My call came Sunday afternoon this week which made it 2 a.m. for him. He had just left the hospital saying good-bye to someone in his unit who was being sent to another base for gall bladder surgery.

He has been attending his church meetings but keeps telling me he's going to stop going as they keep asking him to pray. He is just joking of course, I keep telling him this is his missionary experience. They have two different times for meetings and with his schedule he is attending an evening meeting. It is a smaller group and so prayer duty rotates through faster. I think he told me the earlier meeting has about 50 that attend, but the one he is going to is much smaller.

He also met someone who is at another base in the area that is trying to get church going at that base. They have 4 of them that are returned missionaries, but as of now they are doing only a study group. This soldier is working with the Branch President (I think that's what Shane called him) that is over Shane's trying to get things going at their base.

I did get his camera to him, but as of yet haven't received any pictures, I will post any as soon as I get them. He still sounds good.

Just for your information, I sent his box in one of the post office's flat rate boxes. If you are interested in sending him "stuff" especially with the holidays coming, you can but as much as you want into the box and the rate is the same no matter how heavy it is. I sent the box on Monday and he had it by Friday and it was $11.95 to send it.