THOSE WHO KNOW IT, USE IT!

Dear family,

HERMANA TERRY loves TIGRE!!  I get to work in the great city of Tigre... TIGER. I got the eye of the tiger! God put me in TIGRE cause he knows i like to roar. :) haha okay dumb joke. :)

So okay let me just tell ya. I love Hermana Matamoros with all my heart.  Wow. Es una capa ella. We work soo good together! This week weve seen un mon ton de milagros! Let me just tell you one of them..

So we were walking en la calle anchorena and I see this antiguo investigador. When I saw him I immediately stopped and walked right to him. Its funny sometimes as a missionary, my body reacts first before I can even think. Man the spirit works in so many ways:) Okay so. we start talking to NORBERTO. He is 61 years old and he is the love of my life. Oh mi amor. Hes so precious. I cant handle it.- he uses crutches cause he has problems with his legs. AND GUESS WHAT HE TELLS US... HERMANITAS.. I know before I didnt want to get baptized.. but now I feel like I NEED to. WHAAATTTT????? After we left we gave a big long prayer to God and thanked him for sweet Norberto. Yesterday when we came to his house he was waiting for us. all ready in his suit. :) STUD. 

ladies and gentlemen.. Norberto will be baptized JANUARY 11. :) 

BRUNO AND EDWIN ARE SUCH PERFECT MEN. Theyre coming to church and preparing to receive the aaronic priesthood. HOLLA. 

Yesterday we were sitting in church and the lesson was about Repentance. :) Fabulous subject:):) There was one comment that my heart just couldnt take.. so at the end of the class Hermana Luna asked if there was anyone who wanted to bare their testimony. Noooobody went up so I got up there and spoke the feelings of my heart and said what I KNEW WAS TRUE. There are a lot of members here in Buenos Aires that think that they have to be perfect in order to know Christs grace. In my testimony I said that LA GRACIA DE JESUCRISTO ES GRATIS. HIS LOVE, HIS GRACE, AND HIS MERCY ARE A FREE GIFT HE EARNED WITH HIS SACRIFICE NOT OURS, AND HE GIVES FREELY!  And we sometimes forget the power of the atonement. We need to understand that the good things we do... come from the influence of THE GRACE that Jesus has given us. Its what motivates us to change. We cant change on our own and then receive his grace. Without his love and intervention we cannot truly change.  Without his grace we dont even have the desire to do good works, lest any man thinks his good works are his own.  The energy and ability you have to do it COMES FROM HIM AS A GIFT TO YOU!  I testify with all of my heart that Jesus grace is real. Its always there. And always fills us with more uderstanding on who he is and his atonement. I also said that sometimes I feel like Im a native and Ive lived in Argentina my whole life. :) Haha they laughed at that. And then I expressed the love I have for the people in Buenos Aires. I said that sometimes I feel like the people we teach who end up having these huge changes are purer than us. We are misisonaries.. We try to choose the right.. But i can honestly say Ive met some of the purest people in their hearts and intentions here in Argentina. It blows my mind to see the motivation these people have to change. THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO USE GRACE. I hope we all can use his free gift of grace to help us become better and happier people. The people who know what the atonement is... HAVE USED IT. 

I love my mission. I love these people. I love God. 

:) HAPPY DAY. YA KNOW WHY?? CAUSE JESUS WASHED OUR SINS AWAY. :) COME TO HIM EVERYONE.  TELL HIM EVERYDAY YOU ARE HIS AND YOU WILL FOLLOW HIM. HE WILL TOTALLY ACCEPT YOU, EVERY SINGLE TIME . YOU WILL FEEL HAPPIER. :)

love, terrybleeee HAPPY!  CARRY ON CARRY ON CARRY ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!