Family Chats

Yesterday we were finally able to chat a bit with family, we finally had a connection good enough to video online with Travis' family. Hopefully today we will be able to talk with mine. Lena, our niece and our kids basically laughed the first ten minutes that we talked. Must have been awhile since they have seen each other. It's been good having our own space after a year of living with Travis' parents but at the same time it is hard to be away from our families. That is the one thing that is hard about being missionaries, not only do we have to give up time with our families but they too have to sacrifice time with us so we can be here. However, now that there is internet available and online chatting places, it makes being away for so long a little easier to bear. So I am sure we will be spending enough time online with our families to keep the time apart not seem so long. I am so thankful for the time that we did get to spend with our families this past year and hopefully in the not to distant future some of them will be able to visit us here in Cuenca. So for those who do live close to their families, give them a big hug just because you can! And we'll just send our hugs through cyberspace!