Yah need to pray!

October 26, 2015

AHHHHHHH!!!!! I AM ALIVE!! I CANT BELIEVE IT!!! Haha, this week has been so stressful! I think last night was the first night I have slept this entire week haha (I cant sleep with stress X/) But, everything was worth it, because our Investigator Luis was Baptized this past Saturday! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously one of the best days of my life!! We are so proud of him and the changes he has made in his life =) 

The days leading up to his Baptism were very hard, we had a lot of difficulties and many tears but we made it =D The day of the Baptism was a little stressful too haha we had a little miracle.

My companion and I went to the Church at 8:00 in the morning to fill the baptism font (because our mission leader and the elder were busy) so we turned on the water and realized the water was draining because the pump was on. So we had to go to another room to turn the pump off, but the door to this room was locked. We put the key in the lock and tried to unlock it and it would not budge, I gave it the key another turn and it broke...O,O yes it broke, right in the lock (AHHHHHH!) Luckily the part of the key that broke did not get stuck in the lock and I was able to pull it out. But it was still locked...

We quickly ran across the city to find someone else with keys to the church, we found a member from another ward with keys to the church and then we ran back to the church and tried to unlock the door again. I put the key into the door and it still would not unlock, we were a little stressed because it was an hour and a half before the baptism ,and we still hadn't started the water for the baptism font. 

I stood there trying to unlock the door for 20 minutes but it would not budge. Finally we called our district leader to ask for advice, and guess what he told us? Are you guessing? Yep, he told us to kneel down and pray first, and if that didn't work, we needed to call him again. 

Yes I know, before my mission I would have said that my district leader was crazy and for him to run  over to the church immediately, but in the mission I have realized that prayer is the first thing we have to do for any conflict. So me and my companion kneeled down on the concrete and said a prayer. When we finished the prayer I felt a lot calmer and I felt like I should try the door one more time. I put the same key into the same lock, and it clicked and the door swung open...Me and my companion were speechless. We couldn't believe that the prayer had worked. It was definitely our miracle for the day haha it was amazing!!!

I just want to say the mission is the best thing in the world and everyone needs to serve one because it is amazing!! I hope you are all doing well, and all of you that are concerned for me with the huge hurricane, please don't worry about the truth I didn't know a hurricane hit close to here until I read your letters haha, so no se preocupe!!! I LOVE YAH ALL!!! HAVE A GREAT HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Love Hermana Orison

P.S. We got transfer calls yesterday and I will be staying here another Transfer, WHOOOOW!!! 4 Transfers in Obregon!!!! Its a dream come true!!!! =D

I think I am going to dress as a Bible Basher for Halloween...;)

I lack faith?!

October 12 2015

Buenas Tardes!!!! Como estan????

Wow, this week flew by really fast!! I will say, that it was really hard. All of the appointments we had fell through for the first 4 days of this week, and we couldn't find anyone to teach, because no one was in their houses X( We felt like we were wandering around in circles and having no success. I could not figure out what we were dong wrong, or what we were missing. 

I think the hardest thing about being a trainer, is that even when everything is going wrong, and your not having success, you still have to be happy and  keep a smile on your face to motivate your companion, Because if they see that your feeling down, and unmotivated, they will feel it too. Then, there will be no success at all. 

So, we came home Thursday night, with not to much success and  I was a little sad but I was trying to motivate and cheer up my companion. That was when our zone leaders called to check up on us and asked how our day went. I was honest and told them that the day did not go so well. They said a lot of things to motivate us, and one of my Leaders finally said,....

"Hermana Orison, you lack faith, you just need to have a little more faith and you will have success." Ill admit, I was a little offended by what he said. I felt like I had faith, I had hope that we could find new people, and I was acting on that, and looking for those people. How was I lacking faith?

After the phone call, I listened to some of the talks from the conference, pondering the question "How could I increase my faith?" ,and I received the answer through the Talk of President Monson. To have true faith we cannot doubt the will of God, even when we are going through challenges. Because it is through challenges that God will try and strengthen our faith. When we throw away all of our doubts and fears, that is when we truly have faith. The power of God works through us according to our faith. (Moroni 10:7) If we have enough faith, we are capable of performing miracles!

The next day, I threw away all my doubts and fears and went to work. We found two new people who accepted baptismal dates. The next we found two more, and Yesterday we taught four new people! I know that if we have faith God will help us through any challenge! He wants all of us to succeed, we just need to put our confidence in him and He will do the rest =D I love this Gospel! 

Love Hermana Orison

Conference

October 5th

Wow! Can I just say I love conference!! I had the awesome opportunity to watch the Saturday sessions in English (Gringo Power whoow!!!) and the Sunday sessions in Spanish, both of them were beautiful =) 

Before I watched conference I wrote a bunch of questions in my notebook (about the mission, life, etc) and the conference answered every single one of them! I love how the conference was talking a lot about the Plan of Salvation and how we can apply this Gospel in our lives. I loved the talk by Elder Uchtdorf that spoke about simplifying the way we apply the Gospel in our lives and why some people benefit from the Gospel more then others. 

We will receive blessings and benefit from the Gospel when we have come to truly love it. And I mean LOVE IT! When we come to love every commandment, principal, doctrine and ordinance that is in this Gospel. When we strive to live it 110%. When we look at the commandments and apply them in our everyday lives (for example commandment 1 and 2, is to put nothing else above God, maybe you can ask yourself the question are you using your iPhone or electronics more then your scriptures?). When we truly absolutely love it, we are promised to receive blessings! We are promised to benefit from this Gospel more then we could ever imagine, in this life and for eternity! I am so happy and excited that I have the opportunity to have this Gospel in my life, and that we have Prophets and Apostles today to give us the guidance that we need, to help, improve and grow. They really are a gift from God =)

I love you all!!! Please study the conference talks and look for ways to apply every talk in your life. Every talk has at least one commitment, I invite you to looks for the commitments and apply them into your lives =) 

Love Hermana Orison =)

P.s. I want to hear everyone's experiences from conference, tell me what you got out of it and how you will apply it =)

We went running to the Lagoon this morning! Whoow! (haha I think my companion is going to kill me, she hates running! =P) and we found some exercise machines by the Lagoon!! =D

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!! =)

This is my Beloved daughter hear her...

September 21st

Hola!! Whoow! This week was definitely different. I didn't know being a trainer/Mom could be so hard and so awesome. The first two days of this week were really hard, it seemed like we couldn't find anyone to teach and when we got back to apartment, I said a really long prayer to help us have success this week. I knew if we were obedient in everything God would bless us with success and the best thing about training is that your companion follows your lead in everything and they don't have any bad habits like missionaries who have time in the mission, so teaching them to be obedient is easy and I love it =) The next DAY we ended up teaching 9 lessons and found 3 new people to teach! It was awesome!!! It's not something that happens everyday. =) Yeah me and Hermana Puc are ROCKING THIS AREA!!!! this is going to be an awesome transfer =)

This week I officially completed 11 months in my mission, 2 years in the church and 1 week as a trainer, WHOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!! Time is flying by so fast! I don't know where its going, but it needs to slow down a little bit haha. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in my mission I feel your prayers everyday. I am sorry if I have not responded to some of your emails, I promise I read them! I just don't always have time to answer them =P But I love you!!! Thank you for everything!!! Have an amazing week!!!

Love,

Hermana Orison =)

Plan "Z"

September 7th

Whoow! So This week has been hard but good! I have had quite an experience that I want to share with all of you.

Friday morning, all of our appointments fell through as well as all of our back'up plans. When we have moments like this, I have realized that God has someone planned for us to visit, someone that we did not plan for. Me and my companion felt we had to visit a member named Elbia, a member we had just reactivated.

We knocked on her door and she let us in and she looked really tense. She quickly blurted out, ¨hermanas I don't want to go to church anymore¨ we were silent at first, wondering what made her say that, she then continued ¨I don't feel like I am progressing in the church, my family is fighting and does not want to hear the gospel, my daughter told me she would never be baptized in this church and I am old and divorced. How can I have an eternal family? How can I progress?¨

This was a difficult situation and question, but I have definitely thought about this question before. I am happy to say that I have gained a testimony that God sent us to this world to prepare us for a future greater than anything we can comprehend. The way we prepare for this amazing future is by simply obeying His commandments and enduring to the end.

As Isaiahs (55.9) Uchtdorf puts it

I think God knows something we don’t—things that are beyond our capacity to comprehend! Our Father in Heaven is an eternal being whose experience, wisdom, and intelligence are infinitely greater than ours.4 Not only that, but He is also eternally loving, compassionate, and focused on one blessed goal: to bring to pass our immortality and eternal life.5

In other words, He not only knows what is best for you; He also anxiously wants you to choose what is best for you.

The commandments are our guide to living a better life that is full of blessings, God gave them to us to help us prosper and be happy. When we look at the commandments as blessings instead of restrictions, we can reach our full potential in this life. 

I explained all of this to Elbia, and tears weld up in her eyes and she told me that she wanted to serve a mission, that she was going to do everything she could to enter the temple and then serve a mission. I am so excited for her!!!! Right now I cant even describe how happy I am, this week I have learned to be grateful for all of the challenges I am having because I know they are preparing me for something better, Ah! THE MISSION IS THE BEST!!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! 

CON MUCHO AMOR,

Hermana Orison 

(Getting ready for Stake Conference)

El Hospital

August 31st

HHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! MIS AMIGOS!!!!

Ah, Well I dont know how to describe this week, it was really hard XP We had an investigator with A baptism date for the 29th but he ended up going to the Hospital the day of his Baptism because he had heart problems (Sometimes I really just want to punch Satan in the face XP) So, he didn't have his baptism =( But he is doing okay, and accepted a blessing from the Bishop (I was so excited when he got a blessing, it was an awesome experience for him =D) And he is preparing for his baptism again, whooooooow!!!!!!!!

Love you all!!! HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK!!!!!

Con mucho Amor, 

Hermana Orison

That Awkward moment when you are in the middle of a lesson and your whole book of Mormon falls apart infront of your investigator, haha Yeah I think I use it a little to much XP

El Momento incomodo cuando estas en medio de una leccion y su Libro de Mormon se desmorno enfrente de su investigador, jaja creo que lo uso mucho XP

El Libro De Mormon

August 24

This week has been a real testimony builder (There are no such things as bad days in the mission, there are good days and then there are amazing days!) These past few weeks our leaders have been really drilling us to use the Book of Mormon in every moment possible in our missions, especially in our lessons with our investigators (Which at times can be really hard here in Mexico because about 90 percent of the people here are catholic and only believe in the Bible). Wave been studying a toooooooon to apply the book of Mormon in every situation.

We have been teaching one investigator named Philpe, and he talks a TON, and I mean a TON! He just keeps talking, and talking. My companion and I were having a really hard time teaching him because we couldn't say anything. So One day I got the idea to teach our next lesson only with the scriptures (because he does not talk while we read a scripture) So the next lesson we pretty much read the plan of salvation to him from the book of Mormon (worked amazingly!) We were going to assign him a part of the book of Mormon to read for the next lesson but he told us he lost his glasses, and could not get another pair of glasses until the next week, so he couldn't read it. So we told him we would read it with him the next appointment.

Haha at the following appointment, we started reading the chapter with him and every time we read off a name he would say "Oh Nephi was the prophet that built a boat and had two bad older brothers..." we looked at him in shock wondering how he knew all of that and he told us that after we read the book of Mormon with him he felt that it was really important that he read it, so he searched for the audio version on YouTube and listened to it until 3:00 in the morning. Haha!! I could not believe it!! Me and my companion left his house with big grins on our faces =D ¡ESCOGIDO!!!!!!

I Know that the book of Mormon is true and that it has a answer for every question we will ever have in our lives, this week we had a meeting and Hermana Munive told us about an experience her daughter had with the book of Mormon. Her daughter wanted to play a sport in high school and she couldn't decided if she wanted to play tennis or Volley Ball, and a Sister Missionary told her that she should ask God which one she should play and then look in the Book of Mormon for the answer. The first verse she will read will have the answer to her question. 

So her daughter prayed and opened the Book of Mormon to a random page and put her finger on a verse that was about a war between the Lamanites and Nephites. She ponder the verse for a few minutes and said, that she had to play volley ball. 

Her mom asked her how this verse had the answer for the question, and her daughter simply said "The Nephites and Lamanites are like teams, fighting against each other, they are not just two people. And volley ball is in teams and with tennis we are alone, so the answer is volley ball" 

we got a laugh out of the story, but we were told to apply it, and I have applied this method a ton this week and have got a answer for every question. This Book just became more amazing for me! I know if we pray, read and ponder the scriptures we will have an answer for everything and we will receive guidance for every trial we will have in our lives. I invite you all to pray and read the Book of Mormon with questions in mind and I promise you will receive an answer =)

Love you all!!! Have an amazing week!!!!

Love Hermana Orison =)

Baptism Photo with my District (Foto de un Baptismo con mi distrito)

I want to see the Temple!

August 10th

Wow, I don't even know where to begin with this week. For one, I am sooooooooo Tired! But this week has been awesome!!!

Our Stake had youth conference this week and they called all the missionaries of the stake to help them out. Haha, we had to help set up a dance and blow up a ton of Balloons! I don't think I have blown up that many balloons in my entire life!! I was definitely a little light headed afterwards ha.

Saturday all the youth went proselyting with the missionaries. They divided us with our wards, and I am in the biggest ward here so we have a ton of youth! They divided me and hermana Ake up and gave us each three Young Women to accompany us. We were given a list of names to visit...mine happened to be in a area that wasn't mine X( so I stole my zone Leaders map and left with the Young Women to teach people! 

First it was stressful because it wasn't my area and I thought the girls were going to pass out from heat stroke, it is about a 110-115 degrees here right now (Its weird I didn't realize it was hot until I looked over and saw them sweating up a storm!) Our first lesson no one wanted to testify, but lesson by lesson it got easier and easier =) and I had the opportunity to teach them how to contact people in the street like a boss! (I love contacting! XD) 

One of the names on the list of members we needed to visit happened to be the mom of one of the girls that was with me. (Yeah a little awkward) we didn't exactly know why her name was on the list and I didn't know if it would be a good Idea to visit her with her daughter but I kept getting the prompting to visit this mom. So we went and I had the daughter pick out the theme for the lesson (she knows the necessities of her family more then I do) and as I was helping her teach the lesson and when I testified about the families, the house filled with the spirit. Her mom started to cry and her dad said this is the message that they needed. I wasn't exactly sure what he meant by that until the next day (Sunday) when I walked into the church and the daughter of this family came running up to me holding up a temple recommend in her hand telling me that they were going to get sealed together this month. One of the happiest moments of my mission! I just wanted to cry! I LOVE THIS MISSION SO MUCH!!!!! HELPING PEOPLE FIND THE GOSPEL IS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

If you feel like something is missing in your life, I invite you to look for the gospel of Jesus Christ and apply it! Read the Book of Mormon, Pray in your families, Go to church and have a Family Home evening every week, if you do these things I PROMISE your life will be better, you will be happier, your relation with God will be stronger and you will have the spirit by your side to guide you and comfort you 24/7.

I love you all!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK!!! GET SOME MISSIONARY WORK DONE!!!!! =D

LOVE Hermana Orison =)