Elder Logan Porter: Ho'omanauanui!

Well this week was kinda rough but I’m excited for this coming week. It’ll be much better! This week we had car issues. The place didn’t finish it that day so we stayed with other missionaries by there and they didn’t finish it till the end of the next day. Then Elder Siaosi got invited to the Missionary Leadership Training which was so awesome. I loved it and learned so much but it took a day and a half, and with some other stuff we just didn’t spend much time doing missionary work this week. But it’s all good. This next week will be better!

Friday was a good day! Elder Pugh and I were on exchanges so we were together! Your Idaho boys putting in work here in Hawaii! Anyways, we had miracle after miracle after miracle but I just want tell you about one for now. We had been all day and had so much success and 8:45pm comes and Elder Pugh and I look at each other and both felt strongly there was one more person. So we said a prayer and felt inspired to go to these apartments we had already been to twice before. So we went there and it was blacked out, no lights on nothing. So we start walking through the parking lot and we see this person come down the far staircase and we headed that way and say aloha to him and then keep going because we noticed this apartment had their lights on and door opened so we went up there and knocked. This Man comes to the door and I put forward my hand to shake his hand and say "Aloha I’m Elder Por" then he cut me off and pulled me in saying "come in come in come in" he was a member, his wife and kid was not. He had not been to church since he was 10 years old. We taught the restoration and the Wife and Son committed to baptism and the father committed to come to church with his family, have family prayers and scripture studies. Such a cool experience Elder Pugh and I had together. So glad we were lead to that house to teach that one more lesson.

Ho'omanauanui, this week was difficult and had many things happen to stop the work for a bit here in Kohala and it was really frustrating. But I learned this word really well and continue to learn it more and more every day. Alma 29:3-4 (read this) I’m learning to appreciate and work with whatever the Lord has allotted for me. I know we have what we have for a reason and we can do great things for it! This week I was so frustrated about the lack of time and everything that was happening but then I remembered this scripture and told myself it’s all okay. I know that each and every day we have something to learn, grow, and share with others, no matter how held back you feel you can always help push forward the lords work. I am working on aligning my desires with the Lords desires and that’s my invitation to you all this week.

What are the Lords desires for you? and be Ho'omanauanui about it. Ho'omanauanui is Hawaiian for patience. Be patience with yourself as you seek to know Gods plan for you each and every day. Love you all so much and wish you the best of luck!

Elder Porter

Honolulu, Hawaii