1 Ano Luego

October 19th, 2015

So,... this week I completed 1 year in the mission!! I can't believe it!!! Time has flown by so fast!!! It does not feel like I have been out here for a year, It feels like just yesterday I arrived to Mexico, and didn't know any Spanish (I am now proud to say that I am speaking Spanish in my sleep haha the gift on tongues is real!!).

This has been the best and hardest year of my life! I have enjoyed every minute of it. There is nothing more beautiful then serving a mission, and having the chance to meet so many amazing people and teach them about this beautiful Gospel. I have had the chance to see so many lives change and many miracles happen, I LOVE THE MISSION!!!!

This week we had a lot of success with finding people, and we had 4 investigators come to church, as well as 4 less actives, we were so excited to see them all! I think one thing I have learned during this year is that Patience is key to success. We need to have patience and faith that God knows what He is doing. If we continue with patience, and if we give this work all we've got, God WILL bless us with more blessings then we could ever imagine. =)

I love you all!!! Continue with Patience!!! See you all in 6 months! (Well, that is if my President doesn't let me extend my mission...I think he will...so see you in another year!!! =D...jk Mom and Dad don't have a heart Attack! haha Love you!!! ;P ) 

Love,

Hermana Orison

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 =)

My English Sucks! Whoow!

HOOOOOOOOOOLA!!!!! 

This week has been so long, but very good. We our finding a lot more people to teach that's actually progress, whoooooooow!!!! Miracle!!! Summary of my week:

• Our District had its first English class together (Our President has really been pushing on all the missionaries to learn at least one language in their mission) And we practiced giving the first lesson to each other in English, and I was the only English Speaker in my group, so I lead it off and helped my companion out, haha it was actually really difficult to teach in English because my brain has taught this lesson so many times in Spanish that It forgot all the words in English. When we got done the missionaries we were teaching told me that I sounded like a Mexican trying to speak English, WHOO!!! I have been waiting forever for that insult!! ;)

• I had to give a talk in our ward Sunday, and I didn't end up writing it until the night before (As a missionary in Mexico, you neeeever have free time, never!!) So I wrote my talk about the Holy Ghost because I thought we didn't have specific topics. When we went to sacrament meeting the Bishop announced that I would be talking about Obedience...yeah didn't get that memo...So I got up to the stand and said "Today I would like to talk about the blessing of Obedience, the Holy Ghost." and gave my talk and I am proud to say that people were crying during it (And not because my Spanish is bad!!) we could really feel the Spirit in that meeting =)

• Funny surprising moment: We contacted a women outside of her house and we started teaching her lesson one and I taught her about the Baptism of Jesus and started inviting her to be baptized when she cut me off and said "Where do I go to get baptized?" I stared at her shocked and explained where a church was, but told her she needed to pray about the things we were teaching first so she could receive an answer from God that they were true. (Because I don't want anymore less actives!) She stared at the pamphlet we gave her then looked at us and simply said "I believe it is true" and then her sister walked in and women asked her Sister if she wanted to listen to the Mormons with her and her sister said "ah, I was already baptized with them" by this time me and my companion were so confused and shocked, but invited her sister to come to church too. By the end of the lesson we had an investigator with a baptism date and another less active to work with, haha miracles do happen! I promise! =D

I hope You are all doing well! Have A great week! I love you all!!!

Love,

Hermana Orison

 

 Me cleaning the graveyard! Whoow! Sweeping up ashes and leaves =P

The last dinner of our last transfer (yeah didn't want my Zone leader in the photo...hehe)

 

 Our investigator has a turtle that wanders around her house and always comes out to greet us during our lessons =D