.:Letter from the Russell Family in Chardron:.
Friday, February 28, 2014
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Flash Back to Chadron
Amy and Madeline
Brian Sanders
Burch Family
Elder Hildreth
Elder Jones
Elder Rittmanic
Elder West
Elder Wolfgram
Lauridsen Family
Margett Family
President Wright
Russell Family
Skeen Family
2/24/14
When we were planning for Saturday on Friday night, I told Elder Wilkinson that something good is gonna happen tomorrow but I wasn't sure what it was going to be
On Saturday, we went to a Less Actives house. When we got there we talked to his wife Brenda and she said that she is a Baptist but is willing to learn more about our church. So we threw out the plans we had and taught the Restoration. We got a new investigator that has an open heart and is willing to learn, it was something that we really needed.
2/17/14
Well for this week, we had Zone Conference on Friday and sadly we didnt get iPads which I was really hoping for. This week I would like to say something different from the normal....
When we were at Bible Study at the Lutheran Church they were asking questions about the Plan of Salvation and none of them knew exactly what happens after this life. I am so thankful for the knowledge that we have about the Plan of Salvation and and that we dont have to "wonder" what happens after we die and that we can know "Exactly" what to expect because of the revelation given to the prophets regarding life after death. President Anderson said that because of the death of Brian Scott, and the relation he had in my life, that my testimony of the Plan of Salvation would never be the same! When I bore my testimony in church on Sunday about the Plan of Salvation I had multiple people tell me that they felt the spirit from my testimony. I was glad that I was able to be the means of helping them feel the spirit, and help them to gain a testimony of the Plan of Salvation for themselves.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
2/10/14
First off, I was transferred to Watford City, ND it is next to Williston, ND. My companion is Elder Wilkinson he has been out 7 months. The weather here doesn't really like to get over 10 degrees, so as soon as it gets to 15 degrees with no windchill it is very nice weather...hahaha. I got to Watford City Tuesday night at around 9:00 and Wednesday it was straight to work. A lot of people here are from Hurricane so its pretty nice to get to talk to people that know what I am talking about and we have something in common.
We had a lesson with Rebecca, instantly I felt the love that our Father in Heaven has for her, and I was able to have a love for her and a desire to help her come closer to Him.
On Thursday's we go to "The Good Shepard" were we play bingo and give a sermon to the old folks. It is an awesome service opportunity!
On Friday, we had a lesson with a man named Mike. While we were teaching we had awesome companionship unity that I haven't had with any other companion so far.
Church her is held in Arnegard in an old school building there was 115 church attendance. It is a branch, of course. They are trying to build a church here in Watford. We also have a church service at 8:00 at night for the oil workers that cannot make it to the earlier service.
It is a very interesting experience up here.
Next week I will have pictures for everyone! Thanks for writing me and being interested in the blog. Love: Elder Ashcroft
Monday, January 27, 2014
1/27/14
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This week we had a lesson with Amy at Sis. Russell's again. This lesson was on the Law of Chastity. Amy is moving right along, it is really great to see! Madeline has been coming with her to church which is really awesome as well!!
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On Thursday, there was a Health Fair at the college. The church had a booth on 72 hour kits so from 3:00 to 7:00 we manned the booth. Before going, I had been praying for those who are prepared to come by the booth that we would be able to talk to them. We decided to bring all the languages of The Book of Mormon that we had. Then, 10 minutes into it a guy comes up and says, "hey that's my language... Can I look at that?" It was Arabic. We tell him about it and give him a card, 20 minutes later a girl walks up and says, "hey that's my language... Can I look at that?" And again it was Arabic!! Then a college student walks up, and I bet you guessed it, he says, "hey that's my language... Can I look at that?" It was Arabic!!! At first I was thinking that it was just by chance after the 3rd I realized it wasn't. I knew that I was prompted to bring that Arabic Book of Mormon. The college student that came by brought his friend by so he could see and he asked if we had Swahili. We told him, "no, but we can get it." Another college girl hurriedly walked by and grabbed a card. That day we talked to around 100 people with in those 4 hours. It was an awesome opportunity!
On Friday, we had a lesson with Brian and we challenged him to pray about Feb. 22 as a goal for him to be baptized. He said that he would need to talk to his Mom first and a RM in the branch named Matt.
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It feels like I am building up the area so Elder Raffensparger can have people to teach when I get transferred next week!
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Monday, January 20, 2014
1/20/14
This week we had a lesson with Amy, at the Russell's house. We taught her The Word of Wisdom. On Thursday, we finished teaching Laura the Laws and Ordinances. This was a first time for me as she is the first investigator that has been baptized. Karla wasn't home when we went there. We were going to start getting her ready for Temple Preparation Class. On Friday we had our lesson with Brian it went really good, he is still talking to us! He invited us to go to breakfast with him on Saturday. We ended up going to a pancake place and I got to try Chicken Gizzards!!! It was nice to be invited by him though. Yesterday at church Amy and her daughter Madeline came to church as well as Brian. It was exciting that they all could make it! After church the Burch's invited us and Brian to go out with them to the state park for a fire and dessert. We went to there house after and I gave there 3 kids hair cuts until it was time for dinner. While eating dinner we watched The Best 2 Years (Approved by President Anderson) and then Bro. Burch gave us and Brian a ride home. I think this was all good for Brian. That way he could see how we are outside of just church.
Chadron Barber Shop
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