December 28th, 2021

Since Ethan didn't write a letter, I figured I would just put what we talked about on the blog.  Those who are subscribed to the blog will be able to see what we chatted about.

It's still Christmas break so we had to wake Courtney up to talk to Ethan and she was cold.  It was hilarious because they were matched - both in hoodies - so Ethan took a couple of screenshots and sent them to me.  These two are hilarious when they talk on Tuesdays.  Ethan teases Courtney just like he did before he left and Courtney likes to tease back.  They love each other and it's fun to see.

It's been getting colder in Loveland so Ethan said he was chilled and had his hoodie on. (I got a message that night from Elder Bateman's mom asking if I knew that the elders didn't have heat in their apartment and didn't have hot water.  Ethan didn't tell us anything.  Hopefully, they got it all taken care of or stayed with other elders until it was.)

We had just talked to Ethan on Saturday so there wasn't much more to talk about.  He said they had gone on splits and Elder Bateman had taught another lesson to the family they found who is progressing nicely.  Ethan is really excited about that family.  Ethan went with another elder and got to teach a couple of lessons.  He said that Sacrament Meeting on Sunday was cool.  It was a Christmas presentation and there were a lot of special musical numbers.  

They are going to play volleyball at the Church with the District today.  Ethan said he likes when they do something out and get together.

Ethan said they now eat out a lot because they have so many gift cards to restaurants.  They have almost everything in their area so they are pretty happy.

That's about it.  It was fun to see his cute face and hear how he is doing.  The weather is supposed to get a lot colder in the next weeks and it's supposed to snow.  I asked if Ethan was going to be warm enough and he said he would be fine.  He has a new-to-him wool-lined coat that he bought at a thrift store.  He told us that when he has a child going out on a mission, he is just going to buy everything at a thrift store because you can find good stuff there for cheap.  He is awesome!