This was one of the best Christmas's EVER!!! Less gifts and more time to spend together!!! We went to the Young Single Adult ward with Kristi and Kati...Kristi directed her ward choir and they did an AWSOME job....amazing! Then we got home and got the turkey going, grandma came, Staci Trevor and Max came and we opened more gifts for them....we read letters sent by our Elder Rob, we got our skype ready for our phone call from our elder...and then it was 3 o'clock..our long anticipated call from our elder!!! WOW!!! We got to see him, on Kati's Ipad...we passed it around and each got to talk to Elder Rob....he looks sooooo good and sounds even better!!! He LOVES his mission, his area, serving the Lord...it shows in his countinence .... he really is so happy and we were able to talk for an hour! I just love technology, what a blessing it is to be able to have our son in the same room as our family for one hour of his mission on Christmas Day, the day we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ who sacrificed so much for us.....His love for us and the Love of our Father is why we are able to be together and have these moments with each other. Elder Rob was spending this day with some great member families, he said they are teaching a couple people right now and that one lady is pretty "solid" as the missionaries put it, you can feel his spirit and the love he has for teaching the gospel to others,,,we asked him where they live and he said they live in the 2nd counselor in the Bishopric's basement...one small bedroom and a bathroom then they share the kitchen with the family upstairs ... can you imaging how nice it would be to have the missionaries live in your home, what a blessing that would be....We asked him about his Christmas and he said he loved having the 12 days of Christmas this year....loved the gifts and being able to open one up every day....he is just HAPPY!!!! Did I mention he looks GOOD!!! He has really grown up...we are so proud of him and the Love he has for our Father in Heaven and our Savior Jesus Christ....he wants to share this message to everyone and have them feel the things he is feeling with his testimony....he is such a great example to us....it was hard to close our hour and say goodby, but we are excited to do it again on Mother's Day...what a blessing it is to have our missionary son serve...what a great young man and example to all...
