Was New years in this last week?!? That feels like forever ago! The week went by super fast for me, so I don't get it haha.
This week we decided to spend all our extra time knocking doors, something we don't usually do. I enjoy it a lot!! I think it is so cool to talk to and meet so many people. There are a lot of people around here who have a lot of cool stories about pretty much everything. We met an old man this week who made his living by being Santa ever since he was 26. He must have been born with a long white beard!!! We knocked 123 doors. At 82 of them no one answered, at 40 no one was interested, and 1 became a new investigator. It was worth it. I keep the data because I love math, and it just makes things a little bit more fantastic!
Speaking of math...I USED IT (as in big math, not just adding or collecting data) IN REAL LIFE!!! We were talking to a guy named Nathan, one of our few investigators, as he was fixing up his truck. Elder Nelson is a real car guy, so he and Nathan hit it off real well. I just act like I understand what is going on. He wanted to lower his fender so that it would make the whole bottom of the truck look flush (that is some of the stuff I'd pretend to know). He drew it out for me and I was pumped because 1. I could figure it out using some simple Delta Y over Delta X Algerbra, so I did. We figured out he needed to extend the front like 2.324 inches down, or something like that. Then 2.) I got to use some real life calculus with derivatives and integrals to figure out how best to cut and use the metal and where (optimization). I WAS SO PUMPED!!!! I was seriously shaking from the adrenaline of real life brain work. Wow. I love math. I'm going to work at NASA. It's decided so...just letting you know that it IS going to happen.
Right now our car is being fixed for a dent we had from back when Elder Moyer drove. We dropped it off this morning at the shop and then had to bike home....4.5 miles in 15 degree temperature. It was MISERABLE!!! I know that probably doesn't sound too bad to most uh y'all, but it was terrible for us hahah. We'll be on bikes 100% of the time till Friday. Even for when we teach Macky, a guy who lives 8 miles outside of town, 10 miles from our house. We usually teach him at 8 PM. Hahaha, its gonna be a good week! I'm excited.
I'm really grateful for authority, as in Priesthood Authority. We teach about it a whole bunch, about how its the big difference between us and EVERY SINGLE other church. There is a member here, Truman Hinkson, he's from Orem too! He is really good with history and things and one day for Elders Quorum he taught a lesson about the history of the Preisthood and about all the other chruches, things like Emperor Nero and Constantine and the Nicean Creed. It was really cool for me to learn all those things!! Anyway, we were teaching Jennifer, our recent convert, the restoration all over again, we have to teach everything agaim after baptism. I started to testify about how I know the Preisthood Authority is real and true, and I just got so pumped. I felt the spirit so strongly and I knew without a doubt that it reallly is a fact. I have been so blessed by the Preisthood thoughout my whole life and I am so grateful for that. I love that now I have that sacred authority that comes with a sacred duty to serve and to love. It is an amazing thing. God is good. His plan is perfect and it covers every single nook and cranny, not a single person or thing can sneak through the cracks. I love it.
Well, I LOVE YOU!!:)
Talk to y'all next week. Be safe!
Elder Porter
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