Manless Manchester

Hello everyone that I love!

 

This week has been an absolutely crazy one. Really crazy.

 

So on Monday, Elder Jones' family came to pick him up, so I was sent to stay with the Elders in Crewe for a couple of days. They are so great. Elder Francis, who is serving there is one of the best missionaries in the mission. He and I have become really good friends, and it was great to work with him for a couple days.

 

While I was in Crewe, I got a phone call from the Assistants to President Preston, letting me know of all of the transfers in the zone. When he got to Newcastle, I was expecting him to tell me who my new companion was. But instead, he said, "Elder Ashcraft, you are whitewashing out of Newcastle." I thought he was joking, but he wasn't. I was really sad at first because of all of the wonderful people that we have been teaching over the last while, and they are really progressing well. I have grown a very strong love for them. But I know that there is a reason for all things, a motive greater that what we can see.

 

I have been transferred and called to serve in Chester! I'm really excited. 'Tis a very beautiful area and very historic. A lot of our area is in Wales, so we're half in England, half in Wales, which is really exciting. Wales is Beautiful. My new companion is fantastic! His name is Elder Rapata, and he is from New Zealand! It's about time that I served with someone that isn't from North America. I'm really excited. He is so full of love and already we are becoming really good friends.

 

My new Address is this:

 

Elder Taylor Ashcraft

54 Wemyss Road

Blacon

Chester    CH1 5PZ

England

 

But it is going to be a great transfer. I'm really excited for it.

 

Thank you all for all of your prayers and your support and love. It means the world to me and I would not be able to do this without you. Thanks for everything. I pray for you always, and I hope that you all have a wonderful week!

 

Keep up the good work, and Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Merry Christmas to All, and to all, CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Hey Everyone that I love!

 

It was a great week here, and the Lord has blessed us with some amazing people and amazing miracles. fantastic. We had 3 investigators come to church, and they are great. One of them is Bianka, a Polish woman who is great. She has a very Utah personality, which is weird, but she's really good. She loved Church so much.

 

Shelley, one of our other investigators came for the 2nd week in a row and then came with us to have tea at a members home. Wow. So good. She is progressing so well and she has a great testimony of the Book of Mormon. Please pray for Shelley, Bianka, Josiah, and Brian.

 

Well, I want you all to know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the Redeemer of all mankind. This Christmas season I challenge you all each day try to become more like Him in everything you do. Christmas is about Him, and what better way to celebrate than to try to be like Him! I love the Lord so much!

 

I love all of you as well, and I hope that you have an absolutely joyful Christmas! Jesus Lives and He loves you!

 

Happy Christmas!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Rejoice and Be Merry (but the good kind of Merry)

Hello Everyone that I love!

 

England is amazing! I hope you all know that by now.

 

It was a great week! The Lord is blessing us and being so merciful to us. We have witnessed miracle after miracle and we are so grateful for all of them.

 

Something that I have been pondering about this week is how skewed a lot of people's vision of reality is. Many people think that this life is it, and things that don't matter do, and things that do matter don't. They think that happiness comes in things, not in people and The Lord. It's very sad to see the state that the world is in right. now. But we have good news. We have good tidings. We know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ brings true happiness and peace and helps bring our perception of reality back into what it should be, namely that God lives and that He has a plan for us.

 

Isn't it amazing to think that we matter to Him? I truly know that we do.

 

I love you all so much and would encourage you to take a step back and analyze what really matters to you this season. I know God Lives.

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Missionary work is the best thing ever!!!

Hey Everyone that I love!

It was an amazing week here in England, once again. Derek was Baptised on Friday and I went really well! Derek's nonmember roommate came as well as one of our other investigators! It was amazing. The Lord has blessed us so abundantly and I am so grateful for His mercy.

Our temple trip also went really well. Derek and Brian were able to come, as well as Roy, our 77 yr old Recent Convert. Everyone loved it! Mostly. Roy was a bit incensed that he wasn't able to go inside yet, and so we had to explain to him for the thousandth time that he needs a recommend, but other than that, it went really well! Brian even bought a quad! Amazing!

Well, I  want you all to know that this is God's only true and living church on the face of the earth. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet and the Book of Mormon is true! I love you all so much and I pray for you every day! I love you and have a good week! Keep the Faith!

Love,
Elder Ashcraft

Yes!

Dear Everyone!

 

Derek is getting baptised this week! We are so excited! He is so great and he loves the book of mormon. He has progressed really well and we are so jazzed.

 

We got a new stake presidency this week and they are all quite young. So we are eager to work with them.

 

This Christmas season, I want you all to make sure that you put More Christ in the Holidays. That's what this is all about. It's about Him and the things that He has done for us. He is our Saviour, and He lives. I know He lives.

 

Sorry this is so short, but I love you

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Be Grateful

Hello everyone! Seeing how it is the season for being grateful (well really, every season is the season to be grateful), I thought that I would let you know a few of the things that my mission has made me even more grateful for.

 

I am grateful for a loving mother and father who loved each other, loved me, and most importantly, loved the Lord. I am grateful for righteous brothers and sisters who have loved me, been great examples to me and shown me how I should live my life.

 

I am grateful for the freedom to worship how, where, and what I may. I am grateful for those who have gone before to pave the way for that right, as well as to bring about the knowledge of how, where, and what we should worship.

 

I am grateful for friends who have supported me and loved me and accepted me. I am grateful for happiness.

 

Most importantly, I am grateful for the sacrifice of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. I am grateful for His courage and His determination to accomplish what He came to earth to do. I am grateful that our Heavenly Father let Him suffer so that He could comfort me in my time of need and redeem me from my foolish mistakes. I am grateful for the truths that I know and for this opportunity I have to share them with others who don't know what I know.

 

I love you all, and I am truly so grateful for each and everyone of you, and the impacts that you have had on my life. I love you so much, and I hope you have a truly grateful Thanksgiving! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Seen his shadow...or not...I always forget. Which one means six more weeks of winter?

Dear Everybody,

 

I'm staying in Newcastle for another six weeks! If you couldn't guess by the groundhog day reference in the subject line. Elder Jones is staying, too, so the Salt Lake City companionship lives on! It was a bit of a surprise, because Elder Jones has been here for 6 months already, so we thought he would leave, but I guess the Lord has other things in mind. I'm really happy that he's staying.

 

Well, Things are going so good here! We are teaching two men from Sierra Leone who happen to be a part of the music group that just won Best music group in Sierra Leone for 2011. Josiah and Alfred. They are so good! Josiah has received his answer that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and he is progressing really well!

 

We are also teaching a Chinese boy (oh yeah!) named Derek, and he loves the Book of Mormon. The Lord is really blessing us right now and we are working hard. It's such an amazing thing, being a missionary. I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had for all the wealth in the world. Truly, I would not. Please pray for Derek and Josiah and Alfred. Also, Brian, a 67 year old man we're teaching. Great times in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

 

Well, I hope that everything is going well at home. Keep up the good work and Keep the Faith! I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that Jesus Christ lives! I know that the church is true! I love you all so much! Have a great week!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Yes please.

Hey everyone!

 

Sorry I don't have a ton of time, but real quickly, I want to tell you that the church is true!

 

Evelyn got baptised this week, which was amazing! But also, I found out that Steve Wood, one of my investigators from Moreton, got baptised as well! And then I found out that Yogesh and Priyanka, two Indian people that I taught in Liverpool were also baptised! The Lord has been so merciful to us and has blessed us beyong measure.

 

I love being a missionary so much! It literally is the best thing ever. The Lord is on our side and He is helping us every step of the way!

 

I know the Church is true! I know that Jesus Christ Lives! I know that Thomas S. Monson is God's prophet and that the Book of Mormon is True! I love you allo! Have a great week!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Happy Hallowe'en!!

Hello everybody!

 

Well, the first thing I have to say is EVELYN'S GETTING BAPTISED!!! She accepted a date a few days ago and she is getting baptised on Friday! So thank you all for the prayers and please keep praying for her!

 

It's been a great week. President Kopischke, the Europe area president came and did a mission tour. He is incredible. I learned loads form him. I absolutely loved hearing him speak. He is so spiritually sound and just so good! I loved it.

 

One thing he said that has really stuck with me is the Circle of faith. In Alma 32:27-28, it talks about what we need to do to exercise fatih and then in turn what the Lord does to show his power and increase our faith. We must have the Desire, and then we need to give place in our hearts and not cast out the seed. That is our part. Then the Lord causes the swelling motions and the enlarging of our souls and then our faith increases! It's amazing! I love the gospel so much! It's so true!

 

I've learned so much on my mission, and I really do know that the church is true, and that Jesus is the Christ! I know He lives!

 

Thank you all for everything and I hope you have a great week! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Nuke Hassle

Hello everyone!

 

It was a great week here, ending with Roy's baptism! He is so funny. He felt like he would be too indecent just in the white clothes, so he wanted to wear a bathrobe as well. We were able to talk him out of that, though. It was a really good service. Elder Merl (the missionary that was here before me) travelled back from his area in Manchester and baptised him. Side note, his companion, Elder Holman, and I are singing a musical number on thursday, for when President Kopischke (area president) comes to visit the mission. I hope it's good.

 

Things are going great here in Newcastle. Elder Jones is great and we get along really well. I love serving with him. The ward is fantastic as well. I really love it. We have been trying really hard to strengthen our relationship with the members, and so we've been making a lot of brownies during our lunch breaks. It's amazing, missionary work. But it's more amazing when you work together with the members.

 

Well, I hope that all is well back in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Things in England are really amazing. The field is white, and we are called to harvest! I love the Gospel! The Church IS TRUE!!! I love you all!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Proper English

Hello Everyone!

 

This week was a great week. Newcastle is really good! We are teaching some high quality people, including Roy, a 77 yr old man who is getting baptised on Saturday. Please pray for him! He is quite stubborn and very english, but he's great and we're excited for him.

 

We're also teaching a Filipino lady, Evelyn, and her family. But her daughter is giving her a little bit of grief. so Please pray for them as well.

 

Being a missionary is so amazing, and sorry i don't have very much time this week, but I want you all to know that this church is true and that the principles of the Gospel form the one and only true path to success and happiness.

 

I love you so much! Keep up the good work and Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Wet work

Hey Everyone!

 

Newcastle is great! I really love it here! It has been quite rainy a lot, but it's grand. The Ward here is really good and supportive. There is one brother, Brother Cork, he's 87 and he is just the definition of classy gentleman. I love English people so much!

 

It is strange to not hear scousers, though. I've been around them for so long, I forgot that people didn't all talk like that. But it's great. They call me duck, down here. "Alright, duck?" That how they say, "How are you, pal?" It's kinda weird, but I love it.

 

Elder Jones is great. We get along really well because he was my district leader when I was serving in Moreton. He's a great missionary and I've learned a lot from him. Even if he did go to Highland.

 

Well, I'm out of time, but I love you all so much, and I am so grateful for you and for all that you do for me! The Church is true! Jesus Lives! I know He does! I pray for you all and I love you! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Not old palace, but...

NEWCASTLE!!

 

Hello everyone from the land of Newcastle-under-Lyme! I have been transferred from the blessed land of Scousers and Beatles to blessed land of...Newcastle. I don't really know anything about Newcastle yet, except that some peopl call you "Duck." Yup. Like the bird. Good times.

 

I am now serving with Elder Jones, a fantastic missionary from Salt Lake City itself! He went to Highland High and his house is like five minutes away from ours. Small world. Never met him before the mission. So it's a big world and a small world.

 

I was definitely sad to leave Liverpool. I learned a lot there about life, people, the gospel, missionary work, and myself. I will never forget my time there nor the people that I came in contact. I am so grateful for the time I had to serve them and serve with them. God Bless Liverpool. Ask me about Liverpool someday, and I will tell you everything.

 

I am excited for the change though. Transfers is a time to re-evaluate yourself and make the necessary changes. It is good and I am excited to get to work.

 

I hope that you all enjoyed conference. I loved it so much! We got to watch every session except the last one, so we were proper blessed. The opportunity to listen to the living prophet is something that we must not take for granted. It is an amazing blessing and I hope you all love it!

 

My new address is:

 

Elder Taylor Ashcraft

Flat 8, Northcote Court

Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 1HY

England

 

I love you all so much! Thank you for everything that you have done for me! Keep up the good work and Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Liverpool is the Pool of Life

Hey everyone!

For some strange reason it is a ridiculously beautiful day today. I like it. You forget how much the sun means to you until you have to go without it forever. 

Well, things are going great here in the Pool of Life. We found some new people to teach and they are great! Yogesh and Priyanka Sherma! They are a young couple from India! They are so great and they are excited to be baptised! They came to church yesterday and they really loved it. I'm so excited to continue working with them. 

We saw a lot of miracles and we had a great round of trainings this week about working with members. The mission is undergoing some big changes, and the work is moving forward. I'm really excited.

I'm also way excited for General conference! It's going to be so amazing! I love it so much, and I am grateful for the opportunity we have to be able to listen to the words of a living prophet to help us get through the trials that we face. I know that as we listen to those words we are able to better understand God's plan for us! I love it so much! Please listen to the words that they share!

I love you all so much! Have a great week! Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Blessed Liverpool

Hello everyone!

Thank you so much for your prayers this week! Michaela was baptised and everything went really well. She was confirmed on Sunday and I know that it was all because of the prayers that were offered in her behalf, so thank you again, very much. 

I love serving here so much. The Lord has been so merciful to us and has blessed us with so many miracles and people to teach. It is such an amazing time to be a missionary out here in the Lord's vineyard. It is the most incredible thing to be able to watch  people's lives transform and turn to the Saviour Jesus Christ. I love the Lord and His work, and I know that I am right in the thick of it!

Elder Aulenbach is great. He has such polished skills for having been out for such a short time. He is a powerful missionary and I am grateful for him.

Well, I love you all so much! Thanks for everything that you do and that you are! Keep up the good work and Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Hey Everyone! I'm in England!

Hello there!

It has been a great week in Liverpool. We were blessed abundantly and it was great. s

Well, first thing, We have another baptism scheduled for Friday! Michaela, who we have been teaching for about a month, is great. She has turned her life completely around, quit smoking and overcome a lot to get to this point. She is excited, but she is facing a lot of opposition from her mother. Please pray for her! 

Missionary work is so great. I love it so much! We have the truth. We have the key to true success and happiness in this life and for eternal joy in the life to come. It falls on our shoulders to share it with those who don't have it. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to teach the people of England the truths that I have come to know for myself. I know that this gospel is true. 

So funny story. Yesterday, we had a strange conversation with an African man, his Italian girlfriend, and two drunk Englishmen that work on the docks. It was quite funny. One of them asked how Christ was able to feed the 5000 with 5 fish. His words were, "Was it a whale?" Haha Poor thing. Someday he'll understand that it could've been a minnow and everyone still would've been full. 

I love you all! Thanks for everything!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!!!!!!

God is Great!

Hello everyone from the While Land of Liverpool. No it hasn't snowed, but the Lord has blessed us with an abundance of people that have accepted the invitation to Follow Him by being baptised. We were so blessed with 2 baptisms this weekend, Steven (from China) and Gisele (from France). So amazing. This gospel is what brings people true happiness.

The service went great. It was conducted by Brother Vincent Harvey from the ward, who happens to be a Scottish man with a lisp. No, I am not lying. He is very difficult to understand, but it was great anyway. We filled the font pretty full to make sure that there would be enough water, so as Steven was baptised, the water level rose up the stairs and flooded the bathroom. But it was all good. Nothing a good mop and some towels couldn't fix. It was so great. 

I love being a missionary so much. It is an incredible thing to be engaged in this great work. Thank you all for your prayers for our investigators. They are working. I know that God is mindful of us all, and that He loves us. 

I love you all so much! Thanks for everything! Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Yay!

Hey everyone!

 

It was such a great week last week and it ended in the best possible way! Kiera was baptised! It was so amazing! I love being a part of this work, where I get to see people realise just how much our Heavenly Father loves them. It is an incredible thing, and I wouldn't trade these experiences for all the money in anyone's imagination. So good. Ah. I love it.

 

Well, Right now I am on exchange with Elder Joseph Jolliffe, from Devon, England, and it's a good thing that he doesn't live in Utah, because every girl would fall in love with him. He kinda looks like Jason Ashcraft, just with more hair on his head. He is great, and his accent is stupendous. He is great.

 

I love you all so much, and I ask you to pray for our investigators Gisele and Steven. They are being baptised this Saturday, and so please pray for them!

 

The Church is so true! I love it so much and I am so grateful for the blessings that the gospel brings into all of our lives! God Lives! Jesus is the Christ! and the Book of Mormon is true! I love you! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Livvvverpooooool

Hello everybody!

Well, transfer calls came, and Elder Aulenbach and I am staying in Liverpool! Yesyesyesyesyes!!! I'm so excited! The Lord is really blessing us right now and great things are happening. 

Unfortunately Kiera's baptism was postponed last week, but it's on Saturday now, so please pray for her. And Next week Gisele and Steven are getting baptised! It's such a blessed time to be a missionary! I love it so much!

Probably my favourite part about serving as a missionary is that I get to see people as they make a spiritual journey, travelling from being a spiritually ignorant savage to being a covenant-keeping kingdom builder. I love to watch the change that comes over people as they repent of their sins and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour and Redeemer. His Atonement is real, and it is the reason that I am here in England, preaching His good news.

I love the Church so much because I know that it is the only organisation sanctioned by God to perform the ordinances necessary for our salvation and exaltation. This is His church, and it is true! I know it's true! 

I love you all so much and I am so grateful for everything that you've done for me, and for your great examples. Keep up the good work and Keep the Faith! I love you!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

wow I sent this email to nine people.

Hello everyone! 

Well, this week was quite ridiculous and crazy, but I loved it. Mostly.

Elder Dantas, one of the other missionaries in Liverpool got appendicitis.....or so they thought. They took out his appendix, but it was fine. but he's still in a lot of pain. So they're not exactly sure what's wrong with him right now. He's getting an ultrasound hopefully today. Please let it be a boy. 

Needless to say, we've spent some of our time at the hospital, some of our time in a threesome with Elder Dantas' companion Elder Craig (from Canada, so I've been engulfed by the Maple Leaf), and the rest of our time trying to stay on top of our own area. It's been crazy, but I loved it.

At zone conference this week, we did a Lehi's dream activity, where we were blindfolded and had to make our way through the church. It was great. Reminded me of BOM Quest. Good times.

Well, I love you all so much! I know the church is true and that Jesus is the Christ and that He lives! I love Him and He loves me! And you!

Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

England england england england england england

Hello everyone!

Well, first off, I just want to say how incredible it is to be a missionary, especially here in the city of Liverpool. It is absolutely incredible. The Lord truly has prepared so many people for the Gospel. He is just counting on us to find them. It's amazing.

Isha, Lee, Kiera, and Gisele are all doing great. All of them came to church yesterday! It was such an incredible fast and testimony meeting. The Spirit was so strong and my testimony was for sure strengthened. The power of a testimony is something that is so incredible. It can change the entire dynamic of a conversation we have
with people on the street. The Spirit testifies of a testimony, and so when people here ours, they begin a journey to get one for themselves. I love it so much.

I know that this is God's true church, and that Thomas S. Monson is the Lord's prophet on the earth today. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, and that it contains the fulness of Jesus Christ's gospel. I know that Jesus Christ is our saviour and redeemer and that through Him, we can achieve eternal life with God and with our loved ones.

I love you all so much! Keep the Faith!

Love,
Elder Ashcraft

Abundance

Alright, me mates?

Hello everyone! It's a beautiful day here in Liverpool. A gentle Scottish rain is falling and things are going amazing! The Lord has been so merciful to us and we have been so blessed this week. It has been incredible. At this point it time, we have been entrusted with 4 souls that have accepted a baptismal date: Kiera, Isha, Lee, and Gisele. Please pray for them, especially Lee that he will be able to quit smoking. It has been so incredible to witness miracle after miracle after miracle after more miracles. I love this work and this place and this people.

It sounds like everything back in the US of A is going good, I'm glad to hear. I hope that it continues to do so. Things here are so good. I love it.

We met Isha again last night, and she has encountered some harsh opposition. But we were able to give her a blessing, and she is stronger than ever now. I am so blessed to be able to be a part of her teaching process, and I hope that all of you one day have the opportunity to meet this woman. She is absolutely amazing. Please keep our investigators in your prayers. 

On a sillier note, we met a lot of drunk people this week. It's actually really sad, but at the same time, it's quite funny to see how people act when they're drunk. A man told me that my hair looked like shredded wheat, then gave it a ruffle with his hand. I was quite entertained.

Well, I love you all! Thanks for everything!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Isha. Wow.

Hello Everyone!

so real quickly I want to tell you about one of the investigators that we found this week. Her name is Isha. She is formerly from Gambia, has two kids and comes from a Muslim background.

She has wanted to be a Christian for a long time. When she was younger, she would go to a christian church, and when she came home, her father would beat her. So the next day, she would go back again. She has come to England about 7 years ago and has two children, ages 7 and 4. Hilarious. She was about to go back to Gambia and was having trouble with her visa work and stuff, and then that night, she had a dream where Christ appeared to her and told her that she needed to stay to learn about him. Now she has English citizenship so we can teach her! She is absolutely incredible. She says that she is going to be the Best Christian and she recognises the Spirit so well! I love being a missionary!

She came to church yesterday and loved it! The Gospel is amazing!

Thank you all for everything that you do! I love you love you love you!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft!

Frenchie?

Hello everyone! It has been an incredible week!

The Lord has really blessed us, including last night, where we met a woman from Gambia who is a muslim. She is a permanent resident in the UK so we can teach her. But she told us that she has  had dreams Where Christ has told her that she needs to stay here in england to learn about Him. She was going to go back to Gambia, but from this dream decided to stay, and then we met her. And what do we do? teach People about the Saviour! Isn't it incredible how the Lord works? I love it so much.

Well, Elder Aulenbach is great. Very Canadian, but great. He is fluent in french, which is nice because we meet a lot of people that speak french. Hopefully I'll be able to pick a little bit up as well. Pretty language, that french.

Well, it has been very rainy the past couple of days, which I love the rain. I wish Utah got more of it. Maybe I'll bring some home with me. Good plan. Maybe I'll brings some Scousers home as well. The people of Liverpool are a lot different from the rest of England. You'll have to come visit and then you'll understand why I love them so much. Incredible, once you are able to understand them.

I love you all so much, and I am so grateful for all that you have done for me. Please keep me and the people of England in your prayers. I love you sososososososo much! Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Freshie.

Hey everyone!

 

Well, I am definitely staying in Liverpool! Huzzah! But Elder Peterson is leaving, so there's goes my hope of Chinese fluence (is that a word? Possibly). I will miss him. But in his stead comes......Elder Aulenbach, from Alberta, Canada! He is fresh from the England MTC, so he is full of energy and excitement. I haven't had a ton of time with him yet, but I'm very excited to get to know him and to learn from him.

 

I love Liverpool so much. It is an amazing place. Our investigators are great. This week, we were blessed to be able to find a woman named Giselle, from France. Her parents are Congolese and she has been here for about a month. She had been looking for a church, and we stopped her in the street and she invited us to come back and visit. She is great. She understands everything and likes it. The best part is, she came to church on Sunday and loved it! She brought her two year old son, Jordan, and he liked it as well. The Lord has really blessed us here.

 

Things are going great. Missionary work is amazing because you can physically see the extra strength that the Lord gives you. At the end of the day, you look back at all that you were able to do and say, "How in the world did I do that?" The answer is, the Lord was doing it through you. I love this work so much and I am so grateful for the chance I have to share the everlasting gospel with the people here. Please continue to pray for me and the people of England. I love you all so much and I am grateful for the examples that you are to me and for the love and support that you show me. I am grateful for your friendship and your kindness. Keep up the good work, and Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Hey

Hey Everyone!

Well sorry I don't have very much time this week, but I want you all to know how much I love you and am grateful for your love and support. Being a missionary is the greatest thing ever!

I love this work! The church is true! And Happy 4th of July!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

The Beatles lived here.

Dear Everyone that I love,

Hey! How are you?! Grand, I hope. I am doing extremely well! Liverpool is amazing and so is missionary work! I know that I have been called here by the Lord to speak to these good people. 

Well, it's an interesting week this week because President and Sister Bullock leave this week. I'm sad to see them go. They really have changed my life and had such an amazing impact on me. They are some of the most incredible people I have ever met. I am so grateful for their great example and the things that they have taught me. 

Last week we had our last Zone Conference with them, and It was incredible, but sad to know that they are leaving. At the end of the conference, we were able to each give the both a hug. It was so spiritual and so amazing. Hugging President Bullock was like hugging a brother and a father and hugging Sister Bullock was like hugging Pure virtue, like hugging my mom. It was a very special experience and one that I will cherish forever. I love them so much!

I am excited to meet President and Sister Preston and to continue my service under their stewardship. I'm sure that it will be amazing as well.

I love you all so much, and I am so grateful for your righteous influences in my life. I would not be who I am without all of you. I love you and I love the Lord! Keep the Faith!

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Scousers. Wow.

Hello ever'body!

 

It has been a great week here. Liverpool is just ridiculously amazing, and the Lord is blessing us extremely. I love it.

 

We were able to get three of our investigators to church yesterday, and the ward just ate them up. The ward did everything, and made them feel right at home. It was great.

 

One of them said something interesting. We were talking about life, and he said something I thought was interesting. He said, "Mistakes are vital." I thought about that for a bit. It's true, in a sense. Without the mistakes that we make, we wouldn't really learn or progress. If we never made any mistakes, than we wouldn't be able to become perfect, Like our Heavenly Father. Mind you, we shouldn't try to make mistakes, but the Atonement is there to help us overcome them. I know that that's true.

 

I love you all so much and I am so grateful for everything! Keep up the good work and Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Ni hau!

Hello everyone! It has been a crazy week here in Liverpool, but the Lord blessed us abundantly.

We were able to find a lot of great new investigators this week, most of whom are Chinese (amaaaaazing). I love the people so much! They are so humble and willing to learn, I love it!

I'm finally getting the chance to do a musical number in Sacrament meeting next with the the other missionaries in the Ward. There's six of us, four Elders and Two Sisters. Our pianist is the ward organist, who is an Opera singer and just an overall huge man. Not fat, but huge. Brother Lewis Quinn. He reminds me a lot of the Beast. I love
it. He's great and extremely talented.

Well, I'm running out of time, but I want all of you to know that this is the only true church on earth, and Jesus Christ Himself stands at the head. I know it's true, and I love it!

I love you all!

Love,
Elder Ashcraft

Pooled Liver

Hello everyone!

 

Well, Liverpool is amazing! And can I just say, if any of you know a Chinese person, go and give them a hug as soon as possible. They are the most incredible people on earth! I love teaching them about the gospel, and also eating their food. It's fantastic.

 

Oh yeah. Someone stole my name badge my first night here. I loved that name badge. But hopefully it'll turn up somewhere. I love Liverpool. But really though, I do.

 

The Ward here is amazing! The Ward Mission Leader is from California, and talks faster than any human being I have ever met. He's great. And the ward organist reminds me a lot of the Beast from Beauty and the Beast. I love England so much!

 

Well, keep up the good work, and Keep the Faith! I love you all so much! The Church is true!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft