Per tradition a missionary gets to call home on Mother's Day and Christmas. Guess what today is?!? Mother's Day. We got our phone call at about 1:00 this afternoon. Of course as soon as I heard 'hi mom' I began to cry. It was wonderful to hear Kyle's voice and for the chance to ask a question and have it answered right then and there! I just wanted to share some of the things we got to talk with Kyle about. Enjoy!
The area Kyle is serving in is southeast of Atlanta. Atlanta is one of the places people are sent after immigrating to the U.S. There are a lot of people where Kyle serves who are from the Congo, Tanzania, Ghana and a couple of other places I have never heard of and could not begin to spell. He said there are a lot of people from Africa in this area. They speak French and Swahili.
Kyle's companion is from Congo. He and his parents came to the U.S. and his parents now live in N. Carolina. His name is Elder Neckadenga.
Kyle and his companion drive a car and are allowed to drive 1460 miles per month. That kind of gives you an idea of how spread out the area he is assigned to is. He said they regularly run out of miles a day or two before the month ends. That means they hoof it (and stay pretty close to home).
His ward meets at 10:00. They have a HUGE amount of inactive members and the ward focus for this year is "Rescuing less actives" They have a whole program designed to fulfill this plan.
I also learned what BIBLE stands for. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
Kyle sounded great. He is learning something new about the gospel and about people every day. He said he is very happy and is glad that he will stay in Decatur for another 7 weeks or so at least.
He said they are starting to feel the humidity, but it is not bothering him.
Health wise, nothing seems much different. He is trying to eat as best he can and seems to be a little more sensitive to how his body is feeling.
All in all it was a wonderful phone call. We talked to him and then Michael and Brigette came over with the sweeties so they all got to visit with Kyle as well. He finished up by talking to Kev, and then heard one last I love you from his mom.
It was great to hear from him and he said to say hi to everyone. He asked about everyone and what was new family-wise.
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