Elder Porter in Chile

  Hello Everyone, Busy couple  of days we have had.  I have seen a lot, spoke with even more people and am trying to do my best out here.  We had the blessing of having 2 baptisms  on Saturday .  Super exciting!  I was able to perform the baptism for our friend Jose.  Super bacan dude.  The services were really good as well.  I am grateful for strong members in the ward who helped out and brought the Spirit to the meeting.   I found a cockroach in my shirt last Tuesday.  That was a fun experience.   Also saw a tree full of big spiders.  This area is really cool.  There is a lot of dirt and dogs but it is great.  I hope you are all safe and enjoying life.  Right now I am craving Chick-Fil-A.  I know the sooner I get to work, the sooner that day will come. :) Questions I asked that he has answered How big is the ward/ branch?  Is it a ward or a branch? Have...

Hey Ya´ll I appreciate all the support I see from you guys in your emails.  it has been really helpful.  Life is good here.  It took a day or two adjust but now that I understand how things are going on here, it is a bit easier.  I have been really blessed to understand more than I though was possible and definelty during our lessons.  There have been a few times this week where I got lost in the lesson and literally had no idea what to say, but I opened my mouth and the Holy Ghost filled my mouth.  these have been really powerful moments for me.  We have met a lot of people these past few days which has been incredible.    I love the people here already. Something I learned this week is the importance of the Spirit in lessons.  We read this talk and something that really stuck out to me was that we can give lessons and evidence all day, but it won´t do anything without the Spirit because our message is spiritual, it requires fai...