Week 8 with Elder Fartinez

This week got a little funky...

Elder Martinez was not having it this week haha. He took down my tiny basketball hoop so I put it in the other room haha. Also he told me he doesn’t like when I play the harmonica so I told him that I won’t play it for him anymore I’ll just play it for myself and then I go play it just as loud in the other room hahaha.

On Wednesday things got a tiny bit wacky. For real. Elder Martinez and I were out hitting doors but he would always stand like 3 feet behind me and not help and I was over it. I looked him straight in the face and go “do you just not want to work” and he didn’t say anything so I told him “you are my freaking senior companion and I cannot do this work alone, freaking help me.” and then we went to work. 

I have been getting really good at teaching lessons tho. I try my very best to speak to people and God puts the words I need in my mouth. I always just pray for the Spirit, and I have yet to have a moment where I don’t receive the words I need when I’m teaching. It is so freaking rad.

Every night someone in our apartment building smokes the good old herb so it always smells extra green in our rooms. We have a joke that Martinez puts some marijuana in his sandwiches every night. It’s like the one thing that makes him laugh  haha.

I was eating a banana and I set it on Martinez’s bed to grab something and I forgot I set it there and he was so butthurt for like 30 minutes about it hahahah. He came out of his room holding my brown banana and just goes “que isso” in his monotone voice and Elder Dias and Elder Castro started laughing so hard. Que isso means “what is this”, but the way he said it made it mean “what the heck is this freaking banana doing on my freaking bed.” hahaha

Long story short we had Zone Conference and it was super dope we all had a fun time and also Elder Martinez is being tranfered. Gonna miss how derogatory the dude was. Also gonna miss him giving me words in Spanish and then memorizing them and then having Elder Castro tell me that all the words I memorized were in Spanish. Elder Castro (from Lima Peru) is my new companion and its gonna be weird to have a companion who walks next to me. I’m actually really exited to have a companion that will help me. It’s going to be a huge blessing.

I had a super nice experience this week tho, We were teaching this dude named Joao Baptista and his wife and after we finished the lesson I was literally overcome with the love of Christ for these people. I felt like I needed to tell them how much God loved them and how he is aware of the struggles they are going through and also that he is going to help them through it all, so I did. My Portuguese was freaking whack as always but the Spirit was so strong and I got a little bit sappy and it was beautiful. I cannot wait to see what God has prepared in heaven waiting to bless these people with.

We had 5 people investigating the church in Sacrament meeting on Sunday and it was super cool because President Granja was there and he gave a super nice sermon hahah. He just talked about the Church with them and talked about how the Church isn’t meant to tie them down it’s meant to help them live a more smooth life. I definitely agree with him. I have found out on the mission that there are so many people who think living their lives without God gives them more freedom and it takes them a while to realize it but they always end up figuring out their life is trash without a form of God. I’m just the dude trying to find the people who are feeling like that haha.

Last thing. Prayer. Literally the most important thing in our lives should be praying. Pray for the people you care about, pray for the kid who bullies you. Pray to have the feeling of happiness every day. Pray for literally anything. God just wants to hear your voice. I have been physically uplifted on this mission more times than I can count because I poured out my emotions to God. I know with all of my self that God will help you with those things that are on your mind right now. Give him a prayer.

Welp another week down.

Stay in school kids.

Appreciate your clean working toilets for me.

Love y’all much <3  (;

Porter says they are eating lots and being fed VERY well! Yay!

Pounding the pavement in Primavera do Leste

Porter loves his new companion/trainer - Elder Castro!