New Start. New Year.

Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of 2025! We are off to a good start here in Porto Alegre. Considering that we actually stayed up until midnight and brought in the new year with an extended family that was truly KAARAAAAZZY, I’d say we’re off to a good start. The new year started on the backside of a truly amazing Christmas break where our kids were able to join us for some adventures and much needed family time. It was Tal’s first Christmas since being home from his mission, and it was anything but normal. Delays kept Makenna and Tal trapped at the Rio airport for thirteen hours on their way here and we lost half a day with them, but we were just so grateful they made it to us safely. For Camryn, having her two siblings here for eleven days was truly like heaven. They attended our second and last zone conference for the year with us, and then we visited the beautiful town of Gramado. It is a beautiful mountainous town that was settled by Germans and the Swiss after World ...