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