December 24 - 31, 2018

Feliz Navidad!

Christmas felt like forever ago, but it was really great. Ate some turkey, chicken, potatoes, and rice and did some gift exchanges. Shout out to Elder Burton for the sweet shark socks that I will be wearing on Pday. Also got some candy and cologne, but the best part was just being able to get out and see and visit other people. We made some brownies and were able to pass those around to some people.

So this week was really a different type of week. We had a really great time at the Christmas conference for missionaries. The zones from Arica came so we had about 60 missionaries and a lot of fun. The best part was that the office had asked all the families to make a short video and so while we were all eating our lunch, they showed a reel of a lot of families. Some were really funny and others more heartfelt. It was a really cool thing to see my fam up there. Obviously we also had the Skype call today and that was also really good.

Flash the U Friday

We also had a Christmas miracle and had a couple of baptisms. Marian and Ristov are the coolest jovenes. They both have been able to progress really well.

I am really grateful for the season of Christmas. It is a special time to remember the birth of our Savior.

Thanks for all the prayers and support!

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Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2017 Week 7

Hey all! Crazy week and I don`t have a lot of time to write. My computer that is in the internet cafe is super slow and wasted a lot of my time :) so forgive me. I got a new comp. He is Chilean and is 23 years old. Turns out my 2nd or 3rd or 4 cousin, no sé, but someone related to me was the hermana that converted him. We get along great and he really knows how to go about doing the Lord´s Errand. Conference was super great! I hope you all had a chance to listen to it this weekend and if not, it's on lds.org . Just a few highlights that I picked upe was the need to focus more on Christ. All light comes from Christ and we really can´t develop any Christlike attribute or I guess improve at all unless we focus on Him and act out of our desire to become more like He is. I also learned a little bit about obedience to the commandments in my personal study this ...

Sept 19-25, 2017 Week 6

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 wi...

August 29 - September 4 2017 Week 3

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 t...

Elder Porter in Chile

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