January 30, 2023 This week was a little rough, but we're we're able to have a lot of success. A good friend had to go home early but luckily he has the opportunity to come back in a few months so that's super exciting. Also our good friend Edwin will be having his baptism pushed back but he just wants to make sure he knows enough before he commits, so not a bad thing. But we also put a friend named Jarrón on date and the other guys he lives with are soon to follow they just want to learn more. It is so exciting to see their desire to learn. Lest week we found a Magic store so that's a ton of fun and sadly will become a money drain... Very dangerous for me haha Our new missionaries in the zone will definitely mix things up but in general our focus will just be to support our District leaders and help everyone increase there want to serve. Spiritual thought A lot of the time the sacrament is our next ordinance that we will do as members. And we often look back on our fee...

  January 16, 2023 Well well well. It has been quite a while since I've written one of these things. I'm doing amazing though, the work is going amazingly, I love my companion, and my Spanish is still improving (albeit slowly). OK so so much has happened I'll try and keep this quick so here's the Elder Porter Highlight reel.  BAPTISM: One of my friends got baptized 2 weeks ago, his name is Chris. So cool, he is a Boxer, and he has a strong spirit. He has struggled with a lot over the years but he proudly got baptized without an issue. The baptism was a little last minute but we had a lot of members that came in clutch for us.  MLC: We had an amazing MLC (mission leadership conference), I was able to meet with some of my friends from Medford and that was a lot of fun. Most of all the main topic of our meeting was this; for those of you who don't know, in the temple we do a couple of things. In one of those things we make a few promises with God to be obedient to his ...