Chase called and it was so great to hear from him. He is doing really good and he is very happy. We talked for about an hour and a half. He is in Wilkesboro, NC up in the mountains. Well actually he said that they are more like hill compared to Utah. He currently has about 7 investigators, which he is totally excited about. He really likes his companion, Elder Jenkins, who is from Bountiful. In fact, all of Chases companions have been from Utah. He said "Missionaries from North Carolina go to Utah and Missionaries from Utah go to North Carolina". Elder Jenkins is coming home in one month, January 27th. We talked about strange foods he has eaten like, Liver Mush, (Just gag me now). He also said that only about 20% of the people stay active once they are converted. He is in the heart of NASCAR racing, which Tanner thought was really cool, because Tanner is totally into cars. Kelly says that in the south if you ain't burning rubber than you ain't really drivin. It was really, really hard to say good-bye. He bore his testimony right before he hung up. (That was a tear jerker !) We have so many blessings in our life. We have a really great family, a missionary, the gospel, and a loving Heavenly Father.
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I am so glad you got to talk to him. Dad said that he hadn't called by the time he left your house yesterday and that had to have been hard ....waiting and waiting and waiting. I remember Kelly called us from New York and talked to us until 8 pm or so and then continued to talk to his twin sister until it was midnight in New York....we were glad to pay the bill!!
It is so wonderful to see the growth in your missionary but it is sooooo hard to not get to see them for two whole years!!!
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