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

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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

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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