Conferencia Geral:)

April 1, 2017

Good morning!!
 Hope everyone is having a spectacular Saturday! 

Don't have much time today because we will be going to conference 

here soon but it's alright.

This week was good! Nothing to crazy happened, a pretty normal week

in the mission office. I was mostly just doing stuff to get ready for the 

transfer that will be next week. I also got to go to the airport again 

to get someone returning from the mission. Always an adventure going there.

It's been really rainy latley. We have so much rain here. I'm starting to think it would be good to 

get around in little boats. No, not really but lots of rain! 

 We also got to teach a couple new people this week. 

Hopefully they'll come to conference in the morning. I'ts always fun to bring people to watch general 

conference. Got to go but love ya all!!! 

Church is true! 

Choose the right! 

Elder Orton

iiieeeiii MEU Chapa

March 25, 2017

Can't believe it's already Saturday again! 

This week was great! It passed by so fast!! 

The highlight of the week was Zone Conference. On Thursday

everyone came to the Chapel in Aguanambi and we had conference.

I'ts always cool when the whole mission is together and we get to hear 

from President. It's always a little scary because we have to give 

anouncments in the beginning. I've never liked getting up in front

of a ton of people but I guess it's a chance to learn. Think it would

be pretty easy in English but when you have 200 Brazilians 

staring at you it makes you more nervous. haha 

Conference was really inspiring. President Bonini always is 

really in tune and gives great talks. 

As a former Marine and firefighter he really has a way, hes 

really direct and serious but you can see the love he has for all the

missionaries. 

This week has been slow as far as our investigators go. We have

been really working hard to find people ready to hear our message. 

Really love you guys!! Thanks for all the suport!! 

I love the Gospel and the happiness it brings to lives! 

It's so true! 

Elder Orton 

Marco

March 18, 2017

Hey everyone! Hope everyone is great!!!

I don't have a ton a time today, but just wanted to write you 

guys a little. P-day started extra early today.. haha.

Today I had to take a missionary to the airport. At 3:30 in

the morning! Just me and my Comp. The streets are pretty 

empty here that early in the morning. It's like a desert. The 

taxi drivers don't even pay attention to stop lights or anything here.

They just drive like they are the only one that exists... it's pretty funny. 

The only people you see are all the people at the bars. 

This week was great! Always busy!! We have been really working 

our hardest. I've been reading in Jesus The Christ lately. I am 

really enjoying it. Such an inspired book. I love reading about the Savior 

and all that He did. He was a person just like us. He still was hungry, 

felt happy, sad, had good days and bad days, yet he was perfect. 

He was the perfect example for us. He has already won! 

He lives again. For this we can be perfect like Him. Nobody 

is perfect but we can all do are best and that's what counts! 

That why I'm here to help others know that. I know that too. 

I'm so grateful for that chance every day. I know I'm not perfect 

but I have a Savior. He loves all of us so individually! 

I hope you all know that! 

Love you all! 

Sorry it wasnt a ton! But you guys are the best! 

Love Elder Orton

Bom Dia!

Saturday March 11, 2017

This week was great! I can't believe how fast it went by! 

I'ts been raining lately here in Fortaleza. I'ts almost rained everyday 

for about a month now. I'm really enjoying it... it's been so nice. 

The only diffrence here is that you don't get the fresh rain smell.

I don't know why it just smells different here. One thing for sure 

is that it rains hard. It's not the little wimpy Utah rain. It's 

tropical rain. If it starts you better hide because you'll be swimming 

in the street before you know it. Alot of people have been sick 

because of the rain. Everyone thinks it's cold when it rains here... but 

I'm like WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY ITS STILL 90 DEGREES!.  

This week was really great! We found a family. A mom and a daughter.

Their names are Adilia and Heiloisa.This week my testimony has even

gotten stronger in trusting Him. Everything really is the timing of 

the Lord. Sometimes He tests your patience but there is a time for 

everything. That's why i'ts so great that it's His work, because He is 

always there guiding the work. He always guides you were you need

to be and gives you the words to speak. This family is great. They already 

have accepted to be baptized so we are working on getting them ready. 

What a blessing it is in our lifes, I dont know if I could say that enough.

I know I feel like I always say the same thing, but I just can't help it. 

THE GOSPEL IS AWESOME! It changes lives. I love it. 

Really love you guys! 

HAve a great week!!! 

Elder Orton

Marco ja?

Saturday March 4, 2017

HEY FAM! 

Hope everybody had a fabulous week and things didn't get to 

crazy during carnaval up there in America. This week was 

great it wasn't the most productive but it was good. Carnaval 

was this week so we basically didn't get to do almost any 

teaching. We had to be home by 7:00 everyday. We 

basically would just go to the office leave at around 5:00 

in the afternoon run to our area and do something and then 

run home. Carnaval also closed basically everything. 

Nothing was open this week. Looked like the city was 

abandoned during the day. 

I'm still a little confused what carnaval is all about..

It literally makes no sense. There would be people 

in random costumes or people drinking or just weird 

random stuff. Looked like halloween with a twist.

Monday Elder Soper and I were in the road and 

at the corner. A car passed by blasting music with

some dude riding on the hood with a cardboard 

cutout of a pirate head while people followed behind 

dancing weird. We were just like..... WHAT???

I've been studying this week. I've thought alot about 

how perfect Gods plan for us is. It was nothing thrown

together. It was planned perfectly and everything evolves

around the plan. This is why we are here! We are here to learn!

It's a step in the plan! I just really see the love God  has for us in 

everything. Everyday I have a new experience or something happens 

and it just lets me know more and more He is there. God is so real!

He is in everything that we do. Makes me so happy everyday to be here

because I get to serve him. 

Really love you guys all so much!!! 

HAve a great WEEK!!!!

LOve Elder Orton!

Carnaval

Saturday Feb. 25, 2017

Hey everyone!! Happy Carnaval!!! 

Yesterday the biggest holiday of the year started here in lovely Brasil. 

It's called Carnaval and i'ts crazy!! Just think about crazy and you'll

think about carnaval! 

This week was great! We had transfers this week which was an 

adventure! Nothing to crazy happened. I didn't change areas and I'm here 

with the one and only Elder Soper, so life is good. It was a lot of

work this week getting everyone home and all the new missionarys here. 

I'm actually getting really good at translating which is cool! When new 

missionarys get here they basically don't understand anything so when

President and the assistents give there training somebodys got to help them out. 

I just sit behind them and traslate everything they are saying. I'ts pretty hard,

but I'm pretty much a Jedi at it.

This week we found a new investigator named Gabriel. He lives at the very end of our area

so me and Elder Soper have to walk so far to teach him. His whole family are less actives and some want to return to church and he wants to get baptized! YAY! 

I really love everyday here in the mission! I hope everyone loves life too! 

Always remember to do what is right!! 

Love you ALL!!! 

Elder Orton

:)

Saturday February 18, 2017

Hi everyone!

This week was great! Can't say it was anything less. 

Nothing to crazy happened this week... was a pretty 

normal week. Also want to wish everyone a Happy 

Valentines day. Nobody celebrates it here in Brasil.

It's called dia das namoradas, and it's in June or

something... not even cool. I hope everyone had a 

great week too! 

This week we have been getting ready for the 

transfer. It's coming up on Tuesday. The week 

before is always really busy in the mission 

office. There will be a lot of people leaving 

the mission and a lot of people coming in.

The mission should have some changes so we will

see what will happen. 

I've continued studing Jesus The Christ 

this week which has been really interesting.

I'm studing in English because that book

is pretty complicated in parts. Sometimes

i'll be reading and i'll feel like I just got 

to Brasil again and I have no idea what 

it just said. I really love studing about the 

Savior and his life. I always think about 

him in all that iIdo. I'm so grateful for Him. 

That's why I'm here. So others can know Him too.

Love you all! 

Always do what is right! 

Do what He would do! 

Love Elder Orton