May 26, 2015

This is my last week here in the CCM!! Life goes by soooooo quick when you are on a mission. seriously i cant even believe it. I love the MTC. i love the people here and i am going to be so sad to leave all my friends but i cant wait to meet everyone in Texas!! Plus we have so many plans when were all get back from our missions its going to be so fun. I love my companions.

I have had a lot happen this last week. My testimony grows stronger everyday. I love everything in our church. Everything just makes so much sense how could the gospel not be true. Those people out there who dont understand it, im coming for them because this gospel is true!! It is truly marvelous and i am so excited to share it to those in lubbock.

It rains here a lot but it is usually only at night. during the day the weather is amazing! It is going to be so hot in texas. I have met some of the greatest people here. The latinos are the most amazing people and i have latinos that i am writing write now who are serving their missions in mexico. they are some of the sweetest people and are so strong in the gospel. Hermana tyckson finally got to watch the New Testament video for our video that we get to watch on sudays:) It is seriously the greatest movie ever. If you haven´t seen it then please see it!!

- Make sure to grow your faith and your testimony everyday because you may think that it is strong but it never hurts to make it stronger:) so study the gospel and the scriptures because they are truly amazing and people died in order for us to have it.

 This is a professional massage therapist and she is amazing! No one is stressed here because of her.  

    Oh! And she is gorgeous!

my companions and i in the cardio room. We have the greatest exercise facilities

We did foot massages and it felt amazing

My other half and I.   I love her:) Hermana Anway

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May 19, 2015 Fifth Week!

Hey ya´ll!!! I gotta practice saying that for texas,

How are you all doing?!

The CCM is the bomb. Elder A. Bednar came and it was seriously the best day of my life. I was so spiritually filled. I could not even believe that i got to sit front row, right smack in the middle. no joke it was 5 feet from him. 

AHHHH!! Me and my friend hermana Annway were seriously crying when he entered the room. The day after too was just the best. The spirit was just sooooo strong the whole time that he was in the CCM. He stayed over night so i can say that i stayed in the same area as Elder Bednar. ugh it was legit. He is my new favorite prophet other than Gordan B Hinckley.:) Also me and some girls would always talk about playing soccer. Its mexico and no body plays fútbol in the CCM. So a bunch of girls and i went out and played for ever! It was super fun. Except we were all dying because of the altitude and humidity.

 But seriously i LOVE the CCM. But i cant wait to get to texas. Missions are the best and i love being a Missionary! If you know anyone that is thinking about serving a mission, Just straight up tell them to go. Dont even think about it just go. It will be the best decision you will ever make.

I love you all and i will try to write more next week! Love you and stay strong in the Gospel. 

He has done so much for you so the least you can do is stay strong in is marvelous gospel!!

Love you all and make sure to be an example to everyone no matter who the person is! you are A CHILD OF GOD.

Sister call sent me this from the Mexico MTC! Look who is sitting front row!!

Us girls playing fútbol

They are the bomb!

May12, 2015

I love all of ya´ll so much!! I cant wait to get out into the feild!

So sunday was el dia de madres!! and i got to talk to my beautiful mother and family:) I thought i would be bawling the whole time but there is no time to cry. you only have a half hour. But seriously after i hung up with them i stood up and yelled, ¨lets go bring some families to eternity!!¨ everyone stared and then laughed. It was great jajaja i am so excited to teach the people of texas.

My companion Hermana Tycksen is the best. She has the most beautiful voice so when she braids my hair she sings and i feel like rapunzel. jaajaj i love her:) My other companion Hermana Carabine is so awesome too. She keeps up following the rules and is so spirit. I seriously am so grateful for her.

We saw this awesome video of this song, ¨Look through Heavens Eyes¨ you have to look it up! i think it was the tabernacle singing it. But the main guy who sings it is awesome!! I love it.

ya so Elder Bednar is coming this Saturday!! GAH we are seriously so excited!!!

I love ya´ll so much and keep going with life because it is awesome. I am praying for each and everyone of you.

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Chao and Love you ALL,

Hermana Russell

The Latinos rode these bikes everywhere!

Hermana Russell, Hermana Carabine, Hermana Tycksen

The Mexico MTC

Our HOUSE.  Fits up to 20 girls, 5 bedrooms.  Currently just the 5

We loved this little statue.

                                                

 Ha me and my companions are Nerds:)

May 5, 2015

Hola!

Man this is already my second email. It is so awesome here! Today we just got back from the temple. The temple is under construction so we just went into the visiting center. It was so awesome. I felt the spirit so strong and i cried like a baby.

Mexico is such a different place than my little town Alpine. We were driving to the temple and saw men carrying big huge things of meat. Like i mean HUGE! They just threw it in the back of their trucks. Well thats sanitary. This week i got sick but its wasnt as bad as the other hermanas and elders. There is some kind of virus going around but we are all good:) Gotta get sick sometime right?

Not this Saturday but the next, Elder Bednar is coming to speak to us!! Yes. I Know. Elder Bednar is coming to the CCM. AHHHHH! I am so excited! We even get to sing to him. I am in the choir and it is so fun. If they video tape him speaking then you will totally see me in the choir! 

We taught our last lesson the our first investigator and it went great. we asked them if they would be baptized and they said yes. We were so excited!! Now lets hope its like that out in the real mission field. 

I love the CCM! I love my companions! I love the people here! Just everything is seriously awesome.

Stay cool. Love you all seriously the gospel is true! Oh ya and my companions and I got called as sister training leaders. It is so much fun! these girls here are so amazing.

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2. My companions and I standing in front of the Christus.

3. Like I said, the Latinos are super super cool. And the Gorgeous temple!

Chao and Love you ALL,

Hermana Russell

Half of our zone at the visiting center! We had the cutest tour guide ever!