Week 48

Mom! I know! Time just flys by too quick. I swear I was just emailing you yesterday!! I'm glad you guys had a fun and busy week!! I'm kinda craving some gunlock time right now! Haha I miss Gunlock so much. I hope you guys have a fun time. I'm also way jealous about lake Powell!! That's my favorite trip to go on each year! And the fact that Erin is going with you guys makes me even more jealous! I'm so proud the boys passed the sacrament! That makes me so so so happy! I can't believe they are growing up that quick! They are good boys. I always knew they were, I was just a littler harder on them because they are my little brothers. 

So this week was really cool!! So we have a Zone Goal of helping 8 people each month enter into the waters of baptism! Well three weeks ago we looked at all the investigators of the missionaries who were most likely going to get baptized and we came up short one. So I prayed hard that we would still be able to reach our goal and decided to call on of our District Leaders and ask him if they had the faith to find one more person. At first I wanted to be able to find the person but for some reason I felt like the spirit was telling me to ask these specific elders. Well they said they had the faith to do it and we left it at that. Well on Monday night we got a call from them telling us that this one investigator who has met with missionaries on and off for TWO years decided out of nowhere that she wanted to get baptized this Saturday!! So we drove down, got the interview done, she passed and was baptized with her two kids who were already planning on getting baptized on Saturday!! How amazing is that?? We were so pumped for those Elders! They work so hard and definitely deserve it!! So that was just one miracle from this week! Another cool/tough thing that happened this week was we had plans to go see this kind of less active couple during the week but they had to cancel. Well Sunday morning I had the thought that we needed to go see them after church! Well during church one of the members best friends told us that they were having some really tough problems and that we needed to go over after church. So I knew why I had the thought that morning that we needed to go over. So we went over and were able to really help out and give some powerful priesthood blessings to comfort and help. It was amazing to see how Heavenly Father trusted us enough to let us help them. From being on my mission so far I've really learned how much trust God puts in us. We are only vessels he works through. We are truly doing nothing ourselves, we do everything in his name. We are doing exactly what he would do if here were here and in our position!️️ Which is awesome to think that I have that authority to act in his name. That's why it's so important that we stay worthy of these things. 

I hope you guys have a great week!! Tell Tanner to be safe on his Saweettt new bike!!! Man that's so awesome he's getting into MTB!! Tell him to be safe and have lots of fun! That's funny you found that video!! Haha I specifically remember doing that for Sister Reeves!! How are they doing by the way?? I'm pumped for Sydnie!! She will be an amazing missionary!! So excited for her! Well I Love you mom! Thank you for the packages!! I appreciate it a lot! I miss you. Have a great week!

Love Elder Ashworth

Everyone thought we worked at H&M. HAHA

Mall adventure on P Day!

Happy Birthday to the triplets!

Week 47

Momma 🐻!!❤️❤️

I'm glad you guys had a great and busy week!☺️ That makes me very very happy that none of the trips got homesick... I guess I'm the baby of the family then huh?😉 Haha make sure to tell them all I love and miss them so much!! They look sooo smooth in those suits!! I need one of each for when I get home ok😋 Haha I'm super glad the ties got there in time! Did dads card get there in time?? I hope it did! With the ties, the blue one was for Steven because it's longer but it went well with tanners suit! It was a little long on him tho😂 You can also stretch and iron them and it won't hurt or ruin them. I'm sure they shriveled up a little because of how dry it is there! But ya, our investigator said that you're ok to iron them so they lay more flat! I'm glad they had a great B-Day!

So I'm glad Dad had a good Father's Day! Valera showed me the video you made for him!! It definitely brought tears to my eyes. I am just so thankful for such an amazing Dad. You and him raised us all super well and I'm so so so appreciative of that!❤️❤️ I hope you got all the picks from Tilbys wife's friend who we ate dinner at last night! She was so excited that we both knew someone! Haha I didn't know they have 9 kids now😬😬 holy cow that's a lot!! Haha I haven't seen them in a while!

So this week was great!! G got Baptized which was awesome!! Such a spiritual experience. Her dad who is starting to come back was able to baptize her and we're really really hoping it is the catalyst for the whole family to start coming back! She just turned 14 so I wanna hook her and Stevo up together😏😉 haha jk she's such a cool girl tho. Very in tune with the spirit and understands things super well. Our other investigators are all doing well too which is good! July should be a great week for us. So ya last week I did go on an exchange with Elder a Carver! How'd you know?? He's super cool and chill. Also a really good missionary too!

Overall it was a great week! Valera is now praying of who we can start teaching at her house now that we just baptized G so we're excited to see who she pulls outta her sleeve next😉 Haha I am so excited the triplets are deacons now! They are such studs! The priesthood is so real. We have been able to give a lot of blessings the past couple weeks and it's been amazing to see the peace and comfort and recovery people make just after a simple priesthood blessing. We always need to be worthy so when the time comes we are able and prepared to act. I am so thankful for this work and the chance I have to be a missionary for Christ's church. I am so beyond happy right now! Thank you for all the support! I swear you and I are on the same wavelength with things mom! Haha I love you!

Love Your Son Elder Ashworth.

A Father’s day message from Tyler

Week 46

Heyyyy Momma Bear!!

So it looks like you guys all had tons of fun on the lake!! I miss that part of summer. I wish we would have went more but I know we were super busy with sports and stuff. It's always a hassle to get the boat ready and go, but I never regret going after we get back! I was always really happy I went! You guys should go a lot this summer! Erin was bummed she couldn't make it. She absolutely loves you guys soooo much!

So this week was awesome! We saw a ton of miracles! One of them was we had two investigators who said they couldn't come to church this week because they'd be out of town and weren't getting back till Monday. We knew about that all week but for some reason on Saturdaynight I felt impressed just to pray that they would somehow make it there anyways! Well I didn't see them in sacrament meeting so I was kinda bummed. I didn't know why I prayed for it even though they said they couldn't come, but I just felt that I needed too! Well after sacrament lo and behold they both walked up from the back and surprised us that they were there!!! I was sooo excited to see them!! Heavenly Father has been blessing us like that a lot lately! We had some other investigators come too which was awesome!

This week G is getting baptized and I'm super exited for that!! Her dad is going to baptize her and her uncle will confirm her. She has been such a solid and willing investigator! We've really grown close to her and her older sister who is starting to come back to church as well!

So this morning I was thinking 'man, I haven't gotten a letter from my mom asking me questions or anything In a little while' and then I went out to the mailbox and yup.. I got your letter haha️ That's so cool that Tanner is doing the LP Mountain Biking team! If he fits on my old bike he's more then welcome to use it! A good bike really does make a big difference when it comes to racing. If it was just leisure riding then it wouldn't be that big of a deal, but racing is a little different.

I love you soooo much Mom!! Thank you for everything! I am so thankful for you and for all you do!! Hope you guys have a great week! Be safe and have fun


Love Your Son Elder Ashworth

Elder Ashworth with his Trainer Elder Hemsley, right before Elder Hemsley left for home.

Elder Ashworth in his Liverpool FC jersey our friends Eddy and Maria brought all the boys
when they came to visit last month.

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam!

Week 45

Mom,

(I got Tyler’s bank statement and was surprised he spent $60 at 7-Eleven so I asked him about it and this was his answer)

What happened at 7-Eleven was we were driving to a meeting and saw a man pushing his car. Well there was a little hill that he got stuck on to get into the gas station so we pulled over and helped. He said thank you and so we asked where he was from and where he was going. He proceeded to tell us that he had just gotten a flat, and ran out of gas. His family was sitting in the Costco parking lot waiting for him to figure things out. He had no money and had to drive 40 more miles to get to his sons house where they were going to figure things out. So I filled up his tank with gas and gave him some money to fix his tire.

Seeing that Stevo did AWESOME at camp made my week! :) I was super super happy for him! He deserves it. I'm glad you and Miles liked our song! That's also cool that Linda cut Madsens Hair! I still wish I could have gotten her to cut mine while I was there! He looks happy! He leaves to Panama this week😬 That's so wild that was 6 weeks ago that you picked him up from the Airport! Again, time just flys by! Tell Dads friends thank you so much for the jersey and chocolates!! I loved it all!! Also thank you for the pants and tie and package!! The pants fit perfect and the tie is sweet!! idk if I told you but I love the J-Crew Cotton Line ties! They're the best! So thank you for those Mom😊

So overall this week was amazing!! We have been getting a lot of referrals from members which is awesome! Just yesterday our Recent Convert S gave us the address to her ex-daughter in laws house and so we went over and she was super excited to see us! She invited us back for dinner which was really cool! Another youth in the Ward gave us the number of one of her friends who has come to church before and liked it and we're supposed to meet up this week too!! The Ward here is just killing it. A good amount of our investigators were able to make it to church this Sunday which was great! G is getting baptized on the 19th which we're super excited about! H, who's wife was a less active member hasn't missed church in 2 months and is excited to get baptized at the beginning of July. We have some other people set for mid July as well who are progressing quick so overall the work is hastening here!😃 President Berry just came out with a new rule that we can go to do baptisms for the dead with our Recent Converts for their first time so we're planning on going a decent amount😏😊 I never realized how blessed we are to have temples so close to us back home. Here people have to drive almost an Hour! Which really isn't even that bad compared to other places in the world! Back home, if you had a extra hour or even 45 min you could go do some names at the temple real quick and then get back to your everyday schedule! Here, you have to make a whole trip out of it. It's just kinda crazy to think of how blessed we are to have temples. I'm so grateful for the priesthood as well. There is this awesome member in our Ward who just started Chemotherapy. The day before he went into his first session he asked for a priesthood blessing. We blessed him with mainly just peace and comfort knowing that Heavenly Father would make sure everything works the ways it needs to if he continues to keep the commandments. This week he bore his testimony that he is much healthier then the doctors expected and that after his blessing he had no more fear. He knew that what we promised in the blessing would come to pass. The Power of the Priesthood is so real. I feel so blessed to had grown up with a father who held it worthily at all times. Being able to receive blessings whenever truly needed was such a blessing. Whenever I'm feeling down or sad I many times have just wished Dad could be here to give me a blessing and some of his wise council. I hope I can be like that to my own kids when I have them.

Elder Peacock and I are still getting a long... I guess😋 Haha no we're getting a long great! I'm happy but also sad I get to kill him off and send him home. It's crazy how fast times flying by!! Weeks seem like days and Transfers seems like weeks.

Well I love you so much mom!! Thank you for everything you do!! You are seriously the best! I miss and love you soooooo much!😘😊 Thank you for the emails throughout the week! They help a lot! Have a great week and I'll talk to you soon!

Love Your Son, Elder Ashworth💙❤️💙

Week 44

Mom,

That is super sad to hear.  I'll keep the Anderson family in my prayers. Heavenly Father is definitely testing the ward to see how unified you guys will become from all of this.

This week was great! The baptism went super super well and a lot of people showed up which was great! We went out to dinner with them after and they are going up to Utah soon and want to meet you guys! It's not S but her daughter and kids. They are a super cool family!

So I'm staying here and so is Elder Peacock!! I'm sooo excited!!! We should have a lot of success these next two transfers! I'll be here for at least 3 more months because Peacock leaves next transfer so I have to stay! I'm super pumped. This Ward is sooo awesome!

So mom how are you? I feel like we never have convos I miss going shopping and just talking with you! How are all the boys doing? Miles looked super happy after his soccer game! Haha remember all the crazy stuff Cole would do at his games?? He would scream Mario soccer lingo and all that kind of stuff haha! How is your photography going? I miss doing photo shoots with you... Said no one ever!!!! Hahaha jk I truly do miss it ️ Mom I'm so lucky to have you in my life. I will eternally be grateful for you and dad. You're so right when you say how amazing dad is. He's the best of the best. What in specific do you think I need to do to make sure I'm that good for my future wife?
I hope things are going well.

I'm again super glad you guys invite Erin over and stuff! She loved that so much! Keep doing it please Times flyin by mom! It's crazy. I'm super happy right now and feel really focused which has been great! I love you Momma Bear️️️️

Love Your Son, Elder Ashworth

I tried to teach this kid how to ripstick so I just put him on the board with me

We took some pics with some neat animals at our investigators house and this one district set their backgrounds
as me to "better focus onour purpose and be inspired to become better" haha they're funny!

I went to my recent converts wedding which was really cool!