Along Came Elder Ashton

Hey!! How are you!? Yep so elder Clyde is gone and I went and picked up Elder Ashton yesterday. So sorry this is a little late! I know how you get when my letters are late! :) But ya he is pretty interesting to say the least! He lives in Provo and there are 19 kids in his family!!!!Ya holy cow! There are no twins and his parents had 13 of them and adopted the other 6, which are all special needs. His parents must be pretty amazing! But he falls at number 13. He has been out 16 months but this is his first chance at being senior companion. Last night we went to basketball with the ward like we always do on Tuesday nights, and he was trying to argue with me cause he doesn't think we should be going to basketball but I just kept saying okay well call pres and talk to him about it...or talk to the ward mission leader about it...the reason we go is because there are always non-members there and our ward mission leader got really mad at some missionaries a while ago for not going. So he called pres and it was approved by the pres because its a non-threatening way for people to get to know us and to feel comfortable around us. But anyway if he gets that taken away from us then it will be lame. But oh well, I can play ball in a couple years lol. :) So I am pretty much not green anymore!! Woohoo!! So I'm sure you heard but on Sunday when we took Elder Clyde to the mission home I stopped by Dave and Jane's! I got to see Piper!!!:) She is so darn cute its not even funny! :) I gave them my number and they gave me theirs so when you guys come up your parents and I can hopefully go to dinner unless my new comp is a hoser. But Elder Ashton seems very dedicated to working and so that is a huge plus! We have so much work to do here and I am glad he isn't a lazy bugger! I am going to try and work him so hard he falls asleep while we are planning at the end of the day! That is my goal! LoL! Oh! So yesterday he was unpacking and he pulls out this plastic sword and starts swinging it around like he knows what he is doing with it...lol and then he was like pretending to stab me and even himself! I was laughing so hard. It was freaking hilarious! But ya he was even doing a little yoga this morning for exercise! I pretty much think he's a samurai. :) Well I hope you've started a tape! I really want to hear from you! I hope your studies are going well! Good luck with school and work! I love you!
Love, Elder Ryan John Penman
p.s. Sorry no pics again...:(