Goodness in everything!

Hola Familia-

Please tell Paul Im so proud of that cutie going to his first day of 7th grade!  Wow watch out Junior High, here comes the adorable Paul Terry! 
Well, I dont know if youve ever heard this before, but what doesnt kill you makes you stronger!  Guess what?  The two lady missionary sisters in Juncal, Argentina are pretty dang strong.  We are working every angle we can think to work.  We did find a beautiful girl named Erica who is 13 years old who is asking, ready and wanting to be baptized.  She comes from a very difficult situation where both of her parents are alcoholics.  Her first time at church she felt somthing she had never felt in her life.  She wanted us to explain to her what it was.  It was one of the most beautiful moments Ive had in Argentina explaining to her that she has a father in Heaven who loves her and wants her to have an amazing life.  She teared up at a concept she had never considered before.  Her poor parents are dealing with so much, and have such deep addiction issues, I think it never occured to her that God is loving and watchful and can be a parent in her life that will meet her needs on a whole new level.  A week later she attended a baptism with us.  She leaned over to me and said "Hermana Terry, can I be baptized today?'  I told her no not today but we have her scheduled for September.  I hope it will work out.  Her brother is sixteen and he is starting to show alot of interest.  The parents are not interested at all, so I hope we can keep an open good understanding with them so that they will be supportive of the whole process if this is what the kids end up both wanting to do.  Erika and her brother have a hard time sleeping at night because the parents have drug and drinking parties and they cant sleep.  Erika told me she has started praying and talking to God during these nights, and thinks someone is listening to her.  I immediately thought of the story you sent me at Christmas.  Love you forever.  I told her about a mother that kept an eye on her son all the time.  At night she always snuck into his room to hug and snuggle him because she loved her son so much.  Even when the son was a father the mother still found him and snuggled him.  That made Erika laugh.  Im going to give her the book you sent me mom.  She doesnt read english but I am going to write the spanish words in.  I told her that is like her Heavenly Father.  At nights she cant sleep, or the drinking and drugs in her house get bad, he comes to her and holds her.  I told her I think he sent her to Church, so she could find him and have a relationship with him.  And when she is an old woman he will come to her and snuggle her at night, because she is his daughter and he loves her so much he cant stay away.  Its a new concept for a child that has suffered neglect and abuse.  I told her these words and she started to cry

This young woman touches my heart so much.  Please pray for Erika and her family ok fam?  She is so lovable you just want to hug her all the time.

I feel a little discouraged fam.  I wish I was having more success.  People have really been nice to me for most of my mission, but some are pretty rude in Juncal.  I try not to take it personally, but it wears you down sometimes.   I do just wanna tell you about the goodness in Argentina because there is alot. The more people I talk to.. the more I am amazed. Gods children are so amazing.  If you listen everyone has a unique relationship and way of relating to God.  I can learn so much here. This one guy told us that he feels like God looks more on the positive than on the negative. He thinks at the end of our lives he pulls out the book of life and judges us by all of the amazing things weve done. He thinks we will be the ones that are so surprised that our loving father has kept a record of how amazing we are and how much he loves us, where I think so many worry the only record he keeps is whats wrong with us and all of our mistakes. These people teach me more than I teach them.  I think this man knows who God is and he was  put him in my path so I could think some new ideas and see someone who is at peace inside of themselves.  I wrote in my journal that you told me that song called Grace has a line that says " GRACE sees the good in EVERYTHING". Its so true. I feel like sometimes as mere humans there are people that obsess about their faults but Gods way and the way he wants us to be is to see GOODNESS IN EVERYTHING!  

So things are slower than I wish they were, but we are working harder than we ever have.  I will trust in the Lord with all my heart, I will not lean upon my own understanding, in all my ways I will follow him, and he will direct all my paths.  Im thankful to be here family.  Time is flying.  I want to come home bloodied and blistered and exhausted knowing I gave everything I had to this beautiful country of wonderful people.  I miss you but Im grateful for every day I have in Argentina.  Its where I am supposed to be.  Carry on Carry on Carry on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reaches my Reaching

Buen dia. :)

Hows hot August? :) Its freezing here! READY for school?! I cant believe Emma will be a senior. :)  MAX IS leaving the mtc? Wow I cant believe it is already time for him to go out in the field!  Time is flying!

Well well well (haha my comp always says this in her cute latina accent and she just makes me laugh every time:))" this week was a week of trying new things." :) We prayed last Sunday night and specifically asked where we could find people whose hearts were ready and open and could benefit from our message. And we both felt so strong that we needed to visit the menos activos (less actives). 

Bueno. So we made this our goal. We tried to visit alllllllllllll the menos activos in Juncal. I feel like Juncal is Springville, Provo and 2 Orems combined in one. People--- pioneer children who sang as they walked and walked and walked and walked have nothing on us. We walk soooo much. ME MATA.

Long story short we found this menos activo named Miguel. Hes so great! I dont know how long its been since hes come to church,, but its been quite a while. When we walked in and saw him in the congregation I wanted to cry. Theres an hermano in our ward that once told us.. seeing a menos activo en la capilla is just like having a baptism. Ya know what we feel? We feel like God wants us to FIRST help the less actives and then he will lead us to find his children that are ready to be baptized. 

Theres something I learned on  the mission and that is this: THERE IS NO PERFECT FORMULA to have baptisms. Im truly convinced. Ive spent my whole mission doing the essentials we needed to do to have success, but I can say that there is no predictable outcome to doing things a perfect way. This is GODS WORK. And I know that God has every baptism planned. He sees the big picture. I just need to trust in HIS PLAN for us. Because sometimes when I pray and ask for things to happen the spirit will tell me something different. Sometimes our will doesnt always match up with gods will. its so hard to explain.. Sometimes he tells my heart somthing total opposite of what I think or want to happen.  But this is what has taught me about faith. I know that WHATEVER happens, happens for a reason. Were gonna keep giving it our all and if it be Gods will we will have baptsims.  And then this is the really hard part that makes me cry a little  Its really hard to say but I feel like I should say it.  I want my family to know this.  If we walk and talk and pray and fast and give and plead with God, and he doesnt lead us to any baptisms, my faith is the same.  His love for us is the same.  The sacrifice and love of Jesus Christ is the same.  And I will seal my heart to his heart with equal love and gratitude if he gives us success or not.  And honestly that does make me cry a little, because I know what I want.  And Im learning to surrender my will to his. 

 Lately I have been discouraged.  Alot of faith and trust has been put in me to open this new area and nothing is happening.  I find myself wondering why I am not seeing Gods hand work miracles.  But then I  read these scriptures this morning and I felt an answer to my prayers.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

FAITH IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY UNANSWERED PRAYER MY PRECIOUS FRIENDS. Trust him.  Trust him.  Trust him.  He is the one who reaches our reaching.  In our Gesthemene he is our Savior and our dearest friend. 

have a a good week yall. 

HERMANA TERRY

I hope-I love! Thats what I do!

I love and I hope.

I love and I hope. I feel like thats all I really need to tell myself for the rest of my life. :) I found an old liahona in our pension and I came across an article from Herny B Eyring called, Help them Aim high. It was soooooooooo meant for me. I needed to hear that! Cause it made me look back on my life and I realized that my parents helped me see my potential. My heavenly potential. :) Thank you mom and dad for helping me see who I truly am.  Thank you for your emails today.  You did the exact same thing youve always done for me where you lifted my eyes to heaven and helped me to see there is a greater plan than what I see and  this isnt about me. 

Well this week we worked haaaarrrrrddd. HARDCORE WORK MAN. I love it. MY comp loves it. We get sooo much joy out of it. Even if we cant see much of the fruit of our labors. :) BUT I WILL TELL YA THIS.... WE HAD ASISTENCIA.!!!!!!!! Out of the 14 new investigtators we found.. WE only had one person come to church. 

But let me tell ya peeps. This 24 old chico IS EL MEJOR. 

So were in this casa tomada.. and we get up to the very top floor to look for an antigo investigador de las hermanas. But shes not home.. so we start talking to the mom.. The mom doesnt want anything. I start getting antsy.. cause thats what I do when I feel like were wasting time. Hah. BUT NO WAS I WRONG. This guy comes out (well actually he looks like a 15 year old. This little peruvian. ES UN AMOR. jajajaj) and hes like... HEY! I wanna come to your church! He gave us his number and that was that.

We didnt think much about it..? We sent a text to all of our investigators reminding them about church the next day and he immediatly responds and says hes excited to go. Haha. I dont know what we were thinking.. but we honestly thought it was a joke. CAUSE when people say theyre gonna go 90% of the time ITS A LIE. hah.

BUT THE NEXT MORNING he texts us at like 8.. and he says  DONT FORGET ABOUT ME! So we came to pick him up and he was already to go holding his santa biblia. MI AMOR.  I was soooo happy. Because we had passed for every investigator and none of them answered. But man.. When we walked in with Jonathon I wanted to faint I was so thankful. My comp told me she was thanking God through out all of sacrament meeting for this miracle. 

TOO CUTE! Jonathon is sooo special. Like he is soooo prepared. He acctepted a fecha for el 17 de Agosto. After our little lesson he said that we are angels that God has put in his path and hes so grateful to learn more about Jesus Christ. :) 

That was incredible. :):) Last night I dont know why but I felt a little down. I shouldve been more grateful.. but I just felt in my heart we would have at least 2 investigators come with us to church yesterday.

Literally 20 minutes later I get a message from Hermana Jensen saying that this random guy showed up to church in La Boca and said that he talked with Hermana Terry and wanted to see what the church was about. She and her companion thanked me for talking to him.

:) I cried. I just felt in this moment that God was telling me.. SEE?! Even though at times I cant see the fruits of my labor.. it doesnt matter. Because I know that every person we find.there is for a reason. Thankyou God. :)

There was one morning this week... that almost killed me. I couldnt move my body. I couldnt get myself to get up and get going. I felt as if all the stress in the world was on me. I tried so hard to keep myself upbeat, but I just wanted to break down and cry. So I walked over to my desk and grabbed my bible. I said in a prayer in my head and said.. Heavenly Father Im serious right now. Please give me a message in your scriptures. 

And this is what I opened up to:

Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save,he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joyover thee with singing.

I am so grateful for these lifechanging experiences Ive had on the mission. The more I hear from God the more I wanna scream I LOVE AND I HOPE!! Im so grateful for the trials that Ive had. THAT IS WHY IM HAPPY. Thats the secret to happiness. Is the tough things we have to go through in life. There is always always always a light at the end of the tunnel. Im excited for the things that God has in store for me and baby V. :) 

Love you guys. Peace and blessins!! 

HERMANA TERRYBLEMENTE MAD CON ANIMO!!!!! Carry on Carry on Carry on!

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!!!!!