Elder Porter Ellis

Aloha 皆さん、 LOL the title is a little over dramatic but it kinda did happen. Nothing absolutely terrible came of it but I was able to have some deep reflection and goal setting because of it. So this past week we were doing an activity with some Elders and words were said due to everyone's naturally competitive nature. Getting a little more specific, some words were said to me and I lost my cool a little bit and clapped back. I was a bit angry and there was a tiny exchange but nothing crazy came out of it. I immediately cooled off and realized that it wasn't even something worth getting into a tiny argument about. But unfortunately the exchange had already happened and we were all going home. I was able to talk with Elders about it and reflect a little bit about it.  Side note: looking back on it, I almost laugh every time I think about how my parents asked our Stake president to bless me with patience when I was getting set apart. Because I definitely am getting blessed with op...

Aloha 皆さん、 How's everyone doing? It's been a pretty good week overall for me. Interesting for sure but super fun. Christmas is coming up and I've seen so many blessings in my everyday life, I honestly need to get on top of Journaling fr. Today I wanted to talk about Heavenly Father's love though. With one of my favorite scriptures to share. 1 Nephi 11:16-17. In this scripture an Angel is showing Nephi a vision and in verse 16 the Angel asks Nephi a question. -16 And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God? 17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things. I always love sharing that scripture regardless of who you are because it's so simple and yet so powerful. It shows us that even though we are not perfect and we don't know everything, but as long as we remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love us, that is enough. I do share it a lot though and Elder Peña gets annoyed some...

 Aloha 皆さん! Honestly, as I sat down this week to think about what I should write I was a little bit stumped. Usually, when I sit down to write my weekly emails I have too many thoughts that I don't know what to write down. But eventually, as I sat down and reflected, I was able to think about something that I wanted to talk about for quite a while. I've touched on this topic quite a bit throughout previous emails but I've never really dedicated any time to it. But I wanted to talk about the importance of families and friends, and how much I care about mine. Yeah, this one's going to be long. I feel like it's a little bit too early for me to be trunky, but I am going to blame that on the Christmas season. Do not worry, I do not plan on going home. I love the mission, and I love the work but that doesn't mean I don't miss the people I love and care about. Before I left on my mission throughout my school years growing up and in college I never really understood...

Aloha Minasan! BAHAHA I got a couple “complaints” about how long my emails are my fault, my fault. I just sit down and write and bam I have an essay. Whoops I'll try keep 'em short this time probably we will see. So we had a Christmas first presidency devotional this past Sunday and honestly, it was really good. I lowkey was tearing up over the entire devotional because I felt super “trunky” and it's only been about 4 months uh oh. Jokes, it was only when Elder Gong told the story about the boy who told his mom that what he wants is a hug and a kiss from her. It really made me miss my parents and family. Which is weird because I was never homesick during college (except for the food) ig the Mish has changed me LOL.  Elder Gong's ornament (I want one) Anyways Elder Gong talked about something that really resonated with me. Which was thinking about “the new scrooge”. Why do we always think about the old grumpy scrooge and not the nice, cheerful, loving scrooge that had b...