Anz Nielsen let us know in this week’s email that he would be calling us the following Wednesday night to make sure everything worked and to set up the time for the official Christmas Day phone call!
This turned out to be a very tricky situation since the exact time that he needed to call us was when we were going to be at the Naha airport to pick Ryler up because he was coming to spend Christmas with us!
We were also very worried about even having a house phone in time, our shipment had not arrived and we had put our internet phone system in that shipment (it was supposed to be here in Oki before our arrival but ended up two months late!). So not only did we not have the cheap internet system available but we didn’t even have an actual phone to use and we were in the process of moving into an off base home that did not have a phone system installed yet!
Thankfully we did have new cell phones but the service area on those is really limited and the connection is not always good so it was questionable if we’d even be able get service for a call while at the airport.
I had a couple of friends lined up to be “on call” who were willing to let us use their telephones so that Anz Parker could call us at one of their homes if needed. I was also prepared to just go buy a new telephone if our shipment didn’t arrive in time (we were still expecting it any day).
As it turned out we saw more “mission miracles” and the call that Wednesday night came through just as we entered the airport and we were able to talk to one son then pick up the other one right after! That was VERY exciting to hear Anz Nielsen’s voice especially after not hearing it for 6 months!!
The local phone system was installed in time and Jay borrowed a phone from his work and we were blessed with a really good connection and had a WONDERFUL phone call in the comfort of our own home! Ryler was able to be there with us and it was such a blessing for our little family of four to have that special time “together” on Christmas Day!
Ok back to this week’s email…
He had asked us to send his missionary coat and other warm clothing (he didn’t take these to save room) and he was glad to get those since it is getting colder there now.
He said they have 3 baptismal dates set for Peter, Kwame and Sina, he was really excited about this and wrote: THE WORK IS MOVING!!!!! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We both felt to ask all of them this last week and they all said that they would! We are really excited!!!!! man I love it! I love being a missionary!!! it is so great!! I love it!!!!! Man it is AWESOME!!!!!! All of the people are so great too!!!
He said “I have officially tried horse meat (Brindisi is famous for it) and it is pretty good lol! Weird I know! Also Brindisi is what you say for a toast (with glasses and drinks etc.) like "cheers"
He said the branch in Brindisi is about the same size as his last area and he loves that.
Then he had to cut it short because the internet place was closing (they don’t always honor the posted hours so this happens a lot)
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