Mother's Day Anticipation for the call

May 7, 2016

Moroni,
We are super excited to talk to you!!!! Love you lots!
Mom

May 8, 2016- prior to the call

We wonder if our connection would be better if you FaceTime Malachi's iPad.
His address is:  melloguy@rocketmail.com
Nauvoo is going to FaceTime Karlita at the same time so she can join us.
Love you!

May 8, 2016- moments after our Mother's Day call which ended abruptly, cutting us off and we could not reconnect :(

Moroni,
It was so wonderful to visit with you!  I am so proud of you and love you very much! Thank you for being such an amazing, obedient son. Sorry we could not say goodbye, but I am thrilled for the time we spoke!
Love,
Mom

His response which broke my heart:

I can hear and see y'all

The next day was our scheduled email communication, well I write on Sunday evenings as he is 9 hours ahead of us and he responds on Mondays:

Elder Beal,

It was so fantastic to visit with you today!  I loved seeing your smiling face and hearing your testimony.  You are truly a treasure to me, and I am so thankful that you are sharing the gospel with your brothers and sisters in Spain.  It was great to hear how much you love the people and how some of them remind you of friends and family back home. I will send some photos of Rick that I got this week in a separate email.  If I understood you correctly, it sounded like whoever has your lost/stolen iPad is logged in and that is why you can't send emails and pictures and videos.  It would be funny if it was in your luggage in Madrid.  Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.  It seems like that should be an easy fix. 

 Anyway, this is an exciting week ahead of you; being taught at the feet of an Apostle of the Lord is such a marvelous blessing!  He is Nauvoo's favorite apostle.  I know you will be dedicating extra time this week studying his words and preparing yourself to be inspired by the power of the Holy Ghost during your visit with him.  You must not delay in writing down that very evening all that you learned from him and every impression that came to your mind. Especially write how you felt.  I do not expect you to share all your thoughts and feelings with us, but you will cherish this journal entry for years to come.  Be obedient in this counsel.

I love you with all my heart.

Love, 

Mom

Hey Mom it was really good seeing everyone yesterday also. I'm just bummed I didn't get to say goodbye. Its okay though at least I got to see you. I've been thinking a lot about what you and Dad said. I have a testimony but I want to be better. In the last conference, a lot of the prophets talked about finding Power. For some reason I want to find more. I want to fill my mission with service and Love. I want to be like Christ and Peter I want to give my life for the bearing of my testimony and I want to do it with power. I know that I've been given authority, but I'm not exercising it as bold and strong as I should be. I don't know but something needs to change in me and I think its just around the corner. I love you Mother and I loved talking to you, thank you for being there and supporting me. Love,

Elder Beal

He bore his testimony to us in Spanish during our Mother's Day FaceTime call.  It was so powerful.  One of my children got a video and someday it is my hope to attach it to this post.