~ Bendita y amada Familia mia,
entonces me quedo en Las Palmas, so i stay in Las Palmas, and my new comp is my good old friend Elder Sanchez. We were roommated in the mtc in Madrid, and he basically taught me Spanish, he´s from Barcelona and I would ask him so many cuestions about spanish. He´s been in Lanzarote " one of the desert islands" next to mine for 4 transfers now, and now he´s Zone leader with me, and I couldn´t be happier. Whenever we did splits together it was always the best. He was called to the mission of Bilboa, and so when he left from the MTC I didn´t think I would see him ever again, but then Bilboa got taken out and he got put in the mission of Madrid like me and then he got sent down here to the islands. I´m so happy to be with him. he´s such a good teacher and i´m excited to be with a native spanish speaker. His first language is actually Catalan, which is the language they speak in Cataluña which is the province of Barcelona the city, but they speak spanish just like a normal spaniard as well. He says it´s funny because when I was in the MTC I spoke like a mexican but now he says my accent is a mix between Andalucía and Canario. He´s a great kid, and I hope we can do work this transfer. We have a baptismal date for the 27 of March with a girl who is amazing. We are teaching mucho less actives and we´ve seen a lot of progress with them, and we´re asking them for references and they are helping us a lot. It´s great to see people get active again.
I´m so glad that everything´s good. I have a really strong testimony about the spirit world, so I have no doubts that Steve and everyone else are there, or here I should say living as spirits. I put so many C.D.´s on my ipod out of your library, mom, that have to do with death and the spirit world, and they are my favorite. I´ll give you one of my favorite scriptures, it gives the answer to every problem that someone can have in this life. It´s Alma 7:11-13 another really good one is 2 nefi 31:20-21, and another 2 nefi 25:26 and another one 2 nefi 33:10. I love the scriptures. They give us the spiritual strength to overcome the fisical temptations of mortality. Pray and Read the scriptures, by praying you open your heart and humble yourself. When we are humble we are prepared to receive divine inspiracion. When you read, you don´t have to read fast, it´s way better to read relaxed. And after reading a thought, it is so important to ponder what it says. And when we are pondering upon the Words of Christ the spirit will come and your mind will be opened, and you´ll feel better, and you´ll want to help and do good to everyone. When I read the scriptures I want to be a better person and for that I know that they are true(eter 4:11), and that the prophets who write them have been sent from God to help us find the true happiness in this fallen world(mosiah 3:13). Don´t worry, be happy! Christ lives! He did it! and we can be saved if we so desire. I feel really blessed to have such a great family. Rachel you are my most favorite little sister, but seriously!!! haha!!! I don´t know what I would do with out ya. Stay cool and i´ll catch you on the flip side.
elder ross
