Finally the phone answers

We finally got ahold of the girls today.

First A, she and her friend V were ecstatic to hear from us. Even more so when we were able to say when our app't was. V speaks a little English and tried to act as an interpreter. We got I love yous in and A kept reminding us she doesn't speak English... Which we found humorous. We told them we would try to get a translator and call back.

A friend's son... Latvian who speaks Russian and English too... Was volunteered by his mom to come to the rescue. I think she may have enjoyed pulling him out of bed too much. This time A was more distracted by whatever was going on around her. Not so distracted as to keep her from flirting with the 13yr old translator. Man are we going to have to watch out for her. It was all good... Everything really got silly at the end with V and A laughing telling everyone on the phone they loved them. These girls are great fun.

I had to go work at a customer site today so I missed the call with S... So this is all second hand from Melissa. She finally answered but it was only for 4 minutes. They got disconnected a couple of times... I wonder if the cell coverage at the camp is poor. S was noticeably agitated about something and was with boyfriend who kept talking in the background. Who knows what she was agitated at.

S asked Dennis if he wanted her to come... Which of course he said yes. We all want her to come. Actually this is part of my concern... I totally get her telling the relatives and everyone she is going cause her brother desperately wants her to come. Shoot I'd do the same thing cause it is an easy yet powerful way to justify the decision. BUT she needs to actually want to come to be part of our family as a key reason... Ignoring D and not just because of college. Otherwise in 3mo she will be having a tough time, will resent D and us, and it will be much harder in everyone than it needs to be. This will be a discussion we have next month with her.

That was basically the end of the conv. S asked D if he wanted to talk to boyfriend to which he said yes... And the phone disconnected. Calling back just gave a busy response.

We have less than 3wks until we leave... Woohoo.. Please be praying for us.