East. Er........Bunny?

Hello everyone that I love!

 

It was a pretty good week here. Yesterday, there were some really good talks in Sacrament meeting about the Atonement and about the resurrection. I loved them. Easter is such an amazing time to remember what the Saviour did for us and just how much He loves us. Truly he died for us so that we might live again and be free form our sins, pains, sicknesses and weaknesses and be able to live with our loved ones forever. I am so grateful for his sacrifice and for the love that He has for me.

 

Steve and Charlotte are both doing pretty well, but they weren't able to come to church yesterday, which is a bummer, but hopefully things will keep going well and they will be able to progress and enter into the Fold of God.

 

It has been so amazing to testify of Jesus Christ and His Atonement during this Easter season. I really do know that He lives and that He died for us. He is the Son of the Living God, who loves us and who we have the potential to become like. I love the Gospel so much and it is the only way to ture success and happiness.

 

I love you so much and I am so grateful for your examples and love and support! Sorry this is so short, but no email can contain all of my love for you all anyway, hehehe. I love you so sosososososo much! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

And then there were two...

Hello hello everyone!

 

Well, Transfers was this week, and the Triumvirate Beasts of Birkenhead is dissolved. Elder Starr got transferred, so now it's just Elder Herrin and I. We'll still be beasts, though.

 

It was a really good week. Steve and Charlotte are doing alright. Keep praying for them, please! They need some extra prayers.

 

I love being a missionary so much. I don't have a lot of time left, so I'm going to write a poem.

 

England is a smashing place,

especially in the spring,

The people seem to listen more

when the sun is glistening.

We're working hard and being blessed

in every single way,

and mission life is going great;

What more can I say?

Nothing, really.

 

I love it here! I love you all and I am so thankful for everything that you have done for me! Keep the Faith! Have a great week!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

The Beasts of Birkenhead

Hello everyone!

 

It has been an absolutely incredible week here in Birkenhead! We have worked so hard and the Lord has blessed us immensely! Miracles galore!

 

On Monday, we found a new investigator named Steve. He is amazing! He ablsoutely loves reading the Book of Mormon and He remembers almost everything that he reads! It's amazing! He's already almost done with 2nd Nephi! Not only that, but he came to church yesterday as well, and he really liked it! He is making such great progress, it's amazing.

 

Yesterday, at church, there were two people at the back that I hadn't seen before. Turns out it was a less active man and his nonmember girlfriend, Charlotte. She wanted us to teach her after church so absolutely we said yes. You don't get much better than that! Talk about blessings falling into your lap! It was such a strong lesson and she felt the Spirit in a big way. We are really excited to continue teaching her. Please keep Charlotte and Steve in your prayers!

 

Life in a threesome is amazing. We are working way hard and we are having so much fun. We get along really well and the work is progressing nicely. The Lord has really blessed and is continuing to bless us! I love missionary work so much!

 

This is the true church of Jesus Christ. He stands at the head and leads it through His living prophet, Thomas S. Monson. I love it so much! The Book of Mormon is the word of God and it is true. As Joseph Smith said, we can come closer to God by reading it and living what it says than by doing so with any other book. I love it.

 

Well, I've got to go, but thanks for everything! I love you all so much and I am so grateful for your examples in my life! I pray for you all and God Loves You!

 

I do as well!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Conference, anyone?

Dear everyone that falls under the sound of my voice, or rather the perception of my type,

 

Wasn't conference amazing?!?! I love it so much and I learned a lot. It really is the best days of the year when we get to listen to the living prophets tell us what God would have us do. It's fantastic. I hope you all soaked it in and loved it.

 

I really enjoyed the talks about revelation and testimony and how many times, they do not come all at once, but gradually and almost unnoticeable over time; line upon line, precept upon precept. It's the truth. Sometimes we hope for some visitation or powerful impression, but that's not how the Spirit works. Especially if we are living right and doing what the Lord wants. If we are living in accordance with the laws of God, we should already be doing the things that the Spirit would prompt us to do. If we are righteous, the Spirit shouldn't have to smack us in the face and scream in our ear to get us to do the right thing. We should already be doing it.

 

One thing I've really come to know is true is that many times, testimonies come after we exercise faith, live the Gospel, and then as we look back on the blessings we've seen come into our lives. The truth of any work can be seen in the blessings that flow from it. I know that this is Christ's only true and living church. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that it contains with the Bible a fulness of the Gospel of Christ. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that Thomas S. Monson is a living prophet on the earth today. I know that God lives, and that He loves us. He loves you.

 

I love you all as well! Thanks for everything, for your support and love and prayers! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Mum, Dad, I had a baby!

Hello everyone!

 

Well, I didn't really have a child, but in missionary terms, I'm a father! Crazy story:

 

So on Thursday, I got a call from President Bullock saying that some missionaries had just arrived from the Provo MTC, and he asked me to train one of them! But, he said that Elder Starr is staying here as well, so I'm in a threesome with Elder Starr and Elder Anthony Herrin from Sandy, Utah!

 

It's pretty crazy and kind of hard being in three instead of two, and I'm way unqualified to be a trainer, but the Lord is helping me a lot and I'm having a lot of fun and working hard. Missionary work is amazing. Whenever you're having a bad day, all you have to do is start working harder, and the day gets better! I love it!

 

Elder Herrin is doing really well, and progressing fast. No doubt he'll be a way better missionary than me, which is good. But please pray for us. We need it.

 

I love you all so much, and I am so grateful for everthing you'lve done for me and given me! I love you!!!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft!

 

P.S. Listen to Conference! It's gonna be amazing!

 

 

Nice one.

Hello all!

 

It's been another great week here in Birkenhead. I love it so much here and the people are great. Yes, some of them can be a little crusty at times, but I love them so much.

 

Well, we had an interesting lesson this week with one of our new investigators, Donna. She is very humble and she has a lot of issues going on in her life. During the lesson, someone came and pounded on the door and so Donna went and it was her daughter, who does not get on well with her. they started screaming at each other and all sorts of stuff, and it was really quite strange. Donna then came back in and just broke down in tears, saying that she hates her daughter. It was really sad. I am so grateful for the wonderful family that God has blessed me with and for the peace and joy that the Gospel has brought all of us.

 

We had a few Born-Again Christian women who were genuinely concerned for our salvation tell us that we were wrong, in a polite way, and said that we should read the Bible. We politely told them that the Bible testifies that we are, in actuality, right, and they are wrong. I love how the Gospel makes sense all across the board and that the Book of Mormon doesn't contradict the Bible at all. I love the Gospel so much.

 

I love you all so much, and I am grateful for everything that you have given me, taught me, and shown me and i am forever in your debt. I love you! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft

Stayin.

Hello Hello!

 

Well, we got our transfer calls this week, and.........drumroll.......well, I pretty much gave it away in the subject line, actually. Oh well. I'M STAYING IN BIRKENHEAD!!!!!! Elder Starr is as well, so we're really excited. This is the first time in my mission that both my companion and I have stayed in the same area. I feel bad for Elder Starr, though. He has to put up with me for another transfer. Well, he'll be blessed for it, no doubt.

 

It was a great week here, and our investigator Billy is progressing nicely to his baptismal date. Please keep him in your prayers. We were following up with him on the Word of Wisdom, and when we asked him about his tea drinking since we taught him, he said, "Haven't touched it." Beautiful! Ah, I love being a missionary. It's amazing.

 

Remember my companion on the Isle, Elder Cunningham? He's been made a Zone Leader now as well as my great buddy from Utah State, Elder Jeffrey Moss. So that's Exciting. Elder Readhead is a Zone Leader as well. There are some fantastic missionaries in this mission.

 

Things here are going great, and I love England so much! I know that this is the place that God needed to send me, and it's the place that I needed to come. I know that this is truly the work of the Lord and that He is behind us. The Church is true. I know it.

 

I love you all so much! Sorry this is short, but the place we're emailing is playing some apostate music of the heathen variety, and also I'm out of time. But I love you, and I am thankful for everything! Keep the Faith!

 

Love,

Elder Ashcraft