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| Merry Christmas with our whole family together! |
We had a WONDERFUL phone call with Ben on Christmas Day! He Skyped from a member's home. It was so good to visit with him and see him! He just glowed through the screen!
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| Ben loved seeing Nico's hair! We've kept it long to show Ben Nico's baby curls. |
He said they have had a wonderful Christmas season despite the dark and cold. But the days are getting longer now! He told us about the nativities and Christmas cookies they took to members.
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| Nico recognized Ben! |
Sadly enough, he told us that all of the mission Christmas packages were in a van at their Christmas zone conference. During the night before the conference, the van was broken into and 1/3 of the packages were stolen. One of the two packets we sent to Ben was stolen, so he only received half of his homemade nativity. He missed out on the ties, socks, and some other fun things we sent. Still, "Christmas doesn't come from the store. Christmas means a little bit more!" Ben was still in good spirits.
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| Ben had Naomi's name for Christmas! |
We had so much fun talking and laughing. Ben also told us that Jimmie, the investigator he and Elder Erickson found and taught the Restoration to, is getting baptized on Wednesday!
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| He sent fun Danish gifts for everyone. |
Together we opened the Christmas box he sent. Ben sent fun gifts for everyone as well as Uncle Joe, Aunt Mariah and their kiddles. Socks, ties, KinderEier, pencils, a missionary CD for Sam, etc.
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| Uncle Joe spoke Norwegian and Ben spoke Danish and they understood each other! |
After an hour of talking, the kiddles went upstairs to get ready for Church and Mark and I had a few minutes to visit one-on-one with Ben. It was so good to talk to him. Despite the fact that his mission is the lowest-baptizing mission in the Church, he was happy and willing to move ahead and continue to work hard! We are so proud of him!
We sure love him. His missionary spirit has carried us through the whole week!
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