Hello All!
How is everything back in Utah? I hope all is going well and that
everyone is getting into the swing of things with school and all your other
endeavors. It is also good to hear that my cougars are undefeated.
I would like to take this time to thank Bryson for the commentary. I
really appreciated it. It was a great e-mail to read. Keep it
up. I also hope that everyone is enjoying the fall weather. It has
started to cool down lately up here. This morning we woke up and our
apartment was a balmy 7 degrees Celsius. That is about 45 degrees.
Quite a change from the 31 degrees Celsius that we had a day or two ago.
from about 90 to about 45 in one night (It happened, it was not pleasant -
trust me). I have not yet gotten a coat (sorry, mom) but I am working on
that and I will be fine. It is not yet that cold.
Jean-Guy was baptized! It happened right after church on Sunday.
It was kind of a hectic day. Elder Opfar and I went up to the
church at about 8:00 to fill the font so we wouldn't have to do so during the
block, but we found that there was no hot water. We had to wait for the
bishop to come, and we borrowed his keys to get into the attic to check the
water heater. Reminded me of doing the same type stuff back at the stake
center - good times. We found the heaters that supplied the font, and
when we checked them, we found that neither of them had been working.
They both had failed the ignition sequence (Sounds kind of like a rocket...).
We were able to reset them and we waited for them to start heating water, but
still no luck. We ended up having to fill the font with cold water.
The person who was going to baptize Jean-Guy told us during church that he
couldn't do it, so we ran back to the apartment to get my clothes so I could
baptize him. It was like running around with my head cut off, but it was
worth it. I was able to baptize Jean-Guy and it was awesome. The
Spirit was there and it was a great experience for everyone.
We have been moving stuff into our new apartment. We spent a
decent chunk of time yesterday and Monday packing stuff and moving things to
the apartment. We have pretty much moved everything, though. We
took two loads with Brother MacIsaac, and one with Christa and Harley. We
don't have too much stuff, but it is still hectic. We got to our
apartment last night and started to set up our beds, but we could not find the
screws to put it together. It was interesting, but we put it together as
best we could and prayed that it wouldn't collapse during the night. It's
all good though. We survived.
And now for randomness....It sounds like the work on the house has been
incredible. I hope it is turning out like you pictured it. You will
have to take pictures of it and send me some. I am working on sending
some pictures home, but it is difficult to get them developed (the place to do
so is not in our area, and seeing as though we don't have a car.... it is a
long walk and we don't have the time to do so), and the last few p-days have been
very busy. I will work on that though....Shanna - a new laptop -
nifty. hope that works out for you....BYU Football -
Undefeated! And Utah is ranked as well. It sounds like it is
shaping up to be a great season. Thanks again to Bryson for the commentary
- if e-mail commentary ever goes big, you are the next Greg Wrubell. It
was so good I had to read it twice....I got the cookies and the Japanese candy
- thanks. It made my day.....I have been able to find most of the Ensigns
that I sent home. The last two would suffice. And the
notebooks - the purple one (yes that is the right one) and the red one that has
my General Conference notes would be wonderful.... Elder Opfar and I
are doing great.... Zone Conference is Monday - I am excited for that. I
have to do a musical number and I haven't given the slightest thought as to
what I will do, but I am sure I will figure it out. I would ask for
suggestions, but I fear it would be too late when I receive them..... Oh, why
not? Any suggestions?....
Anyway, I hope that all is going well for everyone. I love you
and miss you all, and I pray for you every day! Keep on truckin, Keep the
faith, and Keep Smiling!
Your Obedient Servant,
Elder Austin James Ashcraft
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