Merry Christmas!
It was a great week! Lot of the same stuff this week. We did a lot of finding and visiting members. On Wednesday I went on exchanges with Elder Kleinman and that was a blast!
On Sunday we had a great sacrament meeting about the birth of the Savior and the true meaning of Christmas. We had a lot of faces that we don't see too often. After church, the English Elders and we made some cookies and delivered them to some recent converts and less active families. Before we gave them the cookies we sang a Christmas song. It was a fun thing to bring the Christmas spirit to others.
On Christmas Eve our whole zone went to help at a blood drive. It was a cool opportunity to see so many people come to serve on Christmas Eve and also for the opportunity to serve myself too! For dinner, we went over to our ward mission leader’s house just like I did last year. We had a very traditional meal similar to what they would have had back when Jesus was born. Afterwards, we all dressed up and the whole family and the missionaries acted out the birth of Christ while Brother Oliphant read the story. It is definitely an awesome tradition they have and I am grateful to be a part of it again this Christmas.
Christmas day we woke up and played board games with the other 2 sets of Elders in our ward. Later in the day we met as a zone and did white elephant gifts and played some card games. At 3 we are going over to a member’s for dinner and skyping our families. Super excited for that and to talk to my brother as well. After that, we are planning on going to Mai's house and spending some time with her family. Should be a fun day!
Merry Christmas! Thanks for all the support!
Love you all,
Elder Rich
Pictures: (1) Helping at the blood drive (2) Merry Christmas (3) Skyping with my family
