Dogs and kids and missionaries running in church!

 Watch out Lima- I'm here to LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 These two precious people got baptized last Saturday

 The two elders and sisters on Pday.  I so love Lima!

 This right here is why you should be jealous of me.  I get to see this kind of precious every single day!

 So after my feet fiasco we got some bikes.  Yes bikes are the answer from heaven!

 Dont look at the selfie, look at the beautiful green gorgeousness that is Argentina

 People my feet are so much better!  Still a little war torn but honestly so much better than two weeks ago

 Our darling friend

Hermana Terry loves loves loves loves loves loves loves her bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOWOWOWOWOWWOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAX IS GOIN TO SANTIAGO NORTE CHILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH I FOUND OUT ON FRIDAY AT APRROXIMATELY 1:30 PM THROUGH HERMANO SANCHEZ!!!!!!!!!! WOW! I WAS BAWLING I WAS SO HAPPY!!!!! MAX YOURE COMIN TO SOUTH AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I had A DREAM OF MAX SPEAKING IN PERFECT SPANISH ON WEDNESDAY. Ive been praying allllll week asking the big man upstairs if he could just gimme a little hint where my bros goin;) He totally did!! I woke up Thursday morning and I though to myself Max is going to South America. 

:):):) YAY!!!!!!!!!! Max!! Weve never been separated!! Even on our missions.. were right next to each other. :D KINDA ADORBS. :D

 ARGENTINES HATE HATE  HAAAAAAATE CHILEANS! HAHAHAHA. When HQ was my comp we would always make fun of the chilean missionaries. HAHAHAHA.  WE CAN NEVER BE FRIENDS. ;)

Oh man. Oh man. Seriously ALL OF LIMA AND THEIR DOGS know about Max going to Chile. :) Heh I was pretttttyyy excited. 

 Ive fasted and prayed for the familia Ramirez. When Thursday came around I felt like I was on top of the world. We were gonna invite them to baptized for the billioneth time and they were gonna say yes. :) I just knew it!

But thats not how it went down.. sadly. :( We went to their house and Cinita and the two kids were home. We shared some awesome verses in 3 Nefi capitulo 9. IT WAS SO AWESOME AND SO SPIRITUAL. Yesss.

And then we started talking about baptism and Cintia was suuuper close minded about it. But that didnt stop us. We testified with all of the energy in our souls that we knew the church of jesus christ could benefit them and HELP their family come closer together through the ordinances and covenants they make with padre celestial. She didnt wanna hear it. :(

I walked away feeling soooooo sad and so frustrated with myself. WHY WHY WHY was I feeling sooooo strong that we needed to visit them one last time?!! So ya. I was feelin a little frustrated. 

And then I prayed. Cried and prayed and asked Him why was I feeling this way. And without fail every time God came to me in my head and told me that I dont need to worry. That I needed to trust him and that THERE WAS A REASON WHY we went to visit with Cinita. And once again God told me to TRUST HIM.

That was a HUGE faith building experience. I learned so much. WHAT I WAS FEELING was right. Im not gonna doubt that. We needed to talk to them and share with them. Even though Cinita didnt want baptism... I have faith that someday her heart will be open to the church. ITS ALL ABOUT THE TIMING OF GOD. WE JUST GOTTA TRUST. 

Soo yaaa. Anyways.. this week was fun! Me and my comp have had sooo mnay fun times together. :) We started out a little rough but now were seriously like best friends! WE LAUGH A LOT!!! :D 

I feel like my time is running out in Lima. :/ Ive been so stressed because in my blessing from Presidente Gonzalez he said that there were specific people that needed me in Lima. And all I could think about was... WHO ARE THESE SPECIFIC PEOPLE IN LIMA?!! Ive only baptized kids!! And then I had to stop myself. Whoaahh Marie. How selfish am I. Kids are just as important as the adults. GOD LOVES ALL OF HIS CHILDREN. Sure, there are a lot of doubts with kids.. like if theyre gonna keep goin to church their whole life.. if theyre gonna get married in the temple. And so once again I specifically asked Padre Celestial for his protection over Analia, Wanda, Ludmila, Facundo and Damian(His baptism is this saturday:)) 

Man. This overwhelming spirit of love came over me. I closed me eyes and in my head I saw Jesus hugging each and every one of his precious children starting with Analia, then Wanda then Lumi then Facu and then Damian. I couldnt help but think that these kids are gonna turn out okay. And I have all the faith in the world for them. Each of their confirmation blessings Mama Marie was bawling. Because they all talked about the future and how they will all be examples in their families. Im honored that I got to work with these sweet spirits. Tambien with their parents.. who I know someday will join/come back to church. 

Anyways as I was saying my time is running out. :( I feel soooooo much pressure. LIKE, WHAT DO I NEED TO BE DOING my last week here?! But who knows if Im leaving or not?!! And the answer came to me as I was talking with my companion. ¨¨Just love my daughter Patricia YOUR COMP.¨¨ Holy smokes!! It was so clear and simple. And heres my answer to Dios. YOU BET YER BOTTOM DOLLAR  I WILL!! Im GOING TO love and serve and build up my companion the best I possibly can. Whats soo beautiful about serving your comp, is that NO ONE can see your service. Its a silent service that only God can see.  Its hard cause as missionaries we want the praise for baptisms and high callings.. but I want what God wants. And if God asks me to do one more little service in Lima.. I'LL do it. The words will forever be engraven in my heart: I WANT WHAT YOU WANT.

Oh my WORD. Primary was horrible yesterday. Really words dont do justice here.  It was a scene out of a horror/comedy movie.  Just try to imagine the scene  The elders brought their investigadores to church and theyre all a bunch of the naughtiest kids you could ever imagine!! 

THEY ARE ALL LOCOS!!! Three of the kids were running around in the church screaming the worst swear words imaginable¨ flipping everyone INCLUDING the stake president off.  Me my comp and the elders are chasing them through the church.YOU SHOULDVE SEEN US.. THE FOUR MISSIONARIES RUNNING AFTER THESE LITTLE PUNKS. I didnt know if I wanted to laugh or cry. Oh and to make it all better... a herd of dogs came running into the chapel. Oh boy. What a day yesterday.  So by the end it was swearing argentine children, four mortified missionaries, and a pack of dogs who kept circling the stake president.  I didnt know if I was chasing the kids, or running away from the dogs.  At one point I saw a kid flipping the stake president off, I froze.  I couldnt move.  And I looked at the elders who were laughing so hard they had tears running down their faces.  I was unable to laugh until later, but when I replay the nightmare in my mind, it chokes me up with giggles.  It will go down in the history books of disasters and for the record, I blame the elders.  Who I have really grown to like.  They have a humbleness and humor that has blessed Lima.  

I love you all! TWO MISSIONARIES IN THE FAM!!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!! LOVE YOU ALL!! GOD BLESS!  CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!!!!  TWO TERRY MISSIONARIES!!!!  WATCH OUT WORLD!!!!!!!!!!