Meus amigos, bom dia todos!
Hope everyone is enjoying the Utah coldness will I'm just soaking
up the beautiful sun down here in Brasil. Jk The cold is great!
Feel like every time I write a letter I say the same thing.." This week was busy"
or "This week was crazy" or better yet "Lots has happened this week!"
But hey I can't lie, and frankly as a missionary lots happens in one week
of life! So if any of you still had any doubts about my week.. This week
was crazy! We had transfers this week so of course we had lots of stuff
to do in the mission office. I've been here for two transfers though, so I feel
things are getting a lot easier. I can do things alot faster and I know how things are
going to be. We got a new secratery here in the office though! His names Elder Andrade.
He'll be the new finacial secratery. Now we have six secretaries! It's pretty fun being
with so many good missionarys! The work in the mission office is pretty officey work
as you can imagine but hey you gotta love it. One experience this week just had to make
me laugh. A sister in our mission didn't have a CPF or as it would be in english (social security number) So as mission rules and for saftey everybody needs one. We planned to
make a little trip to the Goverment buildings down here close to our office so she could get one.
As you could imagine we waited for about 5 hours. I watched many impatient people come in
and out complaning about the wait. Reminded me of a little place we call the DMV up there in the states. All and all they finally called our number! Wow what a miracle that was! We went back there and this little lady said.. "So whats your name?" She typed the Sisters name in to the computer and hit print and out came her little Social Security number. I couldn't help but but laugh all the wait for something so little. Just one of those things that makes you laugh at life.
The work this week has been really good! Me and my comp Elder Soper have been working
really hard! We have actually found a lot of new people this week which was really exciting!
We also have a lady named Liliana preparing for baptism this week. She is a really funny lady
that has a lot of faith! She has problems with epalepsy so she has to take medication. The missionarys taught her a long time ago but she never was baptized. We found her this week and started teaching her! She really has a lot of faith and has a strong desire to be baptized. The work of the Lord is awesome! I was reading in second Nephi this week and just wanted to share a couple thoughts. He was talking about the Savior and atonment. One reminder really sunk into my mind. We allready know he atoned for us, but what does that really mean? Why do we wait? It's already been done. He's waiting for us! We have nothing to wait for! We just have to come to him first! It's already been done. Salvation is already won!
Love you all! And hope you guys have the best week!!
Elder Orton
P.s. Be careful driving in the snow and don't eat the yellow flavored snow... it's not good for you.
