If you tear up, you can always blame allergies

Buen dia yall!!

AHHHH IM SO GLAD TO HEAR MAXS TALK WAS SOO AWESOME!! MAX! YOU DID IT! I seriously almost crried when I read that Max talked about Juan! MAX youre a stud. Your talk sounds sooo mature and soo you. I love it! SOMEONE SEND ME IT! Ahhh Max I keep havin dreams about you talkin in spanish. I feel that you are gonna be a stelllar missionary. I love you BRO. Felicitaciones con todo!

This week we had a conference with the hermanas. Isnt that cool? Just the hermanas in the mission. WE NOW HAVE 70 HERMANAS!!! OH MY HEAVENS THATS CRAZY! When I came there were only like 30 or somethin. I think God is tryin to tell us somethin:) Anywways.. President Ayre gave the coolest talk. He started out with a story. :) He said when he recieved his call as a mission president he felt sooooo strong there needed to be more HERMANAS in order to change Buenos Aires for the better. He ignored it because he knew there was a reason there were so few hermanas because it wasnt the safest mission. :) But the feeling kept coming back and he didnt know what do to. So when he was in the meeting of mission presidents... he said.. I know this is crazy because BA norte is not the safest.. but I feel like God needs more hermanas in the mission. And the general authority is like.. that is risky but you need to follow with your feeling. :) He remembered what Elder Bednar told him-- that as a new president he would recieve new revelation for the mission. So after he made this comment... WHAT DO YA KNOW.. the hermanas came piling in! As he was giving this story.. the spirit hit me LIKE FIRE. I havent fellt this kind of spirit for a loooonnngg time. But I knew that the revealtion that president Ayre recieved was for ME and so many other hermanas! And that God promised that we would be protected. Guys.. there are angels with me. I dont need to be afraid. I feel this forcefield around me. Im so glad to have the protection that I have. God is watching out for his missionaries. :)

AND then he talked about one thing... MARRIAGE! Hahaaha out of all the things he could have talked about.. it was marriage. But in a weird way it gave me more motivation to work harder and prepare the best I can for my future marraige and family. I see soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo  many single moms and single dads and it just breaks my heart. I know with all my heart that the center of GODS PLAN is the family. A mom and a dad and their kids. I wanna do everything I can to help people GET MARRIED and establish the family that God wants them to have.

We found a ton of new investigators..  NONE of them came to church. Only Christian! There was one day where we had 10 LESSONS with a member! We were on fire! We found tonnss of amazing investigators! Like we were walking down this street and there was the coolest door painted in the colors of La BOca. (la boca soccer team. we see the stadium almost every day. :)) and my comp made a joke and said.. hey you should go knock on that door. THE JOKE is we cant knock doors on the mission. But something came over me and I automatically walked straight to this door and knocked on it. :) WE FOUND this 20 year old girl MArina and she accepted a fecha to be baptized! WAyy cool. :)

But out of all the cool people we met.. theres one little person that was my favorite. Nicol. A little boy that is 11 years old. His spirit was the strongest out of everyone Ive ever met here in La Boca. We taught him how to pray. The best part was when we were telling him that God loves him and God knows him HE DID WHAT PAUL DOES... his eyes were watering and made up an excuse and said that its his allergies. Oh mi amor. God gave me the opportunity to have a sneak peek into his soul. I saw this little boy with a lot of hard things in his life. I saw a little boy with pains that nobody knows. I feel like an idiot because I started to cry (BECUASE I NEVER CRY. LOL) as I told him that God is tthere and God is listening to him. He is so special. His mom wants nothing. bUT ONE day when hes ready he´ll be baptized. Gah. Ive missed the sweet presence of my ninos in Argentina. They are so special to me. I saw Paul in Nicol. I love my sweet little Pauly.

Ya know I guess Im just used to the spirit.. but there are moments where its soo strong and I just have to stop and relax and listen to what God is telling me. In the conference for the hermanas an hermana played savior Redeemer of my soul with her violin. Ive missed this kinda music. God was speaking to me this whole song.  During this song I felt him tell me, Im here Marie. Ive been here this whole time. And then non stop I love yous and youre doing so good. Hermana Gonzalez thought there was something wrong with me when I started to cry. Haha. I cry too much.

Life is good. :) Last night my comp opened up my mummy sleeping bag and crept up on me in the night and scared me so bad i almost fainted. SHE KNOWS Im terrified of her witch laugh but she does it anyways. HAHAHA I have so much fun with her. The mission is a blast. I laugh tooo much. The members are straight up comedians. :)

ONe thing I learned while out on the mish.. IF IM NOT HAVING FUN.. IM DOING SOMETHING WRONG!!!! I LOVE THE MISSION!!!!

LOVES!!

HERMANA TERRY!