A Tender Mercy from Managua!

Note: This post is by Elder Vogt's mom

Even before Seth left on his Mission, I have tried to be conscientious of the mom's of Missionaries serving in my Ward/area. I have sent many pictures to their moms via text or Facebook when we have them over for dinner or see them at Ward Activities. When Seth was assigned to serve in Nicaragua, I knew that it was highly unlikely for me to be on the receiving end of a random picture of "my Missionary" - and I was OK with that (although with each text sent to another Missionary Mom, I secretly wished it could happen to me!)... 

Well... only 7 weeks into his arrival in Nicaragua and I received an early Christmas gift! Last Sunday, I had received a Facebook Message from someone in Managua that said "Your son is wonderful." (Actually it said: Su hijo es mara villoso - but thanks to Google Translate, I understood what he said!) I couldn't believe that I had gotten a personal note from someone in Seth's Mission! I didn't know if this was an Investigator that Seth was teaching or someone from church (but after doing a little Facebook stalking on his page, I realized that he was a member of the church and probably in his Ward). I thank him for finding me on Facebook to tell me that (again, thanks to the help of Google Translate!) and then a few days later, another message came in from him, and this time - a PHOTO WAS ATTACHED! Seth and Elder Alfaro were having lunch with him and he took some pictures and sent them to me (After emailing Seth on PDay, he informed me that this wonderful angel (in my eyes!) was Pidul, the guy that feeds them lunch everyday (and that they poured the concrete floor for last week...)

As I thanked my Heavenly Father for that beautiful Tender Mercy (of seeing some "real time" pictures of my Missionary and to see him look so happy!) the distinct thought came to my mind that "Since you are always going out of your way to bless the moms of other Missionaries with photos, Heavenly Father wanted me to be able to experience that same joy!"

What a thoughtful and loving Heavenly Father we all have!