Forgotten:(

Just a little background. It was Gammons turn to email this week but he forgot until this morning. He only wrote one small paragraph because he didn't want it to miss Braiden. I told him that Braiden never writes this early so I proceeded to write a little more and sent it. As soon as it was sent at 8:53am I saw that he had sent his at 8:54am. This is what it said.

I get on the computer today and I have been forgotten:( It has only been 3 months!!! Ha.Ha. Hope everything is good anyway. All is well here in Don Mills. I got a letter from the family last Friday at Zone Conference. Looks like you are all doing well and you are probably really busy getting ready for school to start.

A lot has happened this week. We are working very hard to find new people to teach, but everyone keeps bombing on us. It was so frustrating! We had 3 bomb in one day, all of them really good potential investigators. So instead, we spent a lot of time out on the streets talking to people. I feel alone when we do that. Elder Bode is an excellent teacher, which helps me out a lot.

Azim Moloo is the best. He is still set for baptism on the 21st. He came to church yesterday and "bore his testimony" in Sunday School. I was laughing so hard. He just went on and on about how he was an abused kid and how Jesus had found him. Then after church he called me and ranted for an hour about how his mother is driving him crazy. I was just laughing. He wants his mother to leave him alone because they are Muslim and want to run his life. He is such a good guy. He doesn't want to bring his troubles and put them on the ward. He is a really good guy, but I think the alcohol went to his brain.

I talked to a man ion the street who we are going to be teaching this week. He was so happy and as I talked with him I began to wonder why. He is legally blind because of a coma, and now is fighting cancer. He was certain that he would get through it though. We talked for a while and agreed that we could come over. I look forward to meeting with him.

Another potential investigator is a man named Marvin. He approached us and wanted to learn more about Mormonism. His concerns are so much easier (right now) than what I am used to. Things I expected in the MTC. Things like no more prophets and no other book besides the bible. I am looking forward to the break from the crazies.

Parker, getting excited yet for football? I know it is getting close and that you are probably exhausted. That is funny now as I look back on it. Two a days will help you with missionary work. I know that. It has helped me. You default to those things when things get tough.

Lyza, how are you doing? I keep looking for spoons for you (Lyza collect them) but it is hard to find them anywhere. Especially when I spend hours on the buses and subways. Keep helping Alexandra out and stay out of trouble. I look forward to jumping on you when I get home:) (Lyza told him the thing she misses the most about him is at bed time when he would come out of the bathroom and run into her room and jump on her.)

Special (his nickname for Gammon), How are you? You're getting excited for football too aren't you? That is a good thing. Keep working hard. I will look for you a key chain (he collects them). I don't know when I will send it but you will get it....eventually.

Jex E

(This is where the email ended. I think as he was writing our email came through and he left to read it and it sent his. It seemed like forever before we got the continuation)

Well, I guess I am not forgotten. When I got that email, my computer freaked and it sent the mail I was halfway through typing. Sorry. Where was I...

Jex, how are you, Squirt? You staying out of trouble? What is going on there? Are you picking on Lyza for me? You are so dead when I get home. That joke book drives me crazy!!! ha. ha.

Sounds like Dad did a marriage last week. That's fun. I laughed just picturing dad with a bible, marrying people. Ha. ha. Oh boy did I laugh! Your getting old, Dad.

Funny story of the week. I was talking to a man on the street who turned out to be a former drug dealer. Made me laugh. (He sure laughs a lot. Glad he's happy) He is now taking the lessons from Elder Peterson and Elder Raikes in the south area. It was funny when he just straight up told us he used to run drugs. Sorry, not the funniest story. I will get a good one this week for sure.

Well, we are all going golfing today for P-day. Just the driving range but it will still be fun. Oh, I almost forgot. At zone conference we were role playing with the Whitby companionship. The Elder I was role playing with was Elder Kilmer from Morgan, Utah. I knew that sounded familiar. Turns out it is the Kilmers cousin (the Kilmers are in our ward). It was awesome to meet him and laugh at how small the world really is. (It is a small world. I don't think he realizes that Elder Kilmers family rented the home we bought in Salem and built the home across the street before moving to Morgan)

You would be so proud of me. I am COOKING!!!!! I am also spending more time in the bathroom, but soon that will even out. Ha. ha. Seriously though, I am cooking. It is great fun. I'm getting better too. When I get home I will have to cook mojo for all y'all. I laugh thinking about the looks on your faces.

Alrighty, I guess I had better sign out and get some other things done. Say "i to everyone for me. I can feel your prayers and I hope that you can feel mine. Talk to you next week and hopefully I have a couple of really good funny stories. See you later eh!

Elder Ashton