April 29, 2024: El Libre de Mormó and Roses

 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 been living in Girona with other hermanas and we have to drive to our area each day! We hopefully will be moving in soon when we get the furniture! But the views from the piso are so pretty we overlook the cathedral in our area! But of course the best part is that we have a dryer!!! Very few people in Spain use dryers and just hang dry their clothes so having a dryer is pretty much a miracle 🙏

We had stake conference this week which means we got to travel to Barcelona again!! We got to see a ton of members and missionaries from all over the stake super fun! 

A huge miracle happened this week with the sweetest part member family! We went to visit the family Morales and the wife is a member but her husband is not! He is a super quiet guy and doesn't speak Spanish super well because he speaks Kichwa and it has been a bit hard to communicate with him. This night when we went over to visit them he sat down in the lesson with us and shared his testimony with us! He didn't know much about the gospel and missionaries before us tried to ask him to be baptized too early and he felt pressured. After some time he shared how he has seen how this gospel makes his wife and his children happy and that it has blessed his life! He asked for us to be patient with him and his experience learning the gospel but he said he was willing to learn more about baptism and to take the lessons!! Literally such a miracle! The wife was overjoyed and we are so excited to work with this sweet family! 

So many amazing spiritual moments this week and I am so excited to keep working in this amazing area! 

Love, Hermana Ross ♡ 

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