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Hola famila y amigos mios,

Espero que tuvieron una buena semana. So to start out this week I guess is should explain why saying goodbye sucks is the title of this email:  First of all it was the first thing that popped in my head in Spanish and so obviously I had to use it; secondly just last night I had to say goodbye to Amerita and Alex because they are going back to Honduras. These two are our investigator Andy's mom and nephew who are super awesome so it was sad to say goodbye to them. Hopefully they have a safe trip back home and remember the things they have learned.

Well that is the only reason for this title.  Actually this week has been pretty awesome.  We have had the opportunity to do a lot of service for people and teach quite a few people as well. But my favorite two things this week didn't even happen in lessons, they happened in passing over text and right after saying goodbye to Andy’s family. The first one happened this last Tuesday. I was texting our investigator Miguel (if y’all don't remember him he was the 13 year old with the crazy dad) and he told us that we couldn't come over since his dad was home and he didn't know when he was going to leave. We were sad about this but I still wanted to see how he was doing, so we texted for a little while and I found out that he hasn't done any drugs since that day that we went hard on him to stop doing them over a month ago!!! It is super awesome and a great blessing.

The other experience was yesterday when we are saying goodbye to Andy’s family. His mom told me after it was all said and done that Andy has changed a lot since we started seeing him and that he hasn't drunk any alcohol or done any crazy things he used to do for a long time. She even gave this credit to the right place, because she said that after we taught him he started praying more and doing things that God wanted him to do; and that as he grew closer to God he began to change. It was super awesome because not only did this super awesome guy change his bad habits through Christ, but he also realized that there is another step in the gospel-more than just two guys coming and telling him he needs to do something. He realized that he had to take responsibility for his own salvation and act on what he learned. It was an awesome night!

I love you all and hope that you have an awesome week and fun in school!

Elder Porter

 

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