Week 14 Christmas

 

Logan.Barker@missionary.org

Hey guys, I hope you all had a great Christmas!!
To start the week off on Monday, we balled and played a nerf war with members in our ward.. Tuesday, we were able to go to the temple. It was a super awesome experience, and the Portland temple is super pretty. After the temple we ate at Olive garden, and went to Deseret book. That took pretty much all day, but it was totally worth it. I would encourage all that can to go to the temple often! Anyway Wednesday, and the first half of Thursday was normal missionary work. Then we got a call saying that Lebanon was going to have an ice storm. So we had to stay in the apartment all day. The crazy thing was about 10 min before we got the call we were biking, it was super cold so it made sense. Anyway Thursday afternoon we stayed in the apartment, and just chilled with the other Elders who happened to be on exchanges. It was super fun, we ended up playing dew pong, and me and Elder Martin won a best of 5 game. It is a lot harder than I thought but it is still fun. Anyway, Friday morning we woke up, looked outside and it looked like an ice rink. The streets and sidewalks were covered in ice. So we couldn't drive anywhere. It was a good thing, cause there ended up being 12 car pile ups and multiple other crashes. So us being guys, we went and played in the ice. We also played keep away, basically we took a 5 pound weight and it slid like a hockey puck, so we were running around trying to get and keep it away from the others. Let me just say we all fell multiple times. However it was super fun I would highly recommend. The rest of the day we just chilled, played a little ball, and ended the day with service. Then came Christmas eve. The morning was pretty normal, but we were told we could take the day a little easier, so we went and did service, chilled with the district for a little bit, and had an amazing dinner. Also we got to watch Norad Santa tracker for a little bit so that was cool. Then came Christmas, my family made me wake up at 5 so i could call them at 6. It was super hard to not be there with them, but the call was super nice and it was awesome to see how happy they were after they saw what they got from Santa. After the call, I had an awesome breakfast, with cinnamon rolls, bacon, eggs, etc, it was really good. After that we had an amazing church service, then we went to Cindy's, she is our family history helper, we just had tacos and played some board games, it was a blast. Then we visited a member in the ward for a little bit. After that we had dinner with the McCormicks, it was also super good, and filling. They are one of my favorite family's in the ward, it was super fun to talk with them. To end the day we went to the Hansen's with most of the district. They have a super nice house, with like everything. Snacks, shuffleboard, the basketball arcade thing, etc. It was a great way to end the day. Anyway I hope you all had a great Christmas, and remembered Christ this season, I miss you all and wish you the best!
Elder Barker 



                                                   











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