PIE

March 7, 2016

Well this week has been a pretty good week, we had our leader ship meeting this week and I was able to see all the missionaries from Obregon, ahhhhh I miss Obregon! =´) And well, when we were coming to a close with the meeting, The President called me and Hermana Strong up to bare our testimony to all of the leaders because we will both be ending our missions in this transfer (but we were surprised because we still have one more meeting to attend...) I was not expecting to bare my testimony, so I had not thought of anything to say haha but the revelation came and I was able to bare a good testimony, and I DIDN'T CRY!!!! WHOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!! haha ahhhhhhhhhh I can't believe how fast time has gone by :'( 

I can now officially say that I have forgotten how to speak English, this week we received a new missionary to our zone and she is from the US and doesn't know any Spanish yet, so I tried talking with her on the phone to see how she was doing and the conversation went like:

Me: "HEY!! COMO ESTA? QUE TAL?"

her: "what?"

me:" I mean, how are you doing...como le fue....I mean how was your di- I mean day! How was your day?!?" 

haha my English is so bad! I cant even teach my companion how to speak English, because I don't know how XP Family! You better find someone who can translate for me when I get back, or you're not going to understand anything I'm going to say haha

I learned how to make a pie with my companion this week!!! Haha I know its sad, that I am finally learning how to cook my last transfer in the mission XP We made a pie for our bishop Saturday in the night and we took it to him and his family Sunday evening to surprise them, because they are an amazing family!! =D

So that's a short summary of my week, I love you all!!!!! Have an awesome week!!!!! =D

Love, Hermana Orison =D

Transfers

February 29, 2016

SO we had transfers yesterday, and can you guess what happened?....Yep, me and Hermana Pacheco are together for another transfer!!! WHOOOOOOW!!!!!! Hermana Pacheco is going to kill me!!!! (meaning she is my last companion ha) I can't believe this is my last transfer, where did the time go? 

Today we went to the bus station to help all the Sisters and Elders in our zone get onto their buses. I will admit I was a little sad to see all of them go. It made me even sadder to think that this was the last transfer I would ever see...But I am excited for this last transfer, we have had many amazing missionaries coming to our zone, I know this will be the best transfer of my mission =) 

Haha this week was very stressful because it was the last week of the month and it is usually when everyone baptizes, and we were going crazy helping everyone in our area and in the other sisters areas. One night we were really freaking out trying to plan and help everyone and our zone leader called us, and we told him all that was going on and he said

"Hermanas, lets do a practice"

"A practice?" We said confused, did he want us to practice teaching him over the phone? 

"Yes, Okay, Follow my lead" he said "1..2..3, inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth" So we sat there breathing into the phone with him for a minute haha and then he said "Okay, now that we are all calmed down, I want you guys to know everything is okay, don't worry, lets plan this out step by step..." hahaha it was the best!

Now when we are walking in the street and cant find anyone and we are stress, we start taking deep breaths haha we call it our "zone leader moment" 

So if any of you are feeling stressed right now take a "Zone Leader moment" And breath haha, I love you all, and I hope you have an amazing week =D

Love Hermana Orison =)

Soldadura!!

February 22, 2016

Buenas tardes!!!!!! How is everyone been this week? Haha this week was a little interesting.

The sisters in our zone have been having a few issues so the zone leaders and Hermana Pacheco sent me out to do two divisions with two companionships this week, so I got to hang out in two different areas this week and I got to help them find some golden investigators. I helped them to have more motivation =) haha! It was so weird not being in my area or with my companion for 3 days, I almost came back to my area and companion crying because I missed them so much hahaha =P 

We arrived at the house of a member yesterday and she told us that she needed some one to weld her fence together because the person she hired never showed up, you have no idea how tempted I was to grab the welder and start welding haha, If I wasn't in a skirt or the mission I would have totally done it! XP 

The night before our district meeting a district leader from a different district called us and asked if we could give a presentation in his district to motivate the Elders (who don't have too much time in the mission) in his district in the morning. We told him yes and the next morning we had about 20 minutes to study for our presentation for the elders. We were not sure what we wanted to teach them, until I flipped to D&C 50:13-22, and I realized that I should teach them Elder Bednar Style) Entering into the room full of elders, we pulled out this scripture and read it with them, with every two verses I shared a story or experience to help them apply the principal and recognize how important their calling is, and when we finished the training they were all silent and the room was full of the spirit. During the week we had the chance to see them put into practice what we had taught them, and hear of some of the miracles that they saw. It was a really special experience for me =) 

Tengan una buena semana!!!!! LES AMO MUCHO!!!!!!!!!!

Hermana Orison =)

16 Months :O

February 15, 2016

Hola a todos!!!!!!!!!

Well, today I have officially completed 16 months in my mission and my companion completes 14 months. I'm in shock that time has gone by so fast haha! I don't even know what to say about it!

But this week was really good and really difficult haha (Another opportunity to progress, yes!) I know that right now it is only Feburary but I don't think Los Mochis knows that because summer has come back in full force! I think we were in about the 90's this week, ahhhhhh I thought I could come back home just a little bit white, but I think I am going to come back black XP

 Valentines was fun, entering the church with our investigator and her daughter, all the members handed us heart suckers and shook our hands and gave us hugs, wishing us a happy valentines day. A few members walked into our class of Gospel Principals and hung up a huge poster full of photos of missionaries, and it was a huge thank you note. Awwwwwwww I love this ward! They know how to make the missionaries feel loved here for Valentines day =)

All in all, this week has been good, I don't know why but I am just noticing a lot of changes in me and in the mission. I have been having many opportunities to teach and help other missionaries improve their teaching skills, and its just amazing to see how they change as well. I don't know why but I cant really describe how I feel right now, I'm just really happy, even when no one wants to open their doors for us and its about a 100 degrees outside, and everyone keeps throwing challenges at us, I am happy because I know this is where I am supposed to be =) And there is no where else I would rather be then in the work of my Padre Celestial =) I love this mission so much, I don't want it to end!!!!!!

A generation of Leaders.

Our Valentines Present.

Ive changed a little

February 8, 2016

Wow, this week has been so tiring but good. First we started the week off with a Leadership meeting, so we drove 3 hours to Obregón and spent the night there (WHOOOW I LOVE OBREGON I MISS IT SO MUCH!!!) then we had out meeting and took a bus back here to Los Mochis and pretty much crashed into our beds with exhaustion. Haha but I had a really cool experience while I was on the bus ride to Obregón, that really made me realize how much the mission really changes you.

When we arrived to the bus station and climbed onto the bus, I realized I was assigned a seat up front while all the other missionaries had all been assigned seats to the back of the bus. So I sat down in my seat waiting to see who would be my neighbor for the next three hours. Can you imagine who it was? Or what he looked like? It was a really big guy from Guatamala haha!

He climbed over my seat and sat down beside, and I dont know how but I was able to strike up a conversation with him about religions, and he told me the missionaries had visited him before about 10 years ago, and that he had baptized with our church, but because of work had not attended church for many years.

So I started sharing the message of the restoration. I explained to him how Jesucristo came to this earth to establish his church why he established it and then I explained how important it was to go to church and obey the commandments and how we could change and be better through repentance. Then I asked him if he remembered the steps to repentance and he told me he had forgotten it.

So I grabbed a bible and pamphlet and taught him the six steps of repentance, and he loved it! and the conversation ended like this "Hermano, will you use these six steps tonight to repent and get rid of your sins?"

"yes!"

"and will you go to church this Sunday so you can partake of the sacrament?"

"yes! I will go to church this Sunday!" He said with a lot of enthusiasm.

I then got off the bus, and a lady I didn't know yelled

"Muchacha! Venga!" (lady come here!)

I was a Little hesitant to walk over to her because she looked mad (the people of obregón have an angry Spanish accent that you have to get used to haha. I am not kidding!) but I walked over to her.

"I just really want to thank you for what you did back there, we need more people like you, who really REALLY preach the góspel at all times and in all places, that was amazing. Thank you so much, you really helped me." She said grabbing me and giving me a quick hug and then she quickly walked away.

I just stood there for a minute stunned, what just happened? I just taught a man about the góspel and called him to repentance, as well as this lady, in a language I didnt know before...Wow It was a moment that really made me realize how much the misión has changed me.I would have never done anything like that before... haha Whoow!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT HERE!!!!!!

HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK!!!!

Love,

Hermana Orison

Milagros =)

February 1, 2016

Haha wow this week has been amazing!! I don't have to much time to write today because we have to catch a bus soon.

I know I only have a little bit of time left here in the mission, so this week my companion and I decided that we were going to give this week everything that we had, we were going to dedicate every minute to God. And we did, and God blessed us in more ways then we could ever imagine!!! Everyday we had faith that we would find many people and that we would have many opportunities to teach the Gospel.

 God just threw people at us to teach haha! Every time we contacted someone in the street they accepted us into our house to teach a lesson, one day we were able to teach 10 lessons!!! I didn't even know that was possible!!! Our zone leaders called us to ask what we were doing to teach so many people (because the asistants had called them to ask us what we were doing haha) I've just seen so many miracles this week! Reading some of your emails today, has made me realized that God is showering down blessings upon me, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh IIII LOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have not served one, SERVE ONE!!!!! Its the best thing in the world!!!!!!!! AND WORK LIKE THE 2nd COMING IS TOMORROW!!!!!!! 

I love you all!!!!! Have an amazing week!!!!!!

My scripture for the week: Mormon 9:19-21, 28

I'M GOING TO DIE IN A VILLAGE!!!! WHOOOOOOOW!!!!!

January 25, 2016HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COMO ESTAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This week has been a really good week, haha all though I have been sooooo lost. My new area is HUUUUUUUUGE!!!!! We cover a few parts in the city of Los Mochis and we cover a village that is about an hour away from the city, that's right a VILLAGE!!! haha I always wanted to die in a humble area (die= end the mission) and I guess God answered my wishes haha YES!!!!. Right now I am still trying to get to know the area, it is so different compared to my other areas XP

My companion and I, Hermana Pacheco, have had a lot of success this week! We are finding so many people that are just ready to learn and I love it here because the people our so humble and just want to learn. It is quite a blessing after working in a richer area for 7 months. I still miss my other area, but I am slowly falling in love with the people here in this area. My goal is to put everything I've got into this area, I want to split a ward dang it!!! haha wish me luck! ;)

I just want to say this is the best mission in the world and I am loving every moment here, the good ones and the bad ones, I am just so grateful that God has given me so many opportunities to learn and grow here. That's what the gospel is about, to learn and grow, to become more like our heavenly father and Christ. I invite you to apply the attributes of Christ in your lives, every night kneel down and ask God what else you can do to be better, and I invited you to attend church and partake of the Sacrament. Because it is only during the precious minutes of the sacrament that we receive divine revelation from God for the things we can change and the people we can help.

I love you all!!! Have an amazing week!!!

Con Mucho Amor,

Hermana Orison 

Photo: We are walking to our Village!

Im preparing for the olympics, since I will be back in time for them ;P

and I found a Iguana!!! (sp?)

Heart Broken

January 18, 2016

So today is transfer day, and..... well I have been a little worried about this day all week. I didn't know if I would transfer to another area or stay here in Obregon (I have been in this ward for 7 and a half months now, and I didn't know if President was going to leave me here to finish the mission...) and the day before transfers, me and my companion went to knock on one of our Investigators doors and as I knocked on the door, I felt my heart drop in my chest and I suddenly I just wanted to burst out crying. 

"Whats wrong!?!?!" my companion asked, wondering why I suddenly looked so sad. 

"I'm transferring...to Los Mochis" I replied, really sad because I didn't want to leave this ward.

"No your not, you are going to stay here," She laughed trying to cheer me up, we still didnt know about the transfers in that moment.

Haha but the next day, in church one of our Zone leaders came up to us and told me that I would be transfering to Los Mochis again...AHHHHHHHH, I just wanted to cry Obregon feels like my home, yesterday I said goodbye to everyone and everyone was crying, it was so hard to leave today, It felt harder to leave there then it was to leave from home. I am going to miss everyone so much =( But I am now starting a new chapter in Mochis, We just arrived about an hour ago, and it seems really awesome here, my companion is pretty legit and I know we are going to have many miracles here. I love you all!!!! I hope you have an amazing week!!!!!!

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Orison

My companion didn't want me to leave Obregon haha!