Elder Logan Porter: Adventures and Training

We had a busy, crazy, and wonderful week!

I was able to go on exchanges with our Zone Leaders this week. So for the day, Elder Gram and I had a blast! It was so much fun and we were able to get so much done! But on the way back to exchange back the other missionaries were late. I happened to know one of the members in the other ward that lived right by the chapel we were meeting at. We went over to see him. He does the fire and knife dancing. So he lit em up and performed for us in the street in front of his house! He then showed us how to do some of the things so now we can practice and some time on the mission hopefully we can lite up! It was soo cool to watch!! He’s so good too! Malosi hooked it up that Night!

We had a Zone Meeting this week where our Zone Leaders report and relay the training they received from President, his wife, and the Assistants to the President at MLC. It was so awesome and a very uplifting and powerful training. A message we have heard before but you can never hear too many times. We must convert ourselves before we can help convert others. You can only bring someone up to the level you are. This gives me a motivation and a further reason to work harder in the little time I get for my self-nourishment spiritually in the mornings. Not only so I can be my best, but so I don’t limit how much I can help someone come unto Christ. This spoke to me because I get in these phases where I think I’m doing pretty well. I know I’m far from perfect but I’m doing well, then something like this comes and it’s like okay let’s take it to the next step. I know as we continue to recommit to do more, to concentrate ourselves to God even more, and to obey the commandments even more exactly that we will continue to learn, grow, and progress forever. We are never doing "good enough" we always must keep striving and working to do better and to know our Savior Jesus Christ more.

Today we went to some Lava Tubes with one of the Locals. He took us to 3 different ones. They were so awesome. Hieroglyphics, Ancient Hawaiian remains, and even a swimming hole that the local guy swam in to rub it in. J It was the coolest things ever! We got lots of pictures but some of the things we weren’t allowed to take pictures of. It was one of those things that I will remember forever! Such a cool thing to see and so grateful for awesome members to take us to things like that or we would never even know they existed!

This week we had the opportunity to study about developing your talents. This isn’t one of my favorite things because I don’t like not being good at things. I’d rather just stick to the few things I’m really good at than take the lots of time and effort to pick up something new... for example music. I’m terrible at and I feel so dumb when people here try to teach my how to play the ukulele because I’m just terrible. But I have learned that some of our talents we don’t even know yet. On the mission I have been able to try and experience so many new things I have never done before, some things I’m terrible at, other things I pick up real quick and looks like I’ve been doing it for years. Heavenly Father has blessed us with many gifts and talents. Many we do not know or recognize. It is our job to find and develop those talents and abilities! I know as we do this and seek help from our Heavenly Father through prayer we will become the children he needs us to be so he can use us to help those come to a knowledge of him. I have come to love learning new things and try to learn something new every week! I have found much joy doing this and have built many relationships as I ask for help from others to learn from them. I know this is one way we can come closer to not only family and friends, but our Father in heaven.

Love you guys!

Elder Porter

I can solve rubix cubes now. :)