Implement async/await in sort function of arrays javascript

I am trying to implement a sort method on protractor ElementArrayFinder. As known, all protractor methods return promises. So my sort method has a condition which depends on promises resolution. I am using a node plugin for async/await in order to make it compatible with node.js versions lower than 6. (Here the plugin: https://www.npmjs.com/package/asyncawait)

Here my code, where this is the ArrayElementFinder:

var asyncCompare = async(function(a, b) {
    let x = await (a.getText());
    let y = await (b.getText());
    console.log(x.localeCompare(y));
    return x.localeCompare(y);
});

var sortTheArray = async(function(arrayOfElementFinders) {
    return await (arrayOfElementFinders.sort(asyncCompare));
});

this.then((elements) => {
    let arrayOfElementFinders = [elements[0], elements[1], elements[2]];
    let sortedArray = sortTheArray(arrayOfElementFinders);
    console.log('array sorted');
});

Unfortunately the timing execution is not the one I expect. The print: array sorted happens before than the prints of comparing x.localeCompare(y). Any idea what am I doing wrong? And any idea how to achieve my objective?

Thanks a lot for any help