December 14
Today was a good
PDay. We didn't do anything special. We went to the stake center and played
salt and pepper. We made visits all night and worked on the follow up email to
the stake presidency for stake coordination.
December 15
Today was really
good! We helped North mountain move. We made some visits before dinner with
Brother Murray and his parents. We taught Desiree which went really well! We
talked with Bishop about the baptism coming up before heading in.
December 16
Today was awesome. We
had our Christmas Conference. We went and did an endowment at the Mesa temple
which was sweet. Then after lunch we toured the visitor center with some of
their remodels from last year. Then we went out to a buffet before coming back
to see the lights. It was a fun day! Tiring though!
December 17
Today was pretty
good. We started by teaching the referral that came from the Mesa temple
lights. His name is Quan. It was a really good lesson! After lunch we did
weekly planning. We had a pickup dinner from
the Bahrs. We met
with Alva couldn't really call it a lesson. We made visits to end the night.
December 18
Today was pretty
good. We went as our district to a service project where we cleaned up a lot of
debris and then weed whacked the entire yard. We made some visits before
teaching Alice. We had dinner with the Bryson's and some of their friends. We
taught Domonic's sons which was interesting. We then made sure everything was
squared away for the baptism!
December 19
Shay's baptism went
well today! We made some visits before picking up dinner from Sister Benda. Our
lesson with the Bjelopetrovich's fell through and we had to reschedule with
Desiree. We made visits all night.
December 20
Today was good!
Shay's confirmation went well but we forgot to take any pictures at the baptism
or after the confirmation. We had dinner with the Donner's which was really
good! We taught Nick and set up his interview for Tuesday! We made some visits
to end the night!
Hope you all have a great week....and WAY TO GO UTES!!!!
Love,
Elder Ashby
Christmas Conference Pictures....
Elder Ockey
President and Sister Griffin
Mesa Temple
Hello from Arizona!
December 7
Today was an average
Pday. We took Elder Fullmer to the bike shop and then we played salt and pepper
at the Stake Center. We made some visits before sharing our #PrayInvite
Christmas message with the Degomez family to end the night!
December 8
Today was pretty
crappy. MLC was really lame. Sister Jackson forgot that we had dinner so we ate
at our apartment. We had three lessons in the evening that all fell through.
One good thing was that I got 29 gigabytes of talks and devotional a from Elder
Jensen!
December 9
Today was pretty
good. We met with the District Leaders to coordinate Zone Meeting. We had to
reschedule Brother Murray. We picked up dinner from Sister Barrier. We had a
good coordination then taught Desiree to end the night!
December 10
Today was
interesting. We had weekly planning. We had dinner with the Rajes where we
talked with Julio for forty minutes before he left so we could eat. We
taught Alva which went well then Kim cancelled.
December 11
Today was pretty
good. Zone Meeting went well even Elder B and my musical number! We had dinner
with the Billy's. We taught Nick and then we went to Sister Simon's to
advertise for our Christmas breakfast and dinner!
December 12
Today was good! We
went to the YSA breakfast which was really good! We helped the family ward set
up for their Christmas dinner. We worked on the stake report for coordination tomorrow.
We had dinner at the Christmas party which was a good time!
December 13
Very early morning to
finish the stake reports. Stake coordination went well. Church was good. Alice,
Desiree, Nick, and Shea came to church. Shea passed her baptismal interview and is on track for baptism on Dec. 19! We
had dinner with the Villareal's which was good. We then went to the Stake
Christmas devotional which was pretty boring but it was a nice way to end the
evening.
I hope all is well with everyone!
Love,
Elder Ashby
North Phoenix Zone
Hello everyone!
December 1
Today was a good relaxing
Pday! We hung out with the Spanish Elders and did the usual ball! Shawbutte had
lessons all night so we were pretty booked. One canceled, so we went to Kamana
Wanas Hawaiian ice which was pretty good!
December 2
Today was a long but
good day! We had transfers which was awesome! I didn't get the Companion I was
expecting but I was still super happy! I am with Elder Balenacagi. Good luck
pronouncing that! Elder B is from Fiji and been out 14 months. He is a really good guitar player and is a really chill guy. I am a stand alone Zone Leader with Elder Green as my fellow
Zone Leader. We had dinner with the Adamson's which was good. We had a good
coordination then visited the Donner's before grabbing all my stuff from Sister
Simons house!
December 3
Today was interesting
but good! We helped Jason Willet move a bunch of furniture out of his house. We
had weekly planning where we finished our #PrayInvite Christmas style signs! We
had dinner with the Marcotte's! We taught Jaun and then Leah to prepare her for
her baptism on Saturday!
December 4
Today was Pretty
good. We went to both District Meetings which were good. We had dinner with the
Bowler family. Sister Dutey canceled. We taught Nick Bjelopetrovich and he is
planning on being baptized on the 27th! We introduced Elder B to the Canova's to
end the night.
December 5
Today was awesome! We
prepared the Church for Leah's baptism and the baptism itself was awesome! I
was worried about the musical number but Elder B and I did well! Jason took us
to lunch at Lenny's which was good! We helped Shawbutte move one of their
members. We made some visits before having dinner dropped off by the Johnson's.
We taught Makaila Chalihah and then taught Alice. We then went to the church
with some of the Auxillaries and ward missionaries to open a fast for missionary
work which was awesome!
December 6
Today was very
eventful. Leah's confirmation went well! We taught Shea Barazza and then
Desiree! Desiree has now gone a month without smoking! We broke our fast with
the Donner's which was really good! We watched the Christmas devotional at
Bishop Stevens house with a lot of the YSA members. We then went with Braden to
visit a coworker of his at hospital and we ended up giving her a priesthood
blessing which was really cool!
Hope you all have had a great week!
Love you all,
Elder Ashby
Musical Number by Elder B and myself...(this is a practice session) Sorry it has to be in 3 separate videos.
Leah's Baptism
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
November 23
Today we had zone
activity where we went to castles and coasters to mini golf. I thought the
holes were pretty lame but it was still a good time. We made visits before FHE.
We got volunteered to give the spiritual thought. We then met with brother
Canova to discuss the flow chart that we have been trained on as well as the
stake presidency concerning ward councils and coordination.
November 24
Today was good. We
did our weekly planning. We made visits before dinner with the Newell's. We
taught Alice and Leah which went well. We then exchanged with North Mountain. I
am in North mountain with a Elder Parker.
November 25
Today was good. We
did service for a part member family of theirs. We made visits until dinner
with the Fishburns which was good. We made more visits before exchanging back.
Looking forward to thanksgiving tomorrow!!!
November 26
Happy Thanksgiving
everyone! It was really nice to relax today! We had lunch with a member of the
moon valley ward who had the elders from our district over. We then ate at the
Villareals! We hung out with Elder Green and Cross watching church movies the
rest of the night!
November 27
Today was a really
good day. We helped Shawbutte move one of their members beds before going to
lunch with them. I was out of it for both district meetings. We shipped Elder
Young's bike home. We had dinner with the Blacks and share #PrayInvite. We
taught Sister Dutey's daughter who turned nine so she's a new investigator
afterwards we helped move three of sister Dutey's big couches. We taught Nick
who will turn nine pretty soon. We then taught Leah to prepare her for her
baptismal interview tomorrow! Her baptism is set for Saturday Dec. 5th! We are going to the temple bright and early tomorrow!
November 28
Today was a long day!
It started at 4:30am so we could go to the endowment session. Brother
Murray took us and the Spanish Elders! We got back and helped clean the church.
We helped North Mountain with their Christmas brunch advertisement. We had
Desiree but she rescheduled. We had Leah's baptismal interview which went
really well! We had dinner with the Canova's. We shared #PrayInvite with the
Twiggs. We taught Makaila Chalihah to end the night.
November 29
Today was good. We
didn't have any morning meetings which was nice to be able to study. We had
Alice, Chance, Ashli, and Leah at church. We had dinner with the Roatches. We
taught Shay which went really well then we visited the Donner's for Elder Young
to say goodbye. Tomorrow will be weird saying goodbye to a Elder Young!
November 30
Today was pretty
good. It was weird saying goodbye to Elder Young. We worked on making our
#PrayInvite signs Christmas themed! We had dinner with the Huff's. We went to
FHE then taught the Lish family the Christmas message. We then went and got
everything together to stay at Shawbutte!
Hope you all had a great week!!
Love,
Elder T. Ashby
Goodbye to Elder Young
District Meeting Fun
Music and Entertainment Video
November 16
Today was pretty good
we had district activity where we played volleyball and speedball. We didn't
have any appointments so we made some visits and worked on going through the
ward list to find part member families.
November 17
Today was pretty
good. We helped Elder Hawkins and Parker with a service project pulling weeds. We
taught Desiree which went really well. We had a pick up dinner. Our appointment
with Jacque fell through and we had to reschedule with Kara Brown. We taught
Leah which also went well to end the night.
November 18
Today our afternoon
was filled with car conference which sucked in the aspect that we got black
boxes but was awesome I. The aspect of things we were able to discuss and
seeing mission buds! We had dinner with the Schaubs and then had coordination.
We then shared #worthofsouls with Lexi which was awesome!
November 19
Today was really
good! We had lunch with Ashli and her friend Drew and Jason. We had a good
weekly planning session. We had dinner with the Cooks. We taught Alva Timmerman
which was really long but good haha!
November 20
Today was pretty
good! We helped the Spanish Elders with their Turkey bowl advertisement which
was a lot of fun! We made some visits. We had dinner with the Taylor family and
shared #PrayInvite! We had to reschedule on Leah because no guy was able to
come. We taught Nick Bjelopetrovich to end the night which went well.
November 21
Today was legit! We
went and cleaned up a brick wall that had been destroyed with the Spanish
Elders. We had lunch with Jeremy and Kali which included a crossbow!!! We
taught Desiree which went really well she hasn't smoked in 5 days! We had
dinner with the Canova's and then stake conference! Stake conference was
awesome, it was all based on aspects of missionary work President Hettinger is
the man and he said he was going to look into the social media fireside that we
want to present to the stake!
November 22
Today was good but
long. We went to the YSA stake conference today. I would have rather gone to
the family stake but it was still good.
We made visits all
afternoon. We had dinner with the Donner's. Randy Deckers lesson cancelled
shocker. Then we taught Amber Shondee to end the night.
Hope you all have a great week...
Love,
Elder Ashby
November 9
Today was a pretty
good day. We got called to give a blessing at the start of Pday. We hung out
and played salt and pepper basketball and speed ball. We went to FHE and our
video was quite the hit and bishop volunteered us to participate in the Olympic
Games which was a good time. Then we taught Leah which went well.
November 10
Today was pretty
good. We worked on our advertisement for the turkey bowl. We made some visits.
We had dinner with the Twigg's which was really good Mexican food. We had a
lesson fall through with Jacque and then we exchanges pad with Shawbutte Elder
Cross is with me in our area.
November 11
Today was alright. We
made a lot of follow up visits with our #prayinvite poster. We had dinner with
the Mills which was really good. We exchanged back after dinner. We had
coordination which was alright. We made some visits to end the night.
November 12
Today was alright. We
had weekly planning. We had to reschedule with Sister Dutey because we couldn't
find a guy. We had dinner at the relief society dinner which was good. We
taught Leah which went well. We exchanged and I'm with Elder Unasa in his area.
November 13
Today was pretty
good! I was with Elder Unasa in his area. We taught one of their investigators
Zack which was interesting. We had district meeting which was good.
We made some visits. We had dinner with a YSA girl Abby and her family which
was interesting. We then went to a visit with the Updikes a part member family
and they had a meal prepared for us so we ate with them as we talked and got to
know them. The. We wrapped up exchanges and headed back. Elder Unasa is a
really cool guy! I got to bench press for the first time since high school
which was awesome!
November 14
Today we helped move
Desiree into the Wood's house. We made visits all afternoon and evening broken
up with dinner with the Demarco's who are hilarious!
November 15
Today was good. We
had Shay, Desiree, Alice, Leah, and Ashli at church. We taught Shay Barraza
which went super well! We had dinner with the Anderson's which was good! We
made visits all night.
Love you all,
Elder Ashby
Hello all!!!
November 2
Today was pretty
good. We chilled at the stake center played some salt and pepper and then
chilled at sister Simons house. We had a lesson with Alice which was really
frustrating. We went over tithing again and she understands it but doesn't have
the faith to pay it for a long time. We were pretty bold with her and now she's
not really a priority of ours. We made visits the rest of the night.
November 3
Today was pretty
good. MLC was good but it's gonna make for a stressful week preparing for zone
meeting and stake coordination. We had dinner with the Vastbinders which was
really good. We had lessons with Jacque and Desiree cancel. We taught Leah
which was a super good lesson she was in tears a couple times.
November 4
Today was an
interesting day. We counseled with the District leaders and Sister training
leaders on zone meeting. We had dinner with the Murray's who are a great
family. We had a good coordination and extra meeting with bishop to discuss
some things. We taught Ashli which went well but is also frustrating due to the
lack of progression.
November 5
Today was pretty
good. We had weekly planning. Prepared for zone meeting and stake coordination.
We had dinner dropped off by sister Largin. We then attended a part member
families wedding and the Spanish elders helped us out by being a translator as
the wife spoke little English and the husband speaks little Spanish.
November 6
Today was good but
long. We had zone meeting which went long. We had dinner with Bishop Hughes
which was really good! We shared #worthofsouls with Jared. We made some visits
and sent out the zone meeting email.
November 7
Today was a pretty
good day. We worked on and finished our advertisement for FHE this Monday. We
had dinner with the Woods which was interesting. We made visits and had to
cancel on Leah because we couldn't find a guy for the lesson.
November 8
Today
was a weird day. It didn't feel like Sunday. We had early stake coordination
which went well. We had state conference which was a broadcast to some other
states as well. We got to hear from Elder Oaks. We made visits and did our
advertisement for the relief society dinner. We had dinner with the Donners. We
made visits all night including spending time talking with Tony Corrio who is
crazy haha!
This is our advertisement for the YSA FHE activity
This is our advertisement for the Family Ward Relief Society Dinner
