Christmas call

Peter made no mention of a call in his last email so we did not know what to expect.  Christmas morning around 10 am we finally got a text asking if this was a good time to call.  We asked him to wait until 3 when Elise and John would be back.  Luckily that worked out.  He called just as Gr. and Gr Olsen came to visit.  We all sat in the library and passed a phone around on speaker phone so we could all listen.  It was so good to hear each question answered, to hear his enthusiasm and to hear how much he had already grown.  


He is doing well, very well.  They stay busy.  They have a mother and her two sons lined up for baptism.  They like finding Puerto Ricans because they are more polite.  The white people are rude and won't talk at all but the Puerto Ricans invite them in and are kind.  He says there is water everywhere.  Everyone has a pond in their back yard.  William warned him that there will be alligators in nearly every pond.  My little boys thought it all sounded great.


His companion is Elder Ellis.  They had several eating appointments that day.  They had received permission to attend a Catholic Mass on Christmas Eve and enjoyed that experience.  His Christmas package had arrived before Christmas but he saved it for Christmas.  He did say email time is limited and it is hard to get everything in.  He reads his letter from the mission president, writes him back, reads his letter from me, writes back and is out of time.  He would encourage others to write and mail letters.  He loves getting letters although he is not very good about acknowledging those letters.  He said he is getting other peoples letters but it is hard to write to everyone.


I sent a few simple recipes and he was very grateful.  He said he is learning a few mission foods but would love to be able to cook something good.  I will keep looking for easy good recipes to send to him.  It was great just to hear his voice and his love for the work. I know God is blessing him.