I called her and she said we could eat with her and that Paula was there too and wanted to talk with us. :) :) :) :) MILAGRO!!!!!!!!!!!!

so we went, ate milanesa de pollo (BOMB) and then we had a lesson de 10 with her after about the atonement and how she can recieve forgivness for her sins! She was super responsive to our questions and she wanted to know more. we gave her a book of mormon and the assignment to read alma 36. she then asked us if we could help a friend that was passing a hard time. We gave some scriptures to her to share with her friend. Then we have planned to pass by her house and teach her family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) then on sunday, the lord made up for what we missed with jose and we had a lesson with him and his mom. de 10!!!!!

The church is true. I love it so much. It kinda sucks that i only have a year left but i am going to make the best of it so that these people can recieve salvation like they need. Thanks for all your support. I couldnt ask for a better family. Love you guys. 

Elder Ross

Miracles!!

FAMILIA ROSS!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like everything is just peachy down in Vernal. Everyone is living the good life :)

To answer your question. Just insoles and the scripture stickers if you can find them. Just insoles that will help me so I'm not walking weird. I have feet like Daniel. Weak arches. (if that helps)

So first off......I'm going to say. Miracles exist. My first week with my new companion Elder Juan Marquez (i know i said another name but there was confusion of it all) was a miracle. Words cant express the things we did and saw this week. The lord knew why i needed to be with Elder Castes. I know that know. But he knew what Senillosa had in store for me when i could be obedient. Miracles!!

This week was incredible. TO share one of these miracles. We found 2 new people to teach our first day. The first was the granddaughter of Hmna Deliah. She was going through a hard time in here life and asked her grandma "does god exist?" and "what is my purpose in this life" , two golden questions that any missionary would kill to have. WE gave her a bible and a pamphlet of lesson 2. Plan of Salvation. 

Then we went and visited a member. Hmna Dimitrovich. Her son isn't a member, so we talked about obedience and how obedience brings blessings. He was listening the whole lesson. We gave him a pamphlet for lesson 1 and made a cita to come back. We taught lesson 1 and he was crying the whole time. He accepted the date of the 28th of July to be baptized. The lord is real. He works in mysterious ways. I never knew he wasn't a member. We also put a fetcha with Carlos. WE had a load of success this week. 

Things here are amazing. I couldn't ask for anything else. Thanks for all your prayers in my behalf. I always feel them. 

I was a little sick (still am sick) this week. I haven't been able to sleep well but i worked anyways during the day and the lord blessed me for my strength. The lord is real. And he blesses his children when they are obedient. 

Love ya fam. Thanks for everything. 

Elder Ross