Well Craig was able to call home and talk to everyone yesterday for Mothers' Day. He seems to be doing very well. Believe it or not he only has about 10 months left of his mission. He is currently in West NJ, and his area is right on the bank of the Hudson River. The area has a lot of Spanish speaking people so that has helped him with learning Spanish, (and a new mission rule that when they are outside of their apartment they have to speak in Spanish at all times).

Below is the email he sent home today, it is short since he already talked to us about everything yesterday, but he also included a few photos.

good morning! it was great talking to everyone again! i sent home some tithing today - i forgot to tell you last night that i was going to send it. any way here are some pictures!

so the first few well its obvious. we sometimes have mice and the mouse trap in the pic has been used for months and has caught many mice. this was the traps last catch before it's death - 3 mice at once then after cleaning it the trap broke.

the shoe shows how dominant i am with my right foot (and that those shoes were not for anything other than running) i'll buy some new ones soon.

the food is one of the recipes you sent me, the pizza pasta. we bought what was needed and made it! it was really good. thank you for that.

and last but not least in 2-3 days i and another elder finished a 38 ounce bag of peanut butter m&ms...... i didn't expect it to be finished that quickly...... haha

so enjoy! and thats life in west new york!

love elder craig roberts