Using C# FindControl To Find User Control In The Master Page

So all I want to do is simply find a user control I load based on a drop down selection. I have the user control added but now I'm trying to find the control so I can access a couple properties off of it and I can't find the control for the life of me. I'm actually doing all of this in the master page and there is no code in the default.aspx page itself.

MasterPage.aspx

[Code]....

MasterPage.cs

protected void goToSelectedPage(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
temp1 ct = this.Page.Master.LoadControl("temp1.ascx") as temp1;
ct.ID = "TestMe";
this.UpdatePanel1.ContentTemplateContainer.Controls.Add(ct);
}
//This is where I CANNOT SEEM TO FIND THE CONTROL ////////////////////////////////////////
protected void lnkSave_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
UpdatePanel teest = this.FindControl("UpdatePanel1") as UpdatePanel;
Control test2 = teest.ContentTemplateContainer.FindControl("ctl09") as Control;
temp1 test3 = test2.FindControl("TestMe") as temp1;
string maybe = test3.Col1TopTitle;
}

Here I don't understand what it's telling me. for "par" I get "ctl09" and I have no idea how I am supposed to find this control. temp1.ascx.cs

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string ppp = this.ID;
string par = this.Parent.ID;
}