Dear Mom,
Now to answer the questions from your letter. Sorry, I am such a scatterbrain.
1. You can put up whatever you want on the blog. I trust your judgement. I'll let you know if there is something I consider sensitive information.
2. Yes, I want you to forward me Mirs letters and thank you for sending her mine.
3. The food is fine. Boring, mostly. They do a good job of mixing it up, but it's always cafeteria food. Bleh. Every Friday is pizza and Sundays and Wednesdays in ice cream. Other than that it's switched.
4. I'll write you some Spanish at the end.
5. I love choir! We sign for the devos on Tuesdays.
6. Sacrament meeting is just with our zone. Our zone is 4 districts.
Also in this letter is a reimbursement thing for my typhoid pill. And, some pictures.
My testimony in Spanish -
Yo se que el libro de Mormon es palabra de Dios. Yo se que la iglesia de Jesucristo es verdadera. Yo se que Dios contesta orars.
Estoy agracemos por la oportunidad sevir Dios Jesuscriste es mi salvador y Rendentor. Estoy agracemos por el expacion de Jesucristo.
Yo se que Dios restavo su Evangelio a traves Jose Smith. Gracias a este testimonio puedo confiar en Dios.
Estoy agracido por el amor de nuestor Padre Celestial.
En el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
Le amo!
Hermana Orton
Hey everyone!
There seems to be a common misconception that I am in Argentina right now. This is not the case. I am in fact still in Provo. But, I promise to tell you all about Argentina when I get there.
This week has been great! Hermana Habel and I were able to commit one of our progresing investigators (Javier) to baptism! At the MTC you practice your teaching on progressing investigators (teachers who pretend to be investigators, they usually play real people that they met on their missions, or themselves before they joined the church). Sometimes it is hard to teach "fake" people. but when you really focus on the Spirit, it actually gets really cool. I greatly enjoy my teaching opportunities here.
We had a new district come in on Wednesday and they have Hermanas!! It is fun to have more than 4 hermanas in the whole zone now! We still don't know them very well, but it has been really cool to start to get to konw them and to not be the "babies" of the zone. We actually know more than some poeple, even though we still don't know a lot!
We also had a district leave on Monday. I was really, really sad to see them go. They were the district that really took us under their wing and the district taht I knew the best. It is going to be weird not to have them here. It is amazing how close you can grow in such a short amount of time. Some of the Elders from that
district are going to Argentina, although they will not be in my mission. They are all going to do such great work, their testimonies are so strong and I am glad that I got to know them and to learn from them.
Mom, thank you so much for the cinnamon rolls! The whole district loved them! They all say thank you! It was such an awesome surprise!!
I started my Typhoid oral pill yesterday and had some negative side affects. I have to take three more, so hopefully yesterday was the worst of it and i won't have to worry about that anympore.
I am learning so much, although I do feel like my Spanish is far from the skill level it needs to be. However, I am progressing and I have faith that I will get to where I need to be if I continue to study hard.
Hermana Habel and I have a couple of sources inside the MTC to let us know how BYU is playing. But, we wouldn't be opposed to a Dear Elder on Friday to let us know how the game went. She is so anxious and we really want BYU to make it into the Elite Eight!
Now to answer the questions from your letter. Sorry, I am such a scatterbrain.
1. You can put up whatever you want on the blog. I trust your judgement. I'll let you know if there is something I consider sensitive information.
2. Yes, I want you to forward me Mirs letters and thank you for sending her mine.
3. The food is fine. Boring, mostly. They do a good job of mixing it up, but it's always cafeteria food. Bleh. Every Friday is pizza and Sundays and Wednesdays in ice cream. Other than that it's switched.
4. I'll write you some Spanish at the end.
5. I love choir! We sign for the devos on Tuesdays.
6. Sacrament meeting is just with our zone. Our zone is 4 districts.
Also in this letter is a reimbursement thing for my typhoid pill. And, some pictures.
My testimony in Spanish -
Yo se que el libro de Mormon es palabra de Dios. Yo se que la iglesia de Jesucristo es verdadera. Yo se que Dios contesta orars.
Estoy agracemos por la oportunidad sevir Dios Jesuscriste es mi salvador y Rendentor. Estoy agracemos por el expacion de Jesucristo.
Yo se que Dios restavo su Evangelio a traves Jose Smith. Gracias a este testimonio puedo confiar en Dios.
Estoy agracido por el amor de nuestor Padre Celestial.
En el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
Le amo!
Hermana Orton
Hey everyone!
There seems to be a common misconception that I am in Argentina right now. This is not the case. I am in fact still in Provo. But, I promise to tell you all about Argentina when I get there.
This week has been great! Hermana Habel and I were able to commit one of our progresing investigators (Javier) to baptism! At the MTC you practice your teaching on progressing investigators (teachers who pretend to be investigators, they usually play real people that they met on their missions, or themselves before they joined the church). Sometimes it is hard to teach "fake" people. but when you really focus on the Spirit, it actually gets really cool. I greatly enjoy my teaching opportunities here.
We had a new district come in on Wednesday and they have Hermanas!! It is fun to have more than 4 hermanas in the whole zone now! We still don't know them very well, but it has been really cool to start to get to konw them and to not be the "babies" of the zone. We actually know more than some poeple, even though we still don't know a lot!
We also had a district leave on Monday. I was really, really sad to see them go. They were the district that really took us under their wing and the district taht I knew the best. It is going to be weird not to have them here. It is amazing how close you can grow in such a short amount of time. Some of the Elders from that
district are going to Argentina, although they will not be in my mission. They are all going to do such great work, their testimonies are so strong and I am glad that I got to know them and to learn from them.
Mom, thank you so much for the cinnamon rolls! The whole district loved them! They all say thank you! It was such an awesome surprise!!
I started my Typhoid oral pill yesterday and had some negative side affects. I have to take three more, so hopefully yesterday was the worst of it and i won't have to worry about that anympore.
I am learning so much, although I do feel like my Spanish is far from the skill level it needs to be. However, I am progressing and I have faith that I will get to where I need to be if I continue to study hard.
Hermana Habel and I have a couple of sources inside the MTC to let us know how BYU is playing. But, we wouldn't be opposed to a Dear Elder on Friday to let us know how the game went. She is so anxious and we really want BYU to make it into the Elite Eight!
Mom, what is your work address? Have dad show you the story I sent him, it's pretty funny.
I am really growing to love my district. We are growing so much and it has been really cool to watch these 19 year boys change into missionaries. I am learning so much and I love it!!
I have had a couple of people ask about birthday presents, and this will be the quickest way to get it to you, so please pardeon me posting a list of ideas.
A slip, black or white.
Socks that won't show under my Sunday shoes
Basketball shorts (there are some in my drawer, you can just send those :)
Candy (conference candy!!! and some chocolate stuff
Scrapbook paper
Our Heritage
Pictures
Stickers
And really anything. I'm sorry I'm not very exciting. But a note about the mail room. Mom, you said it would be possible to send some cupcakes for my b-day. The mail room closes at 2 on Saturdays, so if it would be possible to get them here before then that would be awesome. If you can't send them, that it totally okay, I don't want to be a bother!
I hope everyone is doing well! Please tell Dan congrats on his mission call for me! That is so exciting! When does he come into the MTC? And tell Tyson and Tara congrats as well! Ruth is beautiful in the picture of her I got to see!!
The Church is true! The power of the priesthood is absolute! There is nothing that God cannot do! Pray with faith, and your answers will come! Don't take the temple for granted!
I love you!!!
Hermana Orton
PS Summer, I loved your picture!
PPS Please tell the young women that I am thinking about them and that I am praying for them!
PPPS Happy Birthday on Saturday Abby!!!
PPPPS Sorry if none of this made sense, Spanish is melting my brain and I can't talk or write in either language anymore!!!
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