(Christmas) green with envy.

Letters home:
Elder Bellomy's emails have been arriving on time, but are awfully short. Hence, not a lot to write about.

Here is the last email home:

I know I sound like a broken record...but...we have tons to do today. I have a talk I have to prepare for our Zone Leader Council tomorrow and it is proving to be a very hard subject. So, I will give you the low down of thanksgiving. We were well taken care of. Our ward mission leader had us over. He was for a long time the VP of finance at a big oil company. They had tons of good, traditional food. Then we went to see a family named the Crossgroves. We taught a lesson there and they filled us up with 2 plates each and a plate of dessert to share. She is from Louisiana so it was cajun. Spicy turkey, cornbread stuffin and dirty rice. Mmmmm. so good. We then went and taught some more lessons other places. We have to stay busy on thanksgiving, it's not a day off. :)

Eldrew sighting.
We confess to be a little green (Christmas green) with envy. We got a real-time Eldrew sighting report this week.

We emailed Sister Saylin with some details on Christmas packages. She was kind enough to respond with an email reply and share with us that she'd been with Elderw at a Christmas dinner the night before with the senior missionaries...and that he was in the office at the very moment when she was responding to our email. It was really cool, and sort of strange to get an email from someone who was interacting with Eldrew during the moments we were getting the email. Needless to say, we were excited, happy...and yes...a little envious...that she gets to see and talk to Elder Bellomy. Most of all, we were very happy to read her kind words about Eldrew.

Just 23 days until we get to talk to Eldrew on the phone. Now that will be a real-time experience.

Mormon corner:
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here is a Thanksgiving message produced by the LDS church.



This Thanksgiving Day, as our family gathered around the table and each spoke of the blessings we are thankful for...we thanked the Lord for Andrew. Our son, brother, and inspiration. We are grateful for his spirit and light. We are thankful that he is well taken care of and that the Lord has watched over him.