Elder Logan Porter: Elder Fanene's the man

Coolest part of the week was our recent convert Alora from 2 weeks ago went to the temple this week for baptisms for the dead! I love the experiences people can have as they just choose to follow the example of Jesus Christ. What a simple decision but huge step, a step packed with many many blessings! I’m so grateful for the knowledge I have of our savior Jesus Christ and for the many things him and only him has allowed me to experience in this life.

Elder Fanene and I were able to teach mission prep it was weird it felt as I was just sitting in mission prep with Trenton Hope excited for our day to come to go into the field. Now we have been out for a little bit and so many stories, memories, and experiences have been made in such a short amount of time. It is so fun to watch young men and woman prepare for a mission and see the excitement they have and just knowing they have no idea how much joy they are actually going to feel serving the Lord.

This week Elder Fanene and I ended up at a weird part of our area at a strange time and as we were walking this lady comes out from behind a car and starts asking us questions about the church we were able to answer some questions and set up a time to return. One thing I love about the mission is that the spirit is so strong. Even if things don’t make sense logically if you feel it’s what you should do, do it! I was grateful to know we were at the exact place, at the exact time, meeting the exact person that Heavenly Father wanted us to be. It was an awesome experience and one that happens often as we follow the spirit.

We had a training yesterday speaking on the mind of Christ. What are these characteristics that Christ had? I would invite all of us to study this thing. What were some Attributes Christ had? And how can we develop them? As we develop them we will; see as he sees, think as he thinks, talk as he would talk, say what he would say, do what he would do, love as he would love, and many more things. I know as we diligently seek for the attributes of Christ that our nature will change, we will overcome weakness and find ourselves doing and being like our Savior Jesus Christ. I am grateful for his example and the many tools he has given me to be successful in this life and to be happy. I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week full of smiles and good memories!

Elder Porter

Honolulu, HI

Yesterdays MLC. I came out with all of them. Zone leaders and STL. you can see how much we all have changed lol. That was the squad in the MTC it was fun being back together!