Calling across the world

Today I got to do something I've never done before: make a phone call to Serbia! The family that is hosting the Serbian boy emailed him over a week ago (as did I), and neither of us has heard back from him. The family was leaving for vacation this afternoon and they were a bit worried about the lack of communication. I assured them it was just some little glitch somewhere--perhaps Nemanja is out of town or isn't able to check his email very often. They were still worried, so I said I'd give him a call.

His father answered the phone in what I would guess was a typical Serbian greeting. I tried to speak slowly and clearly as I asked to speak with Nemanja--and it worked! Momentarily, he was on the phone talking to me. His English is good and he appeared to understand me well.

He is aware that he's been placed with a host family, but he hasn't yet received the packet with specific information on his host family. And to top it off, we had the wrong email address for him. I think we got all that straightened out, so hopefully his family and/or I will hear from him soon. He seems to be a very nice kid with a very cool accent. :-) It will be fun to meet him.