Week 9/104


So service is great,

This week my companion and I provided some service for this member of the church.  He is


a carpenter so he builds tables, cabinets and stuff like that.  We helped him with sanding a bunch of things; that was a real throw back to high school woodshop.

After that he brought us into his back yard and gave us some coconuts straight from the tree!! Best coconut water I have ever had.  What really threw me off is that the coconut were a bright orange color and not brown. 

Mosiah 2 :17: ...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.

This week we were teaching families how to do family home evening. Family home evening is where, as a family, you have a spiritual thought and a lesson.  Following that you have the option to play a game.  Everytime we played a game with a family I lost and had to be a statue and that other people had me do things like stand on one leg or pose like a ballerina, it was pretty fun.

There were lightning storms this week but we could only see them.  There was no rain and no sound, only light.  Entonces (So) when we were walking when it was dark every couple seconds the sky would light up with a bright white light with a hint of orange. It was awesome; I love lightning. 

This week we started teaching this family and they are all really interested in our message.  Especially that the church Christ established when He was on the earth has been restored today through the prophet Joseph Smith. 

This weeks' scripture is Alma 5:49:  And now I say unto you that this is the order after which I am called, yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren, yea, and every one that dwelleth in the land; yea, to preach unto all, both old and young, both bond and free; yea, I say unto you the aged, and also the middle aged, and the rising generation; yea, to cry unto them that they must repent and be born again.

Take care everyone 

este es otro dia en el paraiso.  This is another day in paradise.

Elder Porowski

Location: Pucallpa, Peru

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