April 21st V-Mail to Mom and family

April 21st
Germany

Dearest Mom and All,

Yours and Pat's letters, April 8th, came night before last and Polly's "V mail" also the 8th -came last night.
Conference sounded wonderful. I hope I can be home for the next one. Bill Richards wrote me on March 24th that an L.D.S. conference was to be held in Paris April 8th and that he'd already attended several L.D.S. services conducted by our Mormon chaplain on the continent. Certainly wish I could get in on some of them.

I had quite an experience a few days ago. A Dutch boy (Displaced by the Germans to work in a factory) asked me in perfect English for some information on when the military government would arrive and then asked where I was from and on finding I was from Salt Lake and a Mormon his face was all smiles-said he had been to many of our services in Amsterdam and hummed one of our hymns to show that he still remembered. He is an electrical engineer trained in the University of the Haag. Didn't have much more time to talk to him because I was just passing through.

Let's see, tomorrow is Pat's birthday.I'm glad it's the 15th and not the 16th (birthday) Pat, honey you're growing up too fast to suit me as it is. I know how glad all of you are to have Mip home again, especially to have her away from that heavy work she was doing. Mip, I hope you'll take it easy for awhile and if you do want work take only a light job, and gee, sis, hope you're on top of the world soon.

Can't foresee the future, but I'm living comfortably right now. I think of you always and dream of the day I can be home again with you-too much sometimes. My love to all-Luther-

P.S. The photos were swell. Writing Polly now.

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