Merry Christmas Elder Bellomy

We heard his voice, enjoyed his spirit, and laughed at his jokes.

It was a great Christmas present.

Funny story...

During the Christmas season, the Texas Houston South Mission has a Christmas party for the missionaries.

We were asked to send a package for Elder Bellomy. (Like we need prompting.) Well, actually...they asked to have it arrive by a certain date to be passed out at the party.

We were also asked to contribute a gift for a game in which the missionaries somehow trade gifts and attempt to upgrade to a gift that they like. (I don't know how that works.)

While shopping, we saw this cool, small, blender. Perfect for protien shakes, etc. We knew that would be a winner. So we got it.

Knowing our Eldrew...we knew that he'd love that gift. (He was a Magic Bullet) frequent flyer before his mission. Guessing that he would have a very small chance of winning the the mixer in the game, we bought him one for his gift package.

On the call, we asked him if he got his Christmas Package...he proceeded to tell us the story of how he and his companion really tried to win this "cool" blender in the Gift Game...and failed. But in an amazing coincidence, his Christmas package had the exact same mixer as he'd tried to win. We all laughed and told him the secret of where both gifts came from.

Almost a year and a half away from home...and we can still read his mind!

It was a great Christmas call. We have three of our four calls down...one to go.