October 27, 2008

Hey Mom,
Well, this has been a first for a while. I did not get an email from anyone this week. To tell you the truth it is worries me a lot. I usually freak out cause I don`t know what is going on back home. I don`t know if everything is alright. Especially now hearing about the economic issues going on. I have no idea what I am going to go back to. It kind of scares me. But, I am doing fine right now. It is a slow P-day right now. Not much is going on. It sucks sometimes. So after we are done emailing and stuff we will go back to the apartment and hang out for about 3 hours. Most likely I will write some letters to some people. Even though a lot of people have moved away from where they lived so I don`t have their addresses or I don`t have the addresses to some of my friends from back home. Hey do you think you could get me some addresses so I can get some to people we know back home. like the Andersons. And other people you might think would be good to write to. I have no idea. I just want letters. I don`t get any that often, and my comps do. Yes it sucks. Letters seems to be the bread of life for missionaries. I don`t know why.So how is everything going back home? I know dad`s birthday is coming up soon. He is going to be 51 right? Man that is way old. I want to get him something and send it to him I just don`t know what though. I will try. It most likely will be a little late. So did ryan get his package yet. I sent it a while ago. I can`t remember how long ago. But, it might should be there by now. I am not sure.So how are you doing? Did you have that surgery done yet? I hope everything went well. So this week has been pretty slow. We are trying to get a couple of new programs off the ground so that we can find some more investigators, which we found one when we housed an apartment building, she had to of been around 90 years old though. Way funny story, we knocked on the door and told her we were missionaries and wanted to share a message about families, and asked if it was okay and she said yes, so we went on and then she said hold on. So we waited for a little bit and she came out with 100 dollars in her hand and said you know, here you go, but we had to reject it. Then she was totally confused, and we just said we wanted to share a special message of God and how he wants to bless families, she was so confused after that. But we made another appointment to meet her and her husband. So that was cool. But, about the programs we are trying to make. We made some new flyers for them, and then started to hand them out. No one has come yet, but we hope soon. Pray for us.So my comp is getting pretty trunky. He barely got his flight plans to go home. So is trying to finalize everything before he has to leave. Which is really soon. It has been a good transfer with him. I have learned a lot. We are more alike that I thought we were going to be. Two outspoken people that agreed on pretty much everything. So it has been really cool. Pretty fun transfer.So ya that is what is going on right now. We are just trying to get to it all. Trying to get this work moving here. Hopefully something will come along with the new programs.Well, I love you and miss you. I hope you hear from you soon. I will talk to you later. BYE!!! Love YOU!!!
Love Elder Lane Ashmore