Directly from Blake's email.

The subject was Thank God for Baptist:

Lol i got kicked off the library computers but thankfully there's a baptist university here where we can use computers for a little bit.  I am still sending a circ. mail sorry i will try to email you guys personally when i have time.  So ya meat is gross i can't believe they kill that many cows everyday but i think our district is gonna try to have district meeting up here some week then we'll all go take a tour.  We have to drive for almost an hour to get to district meeting each week.  We have a car and i got my bike finally we do mostly drive tho, plainview isn't very big but we cover all of it and it's kinda sparse at the edges lol.
     I didn't give Joe Ortiz a blessing mom i gave Guillermo Guerrero a blessing, he's a member who just got active again and is trying to stop smoking.  We've given up on Joe the guy that got us manicures i just think he isn't gonna change anything he has girlfirends and he smokes and drinks, everyone does here.  Everyone believes in god tho, in christ, i haven't met a single person who doesn't go to church yet.  There's tons of churchs in this little town, like 2 or 3 catholic ones, cause there's tons of mexicans here, and a bunch of baptist too.  The Church of Christ is popular here too down south i guess and Texas especially.  Everyone says they'll "pray for us" like we're going to hell lol.  We met a crazy guy like 2 days ago he was like teaching our doctrine to us.  He wasn't part of a church i think cause he has such crazy ideas.  But he was like teaching us about Melchesidec and like i dunno it was funny he used scriptures we use lol.  We were just like agreeing with him and he kept going he was throwing stuff on the ground and like kinda yelling sometimes, totally a preacher kinda guy.  Very unusual, he thinks he can become perfect by reading scriptures in the mirror, he has some book i can't remember what it was but some guy wrote it and it's like really good stuff a lot of it.  But the weird part is ya he'll like read a scripture in the mirror and say "amen" then read another, like 3 scriptures everyday i guess.  Weird people here.
     Every kid lives with each other of course and there's like no fathers in the world i swear.  Being here i definitely understand why there's polygamy, there are definitely a lot more girls going to heaven than guys.  Ugh time running out... Must type faster... Elder Tripp and I spoke in church yesterday, it was a real blessing cause now the members love us lol we already have more dinner appointments for this week than we had the past two weeks combined (isn't hard to beat 1).
     I can't believe Sarah tried to get another dog that cracks me up.  I'd print out Melinda's book of suggestions but i'd be broke it cost 45 cents to print a page at this heathen university.  I guess i should be grateful i get to use their internet.  So ya texas, and plainview, is a very crazy place.  Really most the people are super nice, but occasionally you'll get the craziest person in the world.  Lol some elders in another town got a bible literally thrown at them while they were on their bikes, funny stuff i hope it happens to me.  You can tell most people have been taught false stuff about our church they just like look at our tags and are pissed.  And they think we re-wrote the bible and stuff.  No one has mentioned or asked me about polygamy but i bet it's in their minds a lot.  I heard the El Derado people are gonna settle again somewhere by plainview i dunno if that's true, total heresay, heard it at the nail salon lol.
    Well i have cramps in my wrists.  Please no more questions about how i'm getting pictures home i think that's the main topic in every letter i've received from mom and sharon lol.  What's the site for my blog? i think i can check it out if i have time like there's no rules against i don't think.  I know a lot of missionaries still use facebook and stuff, which is lame i wouldn't even want to, but i hear this blog page is revolutionizing the internet.  Guillermo is gonna teach us a little spanish since everyone speaks it here but me and Elder Tripp.  O ya ali's family sent me a huge package of Otter Pops lol so awesome it was expensive to ship.  Anyways... Sounds like everything is going awesome, i can't believe Dad's luck he does always find crazy situations, good thing he can handle them i'd freak out.  K my hands are falling off.

Love, Elder Blake Theo Porter