Katie told us she would call 2pm our time on Christmas afternoon. We turned our Skype on and waited for her to ring through. 45 minutes later still no Katie. I get an email from her that says, "Mom, help me I can't remember my Skype account". That made me upset. About 15 minutes later I see her call coming through our computer. We couldn't see her face for a few seconds but could hear her voice. The second we connected and heard each other we were all crying! It was the BEST! We talked and talked about everything. Our neighbor Luis came over for a few minutes and spoke to her in Spanish. It was so incredible to hear her conversing and understand Spanish. She even sounds like a latino, with that accent. I love my girl so much! I feel like it was a dream talking to her. It happened so fast, and then was over. She sang "called to serve" in spanish, then she prayed in Spanish, that was neat! To end our call Grant offered a prayer. We are thankful for our daughter who is working so hard, learning Spanish, loving the people of Progresso Uruguay, walking 10 miles a day, eating strange food, enduring the humid, hot weather without any air conditioning, teaching with the Spirit, growing her testimony of Jesus Christ, and just loving her mission.
