Well Que Haku!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

October 20,2014

Could it get any hotter here in Paraguay. We got up to 50 degress celcius
and 122 degress F. Its so hot the whole body hurts just walking outside and
the air conditioning just barely helps to cool us down at night. They say
that this summer is going to be the hottest summer in a long time here in
Paraguay. My companion kept telling me that she doesnt know what to do when
it gets to be December, January. HAHA I just told her. Dont worry about it!
But in my mind i was saying, thank goodness i will be home in the cold. But
i know that my body isnt going to be ready for the cold either. How is the
weather at home?
So this last Tuesday we had interviews with president. My companion and I
were waiting to enter into the office when one of the elders informed me
that the time that I would be having for my interview was going to be
longer than everyone else. I asked why and he said that it was my LAST
interview with president. I looked at him in absolute shock! WHAT! Normally
they have the last interview the last week. But they are starting the
interview for the whole mission so to make it easier for president, he had
my last interview last week. He laughed at me and told me. ¨I dont like  to
have a final interview with anyone before they have actually ended their
mission but I don't have the time in the month of November. So you will
listen to what I am going to tell you, then put it in the back of your mind
until you're in an airplane going home.¨It was terrible.
I can tell that you guys are getting tired of the whole writing thing. I
only recieve letters from mom and Jessica now. I finish my computer time in
like 10 minutes because I don't have anything else to say, or read. haha
well thats life.
 My mission leader is seriously thee best mission leader.  HMMMM well if i were a missionary eating at home,right now I would without a doubt choose the sweet and sour chicken! Haha
but thats just me. I miss the food from home. When I come home I want to
cook for you guys. I have learned at lot from my companions as far as
cooking goes. But a lot of it has to do with central america. SPICY!!!!!!
And by the way my companion the Hermana Houldridge loves cooking and has
spent all of her misison looking for a way to make the things from the
states here. It is not easy because the ingredients are not the same here
as they are in the states. But she figured out how to make PIE!!!!!!!!!! So
tomorrow for our district activity we are going to take apple pie. We´ll
have to see what the american elders say. Because last week they were all
talking trunky about how they want to eat a good thanksgiving dinner.
I know that I'm coming home in a month but I want to hear from you guys. So
that its not such a shock getting there. I know that its a whole new world
there but i want to know how you all are. Thanks mom for writing me.
Well,
love you guys.
Hermana Ross

I love you guys tons.
oh and funny story. The name of our apartment is Edificio Tupasy. We had no
idea what it meant so we decided to look it up. Its Guarani. It means
Mother of God......WE LIVE IN THE VIRGENS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahah








Oct 13, 2014
Hey guys, whats new in utah....Looks like just about everything.

Well so there are a lot of things new here in Amambay. My new companion is the Hermana Houldridge from Seattle Washington. She is 22 years old and came to the mission from attending BYU, Provo. She is studying landscaping management and has a little more than one year in the mission. She will be heading home in February.  Amambay has all americans here right now. Elder Shuman from Spanish fork, who knows my roomates Kenzie and Lauren Bushman from Snow, Elder Freeman from Arizona, and my companion and I. Having an american companion is TOTALLY DIFFERENT!!!!!!!!!  We have yet to talk in English, just so you know. We both have time in the mission so we are both acustamed to speaking spanish, its easier that way. 

This week was a week of patience. I felt for a moment that the whole world was falling in around me. Our golden investigator moved to live right in front of the church in Ita Enramada. AHHHHHHHHH Our golden investigator moved out of our area but in front of the church where we attend. how hard is that? But we are going to give the reference to the sisters who live in Ita Enramada. The Hermana Argueta is there training this transfer. 

Another investigator told us that she doesnt want to be baptized, but the miracle is that this sunday her mom and her came to church. WHAT! It was such a suprise. They are progressing but slowly and shurly. Everyone progresses at different rates.  It was the primary program so the spirit was so strong. I had to laugh at the reaction of my companion when she got to know our ward. She also came from el campo to the city....HAHA she looked at me in the middle of the primary program and said.....Wow seeing this ward i know that there is hope for every other ward and branch in Paraguay. HAHAHA I thought the same thing when i got here. Its a well organized ward. Everyone working together. 

My mission leader is funny. Funny story. He is a recent convert along with his wife. And because we dont have a church house we have our corelation meetings in his home. My first friday here in Amambay my companion was teaching me the area and she didnt tell me that we were going to go to a house of a member. We knocked on the door and he acted as if he was an investigator. He was not nice. My companion was such a bad actor. I could tell that it was all a joke, but then he took out a huge knife and told us to get lost. HAHAHAHAHA I just started to laugh. My companion was not a good actress. But im a VERY GOOD ACTRESS hehehehehe. This transfer I took my new companion to go and get to know our mission leader. She fell for it. And we all laughed really hard. But the Hermana Houldridge is super sweet. I kind of felt bad to play the joke on her.

So to answer questions again. Yes we still clap at the doors but here in the city there are more doorbells. With Cameras. Its one of my least favorite areas to do contacting. But we do receive a ton of referrals every single week. This last week we recived more than 10. We have been contacting a ton trying to find new people. Its a lot like Ettiene in this way. Im reminded of one time that my companion the Hermana Hidalgo and I went to touch the doorbell and the person came over the microphone. HAHAHA We asked if we could share a message, they told us SI....I asked if we could come in....they told us....oh dont worry we can see you from here, we´re listening. hahahaha I will never forget those things that happen here in the mission. Tomorrow we have interview with president Agazzani. It will be interesting. This transfer I'm kind of in shock. I dont feel like its my last transfer but every single Thursday when we have planning and we are planning for days that I wont be here I feel weird. I dont know what I want to do when I get home.  I know that the lord is preparing great things for me at home but I dont know yet what awaits me.

yeah mom my hair is really long! I love It!. And yes my last day here they will be giving us a pill that will be to kill all of the parasites. It will give me Diarea BAD!!!! But im used to using what ever kind of bathroom that is in my path! HAHAHA  The pill cant have a worse impact on me than what ive passed through here in the mission. ive heard that it is about one week of the after affect. We´ll see what happens.

Well i feel weird to write you guys knowing that i will be seeing you guys in one month. Whats new...you guys have all forgotten about me surely...hahah im here and i dont know how im going to come accustomed to the home life again. Everyone here is telling me that im going home soon....Especially those missionaries. So to bug them when they do that i just laugh and tell them....Well at least i´ll be home for thanksgiving dinner. HAHAHAHA They all follow this statement with OUCH!!!!!! Im excited to see you all again.

Love you guys tons,

Hermana Ross.

Conference!! Christmas for Missionaries!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey it was a week of miracles. I'm going to try to make up for the small letters that I have written these last weeks. So this week I was feeling what my companion is feeling. Tired. HAHA but conference was a big help to get us motivated to keep going. Endure to the end. So last week we couldn't find or teach really any of our investigators. They had all left out of our area and it was almost impossible to find or teach. This week our goal was to really focus on getting the investigators to the general conference.

So miracles of General conference.

Friday we taught a girl and talking about baptism, she told us that she hasn't received an answer from God if she should be baptized, and that many people laugh at her because she is thinking about joining the "Mormon" church. We sat down and told her that the day after she would have the chance to hear the words from the prophet of God. I remember looking her in the eyes and saying...."Tomorrow, you will receive your answer, and you will hear it from the apostles of God. Will you attend the conference with us tomorrow to receive your answer?" She attended the Saturday morning session. Where if you remember.....They talked about putting God first, and how we shouldn't worry about what the men are saying. President Uchtdorf also talked about how we can receive answers from God. The first session was all for her! She is praying and trying to find her own answer now. Sunday morning we were able to attend Church with another sister. She is a huge miracle also. She told us that when she was eight years old she remembers that her dad received elders in her home and attended church with them. She remembers that her dad, every single night, would read the Book of Mormon and tell his daughters, I know that this book is true and it has changed my life. She said that she never attended church, that she never had given much thought to the missionaries until we knocked on her door and was reminded of everything. She attended the first session on Sunday. Her and her little girl. She is preparing to be baptized.   I saw all four sessions in English. It was super funny. The Hermana Murguia was sitting right next to me all of the conferences. It was weird seeing the fall leaves when its spring here. I feel like I'm closer to my birthday than to Christmas. 

God is so aware of his children. Its amazing how conference can answer so many questions. I'm comforted and excited to see what awaits me in my future. I'm excited to keep working.

Hey I love you guys tons.

Hermana Ross

Correlation with the mission leader.

Exercising in front of  our house in the morning!

My companion and I all dressed up for conference.

It was a great conference!

Our district menos 2 elders. It was a great day!  The members brought
 us all empanadas to eat for lunch.

 

Another cool experience that I had was we watched all of the sessions in English. But when it was the time for the people to speak that were speaking in spanish. My companion for the day Hermana Murguia and I went and listened in Spanish. I felt very blessed to be able to understand. I know that God has blessed me so much. He helped me with the gift of tongues to do His work. I love spanish!

Love ya mom. I hope you are keeping strong! Keep going !

Love your daughter who is not so far away, just in another country,

Hermana Tiffany Ross