mike and ruth

Devin and I arranged for a Skype session today. It was morning for us, evening for them. We were at home in Utah, they were at their home in Finland. We missed each other a few times but we got together at 9:10 am local time, which was 6:10 pm Helsinki time. They had already had their dinner! When we started, they had not done this before and although I could see them I could not hear them. They could see and hear me so we gestured to each other a little bit to understand. Soon Devin found a small lapel microphone that he plugged in, and then I could hear them too. HOW FUN! We chatted about the weather differences there and here, about their new house, about their adventures getting to school because they still don’t have their own car, and about the large snowfall in Helsinki. Josh said they had to have someone help them because they got into a snowbank one day. The plows appaarently can’t keep up with the snowfall even though they try, so Devin said the snow on the streets was a lot like Rexburg Idaho was. (Emily did not disagree, so it must be like that!) They showed us their playroom but the rest of the house will have to wait until they get their wireless network running. I feel bad that I didn’t think of taking screen captures while Peter was very close to the camera. Well, next time! Josh also said he has been ice skating, and that at school they “played in the snow all day today”. They didn’t see any of the Olympics but heard that Finland was in the semi-finals for hockey. I have heard that Skype has a tool that will let you save the video session, so I will look into that soon. We chatted for almost 30 minutes and then when the kids could no longer let each other hold the microphone without wanting it themselves, “it was bedtime” so we ended our conversation. What an amazing experience! Next time we need to sing some Primary songs together, won’t that be fun? Maybe a little home Evening Lesson could be a part of what we do too. We look forward to seeing them again soon!