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Week 10 October 17-October 23, 2017

Hello my friends!

Can´t believe how fast the time has flown.  At the end of the next cambio (cambio is a transfer cycle)  I will have 6 months in the Mission!  Aghh.  when I think about that the time seems so short.  This cambio ends next week and then I will be done with my in-field training.  That means I have to lead the sector this week.  Lead the planning, lead the lessons, coordinate with members.  It seems like a lot, but I have a good comp and I am learning a lot about faith.  God doesn´t care so much about the place we are at so much as the effort we are giving.  If we are giving the effort, He can work with that and make up the rest.  
We went to the caves today for Pday and that was really great.  It is really pretty, there are tidal pools and wild lizards and crabs and all sort of things.  And also no people so it is a little expensive to get there, but worth the trip.  I would post pictures but my card reader is with another missionary right now.  Next week I will send a lot more pictures. We worked a lot in the same area that I spoke about in the last email and found a dead kitten (there is a picture of that too!) [Editor's note: I took out the picture of the dead kitten]  But in serio, there are a lot of people that live there in really humble conditions and we are hoping to find a lot of people who are ready to hear our message.  We did meet this 73 year old  devout catholic that we are going to baptize this Saturday.  His first wife ran off with a catholic priest 30+ years ago and he has been attending only because of his devotion to Christ.  This guy know the Bible inside and out.  The time is really picking up and we are staying busy.  

Hope all is doing well with ya´ll.  20 months left!

 
Elder Porter
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints


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