Super sad. They are
closing my area. I was actually a little mad when I found out. We found out on Tuesday
because the zone leaders told us. So this week has been a bunch of goodbyes and
such.
We haven’t gone finding
because it is pointless to find new investigators because the nearest Spanish
missionaries are 15 miles, 30 minute drive or longer, away. That for you guys
in Utah is like the nearest missionaries are in the area between Bountiful and Salt
Lake, depending on how fast you drive. That is one of the reasons that I was
mad because I know that the people here will most likely not have contact with
the missionaries that they can understand. There are English missionaries, but
most people don’t understand enough English to be effectively taught.
We did visit Mary
yesterday to say goodbye. She told us that she has received an answer and she
has decided to be BAPTIZED!!! She is going to Mexico for 3 weeks in December,
so she is going to be baptized the beginning of January. I am so excited that
she has decided to be baptized!! The picture is of me and Mary (she is happy, Hispanics
don’t smile)
So when we told Juan
that we would be leaving, he pretty much dropped us anyways, and told us that
he felt like he was good where he was right now. I was super sad when he said
that!!
For thanksgiving we
spent the whole day with the Diaz family. They took us to lunch at Ihop and
then we helped them make dinner and had dinner with a few of the members of
their family. They are such great people, and I am going to miss them! And our
other member Elba too.
On Saturday I got to go
to the Chicago temple with Diana and Xavier, two members of our branch who are
getting married this month. Got to do initiatories in Spanish, which was cool,
and then got to go though a session with them. It was a super long drive to Chicago!
Had to wake up at 4 in the morning to get there in time. But I’m glad I did :)
Don’t know where I’m
being transferred to, but my district leader thinks I might go to Goshen, a
city that is in our same branch right, so I would be ok with that :)
Love
Elder Porter
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