It was so fun to see Deric on Mother's Day. We were able to use Skype to talk to him. We chatted for nearly 2 hours. He was in an internet cafe in Dos Caminos, Honduras and we were in Las Vegas. He had a webcam and headphones, so he could see us and hear us. He didn't have a microphone, so we couldn't hear him. He had to type his end of the conversation but it was good to see him anyway. We took some pictures of him while we were on. I can't get them to upload right now so I will have to try again later.
There were emergency transfers because of a problem in another area last Saturday (May 15). Deric wasn't transferred, but he has a new companion. His name is Elder Alcantara and he is from Honduras. He is two months into his mission.
Deric did say in his last few letters that they are working hard and teaching some good people. He is in a branch right now and they are trying to get enough priesthood holders that they can be made a ward and qualify for a meetinghouse. Right now, they meet outside in the heat most of the time. Deric says it is hard to teach when another class is going on less than 25 feet away, but they make do. Sometimes, they have power outages and then there aren't any fans to keep them cool. Deric also said that because of the heat and humidity, they take two showers a day when they can.
Deric is coming up on his "hump" day (the halfway point of his mission) on June 24. I am working on a package to send but I won't tell what is going in it because he gets to read the family blog and I want it to be a surprise.
Felycia is back at school. She finished her first week of the summer term at Dixie. She is in an apartment now with a kitchen. She loves having a refrigerator and a freezer. She can make her own sandwiches whenever she wants to. She has milk and cereal and some frozen stuff we bought for her when we took her up. Now she is learning how to shop for food and finding out that she really didn't cook much at home. That will change. We are going to let her do lots of the cooking when she comes to visit so she will be more comfortable at school.
I ran into the mother of one of Felycia's friends from high school. She was glad to hear that Felycia is at school because her daughter is too. That way, they can e-mail and call and neither one of them is home and having fun for the summer.
We were at a baptism last night and we have another one this morning before a full day of the Stake Humanitarian project. Soccer is this afternoon. At least the calendar is blank for tonight. Conrad is making dinner (his own creation from a recipe in Food Network Magazine). He made it while I was in Houston and he said it was really good. Should be fun.
I will try to get those photos of Deric up in my next post.
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