10 March 2008

I will update from the emails/letters we have received in March. He currently has only 14 days left in the MTC and then he flies out to the Czech Republic. He says he is really excited and nervous. We send him a package every week with healthy snacks (at his request) and some fun things too. For St. Patrick's Day we sent him a funny tall green (of course) hat, blinking bow tie, a large pin that says
"Are we green yet?" - quite appropriate for greenie missionaries, green jelly beans, and other fun things. In a previous letter he asked for a Czech Flag to use as a bed covering. Instead of a nylon flag, I got cotton fabric and made him a summer blanket with the flag pattern. He should get it by the end of the week. I am sure he will love it - he better it was a labor of love.

He has taught the first 2 lessons in Czech and said he did quite well but the language is very difficult to learn. He says the "gift of tongues" is literally at work.

One week he didn't get but one or 2 letters and felt very deprived but said it really humbled him. We reminded him of the 3 calls we got from him the entire summer when he was at BYU and how many messages we left for him to call us and he was always too busy. Hmmm. The emails we receive are always very short, so he must be writing to some of you instead of us, so let me know if you have any news I haven't posted.

He always begs for more letters in each email, so here is a plea to friends and family to write this week. I will post his new address next week once he leaves the MTC.