Mother's Day has always been special - but having a Missionary out amplifies that! Elder Vogt didn't know what time he'd be able to call (as he wasn't even in his new area last PDay and so wasn't able to make arrangements with anyone)... We just knew it'd be in the afternoon sometime - and we were prepared with our laptop all set up and Skpe opened! Close to 4:30 we got a Facebook message saying he was going to need to Video Chat via Facebook. So we had to get FB Messenger all installed and set up as fast as we could! And then thanks to our wonderful modern day technology - we were able to Video Chat with him!
There were a few bumps during our time together (in the form of power outages, internet troubles, frozen images and times of difficulty with the audio) BUT even with those inconveniences - we had a WONDERFUL time chatting with our Elder! Here's some of the highlights of our time together...
* He is looking great! He looked genuinely happy and confident in where he was
* He looks for the good in everyone (especially in his companions)
* He will be getting a new apartment in 2 weeks - and he's really excited to move into a much nicer one
* His Shoes are worn out
* Favorite area so far has been Managua (and he'd like to go back)
* Now that he's back in San Ramon no one is cooking meals for them - so he says he just has bags of cereal, bags of milk and eggs (but they are actively looking for someone to cook for them...so hopefully soon!)
* Same with their Laundry - they are looking for someone to hire. He also mentioned that he's had to wash his clothes by hand (if they can't find a washing machine somewhere)
* Has eaten BBQ Iguana and he liked it
* He really likes the Mission President. He said that he is always happy and smiling and he very much respects him
* Even though the country isn't all that large, it has 5 different climates throughout it (he's currently in the mountainous "cold" (if you count 80's as cold) climate and he likes that!
* Lots of Street vendors (and every other house sells food out of their home)
* Can sometimes roll his "r's" (moreso when he's not thinking about it)
* Thinks in both English and Spanish
* They are heading into the Rainy Season
* He has yet to have to help move anyone as a service project (he says that Nicaraguans don't really move once they're in a place)
* He's still working on his piano playing skills (he can even read music now!)
* His first companion (Elder Lopez, who trained him) is already married after getting home in December!
* He's had some pretty fun times and experiences with some of the other Missionaries
* He's really happy where he's at
* His testimony is growing. He's feeling more confident and independent
* He offered the closing family prayer (which was really special to hear him pray for us!)
* He spoke lots of Spanish for us
* and of course we had to take some pictures of us all "together"
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