Elder Porter Ellis

  Aloha 皆さん、 Anyone TikTok doomscollers here? Yeah if you knownwhat im gonna talk about from my email title you are just as cooked as I am. If you don't it's okay, it just means you are most likely a productive human being that contributes to society.  Nah nah just kidding.  But anyways, this past week and recently overall I've been pretty down. Just overall feeling sad, stressed, or annoyed. With that has come a fat lack of patience for those around me. Which is a whole other problem.  It's so easy for me to recognize my lack of patience (after the fact) because then I just regret whatever I just did/said/sent which kinda happened a lot this week (usually when I haven't had anything to eat) But because I've been realizing or just acting out more recently I've just been very self aware. And honestly extremely down about it because I knew I should be better than that and I wanted a better hold over how I express frustration or deal with annoyance.  I was over...

  Aloha 皆さん, So we had Zone conference this past week. With the end of zone conference the busy transfer is finally winding down. No more exchanges or any big meetings. I can chill for about a week and a half and do normal good ol’ mission work.  But of course with Zone conference comes President interviews and bruh😭 Nothing crazy went down like extending for another 6 months but prez Boss was telling me about all the juicy stuff in the mission (people going home early, areas opening, future zone plans, etc.) It was kinda crazy. We are talking about different things that are happening, just kinda chatting, but then he drops a bomb outta left field.  “You're gonna need to stop this monster thing though” Bro who snitched.  I swear my parents have been praying for this day, (as I write this email my mom emailed me to lay off the monsters😭) but I just accepted my fate at that point.  今からモンスター飲みません。。(多分) From this point I won't drink monsters (probably) Maybe it's ...

  Aloha 皆さん、 Happy Father's Day!  Shout out my dad for real. I love him so much. He's been my constant role model and has literally done everything for me. Sometimes he may get on my nerves fr but I definitely know how to push his buttons😂 like father like son.  Dear dad, I may not say it a lot but I'm super grateful for everything. I truly look up to you and I'm so grateful that I have you to look up to as a role model. You are on of the reasons I've gone on a mission, why I want to be a teacher, and a great dad.  I love you From ya stupid son Happy Father's day to all the other dad's out there fr. Yall are troopers. We all appreciate you so much❤️ Highlights: -Exchanges -Keiichi Exchanges: Kinda a highlight and a lowlight, got to Exchange with some awesome Elders but there were a couple of problems so wasn't all fun but overall still love exchanges. Exchanges with our DL Doboz 長老, he's kinda interesting not gonna lie. But we talked a lot about vid...

  Aloha 皆さん、 I like to think that I've had a rather peculiar experience with my mission so far. Especially after rather suddenly extending my mission another 6 months it's been a bit “interesting” After telling the mission President I wanted to extend (6 months) I obviously felt really good about the decision, it felt right. But recently I feel like the guy with immortality. But like in the “watching everyone you love pass away” type.  You know when it's like comics or movies they say immortality is a curse, and stuff like that. Yeah kinda like that.  Obviously I'm not immortal but it's been crazy, watching missionaries who I've been in the MTC with, or who came out after me go home. It'll especially be hard these next two transfers as my MTC group goes home. Even my friends are starting to go back home too😭 I miss everyone fr. But that's the way it is sometimes. Before I went on a mission I only heard the good about a mission. I didn't think it wou...