The Provo Temple is truly beautiful. After hiking to it across the MTC and then some, I had to run with my companion all the way to our room and back in suits to get his temple recommend that he realized he forgot in the waiting area. Due to the tender mercies of the Lord, all 22 ASL missionaries were in the same session. In order to accommodate Elders Jackson and McCarl, two smaller TV's that had the video and subtitles flanked the main screen. It was cool because we saw the newest temple video, so now I've seen all three. This one has cool aspects that I favor, but I still like the first one I saw the best overall.

Eric and Amy sent me cookies a few days ago, and I mainly eat them just to regain space in my locked drawer. With other missionaries as birds of prey (though my roommates aren't too bad, and I've offered to share with them), it's never safe to leave food in the open.

One of the ASL districts (the 22 of us are divided into 6-8-8 sized districts within the same zone) attempted the "tower challenge", which is where a single district eats an entire tower of cereal in one sitting, which comes out to be an average of six bowls per missionary. They did it, but I'm pretty sure they had a little bit of help from a couple of others. My district is the one with six missionaries, and Elder Holloway has made it clear that he wouldn't help if we tried it. So, I don't think we're doing it.

Probably the toughest thing I did this week was practice teaching one of my teachers who's acting as an investigator. This is my Deaf teacher, and the tricky part is that he's playing the role of a deaf person that doesn't know ASL and can't read/write. These people do exist, and the best way to teach is heavy use of pictures, drawings and gestures. It is very difficult to teach some of the finer doctrines, as we found out teaching the atonement.

My friend count is up to four now, as I've found Elders Kasey Lester, Scott Johnson, Josh Brown, and Joey Hanny.

I extend my love for you all and pray for you daily. I know that your prayers are aiding me in my calling and work. What I have been called to do can be summarized in Doctrine and Covenants 18:44 

Love,

Elder Ryan Turner