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!!!!!

Terrys lose a son, I gain a missionary brother!

Hey hey hey waddup my little gringos. :) Today is a sad/happy day for the Terry Family. Were losing one brave young man thats taking two years of his life to serve the people in Chile. Im so unbelieveabley proud of you bro. Youre gonna kill it.:) Share that strong testimony of yours and the people of Chile will be changed forever. CANT WAIT TO TALK IN SPANISH I MEAN CASTELLANO WIH YOU. QUE TRISTE QUE NO VA A APRENDER EL MEJOR IDIOMA EN TODO EL MUNDO. Castellano. Che. Vos. Cheee. VOS. Hah.

This morning I read a quote that Id like to share with yall :
How do I change?
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labor.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will think of past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
Today I will be the master of my emotions.

BE HAPPY YALL. MOM DONT CRY DAD DONT CRY EMMA DONT CRY PAUL DONT CRY LUKE DONT CRY. MAX WILL BE OKAY! HES IN GODS HANDS!!!

Well well well. This week was a week full of miracles. We had a conference meeting and I learned soo much. My mind is like so enlightened right now. I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING! THERE CAN BE MILAGROS WHEN YOU BELIEVE. <i feel so inspired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! President ayre talked about SUCCESS=THE VISION. and the vision is what we believe we can do on the mish. We talked about what is a succesful missionary and there was one comment that I loved... A missionary that has success is a missionary that has a testimony of the ATONEMENT. I love that. The more I learn about Christ and his atonement... the more I just wanna go out and run and scream this message to people. You could say Im a little EXCITED:) We also talked about success is knowing how to win. :) And then Pres showed a video... of......... MESSI. OH. OH. OH. Who wouldve thought that I would feel the spirit in a video of messi shooting his goals? WOW. I cried. HAHA. Messi is my hero. I wrote in my journal that Miss Marie the missionary WILL BE LIKE MESSI. I WILL WIN. I WILL FIND GODS CHILDREN AND BRING THEM TO THE WATERS OF BAPTISM.

Bueno and then Pres did something super embarassing and he called me up in front of everyone and he was like Hermana Terry is always happy. She always makes me happy when I talk to her. How do you do it? And my comp was like.. ITS TRUE SHES NEVER MAD OR SAD. Hahahaha. Its funny pres said that because now that I think of it... I am happy. Like truly deep down HAPPY. And I dont know why?! ALL I know is that this happiness comes from GOD. It comes from serving on this mission, not surface happy, but happy that God loves his children and he will use you to love them if you let him.  Thats joy people!  Pure Joy!  You love people in their heartache and pain and give of yourself freely to those God asks you to help, and hello happiness!   Thanks God for giving me the opportunity to serve in the best mission in the entire world.  This mission IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY! ITS AN HONOR to be serving in this time where the numbers are doublinggg. All thanks to he hermanasss. HOLLA.

They showed another video of ¨¨the race¨¨ The spirit hit me so strong and whispered to me.. THAT IS YOU. I wanna be like that girl. Nothing will get in my way.

And then Pres talked about how he wanted to start his own business and he kept failing.. and failing... and failing.. so many unfair things had happened to him. he had a day of just crying... he felt so useless. He turned on the tv and the micael jordan commercial came on. YOU guys gotta watch it. He says something in the video that hit me like a ton of bricks. ¨¨Ive failed over and over and over again but THAT IS WHY I SUCCEED.¨¨¨AND THEN THE SPIRIT WAS SO KIND TO ME AND GAVE ME A MEMORY THAT MADE ME APPRECIATE THE PARENTS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME. I remembered when dad got laid off from his job and it felt like the end of the world. I remembered the christmas where mom and dad were so worried about spending a dime on anything. But guess what came from this?! DAD HAD A THOUGHT THAT I BELIEVE GOD PUT IN HIS HEAD.. START YOUR OWN BUSINESS. And wow. Dad now has his very own business and it is growing like crazzy now. And mom supported you every step of the way.  She always encouraged you and faith it would work.  I even heard her praying for you and your business alot. Dad you are THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of SUCCESS. Miracles happen when we believe. I just know it. Thats how all the sinners and the sick were healed because THEY BELIEVED that CHRIST could heal them. I can do all things IN CHRIST!! It was truly a meeting that changed my mission.

So ya. Pres pretty much told us this month was special and that we needed to baptize alll of the anitgos investigadores that we had. No importa cuanto asistencia que tienen... baptize them all.

ME AND BABY G (jajaja my name for Hermana Gonzalez) WERE SOOO PUMPED!!!! WE HAD LIKE 20 old INVESTIGATORS THAT WE NEEDED TO FIND AND BAPTIZE BY THIS SUNDAY (LAST SUNDAY)

WE HAD 3 BAPTISMS READY TO GO yesterday... but they all canceled. It was a huge trial of our faith.. but I will say I AM SO HAPPY because I know we did everything and more to achieve our goal. WE FOUND an investigator ON FRIDAY that had all the lessons and was ready to be baptized THIS SUNDAY but had problems with the law of chastity. BUT NO IMPORTA because he wants to change. Thats whats so beautiful about being a missionary. I get to help people overcome their bad habits. I have faith Pablo will be baptized.

CHRISTIAN was so close to be baptized but in the end told us he feels pressure. its true. Weve reallly been pushing it with him. He is a smoker but for some MIRACLE hes done o one ciggarette a day. He told us on Friday that he really needed to smoke but when he tried to, he could move his ARM. And there was a pain in his chest. He told us that in that moment he elt God was really lookin out for him and wants to prepare him to be baptized and be a new christian. isnt that so cool??!!

And theres Angel. Hes 11 years old:) ES UN CAPO!! His two older siblings and dad are members. :) OUr goal is to have him and his mom be baptized:) FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

Pray for us. OUr goal at the beginning of his transfer was to baptize 3 souls. I KNOW. I KNOW I KNOW THIS WILL HAPPEN. I BELIEVE! :):)

Also this week President came to la boca and came with us to visit our investigators. LEGIT!!!! SO AMAZING!!!!

OKay well. IM SO IN LOVE WITH LA BOCA. I love life. Im praying for Max and you guys. ALllll my love.

HERMANA TERRYBLE.

 ok so I know you wont approve of this picture but we all take a picture like this when we hit our nine month mark.  Get It?  Nine months?  And birth is ready!  HAHAHA!  Dont judge people, we all gotta take the picture.  I dont wanna be left out. 

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!

Fear Nothing!

BUEN DIA MIS AMORES. COMO ANDAN?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all.... HAPPY FREAKIN FATHERS DAY!!!!! Ahhh DAD! YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Im serious. I was sitting in sacrament meeting yesterday and I was looking around at all the dads.. You are the Dad that everyone wants. The love you have for your kids... literally kills me. Its a gift that you have. The dads here arent as fun, loving, caring, funny as you. Dont you fret. No one will ever take your place. YOU have my heart POPS! I love you sooo much. I miss ya like crazy. I feel closer to you out on the mish! THank you for your support. You are so supportive. :) I hope you had a good fathers day. All the dads here made asado, got drunk, watched the game and then got even more drunk. Yaaayyyy.
:)

Ahhh this week. :):):) I am officially in love with this place. The people here are sooo good. Such good hearts. :) WE have sooooooo many investigators.. but only two came to church yesterday :( IN our mission the investigators have to have three asistencia para poder bautizarse. Gahh but whateves.

First theres Debora. She is sooo special to me. Heres her story: Shes been taken advantage of her whole life. She has three kids from three different husbands. Her whole life peoeple have told her shes worth nothing and never gonna get far in her life. Shes tried so hard to chooose the right and come close to God, but she feels like shes not forgiven. She feels trapped. She wants to be baptized but her boyfriend doesnt wanna get married:( Her kids always ask her why shes crying and she never knows what to say. She told us she doesnt know who she is and who God thinks she is. I felt the words from me and my moms song come on in my head, WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL is what I see. When I look at her.
The spirit was gettin at me telling me I needed to OPEN MY MOUTH and tell her how much worth she has. So thats what I did:) I first told her that we are representatives of Jesus Christ. WE LITERALLY HAVE THE POWER OF GOD. We receive revelation for the people who we are teaching. And at that moment I told her that God is trying to talk to you! Hes telling me that he loves you and  you ave sooo much worth. YOU ARE A DAUGHTER OF GOD with eternal potential. This isnt the end of your life! I see you in white getting baptized and then in the temple with your family. Gahh I hope something touched her. Almost every day I hear God tell me... Tell her this... or tell him this... ALL the time. Its just another testimony to me that this is Gods work. And im literally just the person who opens her mouth and says what God wants me to say.

 Debora is only 21 years old but feels like her life is over. She and her boyfriend live in this tiny little house. He drinks and smokes and his brothers all do drugs. Ahhmy heart aches because they tell us they wanna change but dont wanna give up drinking. Slowly but surely. I have faith in this family. More faith in sweet Debora. :)
Here in Agrentina its weird.. causse theres like 5 houses in one house..? Haha kind of a like a villa. The villas in the mission are only for the elders and thats where baptisims come like crrrazzzy! Its a tiiiiiny bit dangerous.. our area.. but not too bad. :) I need to look more like a latina. I hate being the rubia. Im safer if I go the Latina route.  Just trust me.  I will not be answering questions about that either.

The other is Christian. Long story short.. we had a referencia and his name was Christian. So we went to go find his house.. but his number does not exist?! WEre like whatt?! We asked everyone.. but no one knew. So we walked a little further and stopped this man on the street. We told him we were looking for Christian. And hes like... IM CHRISTIAN!! AHHH! But he was a different Christian! AHHH. He told us.. thats not a coincidence and that its from God! Hes been praying to God and asking for guidance in his life. Hes a lot like Juan. Suuuuuper depressed. Him and his wife just had a divource and everyone in his family hates him. :( But he came to church this sunday and felt the spirit a fulll. AHH! Isnt that amazing! Its amazing what God can do and how he works. He knew all along that this reference would lead us to another person with the same name... who needed US in these hard times hes having. Gahh. God is just so amazing.

Both Debora and Christian and everyone else in Argentina have the same ideas about God. And the truth.. I HATE IT. Because they all think that God punishes. THEY DONT UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS. There are people who have NO hope that God could ever forgive him. And so what do they do? They go off into the deeper end and push God away. They dont feel worthy that God could ever have grace and compassion for them.

I know what I know. And what I know:) IS THAT GOD DOESNT PUNISH  AND CONDEMN PEOPLE. HES NEVER FURIOUS AT US. I testify with all my heart that GOD WILL ALWAYS FORGIVE US from our sins. God NEVER looks at us and says, No youre a bad person. Im not gonna talk to you. NO!! WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL IS WHAT HE SEES WHEN HE LOOKS AT US. And its my HONOR to preach and testify to these people THE POWER OF THE ATONEMENT. THATS WHAT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS ALL ABOUT. What happened with Adam and Eve is soo absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! GOD KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING that we were gonna sin and mess up... THATS WHY HE GAVE US HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. His message to the world SCREAMS HOPE and says COME TO ME MY PRECIOUS PRINCESS AND I WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE. I KNOW these thoughts come directly from the heavens. I knew Jesus felt EVERY PAIN, SIN, SICKNESS, SADNESS. HE KNOWS US. He judges us differently because we are all DIFFERENT! He is more loving, more merciful than we could EVER imagine. Im grateful that I can be an instrument in Gods hands and testify to these people that God lives and that his plan for us is ABSOLUTELY 100 PERCENT PERFECT. We can be clean from our sins!! I get to invite people to repent and be baptized on a daily basis!! Now I understand WHY we invite people to be baptized the first visit. Its to really see if they are truly the people who God has prepared. I used to have sooo much fear. BUT NOW I DONT FEAR IN ANYTHING. IM BOLD. AND IM GETTING MORE AND MORE COURAGE EVERY DAY. Holla. :)

MAX I love ya bud. These next few days are gonna blow your mind. Im so excited for you. You have an amazing 2 years ahead of you. :) Work hard and follow the spirit. :) Be obedient. :)

YOU are gonna rock it in Santiago! We will be emailing each other every week alright? :) GOOD LUCK with your farewell! :)  You wont SEE me in the audience, but my heart and soul are with you brother.  Brother and Sister missionaries forever!  Sibling powers unite!  HERE WE COME!

WELL THATS IT FOLKS! :) LOVES!