Last P-day

Dearest family peoples

So what was everyone’s thoughts on conference? I was able to watch the Saturday Afternoon session, and portions of Sunday morning, but other than that I’m mostly in the dark. I heard that Elder Holland’s talk was amazing and I’m working on printing it out as we speak, and my companion and I intend to listen to it before we go to the rest of our p-day.

As usual Conference weekend was a bit insane, but it seemed less insane than last conference. On Saturday sister Tew and I were a bit bummed because we talked to and invited 50 different people, but only one of them gave us their friend to call. Some gave us the name of a friend, but no number because it was at home, but it was a bit discouraging. Sunday was a LOT better. We talked to one less person, but got 7 or 8 people to call. Today 2 of those people accepted the missionaries, and yesterday one of them did. I’m excited to see how it all works out!

On Sunday I was announcing ASL and standing up on some steps at the conference center, fingerspelling "ASL" and doing the ‘I-Love-You’ sign so people would know that I did ASL and was waiting to give a tour when one of my friends ran up to me. Becca Riches is a mutual friend of mine and Clarissa’s and we have been serving in neighboring missions for the better part of half our missions, but had never met until that day. She’s going home soon, finishing up with her mission in Salt Lake City South, so we were both super excited to see each other :D

On Monday, we took some people on the tour, two of them were identical twins, traveling around to celebrate their 60th birthday. They were sweet ladies and both referred, which was amazing. They were so much fun to have on the tour, both southern bells and very happy about everything.

Tuesday I ran into Catherine, who recognized my last name and apparently knew Amy when she went to BYU. I don’t know much more about her because her friend, (also went to BYU) showed up and they went to do what they had come to do.

Wednesday was exciting but kind of sad at the same time. We had found out earlier in the week that the group that does Joseph-A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet were going to perform Wednesday night… and we weren’t able to go. I was able to informally meet some of the people, like the piano player who also plays for Diamond Rio (if you know that) and Jason, I think his name is. Sister Tew worked with them before because she’s a sound tech and they came and played over at BYU-I which is where she went to school, so she was explaining things to me and some senior couples that were there for a while, and pointed out who different people were. I also found out that in addition to Trek and Joseph, the band is also doing a tribute to Missionaries and It’s coming out in 2010 :D hehe.

I was also able to meet some people who I’m pretty sure are ready for the gospel, but they just need to realize that they’re ready. They came into the tabernacle in the afternoon sometime and started asking me questions, first it was just about the building, then it was about our beliefs, and in the end, after I had explained about spirit Prison and Paradise(which was one of the woman’s questions), the woman who had asked the question mentioned that she was a fan of heaven. Then I started explaining the three degrees of glory and told her that God and Jesus Christ wanted her to be with them in the highest degree and the missionaries could help her learn how to get there. They left without filling out the card, but that woman was crying on the way out. I hope she learns more.

Thursday we had a referral in the Beehive House. It’s the first one this transfer for me, and the first one ever for sister Tew. It was a husband and wife who both referred, but since they live in the same house, etc, it counts as one. The husband wanted more info and history, the wife wanted a Book of Mormon, so I’m excited to see how that goes :D

This morning sister Tew and I took pictures around temple square while it was dead and deserted and posed like we were taking a tour. It was fun. I’ll try and send some pictures to amy so she can post them.

Any ways, loves all ya’lls. Be happy and all that fun stuff.

I’ll find out on Monday whether or not I’m going outbound. I’ll try to have someone email you on Monday or Tuesday to say if I’ve gone outbound… but if I do, I’ll be able to call in the airport :D So if you get a random phone call, you’ll know why :) Love n stuffs!!!