Hermana Adelaide Ross's Mission Blog

  Hola!! Well Jorge did it! He was baptized this last week and things have never been better here in Figueres! It was the first baptism we have had since starting the group in Figueres and we couldn't be happier to see the growth of this sweet group of Saints!  A funny story about Jorge's baptism: he wanted to be under the water for like a minute. So the week before we made sure he understood the importance of a proper baptism and that there was no need to be under the water for that long! We worked him down from a minute to 30 seconds to later 5 seconds. He wanted to be able to really soak in his baptism and say a prayer of gratitude while under the water. Super sweet and tender lol! A huge thanks to Cesar for holding him under the water a little extra long and making it such a perfect and spirit filled experience! Definitely a baptism I will never forget!!  I'm loving life here in Figueres! My allergies are trying to kill me but thankfully God blessed me with benadryl s...

  Hola :))  Good news! We have finally moved into our new apartment in Figueres!! Our new apartment had nothing in it so we moved in on Wednesday and since then we have been receiving all new stuff from IKEA. Our apartment is basically sponsored by IKEA haha! We have been building furniture like pros and slowly our apartment is coming together!!  Living in our area is such a game changer. We have been able to find so much in the calles and we are meeting so many of God's children who are ready to hear this message!  PLEASE pray for Jorge this week!! We are hoping and praying that he can get baptized on Saturday but he still has a few things he needs to work through!! I am so thankful for our mission president and all his help and support with our amigos!! Jorge is so ready and so excited to be baptized; he has such a love for this gospel that is inspiring to me!!  This week we have been blessed to teach people who don't live here in Spain yet! One of our amigos ...

Hola!!!  First of all I just want to say Happy Mother's day to all the incredible women who have been role models in my life! And especially to my mom who has supported and lifted me up at every point in my life!! Love you so much mom!  This week was super busy but we are working super hard and preparing Jorge for his baptism on the 25th of May!! Let me just brag about Jorge for a moment. He is amazing!! We have been teaching him for a VERY long time! He has been struggling with the word of wisdom for a while now but has such a huge desire to change and give his life to the Lord! He is such an example of perseverance and truly has such a love for this Gospel!  We had a few lessons with him last week and during one of our video calls he wanted to show us something! He pulls out this bag from ZARA and showed us his baptism clothes that he bought 🥹 Here in Spain we don't have very nice baptismal clothes so he wanted to buy new ones so he could look his best for his baptism!...

  HOLA  How is everyone?? This week was so amazing like every other week! But as a missionary truly every week is so incredible we are seeing miracle after miracle here in Figueres! It has been raining almost everyday this week which always makes the work a bit harder pero no passa res :)  Like I mentioned last week we are working with a ton of part member familes/menos activos and seeing so much success! The Family Morales are doing so well and we are going to go over this week to teach about the plan of Salvation!  We also have been meeting with Carla who is a menos activa that was baptized in Bolivia five years ago. We went over this week and to our surprise met her eight year old brother who knows about the church from his sister but isn't baptized! We showed Carla and her brother a Bible video of Christ giving the last supper to his disciples and he LOVED it! We talked about the importance of the Sacrament and how it is a time to reflect on Christ and his Atonem...

  Hola!! Cómo están?!  What a packed week we had here in Figueres! To start off we had el día de Sant Jordi which is this tradition in Cataluña where people give books and roses to their loved ones! The little town of Figueres was filled with tables and stands selling all types of books and there were flower shops EVERYWHERE! Like isn't that the cutest tradition ever?! President Heckmann wanted to get the missionaries serving in the Cataluña area involved so he ordered one thousand Books of Mormon in Catalan and he gave one hundred of those books to our area!! So all Tuesday we were in Figueres handing out these Books of Mormon to literally everyone that we saw!! We had our contact in the Books so we are hoping that some of the people actually have some interest and start to read it!! The Book of Mormon has changed my life and I hope and pray that some of these people will experience the joy of this Gospel!  We got exciting news that we got a piso in Figueres!! We have be...

Hola!!  This week was crazy busy and we have been traveling a ton in the car! At the start of the week we had to drive to Barcelona to have interviews with Presidente which are always amazing! We talked about how we can help our group grow in Figueres and our goals for this transfer. It has definitely been different not serving in a ward and it definitely has its challenges but I am growing so much. The few members we have are incredible and are so thankful that they can take the sacrament each week!  This next transfer I will be staying in Figueres with Hermana Bäck and I am SO EXCITED!! I love this area so much and my compa is so fun! We are so excited to keep working in this group!  A negative of this week was I was sick for basically the whole week (super fun!) But I very much dislike staying in the apartment so we were able to go out and get missionary work done like normal! Even though I wasn't at 100% I could literally feel the Savior helping me just get through th...

  Hola!!!  These last two weeks were filled with so many spiritual experiences!! To start off the week we had Conferencia de Zona with the Girona and Barcelona zones! President planned for us two zones to go on a hike overlooking all of Barcelona and it was incredible! We were able to have a testimony meeting towards the end of the hike and hear the uplifting words from Presidente y Hermana Heckmann! They are truly incredible and push us to be the best missionaries and devoted followers of Christ!  To end last week we were blessed to listen to the words of God through our living day Prophet and his Apostles! I can't believe it has already been 6 months since I was serving in Salt Lake and got to see a session in person! Time is flying by!!! Listening to general conference here in Spain was a bit more challenging because of the time difference! The morning sessions started at 6pm and the afternoon sessions started at 10pm! But I was blessed with time to view all the sessio...