Ashton’s mission call arrived just 9 days after the stake president hit submit. On September 22nd I got a text from him that said, “It’s here!!” And I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was here ?!? We were shocked it came so quickly. Ashton had it planned that our employees Danica and Nikki would open his call on the computer at work, print it out, post-it note over the location and get it ready to open. David and I left the room when they pulled it up on the computer but we heard the scream from the other side. They wouldn't give us any hints but they promised us he would be thrilled.
I have to add my two cents before I get to the opening. The couple of weeks before the call came I started thinking a lot about how amazing it would be for Ashton to go to Argentina but I was afraid to say it out loud. But I started to really feel like it would be the perfect place for him. He would love the food, he already has 4 years of Spanish and he has heard about Argentina his whole life. So, we all guessed our locations that night I put my star right on Buenos Aires. He opened his call and I was shocked and not shocked at the same time.
Back to the opening... At 8pm our house started to really fill up. And then more and more teenagers kept arriving. Ashton told us he never felt more popular and loved then that night. He was glowing the entire night.
