Elder Logan Porter

Jan 20, 2014

This week had a very rocky start. Elder Berger went home early and and that was really sad. He is a really good guy with a lot of questions. He was a good missionary and will be fine when he gets home. It's just too bad.

So we were on the roof of a members house this week while it was -20 with a -43 wind chill, with 60 km winds. It felt like needles were blowing on my face. We were shoveling snow off the roof for him. It was miserable haha.

We got our transfer calls. Elder Olguin and I will be staying together for another 6 weeks. It's going to be really fun. Love the guy.

So there is this member in our ward, a recent convert of three years, named Sky. He goes to lessons with us and dinner appointments that we need fellowship for. He is the best. He just has stupid ideas. He prays with his arms spread like an eagle and he believes that evangelicalists should be crucified. He also believes that Jesus Christ has already returned to the earth.... whats wrong with this place.....? haha he's funny. We showed up to get him to go to an investigators house and we knocked but he couldnt hear us knocking because he was busy practicing his rapping. He is a very good artist to. He's native.
This is Sky's cat, the only cat I've ever liked!!

There is this lady in our ward who is absolutely insane, but thats half the ward so.... haha she was holding these "cottage meetings" where she got all the recent converts and discussed false doctrine with them... seriously...?? So the ward had to have this big purge with all the people who attended the meetings and they had to all be taught the true doctrine over again... what the heck. Things can get frustrating here.

We went to a funeral this week. that was fun

I'm learning my sign language really well lately. We teach the deaf less active members every week and it's great. We did some snow shoveling with the other Elders in our ward a few times this week and that was really fun.

So we have meetings starting at 8 am for church and it takes us an hour and a half to bus to church so we spend the night at the other Elders apartment every week and of course always end up going to sleep late.

We have been volunteering at the hospital (Misericordia) and helping out with the elderly playing bingo and just stop by to talk. Bingo gives me such a headache, listening to "WHAT NUMBER WAS THAT?? WHAT? WHAT? I CANT HEAR THE NUMBER! WHAT AM I DOING HERE? WHATS MY NAME AGAIN? CAN SOMEONE PLEEEAAASSEE HELP ME!"

I swear a year of my life gets sucked away each time I volunteer there which is twice a week haha!

I've been at the point of my mission where when im walking down the street and I see someone I just talk to them. It stinks sometimes but if I dont invite everyone to learn the gospel and give them the chance to hear it, then why am I here? That's the whole point of being here, to invite others to come unto Christ through faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. That is why I'm here and now it's become a routine. Who I am. and who I'll always be. I love it.

I got yelled at at the library a few days ago, maybe a week ago, everything blurs together.. this guy told us we were wrong and he went on about his religion he formed and how he is going to enforce it with guns and weapons. He was just yelling at me and I just told him to quiet down because it was the library. Then I walked away. Being a missionary, you just attract the freaks and outcast of the world sometimes. It's ridiculous. I love it though.

It's been a good rest of the week, filled with spiritual promptings. I've seen miracles as I've acted on the promptings. It's so amazing!

I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY.

The church is true. The atonement is real. Jesus Christ lives.

Love you all

Elder Porter