My first Conference in the missionfield!

Well lots to tell you guys this week. Anyways this week I got your letters all at once. I loved them! I will try to write to you guys and it will be personal letters like mom said to do. My companion loved the pictures of Zion. She wants to go there really bad. Maybe one day she will be able to come and visit us in Utah. She says that is one of her dreams. Sounds like you are all doing really good. I love and miss you all. We have a lot of new people in the mission. All of the Hermana's that came this past transfer are from the states. Of the five sisters that I came with three are training. I'm so,0so, so, so grateful that it's not me. All that are training are 19 and are training 19 year olds that are learning the language. Way Difficult. But I'm grateful for the opportunity that I have to learn from Hermana Rojas. We got our refrigerator. We didn't have to pay anything.

So conference, it was good but its not the same listening to them in Spanish. Some cool facts is that Elder Scott actually recorded his voice in Spanish for the sessions. So it was his voice. But its difficult only because I long to hear the actual voice of the prophet. Conference was in our church house which is one block from our house. Saturday we went and didn't have any investigators and at the end of the first session the elders in our ward came and asked us a question. They asked us if we wanted to have a baptism today. We looked at him in shock and said what!? Well they had been teaching this man and they found out that he doesn't live in this area. He lives in ours. So Sunday between the sessions of the conference we had a baptism. His name is Emilio. Bueno! We had a baptism this weekend! hahaha! Silvio came to the conferences Sunday in his shirt and tie with his notebook to take notes. He was so excited to hear the prophet. In Paraguay they have the options to go to the center of Paraguay to listen or one block from our house. Well we didn't have a whole lot of people Saturday in the church but . A lot of people will watch in their homes by Internet but Sunday in the morning it was packed. And it was the best turnout for a baptism that we have yet to have. Right now the area is difficult. We don't have any investigators that came to conference. And we are searching for new people. But the peace of conference was wonderful. I can't believe how many missionaries are in the world right now. We have something like 45 missionaries in our mission and when my companion started there were 16! I just read your little email mom. I loved, loved, loved, the skittles. But in the package the bag exploded and there was confetti with them. Hahaha it was quite funny.  I know that this is the true church and that I am meant to be here. My faith is being strengthened every single day. The mission is not easy, but it is worth it. I can hardly believe that I have 4 months in the mission! And its getting hot in Paraguay. You guys are going to have snow and I am in the blazing heat. Its all good. Sorry my letters are getting shorter and shorter. But its really difficult for me to write in English. How weird is that!?! Yesterday we were doing contacts in the street and we ran into a lady that lived for 2 or three years in Virginia. She started talking to me in English and I wanted to tell her that she was super invited to the church every Sunday at 9. Well the way I said it in English is that she was super invitado to the church all Sundays at 9. Its bad. I couldn't even say invited. Invitado is invited en Spanish. Well love you guys a ton!

 

Hermana Ross