If you cant communicate with words, you can sing from your heart.....

OH MY SWEET FAM!!!!! WHAT A FANTASTIC WEEK!!!

I have sooo many stories! First of all.. we took 4 whole days off. :/ My comp is super sick. Its something to do with her heart. The doctor is kinda worried about it and were going today to do some tests. Hermana Quintana is a fighter. She NEVER complains but I know shes in a lot of pain. AND  ITS SOOOOO HOT HERE!!! I was telling her.. wow Im glad its summer. AND SHE SAID ITS ONLY SPRING!! HAHAAHA oh goodness. But I love it. Cause who can say theyve been in this kinda weather in NOVEMBER??? YA. NOT A LOT. But ya.. I got to be mama terry for a week and I LOVED IT. I feel like me and hermana Quintana just connect. She is the best example to me. We´ll be friends for life! OHH AND shes soooooo funny! Like way funny! President Ayre likes us! Hes coming down to LIMA and hes gonna come with us for an appointment! HOW COOL IS THAT?!! Im excited. :) 

OK soooo first story. Monday, last week, we went to get all my visa work done. HEY  IM OFFICIALLY A RESIDENT OF ARGENTINA:) Mom.. how relieved are we? :) I felt like God was just chuckling like.. MARIE I TOLD YOU SO! ALL IS WELL!! Haha. But anyways we were up in the capital all day. WHOAH. HAHA culture shock. I came from SUCH a humble, poor little town and then the crazy capital! I dont know if Ill like it as much as LIMA! Its exactly like New York! 

When we were done with everything we had to go find a place to put money on Hermana Qs sube card. (like a subway but not underground.:)) WE WENT EVERYWHERE. WE searched and searched and searched! In my head I was like.. there better be a good reason why this is taking forever. LOW AND BEHOLD.. when we got on the train.. there was a man standing in front of us. I cant even tell you HOW STRONG the spirit hit me. There was a light in his eyes. He smiled at us. He seemed interested in us. Without even realizing it, my hand reached down in my bag and grabbed a libro de mormon. But uh.. I remember CLEARLY  I never put one in my bag. WOW. Kinda cool. And I walked up to him and introduced ourselves and spoke in the worst castellano accent ever. He was very accepting and took the book. We talked about our church and then slowly just walked away! This man read the book for the whole ride. I couldnt believe it. He asked us about church and somehow Hermana Q knew where he could find one in his city. AHHHH. AND MY FAVORITE PART: GUESS WHERE HES FROM??? INDIA!!!! I told him my dad owned a business there but I DIDNT KNOW WHAT CITY! He totally got excited about that!! AHHH. I LOVE MY FELLOW INDIANS!! When we got off the subway... I felt the spirirt so strong telling me, ¨that man is going to be baptized.¨ Not only is he gonna be baptized but hes gonna do great things in the church. Tengo fe( I have faith). Thats whats sooo beautiful about the Book of Mormon. It changes people. Its helps them to rise above and come closer to God. WHO WOULDNT WANT THAT? 

Next story. Tuesday I was having a hard time staying awake and just sleepy. And when this chica is tired I cant function in the language hardly at all. So I was reallly struggling to understand people. For some reason I couldnt open my mouth and communicate. I had a huge lump in my throat and wanted to cry!! And we just walked around ALL DAY(the most walking you could imagine)!! So finally we come to Trinidads house. This is the first time I met her. Shes an old woman who is not active anymore. Shes very closed and kinda cold. I felt sooo scared to open my mouth and talk to her. I said a prayer and asked Dios if he could just please help me expressssss myself. Out of no where Hermana Q blurts out that mi companera can SING! Trinidad made me sing mas cerda Dios de ti in ingles! (nearer my god to thee) So I started singing. Something beautiful happened. We didn't lose eye contact. It was like we were talking to each other through the spirit of music. Tears filled both of our eyes. After the song. I thanked my Heavenly Father for that opportunity. I got to share my passion with her. I LOVE TO SING. IM SO HAPPY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY!! I was able to fully communicate with the language of music.

Shoot I have no time... we need to leave. Okay. Cinita. We went over to their house and she finally started opening up to us. She said that when her mom died she though that she was ANNOYING God because he wasn't answering any of her prayers. This woman was trying sooo hard not to cry. She immediately stopped talking and that was that. THAT NIGHT I CRIED SO HARD to Heavenly Father to please help this woman to feel his love. I felt godly emotions. I felt her pain. I felt Gods pain. I felt the craziest pain.. I cant describe it. I knew I needed to feel that pain in order to help her... THROUGH CHRIST OF COURSE because in HIS strength I can do all things. I thought.. HOW IN THE WORLD am I going to help this woman?? AND THE ANSWER CAME CLEARLY.. I dont have to worry. Because in the end, its Jesus Christ who saves all of us. Not missionaries. Im grateful that I have someone with me every step of the way through my mission. And yes, Im grateful for that sleepless night thinking about dear Cinita because a miracle happened the next day. When I woke up d and c 98 came to my mind. So when we visited Juan and Cinita those were the exact scriptures I shared with her verses 1-3. I tried so hard not to cry when I TESTIFIED THAT GOD IS THERE IN HER LIFE. HES IN THEIR HOUSE. HES WITHIN THEIR FAMILY. 

I TESTIFY OF GODS LOVE FOR ALL OF US. ITS REAL. I FEEL IT EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY! IM SORRY THE COMPS ARE CLOSIN! IM NOT FINISHED BUT I'LL GET LEFT IF I DONT.

MOMMY I LOVE YOU! DAD I LOVE YOU!

I LOST 17 lbs!  AHHHHH!!!

EMMA I LOVE YOU. EMALING YOU NEXT WEEK!

UNTIL NEXT TIME BELOVED -----CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!!!!!!!!!!

To become like an Argentine child........

FAMILIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLA!!!!!!!!!! 

Hermana Marie Dorothy Terry. Proud to be a representative of THE TERRY FAMILY AND JESUS CHRIST. :) (the two names I represent on my name tag)

MAN THIS WEEK WAS CRAZAY!

CAN I GET A HOLLAAAAA FOR HOLLLLAND?!?!?!?!

 MY MAIN MAN JEFFERY R CAME TO SPEAK TO BUENOS AIRES!!! Ahhhh  amazing! Tears were shed. So many tears in fact, I passed out (SLEEP NOT ACTUALLY PASS OUT) after the meeting because the SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG.  I gotta tell you guys my favorite part. He gives the whole talk saying he came across the world to tell us one thing. His whole talk hes explaining, but never tells us what that one thing is---- until the end. And he says, ¨ITS NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, BUT WHAT YOU ARE INSIDE.¨ Honestamente:)... I needed to hear that. Sure, we hear that all the time.. but he spoke with the spirit and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I could seriously feel Gods love so strong in that moment telling me that there are people who need to hear that message FROM ME. :) AND OK I DONT HAVE THE LANGUAGE DOWN PERFECTLY ... But guess what? ITS OKAY. God knows me. God will make a way for every single one of his missionaries.  Holland also said that the most important thing to have as a missionary is TO HAVE A DEEP CONVERSION AND A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. That was music to my ears!  TRUTH! He said that missionaries do what he does. He called us APOSTLES! Cause we stand in as a witness. ITS AN HONOR to be a missionary. Truly an HONOR!!!

Que mas?? OH YES. Juan and his familia. So on Thursday around 6.. me and mi companera are EXHAUSTED and all of our investigators flaked out on us. I suggested we go to Juans house. So we walk ALL the way across town just to get to his house. We were both kinda cranky and tired, but when Cinita opened that door... I could feel the spirit so strong. We walked in and talked and talked and TALKED about our lives and how good of a mom she is. :) She wants to take ingles classes (OH YA FORGOT TO TELL YA.. IM THE ENGLISH TEACHER FOR OUR WARD. HILARIOUS. BEST THING EVER) and I was like.. QUE BUENO! Cause thats like the only thing I really say. HAHA. Anyways Juan walks in from work and HIS EYES ARE LITERALLY LIT UP. I've never seen that kind of light before. WoW. JUST WOW. After small talk he told us HES READY TO BE BAPTIZED!!!!!!! Hes been coming to church for the past 3 weeks and hes just soo ready for it. I COULDNT BELIEVE IT! We gave him a date but he wouldnt take it. GAHH so he wants to get baptized but we dunno when. Its gonna take longer for Cinita, but we aren't giving up on her. KIMBERLY, their daughter loooooves church. WHich brings me to my next story. :)

Church on Sunday was INCREDIBLE! Me and Hermana Quintana taught Primary!! But Kimberly was the only one who came! We first taught her the song, Yo se que me ama el Senor.  GREAT SONG! Our Primary sang it! Wayyy good. Anyways.. I felt her sweet spirit so strong when she was singing this song. I just knew in my heart that this sweet little girl will be baptized in no time. :) Despues, we asked her to give the prayer. SHE WAS VERRRRY hesitant to, because she has never really prayed before. But finally she decided to give the prayer. OH MY LAND this kid is amazing. Her prayer brought me to tears. It was the most heart felt prayer Ive ever heard. She asked in her prayer if she could feel God and his love, if she could be baptized and that her family could keep the commandments.  I was blown away by her faith. Kimberly is soo special. Even though shes only 8, she wants to know so much. She LOVES to learn just like her father. She gets excited when she learns new things, just like her father. After her prayer I decided that I was going to do everything I COULD to help this precious girl gets what she deserves. And that includes the blessings of the gospel for her and her family for ETERNITY. I gained a unique testimony that day. GOD WATCHES OVER EVERY ONE HIS CHILDREN. There's a reason why we need to become as child to enter the kingdom of God. She might even have more faith than JUAN! She is so pure and innocent and full of love. NOW I KNOW WHY Mom loves primary so much. Its because kids are so in tune with the spirit. 

 God is so good to me. He gives me soo many wonderful experiences here in Argentina. Im soooo thankful. Sooooooo thankful. 

EVERYONE ON THIS PLAÑET NEEDS TO HAVE A QUICINERA LIKE CARLITA IN ARGENTINA BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO PARTY. 

When Carlita walked in with her Dad, they played, ¨My heart will go on!!!¨ MY HEART wanted to beat out of my chest because her sweet father was in TEARS. Both of her parents couldn't face the fact that their baby was growing up! I WANTED TO BAWL  because that song has always been me and my dads song-teehee ;)  I have a lump in my throat just thinking about my sweet parents. I'm so grateful for all that you've done for me. Heavenly Father shows me MY OWN blessings through other people. He works in so many ways. It blows my mind. ;) Anyways... it was the best party ever. I got to be with great people and eat great food. :) Life is great in Argentina. :)

 Hope all is well and hope you guys have a great thanksgiving... whenever that is!  Lost track of American time ;)

Id like to close with the lyrics that have been running through my head all day, This little light of mine, arranged by the one and only Kathryn Little, ¨The light that shines is the light of love, it comes from a loving God above. It shines on me and shines on YOU. It shows you what the power of LOVE can do. Shine my light both FAR and NEAR shine my light both loud and clear.. IN EVERY DARK CORNER THAT I FIND (Trust me there are A LOT) LET MY LITTLE LIGHT SHINE AND SHINE!!!!! WE ALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF CHRIST IN US. NOW LETS LET IT SHINE FOR THE WORLD TO SEE. WORD!

I love love love love reading your emails! MOM, thank you for your sweet words. You said exactly what I needed to hear. Girrrlllll power. ;) And >IM printing off your email so I can use the ideas for primary!! 

Dad, Oh man thank you. :) THAT MAKES MY DAY to know that you talk about me during FHE. :) WOW! I love my parents. :)

This is Hermana Terry signing out.  Until next time, CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!

Lima is Paradise

Holy Cow! DO I LOVE LIMA OR WHAT?!!!!!! Guys its so incredible here. The people are soooo humble because they barely have anything! Most of the houses we go to have dirt floors and a tiny hutlike house! I  LOVE THE PEOPLE. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME. HAHAHAHAHA. 

I get constant strange looks from people. They call my flanca and rubio (skinny white girl) every day.  Its ok, theres worse things to be called, I will take it.  THE FOOD IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. My companion cooks like the boss. MY FAVORITE THING? Torta crido. Boo, you should be jealous right now. Look it up everybody. Dulce de leche is amazing and the helado is even more amazing. :) Yesterday I had asado for the first time! I was very hesitant to eat it when I saw how dirty everything was and there were flies everywhere but I swallowed my pride and ate it:) Argentines know how to cook. REGINA cooks for us all the time.  Shes my grandma that takes care of me. SHE SAYS HIIIIII IN ENGLISH!! When she found out I was from US, she looked up english words to say to me the next day! It would make you laugh

AND YET I feel like Im still losing weight. No joke I think I lost like 10 pounds. It is because we have been working so hard, I have never worked so hard from morning to night where my bones hurt!  IVE NEVER FELT SOOOO TIRED IN MY LIFE BUT I LOVE IT.  The work is amazing, and even though it works you to your limit, it is the most rewarding work in the world. 

 And lo siento the keyboard is in espanol so sorry if my typing looks like  3 yr old-

CARLA- Carla is a less active. We went over to her house my first day. I felt the spirit so strong even though I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE was saying! I felt prompted to write on a paper D&C 6:36 (ALL THANKS TO MOM and Brother Mead) "Look unto me in every thought, doubt not fear not"  She texted us THAT NIGHT and said thank Hermana Terry that scripture was an answer to my prayers!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THEN THE NEXT DAY SHE TOLD US SHE WANTS TO GO THROUGH THE TEMPLE! 

After my first day-  Uhh lets just say when we were walking home, I BAWLED!! HAHA I cried so hard. So much spanish. Its just not the Spanish I learned.  So overwhelming.  My companion is letter of the law obedient.  Like we have to repent if we come home at 901 instead of 900. YIKES. But ya know what, I needed that cry because it forced me to my knees. I felt peace after that night. AND NOW I have my frustrating times, but I FEEL  HAPPPY! Im already in love with these people. So dont fret, Im OKAY! My apartment is tiny and ok truth time... its the closest thing to poverty. :) WE ARE SO FORTUNATE FAMILY. SOOO FORTUNATE. THANK YOU DAD. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. 

For some reason Ive completely adapted. You cant be an entitled spoiled brat and live here, so it is very humbling for me, and helping me to appreciate everything Ive had and not demand certain things in life. 

 So on Saturday me and my companion had an appointment with Trinidad (Less active 50yrs) We clapped at her door;) but no one answered!!  So we started walking away. I SAID a prayer in my heart asking Heavenly Father if someone could just please come out and let us in. SECONDS after my prayer a 21 yr old man opens the door. We end up sharing a scripture with him..outside (cause we cant go inside alone with a male)  HE IS SO GOOD! He broke up with his girlfriend because he wants to live the le de castidad(law of chastity). ;);) BUT HE STILL DOESN'T FEEL WORTHY.  MY heart BROKE for this guy. He wants to be a part of the gospel so bad. The only thing I could think was, Our gospel IS FOR PECADORES(sinners). I AM A SINNER. WE ARE ALL SINNERS. THATS WHY WE HAVE THE SACRAMENT. IF WE TRULY UNDERSTOOD JESUS CHRIST AND HIS ATONEMENT WE CAN HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE TO REPENT BECAUSE WE WILL BE FORGIVEN EVERY TIME. I think most of us lack the confidence that it will even work or more importantly that we deserve it to work for us. (no one deserves it- FREE GIFT)

IF ONLY I COULD SAY THAT IN SPANISH!!! HAHA. Anyways, what was amazing about that lesson, was that there was a huge picture of Christ right behind him. I knew that Jesus was PRESENT in that lesson. That he opened that door for a reason. That I need to stay prayerful about doors opening for us for a reason. God works in many ways. Blows my mind.

Another story. There's a woman named Gladis who we visited and she is DEPRESSED. There is no hope in her eyes. Her two sons ran away because she and her husband separated. They still haven't come back yet and its been WEEKS.  I cant even imagine. I told her that God trusts her because he knows she can do hard things. I told her that she will be stronger through this trial and that we will pray for her two hijos. So please family.. pray for Gladis to find her sons. 

 Jorge. This guy is  CARLAS COUSIN. He is a returned missionary but fell away from the gospel. Hes thirty years old. When we came into his home a scripture instantly came to my mind. D an c 62.3.  It talks about (my thought) how much you will be blessed serving a mission and that YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN because you served a mission. I explained that to him... not even knowing his situation. I told him Gracias foe serving a mission. And that he will be blessed for the rest of his life for it. He was really kind! AND HE KNOWS ENGLISH. THANK THE HEAVENS ABOVE. I NEVER FELT SOOO GRATEFUL TO HEAR ENGLISH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Anyways we got him to go to church!!! When we left Hermana Quintana said that before, her and her comp were trying to get him to go for weeks!! I WAS LIKE, WE ARE GOOD TOGETHER!! ;)  Our companionship really clicks well.

Last--- Juan and Cinita and there two little ones. :) Our investigators!!! Juan is honestly the nicest guy ever. He tried sooo hard to make me feel at home and tried hard to speak in english. :) They are great examples of christlike people. We never actually taught them a lesson, we just talked. :) And then we got them to come to church!! HERMANA Q once again said, Its impossible for the missionaries to get to these people, especially  to go to church... BUT WE DID IT!! AHHHH miracles!!! 

So then comes Sunday. The night before I was feeling a little homesick and discouraged about my castellano. (which by the way is the most beautiful language Ive ever heard.When you get the old men talking its like listening to an Italian talking fast with a lot of shhhh[s) anways..) I prayed and asked Heavenly Father for a compliment. :) (MOM, another great thing I LEARNED from you:)) And I woke up the lyrics from the song "You are a light on a hill," [others can find him through you  At that moment I KNEW that I was called to serve here for a reason. Missionaries are used to stand as a light for him.  We are his fill in hands and words.  I was called to speak in a different language for a reason. SO WHAT if I dont know the language. Im just gonna smile and love with all my heart because as a first weeker, thats pretty much the only thing I can do. :)

So luckily it was fast Sunday so we had testimony meeting. JUAN AND HIS FAMILY WERE SITTING in the front row and Jorge was standing in the back!! MY HEART WAS SINGING!! Bishop Gonzalez, (HIS SPANISH IS THE HARDEST TO UNDERSTAND) teased me and said I should give my testimony FIRST WEEK. In my mind I was like, HA IN YOUR DREAMS BUDDY BOY. NO WAY. I would make a fool out of myself. But guess what...... I DID. I walked up there with my himno libro in mi mano and a smile on my face.  The spirit of Juans family hit me sooooooo hard!! HOLY SMOKES. Here I am this silly WHITE GIRL standing in front of native Limans:) and Im feeling this emotion Ive never felt before!! SOMEHOW BY A MIRACLE (also known as the gift of tongues) I gave my testimony. I started out saying, GOD LOVES ALL OF HIS CHILDREN. HE KNOWS ALL OF HIS CHILDREN. HE LOVES HIS CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES AND HE LOVES HIS CHILDREN IN LIMA. BUT MAYBE LIMA A LITTLE MORE;) (I got a good laugh out of that:))  I said that Im excited to bring others unto Christ because thats the MOST HEALING thing we can do in this life!!! And then once again, I quoted Come unto Jesus. Mi favorito. First I quoted in English. WOW I felt the spirit so strong quoting this song in a language that they don't understand, but I did. Juan was smiling so big. My heart wanted to explode because there was too much love in it. Then I quoted it in espanol. :) THAT was Allll God. Theres no way I couldve given that testimony with the spirit in the language first week. :)

After, the music lady said that Come unto Jesus will be the first song we sing next week. :) These people will literally break there backs to serve other people.  Lima is paradise with tons of fleas, COCKROACHES, and fliesss galore. :) 

What fills my heart with joy every day is listening to the cd we bought for my mission. :) The song "Savior redeemer of my soul" makes me cry every time. My companion is always like, ESTA BIEN? And im like estoy bien. :) Oh man. These argentines are the WORST singers Ive ever heard in my entire life. But IM so in love with them. They're adorable.

I WISH you could see how me and my companion interact every day. Its seriously the funniest thing. I just have to laugh it off. :) We are like a comedy gone wrong with miscommunications and silliness.  Shes  sweet. Shes a good mommy to me. :) SHES 23!! Crazy huh? When I tell the Argentines Im 19, theyre like ohhhhhh chicatita (little baby)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha they crack me up those Argentines. 

Ok so Im  the person in charge of Primary.  No kidding.  Im the younger, missionary, spanish speaking version of Mom.  Mom, could you please send me some ideas for Primary?  This place is a little boring.  I really need to perk up(entertain) this Primary.  The kids don't know it yet, but they are about to have more fun than they have ever had in their lives!

I keep getting proposed to here.  If you are a white American girl in Lima, you are a bit of a celebrity.  I guess its just the price I have to pay.  If it gets my new friends to church, I can handle the new pressure of celebrity status.

Well, thats all folks. Actually not, I could go on FOREVER! Time is flying!!! I hope you guys are all good!! Im doing awesome:) Super humid and sweaty but awesome. :) 

I love you all. Till next monday my friends!!!!!!!!!!! CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON

Argentina facebook friends!

Today after lunch, I checked my facebook only to find several friend requests from Argentina!  No matter where we went, Marie either found friends she already knew, or made new friends almost immediately.  It has put a grin on my face, that she is now sending all of her new Argentine friends my way via facebook.  These new friends however were kind enough to post a few pictures of her with her new companions at a lunch with the ward in Lima.  ---mom

No more English for me

HOLA MIS PADRES!!!

I am officially in Buenos Aires! I just have to say its absolutely BEAUTIFUL here. The weather is perfect and the people are so friendly! My mission president is so great. I love him. Hes so welcoming and his wife is adorable. I got sooo lucky! In my interview with the president, he said that when he first came here he had a feeling that the hermanas had a very big part in converting the people in Buenos Aires. :) Our mission is a very high baptizing mission. We work with members cada dia and no tracting! I believe that is what God wants... but its gonna be weird to get used to it! 

My companion is Hermana Quintana and she is a native to Argentina!!! She doesnt speak any english! HAHAHAHA I CALLED IT! No more English for me!  But ohhhhh my heavens she is theee NICEST girl. She hugs me all the time and always makes sure I'm okay.:) I already love her sooo much. I feel like I learned as much spanish in one day than in 6 weeks at the mtc:)  Anyways we are in LIMA Argentina. Very small town and very ghetto:) But its super peaceful and I love it! My sleep was fantastico anoche. SO MANY CRAZY birds. HAHAHA. Well anyways, I hope you know that Im doing okay. I feel God with me all the time. I miss you guys! IM GONNA GO NOW! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! 

I've Arrived!!!!!

Dear Family,

We are thrilled to report that your daughter, Sister Terry, has finally arrived safely in her mission this morning here in Buenos Aires.  She was picked up at the airport, and after a brief tour of Buenos Aires was brought to the mission home for a luncheon, followed by an interview with the President.  You should expect to hear from your missionary on her next P-day which will be Monday, November 11^th.  Thank you for your prayers and support.

President and Sister Ayre

A passenger on Maries plane makes a post.....

This is Maries Mom.  I have a dear neighbor who saw this post on a missionary board and sent it to me.  It is from a mother going to pick up her son from his mission, and she was on Maries plane that went to Argentina.  I must admit tears flowed freely after we spoke with her before her plane left, but this tells me that sweet girl got on the plane with her doubt not fear not attitude and began her work.  Love you Marie!

This is the email-
We just boarded our plane in Atlanta heading to Buenos Aires. There are at least 40 missionaries on the plane with us!  It is amazing. Most are going to Resistencia and Buenos Aires and just two (Elder Zelaya and Sister Hickman) going to Rosario. Moms, you would be so proud of them. They are already visiting with other passengers and sharing the gospel. Some are using their Spanish skills. It is a beautiful sight. I have never felt so safe on an airplane.  I have taken lots of pictures and will take more during the flight. I will also collect emails and try to send pictures directly  

I wouldn't be surprised if some spontaneous hymn singing breaks out. This is an experience I will treasure forever. 

Kathilee Welsh
Mom to Elder Peter Welsh-Rosario
Finishes his two years tomorrow!


A beautiful follow up email from Sister Welsh-

We met your daughter. She is beautiful. I have two good pictures of her smiling ear to ear.  I have been trying to send them with my iPhone but I must be doing something wrong. I will keep trying. So watch for them.  I will send a third picture that you can't see your daughter in, but she was there. The picture shows two sister missionaries looking over the back of their seats on the plane. They were talking to a gentleman and a woman we assumed was his wife sitting behind them. My husband and I watched them engage this man and woman in conversation for nearly the whole two hours our plane was delayed....in Spanish. They even pulled out their scriptures. We were so impressed.  We could only see the back of the woman's head from where we were sitting. Later in the flight the woman stood up and walked to the back of the plane and we realized that it was actually your daughter. We laughed because that man was completely surrounded by these three lovely, enthusiastic, sister missionaries and appeared to be loving every minute of it.  I was so impressed that I told my husband that any one of those three girls would be a perfect candidate to be my son's eternal companion. So when you see that third picture, look for the back of your daughter's hair and know what is going on.  She is going to be a great missionary....she already is. 

Sunday night testimony

Today was the most spiritual day Ive had at the MTC. God is making this sooo easy for me to leave!! :) IM SO AT PEACE! I KNOW I need to be in Argentina. :) PRESIDENT NALLY (pres of the MTC) gave a talk at our departing devotional and HE ASKED FOR SISTER TERRY to come up and give her testimony in front of everyone!!  I was sooo nervous. But I knew exactly what to say:) I said that earlier today in sacrament I closed my eyes. I saw myself getting baptized when I was 8 and I was smiling from ear to ear because of the decision I made. And then I closed my eyes again and it fast forwarded to me opening my call. And then fast forward to the day I entered the MTC. I told everyone that GOD HAS BEEN PREPARING US OUR WHOLE LIVES FOR THIS VERY MOMENT!! I said that I cant WAIT to baptize the families in Argentina and share the joy that I felt when I became a member of the church. :) Then I quoted the last lyrics of come unto jesus. :) Come unto Jesus, from every nation- from every land and isle of the sea--Unto the high and lowly in station, ever he calls come to me.   I felt sooooo good to give my last hoorah testimony in english!  President Nally told me that I reminded him of his daughter who went to ARGENTINA!! Ahh. Seriously Pres Nally is the sweetest man alive. Oh my gosh you would fall IN LOVE with him if you met him. So many good people here at the MTC. 

Hermana Melton is sooo cute. She was belting at the top of her lungs One Day More from Les Mis all day today!!!. :) BEST PART OF THAT SONG: TOMORROW WE'LL DISCOVER WHAT OUR GOD IN HEAVEN HAS IN STORE!! But its soo true! TOMORROW IS THE BEGINNING OF MY NEW LIFE!! Everything is packed and ready to go! All under the weight limit. :):)::) I love my life. Im sooooooososososososososososososo happy. I cant explain it. Im gonna miss my Hermana Hemi sooo much. I love her! She is a dear companion to me.

And to you my dear family,

Best of luck to your lives in UTAH! I hope all is well!! CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!! CON MUCHO AMOR, Hermana Terry. :)

ADIOS MTC! LOVED KNOWIN YA!

HELLO FRIENDS!A picture is worth a thousand words!  These pictures are just to say Im the same old crazy Marie having fun and loved my time at the MTC!  Cant wait to get to Argentina-

Dont cry for me Argentina- I'm comin for ya!

Hey Everyone!5 DAYS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FAMILY! HOWS IT DOIN!!!! IM GOIN SOOO GOOD. Im kinda sad that Im leavin the MTC. Its my HOME!! IM SUPER THANKFUL for the experiences I've had here.  I've felt all of your love with me. So thanks pals.   

HAHA MTC.. Marie Terry Center. Holla. I love it.   

So last night we sang Be still my Soul for the devotional. Umm its probably the BEST song to song 5 DAYS before you leave to a foreign country. Guys, I cant even explain the spirit that comes from 500 missionaries singing BE STILL MY SOUL. After that song, I felt a peaceful closure to my experience at the MTC. Im ready to find those families and tell them to Be Still. Theres a reason why we go through these trials. WE HAVE A SAVIOR OF THE WORLD THAT KNOWS US INDIVIDUALLY. 

OK so the speaker last night was SOOOOOO AWESOME!! Elder Godoy from the seventy. Hes from brazil and he has the funniest english acccent. He told us of his conversion story and how he has a special place for sister missionaries because they were the ones who converted him in the first place.  He said that after he heard the first discussion he was SOO EXCITEDTO KNOW THAT JESUS' GOSPEL IS RESTORED ON THE EARTH. He was soo cute. He wanted CNN to know about it. He ran home and told his family the great news and they all thought he was crazy. HAHA isnt that adorable?!! I loved his excitement!! I FEEL THE SAME WAY! Last night I gave my district a preeeettty sweet pep talk!  I told them that WEHAVE BEEN PREPARING OUR WHOLE LIVES FOR THIS. 5 MORE DAYS AND WE WILL FIND FAMILIES TOCONVERT.. AND THEYRE POSTERITY. WE ARE GIVING THEM THE BEST GIFT WE COULD EVER GIVE AND THATS JESUS.  LETS GO AND BAPTIZE AND BRING SOULS UNTO CHRIST! 

HAhaha sorry. THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE with excitement.   

OKAY LAST STORY. I've been thinking about Ariel a lot. HAHA I know its stupid! But I really do feel like Ariel right now. IHAVE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT TO BE A PART OF THE ARGENTINES WORLD. I WANT TO SEE... WANNA SEE THEM CHANGING. WALKIN AROUND IN THOSE... WHAT DO YA CALL EM? OHHHH IGLESIAS!!!!! I WANNA SEE THEM BE BAPTIZED!! I WANNA SEE THEM COME UNTO JESUS! 

And then I feel like Anastasia. Ya know that song on a journey to the past? OKay well heres my little mix up that I sing EVERY DAY. Haha my hermanas probably wanna kill me. I sing wayyy too much. Emma, does that ring a bell?   

ONE STEP AT A TIME, ONE HOPE THEN ANOTHER. WHO KNOWS WHERE THIS ROAD MAY GO? (TRACTING FAMILIES!) BACK TO WHO I WAS (PREMORTAL MARIE) ON TO FIND M FUTURE (POTENTIALMARIE), THINGS MY HEART STILL NEEDS TO KNOW!(WHO I AM, AND MY PURPOSE AS A 19 YR OLD MISSIONARY! YES LET THIS BE A SIGN! LET THIS ROAD BE MINE! LET IT LEAD ME TO MY PAST AND BRING THEMMMM HOME AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!