POSITIVE! JUST STAY POSITIVE

Buen dia mi querida familia.

Espero que esten bien! Disfruten su verano.. hace mucho frrriiiooo aca. Me MATA.

Bueno. First things first. Love my little daughter of mine. We have too much fun together. :) She has grown so much!! Im so impressed. SHE HAS NO FEAR. We love JUNCAL because its biigg and Juncal needs biiiigg personalities. :) Love love love talking to soooo many types of people. But mostly this city contains two types of people. PERUVIANS AND JEWS. Hahahaha. We made friends with a JEW. THAT WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. Cause usually they want nothing from us.. But look at us noww. Holla. THOSE JEWS FROM JUNCAL ARE LOVIN US . 

This week we did everything possible to try to find new investigators. Like WE WENT to the underground subte and SANG TO THE PEOPLE!!! IT WAS SO NICE TO SING LIKE I WOULD AT HOME. Oh man I just belted.. and it was so amazing to see people stop and listen and we ended up giving 40 invitations. :) Gah. Nothing brings me greater joy to see that we changed somebodys day with a simple hymn. With a simple song that screams... HEY YOU! YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD OF GOD AND HE LOVES YOU! SMILE AND HAVE A GOOD DAY! :D

Anyways... we worked our butts off. I can honestly say this week WE GAVE IT OUR ALL. WE FASTED TWICE, We planned for literally hours.. we visited all the menos activos and converso recientes... we found 8 new investigators.. we preached to every soul that came in our way. Absolutely everything.

Thursday we received a referencia. Its an old man named Joe who lives in the verrrrry rich part of Juncal. WE COULDNT BELIEVE OUR MINDS we actually were invited to his house and teach him. OH MY GOSH. Can I just tell you. OKay. Joe is about 85 years old. He is married to a woman who is in a wheelchair.. and cant really talk. They were both married before.. but Joe knew Carola his whole life. When he found out her husband died.. and she had no one to take care of her.. he married her so that she can have someone to watch over. Gah. So hes sooo in love with this sweet little granny who cant do anything.. but he does EVERYTHING for her. When we talked about eternal marriage.. I could see the strong love he has for her. He was holding her hand the whole time. :) Im so in love with these two. We talked a little about the plan of salvation and he seemed to like it. He is super catholic.. but we put a fecha for him to be baptized. :) I just know in my heart that he and his wife will be baptized and eventually be sealed in the temple for eternity. How lucky am I to preach and testify of these eternal promises Heavenly Father has made with us. :) GAH. I WANT A HUSBAND LIKE JOE. 

OKay. So Imma tell you about this Sunday. Guess how many investigators we had in church yesterday? 0!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep. 0 :) :) :) Im not gonna lie I was sooo mad at God for about 10 minutes. And then I realized.. that this is his work.. and we DID our part. I feel like he wanted us to learn something and ya know what? Its all goooood. :) Im gonna learn to be positive.

Speaking of positive.. I have a story about my old lider de distrito, Elder Hicks. This kid is the most positive, nicest person I´ve ever met. Anyways.. Yesterday I talked to a member from my old barrio Belgrano and he was saying that Elder Hicks was gonna have a baptism that day. It hit me SO HARD. Elder Hicks had endured the slow moving barrio de belgrano and now he can see the fruit of his labors. I got thinking.. maybe thats what God wanted us to learn this Sunday... even though we didnt have any asistencia.. MAYBE JUST MAYBE thats what was supposed to happen! And I can rip my hair out and be mad or I can be like Elder Hicks and smile and keep working hard and enduring to the end! I FEEL LIKE ITS GONNA BE SO WORTH IT when that baptism comes. Were gonna baptize LEADERS. I feel it in my bones. I feel at peace. When I was praying last night.. he let me rant... and rant and rant.. and then he picked me up and told me he loved me and to KEEP GOING. Juncal is very special. Its a great area. Im learning to be patient.  God sees IM trying so hard. GOD sees us planning and planning until the late hours in the night. GOD sees my sweet little companion trying to bare this weather that shes never felt in her entire life. God sees her working even though her throat hurts. God sees me trying to talk to everyone I come in contact with. GOD sees our blistering feet. God sees our hungry stomachs from fasting. God sees us listening and talking to his children.

GOD SEES ME. HE KNOWS ME PERFECTLY:

AND WITH THAT, I WILL SING.... SING A NEW SONG. I DELIGHT TO DO HIS WILL, HIS LAW IS WITHIN MY HEART. 

FOR I AM POOR AND NEEDY; YET THE LORD THINKETH UPON ME: THOU ART MY HELP AND MY DELIVERER; MAKE NO TARRYING O MY GOD. 

Id like to end with one last scripture that always comes to my mind when I feel inadequate. THE LORD SHALL FIGHT FOR YOU, AND YE SHALL HOLD YOUR PEACE. 

Thanks yall-

love,

passionate hermana terryblemente POSITIVE!!!

I won the open your scriptures randomly game

Familia!!

Wow thats so scary about Lukie. My heart stopped when I saw stiches pic. DONT DO THAT TO ME!!! Someone grab Luke and look him in the eyes and tell him to never ever walk behind a golf club mid swing again.  Youll end up in the ER everytime!  Im glad hes ok.  Kiss his sweet swollen head for me.

PEEPS. ID LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HERMANA VARGAS FROM EQUADOR!!!!! SHE IS ME. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS ANOTHER MARIE TERRY LIVING IN EQUADOR.

MY HEAVENS that girl is sooo crazy and sooo excited and might I say SO DANG FUNNY!! Gah!!! IM SO IN LOVE WITH MY DAUGHTER! Can I say that?!!

Haha. ELLA ES UNA CAAAAAAAAAAAAPAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! capa. capa. capa. She has so many gifts.Her sweet little spirit makes my days so much better!!

Its funny.. when I first saw her face I KNEW she was gonna be my comp. She thought the same thing! WE WERE BEST FIRIENDS IN THE PREMORTAL LIFE.  I KNOW IT.

Bueno. So I was Hermana Jensen from Tuesday to Friday. :) Supper fun! 2 gringas from Springville... we had a blast! She helped me SOOO MUCH! God prepared this perfectly. Hermana Jensen is MY ANGEL. Im soo soo soo thankful for her. She made me feel so much better. SO THANK YOU MAMA AND PAPA JENSEN FOR RAISING SUCH AN AMAZING WOMAN!!

And then mi hija arrived Saturday morning!!! And I was like... WOW Im a mommy. The difference between a mom on the mission and a mom in real life is NOTHING. HAHA. I feel like Im constantly worrying if shes okay. If shes eating, sleep, breathing, crying. HAHA todo! But shes PERFECT. She came to me a completely perfect baby missionary. She ALREADY HAS THE VISION OF THE MISSION. WE ARE BOTH SO PUMPED. Saturday we walked allllll over this dang big city to find Gods children to bring to church. We found a ton of new people!!! . Sunday morning we went by allll their houses and none of em answered.  Yah, this is the hardest part of my life right now.

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I was sooo bummed! I understand.. 

Its our first week. We only have three days together.. But I dont wanna make that excuse.  I was talking to Hermana Ayre and I was like... HOOOOWWWWWW did this happen? This wasnt the plan!! And she laughed and pointed upwards towards the heavens. :) That really HIT me. God knew it would be hard for us... but he knew we would have success.  This week has been my prayer week. Ive never prayed so much in my life. Its a scary feeling when you open your area book  and realize WE  HAVE NO INVESTIGATORS.

But at the same time.. I feel the presence of God with me. I feel him guiding me through out this process. I DONT KNOW HOW but I now know the calles and how to read a map.. what bus to take to what calle... the subway.. todo. JUNCAL IS the capitals capital. And I love it. Me and Hermana Vargas are talking to everyone. Man my little daughter is one little fireball. She has no fear she talks to EVERYONE!! SO PROUD I COULD DIE!!

So ya.. I like to set my goals HIGH so when Sunday came and we didnt have investigators in the church.. I almost died. I was so SAD. Yesterday was kinda hard. We walked all over tarnation.. nobody was home. AND YESTERDAY WAS DIA DE AMIGO. FRIEND DAY IN ARGENTINA. AND I WAS JUST LIKE.. UM HELLO ARGENTINA YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE OUT LOOKING FOR YOU BUT WONT ACCEPT US. HELLOOOOO... we would seriously be their bffs for eternity if only they understood how our message could change their whole life.

This morning.. I woke up and started to feel overwhelmed and discouraged.  Then I just opened my scriptures to wherever it fell.  You know the drill.  Weve all done it.  Just hoping you will open up to the perfect answer for you in that moment.  And this my friends is what my eyes fell on.

 And whatsoever they shall speak when moved upon by the Holy Ghost shall be scripture, shall be the will of the Lord, shall be the mind of the Lord, shall be the word of the Lord, shall be the voice of the Lord, and the power of God unto salvation.

 5 Behold, this is the promise of the Lord unto you, O ye my servants.

 6 Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you; and ye shall bear record of me, even Jesus Christ, that I am the Son of the living God, that I was, that I am, and that I am to come.

I think God is trying to tell me something:)

As for the training part.. its so FUN!! HAHA  .
Gah- I love the mission. I love being a mom. Hermana Vargas already came trained. Shes training ME!!!


I HOPE MAX IS DOING OKAY!!!!!
LOVES!! CARRY ON FOLKS!

Saying goodbye is hard to do! And hello Im a mother trainer!

I have worked myself to the bone with this precious little missionary . I will miss  her

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 This is our face when we got the news we will no longer be together.  You might need to get out your tissues

 Saying goodbye is soooooooooooooooo hard to do!  I will miss my Hermanas.





OHHHHHHHHH MYYY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE CRAZY NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM GONNA TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM GONNA BE THE MOMMA AND IM GONNA TRAIN A NEW LITTLE BABY MISSIONARY!!! 

My Mission President CALLED ME LATE THE OTHER NIGHT and said God had a  plan for me. Not only am I gonna train... BUT IM GONNA OPEN A NEW AREA TAMBIEN.  Sisters have never opened this area so he is putting alot of trust in me.  And guess what?  I CAN DO ALL THINGS................ You know me guys.  Its all in and all amazing or its nothing.  Im not doing doing anything half baked.  Im all in- all out- all things....or nothing at all.

ME VOY A JUNCAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAPITAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The city cant get enough of me!!!!

Oh please pray for me. Ive been on pins and needles these past few days.. Last night I felt like I was gonna throw up. IM SO NERVOUS! President told me.. that God has A LOT of trust in me.. and if anyone can do it.. its Hermana Terry. :) Please dont start laughing.  He really did say it seriously ;)

Okay so I found out on Friday. And this Sunday.. I prayed like a boss for this little brand new sister of mine. I have to say I had the most spiritual experience as I was sitting in Sacrament. I felt this sweet little excited missionary ready to arrive off the plane into the mission. I felt her families prayers. I felt so much llove for this girl. I know it sounds so wierd.. but it felt as if I was a mom waiting for my little baby to come down from the heavens and enter into the big scary world. AND IM THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT HER AND KEEP HER SAFE. But through out these days... Ive felt the hand of Jesus lead the way for me. Last night I was just like.. Oh God what am I gonna do?  I feel like Im still a baby on the mish. I felt grateful that God trusts me to put me and my new companion in an area thats CONSIDERABLY hard.. but I feel like I can do it. With the strength of Christ. And then as I was closing my eyes I heard the words SO CLEAR in my head, ¨¨I will not leave you comfortless... I WILL COME TO YOU.¨John 14:18 shoutout to you my beautiful mother......¨ God is gonna be with me. Im gonna have to rely on him cause its not gonna be easy. BUT GET READY JUNCAL YOURE GONNA HEAR ME ROARRR!!!!!!!!!! Its a lot like Belgrano.. and IM READY TO OPEN MY MOUTH AND TALK WITH EVERYONE I COME IN CONTACT WITH. Thats how we do ittt in la capitallll.

Woo. Im soo sad I left La Boca. But yaa. PLEASE I NEED YOUR PRAYERS NOW MORE THAN EVER.

So I dont know who my daughter is but theres gonna be 1 gringa and 3 latinas. I FEEL IN MY BONES ILL HAVE A LATINAA!!! MEJOR!!! YO AMO MIS LATINAS!!!

CHAU! CARRY ON PRECIOUS FAMILY AND FRIENDS- JUST CARRY ON!

OFFER A VACANCY

 Our mission president let us all meet together and watch Argentina play in World Cup.  When they won we were all jumping around screaming ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA!  So much Argentine pride!

 These are the streets in Argentina during games.

Oh my heavens to betsy HOW IS IT GOIN YALL?!!! So much happened this week! Hope all is well with Emma, Paul and Luke. Que triste. The two coolest members in the family arent with you guys. ;) Its all good. South America is takin gooood care of us. :)HEY MAKE SURE MAX SENDS ME HIS EMAILS.

Wow such good letters. THANK YOU!! Your letters give me the power to keep going and keep sharin this message con todosss. gracias!!!:)

Well well well... the mission is a blast. Im just gonna say it. The mission is teaching me to JUST BE MYSELF.THE MORE IM MYSLEF the more others are drawn in and want to listen to us. I remember there was one missionary that was about to leave home and he said the mission isnt the time to have fun. we need to take the mission seriously.  He said "THIS IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS PEOPLE"

... Baloney sauce!!!!! Haha. Maybe its different for everyone.. but let me tell ya.. Ive tried that. And Its a major fail every time. I SMILE NOW MORE THAN EVER. Everyone calls me Hermana Feliz. .

Man. God is good. I feel like the light from Christs Atonement shines on all of us. As a missionary I feel it shining brighter than ever. Its the best feeling ever. I also just gotta say that MY VOICE is different. Ive been singing a lot in the elders baptisms (quack)and its been such a blessing. I feel the spirit in my voice when I sing. Man..  I have had the spirit take my small voice, and make is bigger and better and somthing I know Im not for the sake of touching the hearts of his children at their baptisms.  I find myself thanking him every time, because we both know that wasnt really me, but his hand over the experience.

So this week we found 11 new investigators. ELEVEN SOULS YALL!!!!!!! We worked our buttttts off doing everything we possibly could so that they could come to church... and guess what. We only had Pablo show up.

I was so mad. Soooo mad.

And then it hit me during Sacrament.  I turned to my side and I saw Pablo. A child of God taking the sacrament. And then I prayed and thanked God for having him come to church today. Ya I was frustrated.. but I just felt GRACE and felt God say.. Your work is enough. Keep going.

Pablo was gonna get baptized Sunday but todavia feels unsure. But I feel like Pablo is a lot like Juan.. and I just need to have love and patience.

Yesterday we taught Pablo about repentance. It might have been one of the most spiritual, most rewarding lessons Ive ever taught. He UNDERSTANDS everything about la ley de castidad... he loves the whole concept. But he wont give it up. Ahh. Agency. Sometimes I just wanna punch it in the face.

He said something that really got me. He said that when he prays to God he feels this empty feeling in his heart. Like God takes all the bad away. WOW HOW PROFOUND PABLITO.

Last night I prayed and asked God pllleeeeeeease just help Pablo feel a desire to keep his commandments and repent and come unto him. AND THIS MORNING I WOKE UP TO A SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD.

¨¨I am not brave. Ill never be.. THE ONLY THING MY HEART CAN OFFER IS A VACANCY.¨¨

¨¨Im just a girl, nothing more. I am willing. I am yours.¨¨

 little miss prideful Herrrmana Terrrry has been feeling like..  PABLO IS DOING IT ALL WRONG. HE JUST NEEDS TO LISTEN TO US.

But little did I know that God has been working with him this whole time. And that Pablo is offering EVERYTHING TO GOD. He is doing EXACTLY what God wants us to do. Come unto him with a broken heart and contrite spirit. EMPTINESS is GOOD. Its shows that we are humble, broken and we realize WE CANT MAKE IT THROUGH LIFE WITHOUT JESUS AND HIS WONDERFUL ATONEMENT. And guess whats even more beautiful?!! GOD LISTENS TO OUR PRAYERS AND THEN ANSWERS THEM. I know God is answering Pablos prayers because hes changing!! HE SMILES MORE! HE SAYS MORE IN HIS PRAYERS! This is just a testimony to me that God knows his children and what they need. And the timing on everyone of us is different. Guys we have the most patient God. Blows my mind.

Well anyways.. WE GET TO WATCH THE GAME THIS WEDNESDAY!! VAMOS VAMOS ARGENTINA! VAMOS VAMOS A GANAR!!!!!!

Argentina is gonna win it all. 4th of july.. whatevs. We got Messi. In your face. :)

LOVE,

HERMANA TERRYBLEMENTE FELIZZZ.  CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!!!!!