Christmas in Portland was awesome and a lot happened this week.
Christmas Conference was last Tuesday and it was a relatively relaxed conference and was a lot of fun. I got a picture with Santa that might(?) be on the mission Facebook page
We met a lot of crazy people this week and got Bible bashed a couple times as well. On a happy note, we taught a man named Theo about the restoration and during the first lesson he said he would get baptized! He even told us that although he had been Christian for a long time, it always frustrated him because it still seemed like something was missing. It is always a joy when people are searching for truth and finally find it.
Christmas Eve we tried teaching a few people in the morning and then went to a member's home for dinner. They were awesome and even made us ties and gave us stockings with treats in them. Portland is the place to be!!!(Besides the weather and crazy people)
Christmas day was wonderful. We went to a member's house for breakfast and helped their kids set up a mini roller coaster in the living room. We then helped cook and hang out with some African refugees at a brunch that was put on by the senior missionaries. We finally got to talk to our families over Skype and I was pleased to see that they still seem to be hanging on without me. Christmas dinner was at another member's home and we ate a Swedish dish that was basically a few different cheeses that we would grill individually and serve on top of bread or potatoes along with grilled meats and vegetables. They also gave us Nerf guns and suggested we come over and have a Nerf war with them sometime.
I'm so grateful to be on a mission and this Christmas was awesome!
Merry Christmas,
Elder Martin
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