Aug. 11, 2014

Hey Everyone, 

This was a great week for us. We found a family from Nigeria that we are teaching, but the crazy thing is, when the mother called out her 20 year old son, this super tall white guy walked out! He was an albino! It was crazy! He was whiter than me, had the build and jaw line of an african though. It was super weird, but really cool. He has a lot of depression because in Nigeria, they tried to kill him all the time for sacrifice because they thought that albinos should be sacrificed. So he has some issues, but he’s a good kid. Then there is a 10 year old girl and a 7 year old boy. Great family!

So me and my companion got in a bit of a scuffle with a drunk guy this week.. it ended with the drunk grabbing my companion by the throat, and me having to take control of the situation. To be honest, my companion totally deserved it because he was rebuking him for drinking. It made my comp cry and i just tried not to laugh the whole way home hahaha. It was honestly one of the funniest things I have seen so far.

We did some more roofing this week. That was super fun.

So I made a mistake using the hair clippers... I found some clippers in the apartment, and usually when I fade my hair, I’ll do a 3 on the top and a 1 on the sides, so I put a 3 guard on and started cutting, well long story short, the 3 ended up being a .3 and I am totally bald. It suits me though. I like it. Everyone is calling me Mr. Clean, haha I got sunburned right before I cut it, its a bit longer now, and blends a bit more. 

We had to bless a house this week. Some scary stuff has been happening in our friend Brad's house because one of their medicine man had been doing ceremonies in the house, so we had to go bless it. It was interesting.

It’s been quite the week. We find out if one of us gets transferred here this week. I really kind of hope so, cause this kid has really been testing my patience, but if not I can bear through it. 

Love you all,

Elder Porter