Mba´eichapa peime? (How are you?) in Guatini haha I don't know if that's how you spell it. But this last group of Latins that were here, some of them were from Paraguay and they taught us some words. kind of cool!

OK first off I got your letter in the mail today. Thank you for the stamps. I also got a dear elder from Katelyn  and Jessica. It seriously made my day. So to answer some questions. I don't want you to send anything right now. Mainly because I don't know where I'm going and I don't want it to be sent to the wrong place. I am also thinking that I will probably get a converter at the airport before I leave Argentina. They sell them there. And from what I heard I will be getting a water bottle in my mission. Most do right before they leave the mission home. Its just hard to know what I can buy and what I can't buy down here because I'm just in the MTC. But there is a distribution center here and its puny. Nothing in it. They have very few garments, and nothing but books. I guess though that they make the garments in Paraguay so its easier to get them there. I still think that I want to have a usb thing though for camera. It would be super nice. But we can talk about that later.

 

OK next thing on the list. I have to write out bullet points to make sure I write everything I can to you guys. So there is supposed to be this huge announcement on Sunday. They are broadcasting it to everyone around the world. They are having us watch it at 7 on Sunday night and for you guys that would be what 4? Its supposed to be about missionary work and its titled "the work of salvation" All of the missionaries are seriously abuzz with this announcement. We have known about it for a week now and its all anyone talks about. WATCH IT PLEASE!!!!!! I'm excited to watch and find out what it is really about.

 

OK last Saturday we went out proselyting for the second time. We went to the same area we did last time. But this time was a lot better. We had like 8 contacts but each one was almost a lesson. We were following the spirit a lot more this time. Well here are some funny things that happened while we were out. First dad, did you ever go to knock on some ones door and you just felt not good about it. Like you weren't supposed to knock on it. Well my companions and I walk up to this door and we didn't feel good about it. We all looked at each other, like should we knock? And at that moment we all decided to look up. HAHAHAHAH and on the top of this house, which wasn't much taller than us, were a whole collection of beer bottles that were broken and glued to the top of the house. hahahahahahahah we laughed so hard because it was way ironic, and we didn't knock on the door. It just didn't feel right. Also we were in the middle of our area that we could proselyte in and we passed by another door. This door was so warn down. It was a wooden door and it didn't have a doorbell. It was way warn down. The first time we walked by it and we even made the comment that this looked like it could be a really really sketchy door. So we kept walking, and we found that we had been walking in circles. We had passed by this door four different times. So we heard children laughing from behind the door and we finally got the courage to knock. So we did. This adorable little boy answered the door, and we asked for his mom. His mom came to the door, and when she opened the door all we could see was an alleyway that was filled with water, and wood was decaying and you could see the sky. They had nothing!!!!! She had her children around her and they were so beautiful. The little girl just melted my heart. The lady had to be about in her 30s and from what I saw she had three children. Two boys and one girl. We started talking and it was hard to understand her a little because she didn't have many teeth. But we asked her if we could share a scripture with her. So we shared Mosiah 2 verse 41. We talked about how god loves families and then we gave her a Proclamation to the Family. She thanked us, and gave each one of us a kiss on the cheek. She said that she wanted to live her life in a way that would be pleasing to God and that she was very grateful for our message. It wasn't a big thing but it was wonderful to meet her. We were taught a lesson though too. After passing that door 4 times we knew that God knew what we were doing and that we should listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost. We also met a member on the streets that was cool. We also ran into this older guy who was walking his dog. He had read the Book of Mormon and said it was a novel. He asked us if we were plural wives, and why they never sent black people from our church to South America. It was weird. And Something cool. When we are talking to someone and we feel the spirit, we can understand what they are saying. It is super crazy. With this guy we didn't really understand much, but with the lady and others we talked to, we could understand much more. Well that's proselyting this week for you.

 

Something crazy, there were 7 sisters that came here with me, one of them from California. Well Sunday night she was having some pains in her stomach and she had to get her appendix removed on Monday. Crazy. She is such a trooper. She is back now and is doing awesome.

 

Also its super funny that you talked to me about one elder . That week that his mom didn't get an email he accidentally sent it to himself. I did mention in an email though that he is one of the elders that gave me a blessing right? Did you tell his mom that?

 

Also we are getting another new teacher here because one of our teachers contracts is up and they can only teach here for so long.

 

Did Ii ever tell you that my companions and I call the room we are in Outer darkness? It's the one room that is just smaller and not as nice as the others. Well today we found out that we get moved to the Celestial room. Hahaha we call this room that because it has two showers and 8 beds, and we get new roommates that are from Columbia. So only 5 girls in this large room! It will be wonderful! The Latin roommates that we had left on Tuesday and we are getting new ones today. I loved them so much! They were just so funny!

Some funny facts, we are going around and assigning Disney characters to each person here in the MTC. Based on looks and personalities. Its super funny! Also we have some super fun times in class. But I'll have to try and write more about that later in an actual letter. I don't have much time today as I usually do. I love you guys and I love hearing from you! . Love you all so so so much. I love being here, and its not like Provo in that I can't leave. It's awesome that we get to go proselyting on Saturdays. It's a good change of scenery. All the missionaries here are so so so close. We are all family! Brothers and sisters in the gospel. We play volleyball and basketball and make fun of each other. I love you guys and wish you the best!!!

che porohayhueterei ( I love you guys in GUAUNIE) maybe that time I spelt it right. Until next week,

love, Hermana Ross.