I'm still living I think ;)

January 4th 2016

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Haha yes I am still alive!!! I am sorry that I have not had the chance to write any of you guys these past weeks, I seriously have not had a Pday for three weeks. The work here has been crazy, I am going to try and give you all a big up date because I feel bad that I haven't really written anyone for a while. I will try to send a bunch of pictures too.

Okay starting off this transfer, our president made me and my companion sister training leaders of a zone that is not the zone that we are in, so we are trying to run two zones. That means double the work and stress, but double the fun =) We have two sets of zone leaders and we get to know a ton more missionaries, its the best!!! =D I like looking at transfers as if it's another chapter to my story here in the mission and this chapter I feel like has a theme of sacrifice and concentration (I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL IN ENGLISH AHHHH!!!) I have really learned what it is to sacrifice my time and all my efforts to the lord in this transfer. We have not had a minute to ourselves in this transfer, we are always teaching investigators, members, or training the other sisters, or calling someone to motivate them (haha I have fallen in love with the word ANIMO this past week, it does not have a direct translation in English but it means something like "you can do it" And I love screaming it into the phone when one of my the missionaries we are helping feels down, haha they get a laugh our of it XP) or we are preparing presentations for a meeting (I am proud to say that I can prepare an 1 hour training meeting in about 10 minutes, haha this week has taught me ton!) 

 I have been the happiest missionary this transfer, I have really gained a testimony. I have learned that when you actually lose yourself in the work of God, helping your brother and sisters, dedicating all of your time to them, you will achieve happiness that is unimaginable. I love this work so much!!! It's the best!!!

I want to thank all of you that have supported me in this year, and thank you so much for all of the cards!! I have loved reading them all!! You guys are the best ward and family members ever!!!!!! I know that I only have four months left (wow it is so scary how time flies by so fast) and the truth is I just want all of you guys to move to here to Mexico, because it is so awesome here!! It is going to be so hard to come back home. Ciudad Obregon is like my home, I love the people here!!! This is the best mission ever! It is going to be really hard to talk to you guys when I get back because I am really forgetting my English (I think it's through the power of the holy ghost that I am writing this write now haha) sorry to my family that I couldn't quite speak English  to correctly, I hope you understood what I was saying haha. I love you all please have an awesome week!!!!!  Happy 2016!!!!!! =D

Love Hermana Orison

Photos: Skype call and Christmas party =)

 District Pictures:

The First Vision

November 16, 2015

Wow this week has been a fun one =) 

Haha, my companion and I were teaching the restoration to a new investigator and we were teaching him about Joseph Smith, and my companion right now is still learning the First Vision. When she is nervous she forgets how to say it, and restarted about 3 times. So I gave her the advice one day, to just say it and not restart (because our investigators haven't heard it before so they don't know how it goes...) During this lesson she started saying the first vision, and her face was really serious, listening to what she was saying I realized she was saying it all wrong but her face was so serious that the investigator and I believed her! Hahahah I almost bursted out laughing in the lesson.

I went to a Leadership meeting this week and I got to see everyone from my MTC District =D It was awesome to see everyone again =D

Everyone is putting up Christmas trees and freezing there butts off here, haha (its hitting the 70s and 60s, really cold, no? haha I am going to freeze to death when I get back to Utah XP) 

I have completed 13 months in my mission this week!!! ITS SO CRAZY!!!!!!! WHY IS TIME SO FAST??????? haha I still feel like I only have 6 months in my mission, these have definitely been the best 13 months of my life! I love it here!!! OBREGON!!!! Best mission in the world!!! =D

I love you all!!! Please have an awesome week!!! Oh and I have a request, will everyone please send me a motivating quote every week in your emails? Please? I am running out of quotes to tell my district haha and if you could send them in Spanish, even better =) Love yah all!!! 

Hermana Orison

Dear Jane,

September 28th

Buenas Tardes!

Wow, this week went by so fast! I cant believe it is P-day today, it is so crazy! This week was hard but good. We have had the opportunity to work with a lot members this week and Family History, can I just say that family history is awesome? We have been helping a lot of members find there ancestors to take to the temple this month, and they are all so excited! 

We have all been preparing for conference this upcoming Saturday and Sunday. This conference is going to be awesome! It's going to be a big change because for the first time in history we are going to receive 3 new apostles, WOW! I am so excited for this conference!!! AHHH I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO GET HERE!!!!!!!

Funny Moment of the week:

We finally found one of our investigators that went missing for about 3 weeks, and we set an appointment to meet with him Friday in the evening at a members house.

We arrived at the members house a little early to tell her about the appointment and the member opened the door and held a letter in her hand. "He came by and dropped this off with me to give to you" She said handing us the letter.

The first thought that came to my mind was : "OH NO! our investigator just dear Janed us! una Querida Juanita!!" 

I slowly opened the letter, hesitant to read it, but reading it I was soon filled with awesome happiness. It read " Dear Hermanas, I am praying for you everyday, and I wanted to tell you that I won't make it to our appointment because I need to visit my mom, but I will be back Monday and I want to be Baptized..." Ha ha best letter ever! Why our investigator wrote us a letter to change our appointment instead of sending a message, I don't know, but I am super excited for him =) Please put him in your prayers! =)

I love you all!!! Thank you all for you support!!! You are all amazing!!! =D

LOVE HERMANA ORISON

I finally found the discus statue!!!! My mission is complete haha!!!! Awww I miss my discuses!!! =P

and we got to walk around the Lagoon today, so pretty!! =)