A Special Phone Call

A Special Phone Call

On May 20, 2015, around 10:30 P.M., Todd received a call on his cell phone from Calgary.  For a second, the thought crossed our minds that something could be wrong.  After all, it was pretty late. The voice on the other end introduced himself as Bishop Drew Galbarith.  He said he had just said good-bye to Elder Condie as he would be transferred in the morning, and felt he “just had to call” us and tell us how much our son would be missed in that area.  Todd put him on speakerphone and I began taking notes of the things he was saying so we could always remember.  Here are the things he said:

Your son is unique, on the good side.

All the missionaries respect him.

He is a great trainer.  His companion, Elder Hopoi has been very well trained by him!

If I were the mission president, I would have Elder Condie training the whole mission, because I feel that’s the most important position.

He is mature.

He spoke in sacrament meeting and gave an OUTSTANDING talk!  I don’t know how he was before his mission, but he is a great speaker now!

 He is confident and well versed in the scriptures.

He is smart.

Calgary is worldly.  There is a lot of wealth here and the people are not very humble, so there are not a lot of baptisms in this mission. But Elder Condie has been well received in this area.

He has a twinkle in his eye.

He is OBEDIENT! Yet fun. I don’t know how to describe it.

I can tell he has been well brought up.  I assume he was a joy to raise.

He has made remarkable progress for only being out 10 months.

Not that it matters, but he has all the leadership skills to be AP (assistant to the president). 

I can’t say enough good about him.

He will be GREATLY missed!

We expressed our thanks to this good bishop for taking the time to call us and told him we hope to visit the mission as a family after Jaden returns.  He told us when that time comes, we will be welcome to stay in his cabin in Waterton.  

Bishop Galbraith and his wife