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Another post added by Steve. The content is from Gaylene who has also talked to mom.

Got a call from mom this morning. She sounded really good and encouraged. She has sent out the incorrect address to some, here is the correct address, and should remain their entire mission:

Elder and Sister Hansen
Vatroslava Jagica 8
42000 Varazdin
Croatia

This may come out a bit spiratic, some things she mentioned are that they are at the Ward house every day. They have game tables for the youth to come and play. Every Friday, they have a big organized activity. This is part of the outreach program that they will be involved in as their assignment.

They are 1 hour from Hungary, and 1 hour from Slovania. They are in the smallest city in the mission. They live in a basement apartment, which will be able to keep cool in the Summer time. They have a washer, but no one there has a dryer for laundry. Speaking of dryer, she plugged in her hair dryer the first day, and fried it. Will be looking for another there.

The house has a huge bathroom. As big as the kitchen she said. The bathroom is covered in beautiful tile. She said there is a lot of tile in the church house as well, in fact the whole thing is tile.

Okay, the car deal. Every 6 weeks when they have a Zone conference, they switch cars with this one couple. So they will be on and off of wheels 6 weeks at a time. They found a back way to walk to the church, but driving around the long way is about a mile. The roads are very narrow, and the people drive very fast. She is surprised with the number of pedestrians, that they do not have more accidents.

Their bed is a hard mattress that sits on the floor. It is not in a frame at all, and is not even as tall as their knees. There is no way to put fitted sheets on, if she had any, so they just lay a sheet over the mattress.

The landlord is not a member, and does not speak any English. She is very nice, and has greeted them warmly bringing them food, etc. She mentioned that the Elder representative looked a bit, well, unkept or something, so she was not impressed, and almost did not rent to the church. This is her first exposure to the church.

She said a lot more, but I was driving the kids to school, and could not take notes, so I don't remember anything else right now.

She said she is doing much better with her attitude about the whole thing, since she has been able to get rest and get her bearings. I guess dad was driven all over town, so has a grasp on where everything is. Their fridge and freezer is very small, but she said she found low fat ice cream, so they have the important things. :)