Mothers Day is one of those special days for a mom of a missionary. We get about 45-60 minutes to talk to our missionary children on the telephone. So on Sunday May 8th at 5pm Idaho time we called Elder Gomm in Uruguay. It was 8pm in Uruguay for Elder Gomm, our call began like this:
Elder Gomm: Hola,
Momma Gomm: Elder Gomm?
Elder Gomm: Momma!
Oh it was so special. We as a family gathered around the table before we called and wrote a list of questions we wanted to hear him tell us about. Here are some of the questions we had him tell us about.
What is the weather like? It is rainy, we are getting into the winter season and it is getting colder. I think I am going to have to buy a warmer coat.
What is your house like? My companion and I live alone in a small one bedroom house. It has tile floors so we put blankets on the floor to keep our feet alittle warmer.
Earlier in your mission you sent home a picture of a BBQ, What were they cooking? Oh that was beef ribs they were huge slabs of ribs. The meat here is really good.
When did you get your travel Visa? We got our travel visa's when we were leaving Argentina to come to Uruguay.
Did you get your Easter packages? Yes, they both got here without any problems. Thanks for the sunflower seeds.
What time do you get up in the mornings? We get up at 6:15am and run or do some kind of exercise.
What do you do on your p days? Well we do our housework, clean and do some shopping. Then we wash our underclothing in buckets. There are sister here from the ward that does our other laundry. We go to the main area of town and they have these shops with computers that we pay to email our family.
Do you have water in your house? Yes and it is running water. We also have a small water heater so we get short warm showers.
Do you filter your drinking water? Well we are suppose to, but we don't do it because it takes to much time.
Tell us about your Mission President? President Heaton and Sister Heaton are great. I think they were from the Rexburg Idaho area. He served his mission here in Uruguay when he was younger.
Milk, do you drink Yaks milk? Ha Ha, no we drink cows milk, we don't get it very often. Yesterday a member brought us some fresh milk. It is really good.
Then we took time to talk to him individually as his parents. He sounds like he is doing great. Toms call got cut off because of time. A few minutes after the call the phone rang and it was Timothy calling to tell dad he loved him because their call was cut off.
Can't wait to talk to him again in December at Christmas time!
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