October 13, 2010

~ iiiiCupleaños Felíz!!!! that is crazy that you´re 16, and that sounds so fun to play golf for your birthday, I´m super jealous. My shoes just got here right before we left to do internet, y son guapisimos (and they´re super fly) I´m stoked to wear them, but I´m going to wait as long as I can, I really couldn´t have picked out a better looking pair of shoes. Thanks, the beef jerky will get put to good use as well. Thanks for everything, we are teaching a lot and contacting like crazy, an area 70 is going to come down here in November and we´re are going to have zone conference with him so we´re stoked about that. We should have a baptism in two week hopefully, so pray that Eduard will continue with the lessons. Have a good day I miss you guys!
elder ross

October 6, 2010

~ We got to watch almost all of conference, but we had to leave halfway through the second sessiones of both saturday and sunday to get home on time. All the talks I heard were super good. It´s cool to see how in the MTC in Madrid I watched general conference in spanish cause I wanted to see how much I could understand, and I did understand a lot but in comparison to now I understand a lot more. I really liked when the Prophet talked about Alice and the chesser cat and how when we have tough decisions in our lives we should ask ourselves, where do I want to go. That is going to help me a lot I think. Also they talked a lot about how coupled with every temptation there is a way out. That is reassuring to hear as well, I know that there are thousands of people who are going to benefit from the council that we recieved this general conference. I swear that i´m just now beginning to realize that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet just like moses or alma that is a live right now to guide us. It is indeed a blessing. Thanks for sending me shoes, I really won´t need them for some time more. I´m not going to wear them until these shoes are almost destroyed I think. Then like you said when I get home i´ll have a new pair of shoes, so that´ll be perfect. Everything is going great. we are energized for the work now. We went to the Island of Lanzarote on Monday for splits and we got back yesterday afternoon. It´s such a cool experience being here and visiting other islands and working with other missionaries. We have an awesome zone. One of the elder´s in Lanzarote is Spanish and is from Barcelona. We were in the same room in the MTC in Madrid but he went to the mission of Bilboa and I went to malaga. Then we got moved to the mission of Madrid and we were on splits together in a desert island. Who would of thought. It was funny because in the MTC I didn´t understand him very much at all and he couldn´t understand me but we got along because we love fútbol, but now we understand each other perfectly and it was cool to see him and talk to him. He´s a great missionary, and he knows so much about the scriptures, and he uses them so well. He has motivated me to keep studying hard. So everythings good. Thanks for everything, I love you guys. Tell Danny I said what up, and ask him to check his email too.
hasta luego
elder ross

Sept 29, 2010

~ That´s sad BYU is strungling but it´s understandable, at least by the time I get back the kinks will all be worked out and we´ll be able to enjoy some good ol Cougar Football. I saw american football on t.v. at a members house who has the american football channel, and it was so weird. When president called me to be Zone leader here in Las Palmas. I wasn´t sure what to do but president sounded like he had confidence in me so I figured it would be alright, and now everythings going good. We had to take the car to the shop on a Friday and cause it was right before the weekend we didn´t get it back until Tuesday. This area is huge, and we walked everywhere because the Gua Guas (buses) are crazy here. We got everywhere we needed to go, and we found some new investigators. Elder Kap is awesome. He has been led by the spirit so many times while we´ve been working. I´m learning lots everyday. I´m so excited for general conference, it´s going to be awesome. Everything is going good. My right shoe started to get a hole in it, but don´t worry dad I melted the cap of a pen onto it and now it´s all better, haha. but seriously. Thanks for giving me the chance to be here, son buenos padres de verdad!
elder ross