Hermana Ross la gran mision Paraguay Asuncion

Hey family,

So....here i am in the cyber, for the last time. Its crazy to think about that. I dont know what to say to all of you. haha but I've never in my life felt so torn. I feel like I'm home here in Paraguay. I'm not going to lie. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!!!!! 

When I came here I was able to be born again. Learning to speak, testing my faith, working to do the best in the eyes of the lord. But I came here with the purpose to help otheres be born again, by being baptized. I have seen people change their lives for the better. I have seen the hand of God in the lives of this children. And by being his representative I have been able to see how he has touched my life. Its been a journey. A HARD JOURNEY!!! I sure hope that I'm coming home a different person. I´ve seen that if we keep the commandments we will be blessed in all things. So I have faith in the lord that if I keep the commandments he will help me with this next transition. It literally brings tears to my eyes to know that I'm a daughter of god, that he loves me so much that he sent me here to Paraguay, to be his hands. And I dont say that to put the focus on me, but I say that to put the focus on him. Our savior Jesus Christ is everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is why we are able to be here in the world, improving every single day. I KNOW THAT MY SAVIOR LOVES ME AND HE LIVES! I just want to shout that from the rooftops every time I think about it. I don't have many words for you guys this week. I'm speechless really. But all I can say is I´ll be seeing you guys on Thursday. 

With all my heart I thank you all for what you have done for me here in the mission,

the last letter from, 

Hermana Ross. 

 

 Divisions with the sister leaders. Hermana Tanner, Hermana Houldridge, and Hrmana Kimball

This is my hair natrual in the humidity.

I found Maggie from Ettiene in Ita Enramada.

Hermana Roly had a farewell dinner for me! 
(Thank you so much Roly for All you have done for our daughter!  You are amazing!!)

Hermana Roly, myself and Hermana Houldridge

It rained this week. I hate working in the rain.
So look what I did. I'm the sun in Paraguay!
I never  thought that I would miss this heat, but I'm going to miss it!!

 

Small miracles are big in the sight of the God!

We´ve been working hard these days. Real hard. Hoping and praying for a way to find people who want to be baptized and follow the example of Jesus Christ. Its not easy. The agency of the people kills me sometimes. It is without a doubt thee most difficult part of the mission. But Sunday I was able to see miracles. Small miracles, but beautiful miracles. Sitting in the same church house now as when I started my mission, but now being able to understand every word that they talk about. Seeing my ward mission leader. A recent convert sit down at church yesterday, with tears in his eyes, because the day before he was sealed with his family for time and all eternity after one year of being baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ. Looking around me and knowing that almost everyone around me are converts to the church.

There are so many miracles that I can see now. Small and tender mercies of the lord. That I don't know if I really saw before coming on the mission. But my heart has been changed and my eyes have been opened. God loves his children so much. He knows our needs. 

Another miracle that brought tears to my eyes was to see a family, recent converts, mom, dad and four little boys sitting in front of me. The mom and the dad sat there hugging. This family is so close to the missionaries, and live in our area. They were baptized about 5 months ago. In Relief Society we had a lesson on mission work. They told us that we should never say that someone will never accept the gospel. We never know if they will change. The new convert, Maria, turned to me and said. ¨I was one of those people who said that I would never change, that ran away from the missionaries, hiding behind the door. And look at me now, I got married, I got baptized with my husband, and now my twin boys are going to be baptized by my husband this Saturday.¨I looked at her and I felt so grateful I then had to ask her ¨¨Are you happy?¨She looked at me with tears in her eyes and said. YES! 

The gospel is here in our lives to change us, to help us become better people. To help us become closer to the Savior. I love this gospel so much. We are so blessed to live in familes that are blessed to have the gospel. 

 And by the way sending me my flight plans wouldn't make me trunky. Im working hard. I dont know a whole lot about my last day here in the mission. But I can tell you I doubt we will be going to sleep in one place. My last day here is signing papers and then we go to the temple. We will have a testimony meeting and then I imagine that they will send us to the airport. Its going to be a long flight.  HAHA the hermana Murguia and I are in the same zone and we were talking about when we get home we are going to want to hang out. She is from Salt Lake. Well West Jordan. Maybe the week after. But I don't know what is all going to be happening. Í just know that it wont be easy. Well I love you guys  a ton.

Love,

Hermana Ross



The Chacaritas in Centro.  This is Paraguay!



And Sopa.  RICO HAHA.  I'll explain when I get home.



Me and my companion Hermana Houldridge

A super sweet sister, Hermana Roly made me an apple pie!



 

 

So we got a little trunky last Monday.  But just for Monday!



We left the pumpkin at the door of our
mission leader.

We cleaned out our freezer and made a snow man.
(Little does she konw that she will be coming home to this in Utah!
From the heat to the cold!)

Paraguay!

Zuchini bread

Zone Conference!! They were decorating the church house for a dance that night.  Ha Ha we all laughed saying it was prom.

 

 

Hey guys,
So I'm really feeling it now. Everyone is telling me, this is your last couple weeks so you better enjoy it. I am enjoying it. Today i have to organize my things a little because this next week is our district
activity, so i wont have time. I don't want to do everything my last monday here. So things are pretty good here. It's just hard that nobody is assisting church because it is so far away. I'm pretty dang tan from my year and a half here in the mission. You should see my watch line.

So the mission right now is good. Working hard. We´re trying to see some serious miracles. A cool expericence this week was we were contacting and found this young guy who is 23. He
is someone that believes in God but not in organized religion. He has been looking through many different churches but never found one that he liked. We couldnt teach him in the moment because we didn't have a woman with us but we gave him the Book of Mormon. I could feel again the special spirit that that book has. I was able to testify of its truth, and feel the spirit testify through me. I'm going to miss this feeling. The work is a work of miracles. I love this gospel. We´re working to
see a baptism before I come home.   But I love you guys tons. I'm going to try to
answer some of your questions. My computer isnt working very well.
Hermana Ross.

Im writing in a cyber that is owned by a member from Uraguay. She is amazing. Her son is in Equador serving. We talk with her while were writing.
Hermana Ross




Im glad that you guys arent coming here to pick me up. Really I would
love to come back to Paraguay but it wouldnt be the same to have you
guys here. And you would not want to be here in the heat! just letting
you know. haha But halloween almost doesnt exist here. Everything is
christmas right now. Today when we went to buy our groceries we found
that it was decked out christmas. So yep. The mission in utah sounds a
lot different from here. our mission leader explained that here is
like 50 back tracked. Its not very up with the new. We contact we are
trying to strengthen the areas where we are. But without a doubt this
area is the most organized that ive seen.
hermana ross

Crazy week!!

Oct. 27, 2014

Hey everything is pretty crazy these days. We´re working and trying to find a lot of miracles. We have found some people that are nice its just hard because we live so far a way from the church to assist. We´re working on it.

The pie was DELICIOUS!!! You should of seen the faces of the american elders. They about died. But This week we also made a pie with one of the sisters in our ward. Hermana Cordone. We make the pie crust with pig fat but because it was really hot the bag exploded in the face of my companion and the hermana.  But not much new. Im tired. Really tired. The heat is tanning my skin and making me just want to sleep. I dont have much time to write today because i have some writing to do for the offices. Love you guys. 

Hermana Ross. 

Frogs....Toads!!!!!!!!!! EWWWWW It gets hot and the frogs come out. Everyone was laughing at me and telling me that i dont have prince charming at home so i should kiss him. NOT! They scare me.

 

The toads are huge!  They "toadly"  scare me!

Hermana Cordone and my companion making pies.

Apple pie!



He is definately not my prince charming!!!!