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October 22, 2016

Hey everyone!! Hope life is great!! 

This week has been so crazy and we have been doing so many things! 

So I'm now living in Aldeota. It's like in the center of the city and it's crazy! 

There are so many big big buildings here it's like I'm in New York again, it's just

a little more ghetto and everyone speaks portugese...but you could say it's 

the same thing. My new companions are Elder Wade and Elder Davies 

they are really cool kids! Elder Wade is from Oklahoma and he is probably the 

most cowboy you can get, Elder Davies is from Texas and oh man he couldn't like

nascar more than anything else. haha! Our house here is so cool too! We live on the 7th 

floor of this apartment building and we have a gym here so we've started working out:)

I didn't take any pictures this week but i'll make sure to send plenty next week!

This week I have been learning how to do alot of stuff. Elder Wade is training me 

how to do everything I need to know how to do before he leaves in 6 weeks.

We don't get a lot of time to teach everyday, we leave the office at 5 oclock 

to teach. We had a really good lesson yesterday though. We have to really 

work with the members here to have success! 

So gratfull for the chance I have to serve a mission and be here! 

Love you alll!!! 

Elder Orton

Another Day Another Dollar

October 17, 2016

Hey everyone!! Hope everyone is doing great!! 

Hope everyone is loving life!! 

This week was great... obviously! I didn't get the chance to email last week 

but this week I have time so wooohooo! This week has flown by. I feel

like I haven't even had time to think! We have transfers in the morning!

I got a new assignment!!! I'm going to be the Executive Secretary of the mission!! haha!!

 I'll be moving areas in the morning to the rich part of Fortaleza called Aldeota. 

So for now i'll have two American Companions!! YA America!! I was I little nervous 

when I first saw my assignment but I know the lord doesn't do anything unplanned so

i'll be blessed! 

Me and Elder Grossi have been working so hard here! This past week we have been 

really going at it! He's such a cool kid though and we get along so well, I dont think i've ever met 

a funnier Brazilian in my life! I've learned so much here in Granja Portugal about everything!

So much about myself ,so much about people, so much about the gospel. I don't think I could ever

replace the experiences i've had here with anything else! I LOVE MY LIFE! 

Love ya all!!!!!

Elder Orton

POP ITS

October 3, 2016

Hey Everyone!! Hope life is glorious! 

This week was Great, and it really passed by fast!  What the heck

it's like halloween already! General Conference was this week! Having general conference on the mission is the best thing ever! It"s like Christmas! So many treasures to discover! 

Saturday and Sunday we met with our zone in the stake center and got to watch conference! 

The cool think is I got to watch 2 sessions in English too! Sunday the secratary of the stake set up a t.v. in a class room and all the Americans had a little English conference party which was fun. Watching in portugese is great be I prefere the voice of the prophet:)

One thing I really loved was Elder Neilson's talk about JOY! It was a great reminder for me!

Sometimes I feel like we forget why we are here and what we are doing, but this life is meant to be enjoyed too. Life isn't just homework and work a 80 year period to slave your life away, but we are here to enjoy it! SO DO IT! ENJOY LIFE PEOPLE!! LOVE LIFE!! If your not enjoying it, change something! We find true joy in the savior and his sacrifice for us. This is the true source of lasting joy! We cannot find this anywere else! He's my Joy! I know that! Love you All!!

Elder Orton

Our district and some random kid!

:) I also found a place to buy pop its so all the sleeping dogs in the road don't like us! We always scare them!:)

Germany and Africa

September 26, 2016

Hey everyone! I hope life is great!

This week was fantastic down here in Brazil! The only thing is that everyone thinks I'm

German and my companion is African. People will yell at me when I walk down the street..

"Hey Germany!!" This week I also went on two divisions which was cool. I was with Elder Latão 

for one and Elder Lambert on the other. Elder Latão is from the North of Brazil. It's funny how fast he talks, he's faster than a formula one racer! 

This week Katia was baptized!!! I'm so happy for her! She drank so much coffee everyday but ever since we taught The Word Of Wisdom she put an end to that! She was excited for baptizm! 

It's great to see peoples lives change! 

Next week is conference  too!! I'm so excited! What a cool thing it is to have the chance to hear from prophets of God that receive revalation for our days! The prophet today is no different as in times of old. It's so cool to teach this everyday, to tell people we have a prophet today that lives, and can recieve revalation to help us and guide us!

 Selfie!!

Baptism of Katia.

This week was good and we are having a good time here in Brazil!

 Love you all!

Elder O.

Taller

September 19, 2016

Heyyya people!

Hope everyone is great! This week was definitely an adventure! 

It seems like Monday is just a lucky day, around 4 oclock the phone always seems 

to ring with news on the other side. Last Monday it was an emergency transfer! 

So now I have a new companion named Elder Grossi here in the same area. Elder Rocha my child 

was transfered to the mission office, he will now be a secretary there! haha. The only weird thing is Elder Grossi is taller than I am... weird and he's Brazilian too. So now I am no longer the tallest person in Brazil. 

This week we have been working alot with our investigator Katia. She has been working really hard this week to not drink coffe. She has been doing so good and is preparing for baptizm! Her baptizm is marked for this Saturday which is so exciting! 

We also talked to some funny people this week. We knocked on a door and some young adult/ kid answered the door. I said "Hey Brother, how are you?" He than responded fastly "FIRST DONT CALL ME BROTHER! ITS A FAULT OF RESPECT, AND SECONDLY MY NAME IS RAFIELE!" He then tried to be all intimidating cracking his knuckles and I said " Are you happy today?" he said he wasn't happy... big suprise! But we invited him to church so it's all good! People here are funny.

I've been reading in Alma this week and it's awesome! The love they have for their brothers and sisters that are lost, and how much Alma and his brothers trust in the Lord! Always rememeber to trust the Lord, he will always help you and you will be happy!! 

Love you all

Elder Orton

View from the Mission office

Lukes turtle

September 12, 2016

Hey Everyone!!!

Hope everyone is doing fantabulous!!

This week Me and Elder Rocha got to see a couple miracles! 

We have been working so hard

to find new investigators and fasting and it really paid off!!

This week we have been teaching a women named Katia! 

She is a middle aged women we found making a contact with in the road. She takes care of her mom that has parkinson disease. She is Catholic but was really open to our message! We taught her a lot this week. She feels what she is doing is right but still has doubts. We have focused a lot on the Book of Mormon with her. As I have been reading the Book of Mormon lately  the stories have really came to life, and I have been able to feel the power too. So we have been really focusing on the Book of Mormon. I know through the Book Of Mormon people lives can change and people can come to know God! 

This week we also taught alot with Bruno a member in our Branch. He is seriously the coolest person I have ever taked to! He's blind but that doesn't stop him from anything. He knows how to do more stuff than normal people. haha!!  But I love bringing him with us because people really listen when he talkes and we can really enter any house with him. 

We also got to do a little march thing in the street with our branch as a service project on Wednesday telling people about the danger of misquitos. The only bummer was one of the members got his car stolen when we were out doing it... Brazil.

This week was awesome i love being out here! Love you all!!

Elder Orton

September 5, 2-16

Setembro

Hey fam!! And friends!!!

It's already September! What the heck, where has time gone???

This week is the week of transfers!! I'll be staying here in

 Granja Portugal with my companion Elder Rocha!

 If you want to see my house look up Rua Jose Abilio 

1449 Granja Portugal Fortaleza Ceara Brasil! 

Our house is pretty beautiful! Also got a envelope with 

like a million letters from all the cousins this week! 

Thanks guys I feel loved! 

This week we had a conference  with Elder Lima of the 70! 

It was pretty awesome. He gave a really good talk!

 One thing that I really liked is he talked about how we are the lords angels,

 and since we are, we need to live like angels too. 

We need to be the angels in the lives of others. 

He talked about the importance of obedience too! 

Let us be 100% obedient!

I've been reading in Alma lately  and I love the story Amon, 

and how he was able to teach so many people. 

The important thing is he didn't just show up and start preaching 

but he was an example and friend to everyone.

 I thought about this latley. I need to be as better friend.

 Let us all be better friends in this world, examples,

 let people see the light of Christ in your eyes! 

The light of Christ needs to be shared with this 

world so don't be afraid to step out of your confort zone!! 

Love you guys so much and love life!!! 

Elder Orton