3 Months Mark!

 It is so crazy to think that I've been a missionary for 3 months it's already flying by! I have already loved the time I have served and I cant wait for what the next 21 months have to hold!

- TRANSFERS Biggest news this week has been transfers! It feels so cool to have on transfer under my belt I feel like I have learned and done so much in that amount of time!! Sooo with transfers we got a TONNN of Spanish support coming down to our area! We now have 4 sets of spanish Elders and 1 sister trio that are over the OC Spanish Zone! It's just been so amazing to see all this hard work from our first transfer start to pay off! This area has so much potential and we are so glad to be getting the extra support that we needed! It has been so fun giving everyone the rundown on our area and how much we got goin on down here haha. We got approval from the stake to start having a Spanish sacrament service every week so that was a huge win!! So as of now I am not in a trio anymore. So it's me and Ordyna still out here killin it double covering Spanish and English in Molalla haha! - Finding/Teaching This week we have been slowly but surely been getting into members and investigators houses and teaching lessons. Its crazy looking back on my first lesson to now how much I've learned about teaching and giving good lessons! We had the opportunity this week to introduce and go through the come follow me book with a less active member. She was super receptive and we had such an awesome conversation as we read through Moroni 7 with her. We also had the chance to sit down and talk with Emmanuel Santos and his family. It is a miracle to see how much much more him and his family are receptive to the gospel since the first time we met him. We had an awesome conversation with him about church and his life and you could tell that as he was talking to us it dawned on him that he knew he needed to come back to church! And the next day all 4 of them came to our sacrament it was awesome!! - SACRAMENT This week we had about 37 in attendance with 26 of them being branch members so we are seeing some good improvements!! The work down here is amazing!! I'm so grateful for family and friends that always support while I am out serving! Have a good week y'all!!

Elder Ross

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