It was good to hear his voice!!!

So here is my best Christmas present from yesterday!!!  Thank you to Leo and his wife for having my son in their home for Christmas and allowing him to use their computer to call home!!

William on Skype Video call for Christmas!!  I love modern technology!

William is doing well and really likes Slagelse (the g is silent) and his companion Elder Mauler who is from Denver.  He says it is really cold!!  On the 24th it was 20 below 0 F when they got home at night - now that is cold even for William who loves the cold!!!  Everything seems to be going pretty well.  He is understanding more and more of the language and although the speaking is coming slower he is progressing every day.  He says his typical day is to get up between 630 and 7 and take a quick shower then study scriptures for an hour, a quick breakfast then companion study for an hour, then language study for an hour or two.  They leave the apartment around noon and are out until 9pm.  Some days they have appointments earlier in the morning so they skip language study and go to work.  The sun doesn't come up until 10am and goes down at 345pm so they are doing alot of their work in the dark.  William is loving the food and the members feed them multiple times a week.  Thank you to all of them from this mom!!  The kids really enjoyed seeing and talking to William again.  I think they are amazed at how much they miss him.  He got a box from Tim and Kerry (thanks to you both), but still has not gotten the box from us.  I will have to post about the saga of the box!!!  It is supposed to be at the mission home and he goes to Copenhagen on Wednesday so hopefully he will get it then.  He goes to Copenhagen about once a month for training and other people bring boxes as they come and go.  It takes about 12 days to get a letter to him via the mission home, but it is probably still better to send them there.  He could be transferred on a 24 hour notice, then mail would be lost in transit for a while.  Well, that is the bulk of the conversation.  William, of course, got a sports update from Jeff and Matthew and then our hour was over.  It was so good to talk to him and hear his voice and know that he is well.  We hope all of you will join with us in praying for his success and good health.  Happy Holidays to all!!

The Mom