Elder Porter Ellis

  Aloha 皆さん、 Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is to just keep trying each day, even when things don’t go perfectly. Living here in Japan and serving as a missionary has taught me that real growth comes from doing the small, simple things consistently. Some days, I feel like I’m making so many mistakes—messing up my Japanese, or feeling like I’m not making a big impact. But I’ve learned that God doesn’t expect us to be perfect. He just wants us to keep going. There have been plenty of moments when I wanted instant results, but I’ve started to see that real change comes bit by bit, through patience (which is hard because I lack it), and steady effort. I’m learning that enduring and continuing to do my best, especially after I make mistakes is so vital to becoming more like Jesus Christ. Each small step, every prayer, every genuine attempt to reach out, it all matters—even if it’s not immediately obvious. These challenges have helped me so much honestly. Little...

  Aloha 皆さん、 Life update: We just had transfers and yup, im still in Kumamoto. I'm also still a ZL (for the 6th transfer). I feel like I'm an old sage. Just kinda existing, biding and waiting for my time to die.  I'm actually super glad though that I didn't transfer because the past transfer has been a blast. The college group that we have been playing sports with (soccer and volleyball) has been awesome. We've started teaching a couple of them and they really are progressing.  This transfer is a 7 week transfer which normally probably feel very long but genuinely love the area, my comp, and the friends we have so it'll probably fly by.  No real crazy stories or anything. Just know I miss you all so very much, I love you guys🫶 Scripture thought: Alma 26:30 30 And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our joy would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving s...