Week 10, January 5, 2015 Bringing in the New Year

Happy New Year!!

This is me trying to look French with my new Khakis.

 

 

2015 MacMar New Year's Day

at the Museum of Flight, Boing Field Seattle, WA

 

 

His response to our visit to the museum. Holy cow!!That is so cool!!! I wish I could have been there for that!! I was really sad and didn't do anything and was missing you all a lot... I actually went to bed really early.... I hated being away from everyone over the holidays :(   But I really do feel your love and I am so thankful for that. I couldn't go on without your prayers and your love. I feel stronger knowing that you are praying for me :) thank you!!

 

So this week was rather fast! We went to the ward on NYE and they fed us a nice dinner :) The Ward really takes us missionaries in as children and see and give to all of our needs and more! They gave us a food care package and we haven’t had to buy much at the grocery store which was good because we didn’t have any money!! But now we do thank goodness. And we can get some better food in us haha :)

 

And then on Saturday night we went to our DMP's house (ward mission leader) and he lives in the mountains outside of Grasse. So we drove to Grasse and that was really pretty, but then we went up the mountain and at night, we looked down on the valley and it was sooooo gorgeous!!! And then the sunrise on Sunday over the Mediterranean sea was sooooooo beautiful!!! This is the most beautiful place in the world. Period!!!

 

The weather here is soooo cold though... I have to wear a long sleeve shirt now :/ life's rough! haha :)

This is my Ward Mission Leader, Brother Roland Perez. The strongest member in our ward. His son, Antoine (not the one you met on Skype) has really became a brother to me!!

 



This is for Jake! This is one of the walls of the Shoe store in Cannes. This store is one of a kind and gets shoes from around the world! My companion bought a 400 euro pair of shoes!!!



This is Nice. It is a beautiful city :)

 



Sorry I have to add this in because it shows what a tender heart he has.

Mom

I love you! Life is really hard without you... You really did a lot... Sometimes it hits me and I can't help but cry because I miss you and I miss home. Maybe I should have done a year of college before, but oh well now haha yeah Fast Sunday almost killed me haha but I lived :) and I feel a lot stronger now :) I always have a bottle with me!! ( I wanted to make sure he was drinking enough water)

I bought a bag today, and it was expensive, but it's really nice. I want you to use my money to pay you back because I don't want you to pay for it! That'd be great! Thank you!

Love you so much :)   Nick

 

Week 9, December 29, 2014 Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!! That's a really crazy time to stay up late! (I had told him how I'd stayed up until about 5am) You are like me Jake and Calvin! I wish I could sleep in.... I'm always tired....

Yeah! That's 3rd Ward! They are great! I really love the Swanbergs! They are all super great! The whole family!

Christmas was nice :) It was good to see everyone :) it made me really happy :) 

My week was alright. I went on an exchange with the Zone leader in Nice so I spent the day there. It was pretty fun. Nice is pretty. We spent a lot of time with the members. They really love us here. I'm thankful we are blessed with such good members. Especially our ward mission leader! The WML's son sent me a friend request and you should accept it for me! and talk to him! His name is Vincent! He is the one you met on Skype. Great kid! Just got back from serving his mission :) 

Today we had no p-day at all.... we came to Cannes to move somebody and it took all day. We are just now getting our emails! crazy and long and I'm exhausted. The whole mission thing is hard... I will keep trying though. The train money comes from the mission and we get more money at the beginning of each month. There were just many complicated things. First they cut me short for coming in late. Then we had to pay for restaurant meals for two weeks for being in Lyon... and so yeah we were short on money. (he was telling us how they had to ride the train to Cannes and Nice and just try and avoid the Conductor because they have no "ticket")

I miss animals.... I miss our kitty too... But he is with me. He is helping me just like he helped me before. He is with me. I truly believe that.

I will look for a heart rock! that will be great! Tell Sis Bailey hello for me and tell her I love her!

Thank you so much for the card that you sent me... It made me cry... The message is so true... It still makes me cry just thinking about it. Thank you for your love and for the pictures and for the memory. I have a feeling it will be of great use. I really appreciate all of the sacrifices that everyone makes for me. I really do. I love you so much <3

Talk to you soon <3 thanks for your prayers and for your love <3 God knows I need it...

Love always,  Your son,

Elder Nick Benjamin Martin

He said he prefers sleeping on the floor because the bed is too small. I guess if it has the guard rail he might be a bit cramped.