Week 5 - Done and Dusted

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This week was pretty normal, classes every day, working on Spanish grammar, and practicing teaching. The Spanish is improving quite a bit, and I am so glad that some phrases are becoming second nature to me. Speaking in any other tense other than present is difficult though. Some of my adventures from this week:

I got a cold or allergies earlier last week, and they got pretty bad, went through about 2 boxes of tissues in one day. Luckily it wasn't COVID, but it was gross. 
Yesterday me and Elder Malasky got locked out of our room so we had to run to the reception desk shirtless for a key. I have never run so fast, especially since we have to pass by the Hermanas (the sister missionaries) apartments. I mean I'm a pretty attractive dude, but nobody needs to see me running after curfew without a shirt. It's quite funny now, not so much in the moment.
I have grown a lot spiritually this week. We get to have a lot of devotionals and a lot of our talks are about finding your purpose for serving and converting your self. So I'm going to do the impossible and give my testimony in Spanish to work on my purpose.

Se que Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial y él nos ama. Porque él nos ama él escucha a nuestros oraciones. Jesucristo murió por nuestros pecados y desafíos. Yo se que Jesucristo nos conoce en forma individualmente. Él nos ayuda siempre y sabe que nuestros desafíos son. Nuestras vidas pueden ser más fácil si lo confiaríamos. Lea su escrituras, escuche al Espíritu Santo, y saba que Jesucristo es aquí para ustedes. Esta iglesia es verdad y yo hacerí todos que puedo ayudar otros personas tener la misma luz en su vida que yo tengo. En el nombre de Jesucristo Amén.

My language is still a bit rough, but it's getting better. I hope everyone is doing amazing. Keep in touch. Love you guys. 
Elder Porter out


1. My buddies sleeping In a devotional (very easy to do)
2. A picture of the entrance to the CCM, my classroom is on the left.
3. Showing off my drawing skills on P Day (today)
4. The parrots are EVERYWHERE, VERY LOUD. I want to catch one.















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