A Christmas Family Prayer

We're in the sticks for Christmas. Yahk, to be exact, a place where time and technology were never meant to catch up with the rest of the world, in fact they just got cell service,  Tuesday....

Internet came here too, but it's sketchy at best....

Mother's Day and Christmas the only two days a year missionaries can Skype home, with their families...and the only time in our lives, the Kramers NEED internet. 

So just  as Bailey designated time arrived, the wifi completely blanks out....

Grant spends the next-felt-like-forever on the phone with a darling member from Sydney trying to figure out a way we could connect...miraculously resetting the modem finally worked....and in an instant the 6,000 km between us disappear. 

Tears of joy, relief and gratitude....

Oh how we've missed this missionary of ours. But in that same instant know she is exactly where she is intended to be. 

She is well and happy and still our Bailey, but with a clarity and light I just haven't witnessed before.

There's the "hey Alex, is that my hoodie you're wearing" and "so Dallyn would it hurt you to send an email, to your sister" and "Holly did you dye your hair, I love it!" ...

We met her sweet companion Sis.C. and found out about her Ward and how much she loves them and that they fed her, THREE turkey dinners just today. She visits with Grandma and grandpa and meets the new puppy...

For forty five minutes we are the krazykramers, all together again and then she asks for just one more thing, before we have to say goodbye ..."can we have family prayer?"

Such a sweet and tender moment as she offered a simple prayer. 

We are so blessed this Christmas Day.