Father's Day...

So, when you go on a mission you can only call your family twice a year...on Mother's Day and Christmas. We always look forward to those dates because it's just good to hear your missionaries voice. Last time Silvia called was on Father's Day (March 19th)...that's the Bolivian Father's Day. My dad was extremely excited to hear her voice and I know he can't wait till she comes home. I got to speak with her for a bit and she is doing great. I could tell that her English changed a bit...some words she couldn't remember...she could only think of them in French! I thought that was funny....because I had to get used to English all over again when I came home from Spain. I'm excited to have Silvia teach me French...I've always wanted to learn it! Funny to say, I took 5 years of French in H.S. and Silvia took Spanish. She'd always laugh and wonder why I was taking french and told me to take Spanish b/c it was an easy A. When I filled out my mission papers I remember being specific that I had taken 5 years of French, hoping that they would send me French speaking. Well...they didn't and I was sent to Spain. When Silvia's turn came to fill out her mission papers she told me that she was specific that she ONLY wanted to go Spanish speaking, that she wasn't interested in learning a different language. Well... as we already know she was sent to Switzerland, French speaking!!!

France Stakes

These are the missionaries that were serving in parts of France and Luxembourg. Silvia is the one at the front...so this picture must of been taken when she was serving in Luxembourg. Her mission Pres. posted this picture in his blog. I know that she had mentioned that the Elders had to take her and her companion in their car to Luxembourg because there was a strike in Geneva and public transportation wasn't availble. It was only a 5-6 hour drive...so I guess it wasn't that bad. I remember when I was first transfered when I was serving in Spain, I was stuck in the train for 12 hours!...Crazy, huh? :) As you already know, Silvia's back in Geneva and thinks she will finish her mission there. She was supposed to come home on May 1st but she decided to stay an extra week. I guess an elderly lady who is a recent convert, babtized a year ago, is getting ready to go to the Temple but has no family to go with her. Silvia asked her Mission Pres. if she could go with her and that meant that she'd have to stay there for an extra week. So....as far as we know...her return date for now is May 7th. I'll let you know if anything changes....and that's nice of her to stay there to go to the Temple with the new member! :)