Monday, June 8, 2015

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 week๐Ÿ˜ฌ 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 Mom๐Ÿ˜Š

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!๐Ÿ˜ƒ 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 amount๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Š 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 guess๐Ÿ˜‹ 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!๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜Š 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 Ashworth๐Ÿ’™❤️๐Ÿ’™


Wednesday, June 3, 2015

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!

Monday, May 25, 2015

Week 43

Mom!!!

That sounds like an amazing week!! I love the way Elder Christofferson speaks! I'm so jealous of you! I love listening to apostles bare strong testimony! It makes me want to be sooo much better every time!! I know Jesus is my savior, but I could live it a little bit better, as we all could. Is Riley super excited to head out?? He's gonna be a killer missionary. Tell him I said hey.

This week was awesome! Our investigator S passed her baptismal interview and is getting baptized on Friday!! We and obviously her daughter who is the stake Relief Society president are sooo happy! So many people have been praying that she would join the church and now it's finally happening! I feel so blessed to be able to have been a part of her whole conversion process! We're still teaching a lot of people's families which has been a lot of fun! Sister Senden’s Niece is doing really well and is excited to get baptized in a couple weeks! I love this Ward and this area soooo much! I do not want to leave! Transfers are next week and either Peacock is dropping to train his last transfer, or he's staying here. I could possibly leave though which would stink!! I will be soooo mad if I get transferred! I wanna stay here at least 2 more transfers!

Things are just Rollin here. Nothing super new or different. Happy as can be and just #2blesses2Bstressed ๐Ÿ˜‰ Haha I miss you guys! It sounds like things are going really well there! Sports are good, family's doing well, everything seems peachy up there :) Are you guys getting excited for Powell?? It's comin up quick! What tournaments are the boys gonna be in this summer? How is both grandma and grandpas doing? Tell them both I miss them!

So yes I did get all those things!! Thank you very very much :) Haha i don't think you'll want to hear this, but I think I'm growing... A lot of My pants are getting higher and higher up๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ™ˆ Haha I make sure to wash them on the right settings so I don't think they're shrinking! I should be ok though :) I'll let you know if they get super bad!

Well I hope you have an amazing week mom!! I love you so very much! Thank you for having your own testimony of this gospel and living it!! You make me want to be a better person!

I'll talk to you soon❤️❤️❤️

Love your son Elder Ashworth!