I am what I am!

 This is the cutest grandma you will ever meet.  She is in our ward.  She can laugh like a duck and it makes you laugh twice as hard when she does it.

Ive gained some weight hahahaha

DONT CRY FOR ME UTAHHH. IM NEVER COMING BACK. CAUSE I LOVE ARGENTINA SOOO MUCH!!

Ya know. I gotta tell you guys somethin. Before the mish everrrrryone told me, ¨¨oh Marie good luck with those Argentines. Theyre very prideful.¨¨ 

Then i come here and then more Paraguayas and Peruvians and Uraguayans are like.. OH GOOD LUCK WITH THEM THEY ARE SO COLD!

Ive really been thinking about it. WHAT AN HONOR. What an honor it is to be serving in a place where people need God so much to soften and love them. There are people that are harsh, but its because theyre sooo sad. Me and my comp were talking and we both realized that Buenos Aires might be the loneliest city in the world because its a city of business and most people live to go to work and thats it. Soooooo many people that live alone. It breaks my heart. . The people are so harsh. Im just gonna say.. I love these people like Jesus does. And hopefully they will break and come to God. :) I have faith in these wonderful children of God. Theres no need to be lonely. we got out best friend on our side. Hes fighting for us. :). 

Me and Hermana Torres were coming back home on the train. There was this woman sitting alone and her face absolutely BROKE my heart. K let me just explain to you what her face looked like. You know when youre trying sooooooo hard... with allll your might to hold back the tears.. and you have a lump in your throat? Ya thats what she looked like. Her lips were shaking.. and tears filled her eyes. 

I knew in this moment.. I couldnt let her go feeling like this. BUT WHAT could i possibly do? 

Right when she looked at me, I smiled at her. Through this smile I tried to tell her, LADY ON THE TRAIN!! YOU ARE NOT ALONE, GOD IS WITH YOU! And then I thought..

What is the spirit telling me to do??

It came sooooo fast. And soooo quiet.

But I caught it. :) My hand first reacted to the response and I pulled out a little sticky note. On this sticky note me and my comp wrote her what we felt. You are a daughter of God! God loves you! We know that whatever trial you have, God will be with you! Have a good day! Then we signed it the missionaries and gave her our number and put www.mormon.org. :)

When i gave it to her she was so happy! She said that she just found out her son has cancer and is going to go visit him. She said that when I smiled at her she knew that it was from God and that he told her that hes there for her. She said that we came to her in the exact moment. when she needed it the most. 

Shes not from belgrano:( but shes interested in the church! awesome huh?!! :) Planting seeds, thats what we do.  What an honor.

This week was our last week with Juan. Juan is an investigator that we've had for 1 month!! I KNOW. Its wayyyyy too long. He wanted to get baptized but is too darn stubborn to do anything. Hes someone that we just couldnt let go. He has depression and has had a lot of sad things happen to his life. He lives alone and literally has no money. We have a genuine love for him.

So our hearts were full Thursday night. We decided that it would be the last time we taught him and the last try to invite him to be baptized the following Sunday. 

When he came to talk to us he was very open! He told us that the doctor told him he needs to see a psychologist. He told us that he is so mad with his family and with his ex wife. He told us that its soo hard to forgive. He just feels hopeless. He doesnt have any motivation to do anything. We talked about leccion 3 (fe, arrepentimiento, bautismo, don del espiritu, perseverar hasta al fin.) but he wouldnt listen. :( 

He told us he had been abused by his grandpa and thinks that thats why hes like this. Me and my comp wanted to die. All of our thoughts.. All of our prayers.. are all meant for this man. he kept saying that hes mad at God and doesnt trust him. 

and then i testified. JUAN I KNOW IM ONLY 19 YEARS OLD AND I DONT SPEAK WELL, BUT I DO KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU. MY NAME IS MARIE TERRY AND I LIVE IN SPRINGVILLE UTAH. I HAVE ANOTHER LIFE OVER THERE. BUT IM HERE IN ARGENTINA FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BECAUSE IVE SEEN GOD IN MY LIFE AND IM FOREVER CHANGED. I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE COME TO GOD AND PARTAKE IN HIS LOVE.¨¨¨ okay something along the lines of that.

I felt sooo much power. Its amazing what we feel as missionaries while teaching. I know what we said was true. I know God has timing for all of his children. I know one day Juan will be ready to come to God and make covenants with him. I know there are people ready to hear the gospel from us. I have faith in my God. :)

Last story. Yesterday I was feeling like.. man. I feel like a robot. I feel like I cant be myself. Its so hard! Where is Marie? Why do I have to act perfectly and talk in a perfect manner?

So this morning I prayed and asked God and this is what I opened up to:

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the ^agrace of God I am what I am.

In the verse before talks about how Paul says that he is the least of the apostles because he persecuted the church of God.

BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM WHAT I AM.

I love this! God gave me this message in the perfect moment! HE CALLED ME TO BUENOS AIRES FOR A REASON. He doesnt want me to turn into a robot. He wants the real me. He wants the real in all of us. And by his grace we have the right to be who we are:) BY his grace we are cleansed from our sin and imperfections. By his grace we are who we are. :)

hopefully that makes sense.

Pray that well find people who are prepared to hear the gospel.  We will look and look until we find them.

loves, Hermana Terry   CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!