We didn't get an e-mail this week because it was Christmas the day after p-day so we got a call instead. It was so fun to talk to Jess and he sounded so good. It is always nice for a mom to hear their kids voices because you can tell a lot from their voice. He is settling in well and enjoying the work. He is looking forward to a transfer in hopes of a companion who is a little more excited about the work as well. It is a hard mission and he finds himself getting a little discouraged at times because the people are so entrenched in tradition but he is committed to work hard. He said he knows he is planting many seeds that he knows will someday grow strong. He misses his brother and sisters but says he isn't homesick to much anymore. He told us he was most excited about the little video we put on his Christmas i pod showing otis. We were all able to be on the phone with him even though Liz and Megan were at home. Rob, Emily and Bob and I were all together and we conferenced the other two in. Jess was pretty excited because he didn't know if it would work. They had a really nice Christmas party at the mission home so he had another long train ride to get there but he had fun. They ate Christmas breakfast at the senior couples home and then will go there again on New Years Eve night to stay the night. I am really grateful for the senior couple taking such good care of them since they are so far from the mission home.
I am going to post some pictures of the kids taken on Christmas so Jess will have a record of what went on while he was gone. We just got some new pictures of the twins as well and some of Alex so this will be a picture post.
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