Week 14

Thursday: Not much other than getting to go to the Draper Temple! We did some endowments for Elder Basseras deceased family members who he did family history work for. It was a really cool experience and how the Draper Temple is on the hill and we can see the whole salt lake valley! Had a really spiritual experience while in the temple and loved every second of it.

Friday: not a big fan of Friday's, especially since Elder Costa is our district leader. Because he has to call each set of missionaries in our district and talk about all their investigators. And after he is finished calling all the missionaries in our district he has to call the Zone leaders and report all of the investigators from all companionships to them. So for me, I just end up sitting around while he is on the phone. We had a lesson with Selina Gao, just asked her a few things about what we had previously taught her. She is doing really well and her and her cousin are going to be baptized on the same date this next Saturday! We just need the Provo missionaries to call their Mission President, to call ours so they can approve her cousin to be baptized here in Sandy.

Saturday: Our day started out very interesting so to say. We went to a church building where a ward meets, because they had a ward party.

Well when we got there, there was cars so we went in. Little did we know it wasn't the Albion Ward party, (who meets in the building) but it was the Indian Ridge relief society party (who meets in the stake center) they welcomed us in and let us eat breakfast with them though!

After that we went to the Stake Center and went to the Albion Ward Christmas party. Elder Costa did a lot of his online drivers ed stuff.

He is trying to get it done before the transfer but doesn't look like it's possible (transfers on the 13th) We have some complications with the missionaries in Provo. They are "unaware" of Daniels choice to be baptized in Sandy this next Saturday and they didn't talk to their mission president and it seems like they are trying to prolong his baptism, so they get to baptize him in Provo. Which is understandable because they want to see him get baptized after they taught him, but people aren't lifeless objects and these people are baptismal statistics. They should care about his willingness to be baptized and not the fact that he is "theirs."

Sunday: We went to the Crescent Ridge 6th Ward sacrament meeting, after that we went to the Crescent Ridge 3rd ward Sacrament meeting.

Elder Costa played his violin there, with his usual song Amazing Grace. We talked with Selina and her cousin Daniel (Daniel by the phone) and got the date and time for all this and is finalized! All we need now is for the Provo missionaries to do their part. At night we went to the Crescent Ridge stake center where we had a community Christmas celebration with the crescent ridge stake and the hill top Methodist church. Both had their own choirs and sang songs, and were combined for some songs. Was a really cool presentation and glad I got to go to it. Sadly we couldn't proselyte, or light candles! (They can light candles in their church and they switch buildings each year.)

Short letter week!  We did find out today that Elder Costa is getting transferred tomorrow and I will be getting a new companion.  His name is Elder Fitzgerald.  He started his mission the same time as I did, but we don't really know each other since we were in different districts in the MTC.  I will tell you more about him next week.

Love you all,
Elder Ashby