Elder Porter in Chile

Hey all, Sorry I haven´t written recently.  It has been a really busy couple of weeks.  My language is improving slowly but surely and I even have a hard time saying the english equivalent of some words.  We didn´t have anyone to cook lunch for us this week so we had to cook for ourselves. My comp can cook pretty well and  on Wednesday  he asked me to fry some chicken and cook rice.  I failed at both.  The rice was hard because I didn´t add enough water.  Also all that I knew for cooking chicken is to put in in the oil.  Apparently you have to score it too so that all parts are cooked.  And the chicken here comes with the stubs of feathers in the skin and I didn´t cut those parts out.  So it was a pretty crap meal.  But ahora, I am confident 75 percent that I could do it again and have it turn out well. This gospel is true.  I have learned a lot here that I can´t even begin to describe.  I am working better with my comp and we have a baptism this week!  His name is Gabriel from

Hey Family, This week has been better than most.  I feel like I am starting to hit my stride with teaching and talking with others.  I really appreciate all the Lord has done for me.  I am starting to love my area and the people I am working with.  I am still making mistakes.....  last night we were with 2 members and I had made a joke and anyway she was mock offended so I thought that I should get on my knees to ask for forgiveness and it worked.  I didn't describe that story very well but yeah apparently getting down on both knees, not just one, is how you propose marriage here.  Oops.  So that was interesting and a little awkward.  But I do feel more at peace here and getting into the swing of things.  Right now the ward is in Lima on a Temple Trip for this week so we don't have a lot of people to help us teach.  We did find this family from the Ward mission Leader (his uncle) and they are going to get baptized on the  30th of Sept !  Him and his family so that is 3 an

Hey Family! This week has really flown by.  I am better with my health and everything as of  Wednesday .  I was told that a lot of it was stress related.  I am not sure how true that is, but it is stressful.  I stayed in and rested the rest of last Pday and also for a lot of the day  on Tuesday .  By  Wednesday  everything was good.  Last Monday we actually had an earthquake.  It was small but we definitely felt it, it was pretty awesome.  And also  on Tuesday  and this morning it rained.  Super little as in it was only flecks of water in the air but still rain.  We see on the news a lot about the hurricanes hitting the states.  It looks pretty bad but I am glad you are safe. This week was difficult too, but I feel like I learned a lot.  My comp had us go on exchanges twice this week, once with members and the second time with the district leader.  I was really freaked out about it in the beginning of each because it meant I had to lead what we were doing in our area.  My co

Hello all! Hope all is doing well with you guys.  Today was a different week than most.  We had a zone conference which was really good.  I understood practically everything up until the President asked me a question.   Always seems to work out that way. LOL   Got sick from some water last night.  It was a really small amount but that was sufficient to make for a less than ideal morning.  I got some medicine and it is starting to work.  We also went to the beach and took a few pictures.  We were just there to give a priesthood blessing, but we took advantage of the opportunity (we just took a picture).   Also found an Air Force PT jacket in the market so that reminded me of ya'll in ROTC with me this past year!   I learned a lot this week about unity in the companionship and hope.    Oftentimes we can feel challenged more than we are capable of handling.  and sometimes that is true, but it is only through the tough times that we grow.  We need to have a hope and exercise fait