Se siente como la primavera

So we have had 50-60 degree weather this week. It has been super nice! maybe the government is right and global warming is a real thing ;)

So transfer news. I am staying in my area with Elder Shepherd. It’s gonna be great! 

We had a really good week this week. Not really numbers wise, but in our desire to help people wise.

On Tuesday we went tracting in a non-Hispanic area, but we were able to tract into this less active that was baptized in Mexico like 20 years ago. So we will be helping him try to come back to church.

Then on Wednesday I went on exchanges with Elder Wright. We had the opportunity to eat with the Molina family, and I got to see them again. Super fun! And I got to help them train their new pit bull puppy a little. Man was he hyper!

Thursday we had a good day. Met this super crazy white guy that served in Korea. My favorite line he said was "I have never ever drank whiskey, I don’t like how it tastes!"

Friday we were able to go to a zone meeting that was super awesome! loved feeling the spirit there! Then we were able to use the new video "A Savior is Born" with people.

Saturday was a good day. Went to a baptism of someone in the YSA branch who gave up everything to be baptized, even her family. So it was super spiritual. Then we went to stake conference later that night, and it was super good as well.

Then yesterday we finished stake conference and we were able to tract into this super cool lady named Amanda, she is white, but knows how to speak Spanish. So we taught the resto after showing the Christmas video. She was super sincere in her desire, and she really thought about all the questions we asked her. I have high hopes for her. Then we were able to go to WHY I BELIEVE and hear the testimonies of some recent converts! Love it!

Estoy agradecido que no se veo como la navidad :)

Haha so we had some snow this week, but thankfully it is now gone! Makes life happier for me :)

So this week has been pretty good, and spiritual. We have had some awesome lessons.

We had a lesson with Sarah and Agustin, but we mainly focused on Sarah and her smoking problem. We started off reading some scriptures about how Christ can help us. Then under the influence of the spirit we made some cool promises to her. We told her that if she really would put her faith in the Savior, she would not smoke another cigarette. That was Wednesday, and she told us yesterday that she hasn’t smoked yet! WAHOO!!

We were also able to get in contact with this guy that Elder Shepherd met last transfer. His name is Yabin and he seems so cool! We have an appointment with him this Thursday. He seems to have such an open heart. 

Friday I went on exchanges with Elder Weese, the guy who I flew into Mexico with. We had a good time. The miracle we saw was there was this French family they had found, and there happens to be a missionary from France close by their area. So we set up a time with the missionary and this family to come by. They also brought a French speaking member. But when we got there the daughter answered and said that her mom had forgot. But she was speaking to Elder Weese in English. So I told the French missionary to go speak to her in French. So he did and she warmed up a little, but still said her mom wasn’t available. But then after the door had closed we were talking on the sidewalk and the mom peaked her head out. He then spoke to her in French and she let us right in. We left because we don’t speak French, but they told us that she accepted baptism. So that was cool!

Saturday was a day of service. We helped this family rip out carpet, and put a new wood floor down. It was so much fun! But I am way sore! 

Then on Sunday we had an awesome lesson with Catalina, a recent convert, and her son Jesus and his girlfriend Norma . We have been trying to get Jesus and Norma interested. So we started off with the video that the church has just put out. It totally brought the spirit and Norma started telling us how she hasn’t’ prayed in many, many years and how she feels like there is so much stuck inside her. We were able to testify that the Savior is there and he wants to help her. Then Catalina like jumped in and just told Norma that she needs to come to church with her and just do all the stuff. It was super awesome and the spirit was so strong!!

Love you all!!

Elder Porter

Tuvimos una vista del Elder Nash de la Setenta

So this week was super good, culminating with yesterday. yesterday Elder Nash from the 70 came and gave us a training. I just didn’t want to leave the building with him in it. He was so filled with the spirit and it was just so edifying. We learned how to help investigators progress and gain the trust of members. He was such a scriptorian as well. He had a scripture for everything. 

So on Tuesday we had a cool day, and it was because we didn’t teach any English people! Not trying to be racist, but we had 7 lessons with all Hispanics! I felt great that day. Met some cool people who have potential. 

Wednesday was a super weird day because we went and visited this less active family. The part that made it weird is that she was explaining to her friends that were present as well that they no longer believe the church to be the correct one, and that this nondenominational one is. But what made it even weirder was the fact that she asked us to give her son a blessing after the lesson. I was like, "You don’t believe we have the correct authority to do this, so why are you asking us to do so?" Super weird.

Thursday was Thanksgiving, and it was good. Started off with a turkey bowl, then linner with the branch president, and then a late dinner with another member. I enjoyed it very much.

Friday and Saturday was fun because I was on exchanges with Elder Gillman from Utah. We got along great and had some fun.

Yesterday after the zone conference we went and had a great lesson with Sarah and Agusting. It was so spiritual and great! I feel super pumped up right now for the work.

Love you all!

Elder Porter