So it's transfer week! I will be staying in Man South and will become
the district leader. I'm humbled and excited for this opportunity.
There are 12 other missionaries in this district now so it will be so
much fun. (Biggest district in the mission). Elder Hargiss will be
transferring to Oldham to be the zone leader there. My new companion
is Elder Quinton from Alberta, Canada. He has been out two transfers
less than me.
This past week was pretty good! We had a miracle finding our new
friend Keith! We were praying specifically on Saturday to find a
golden investigator to be baptised in the coming weeks and we found
him. Keith recently has been looking to change his life and had
actually seen us walking around and the Spirit had told him to talk to
us before. We met him on the street late Saturday night and he
accepted what we said. He came to church the next day, we gave him a
chapel tour after and he agreed to be baptised on June 17th! He
enjoyed church, had great questions and said that in other churches he
went to, things would make sense but this was the only church where
everything that was said made sense, he accepted that it is the truth!
Really unfortunately, he called us today (after I had typed out this
email) and said that he didn't want to go forward with it anymore but
we have faith that he will come around.
We saw Janine on Monday and she committed to move out and be baptised
on June 10th but then we haven't been able to see her. It is confusing
but we will just keep the faith and keep praying for her. We found
some other people this week who could be good and we didn't have the
chance to see Scott but we will see him today, we are excited about
him. We have tried to see Frank and his family but their schedules are
kind of hard to work with.
I am grateful for Elder Hargiss and all that he has taught me. He is
one of my best friends and we really did work hard together! I look
forward to being able to serve the missionaries in this district, I am
excited!
-Elder Ludlow
P.S. I failed my theory Test.. haha.
P.P.S. You bet I'm gonna make our districts motto: ALL IN IT.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017 Everything is Okay!
So, some of you may know or will soon find out that there was a
bombing in Manchester last night. We were given permission to email to
let you all know that I am okay! The bombing was in northern
Manchester far away from our area and we don't know too much about it
but that is was devastating. Please pray for the people who were
affected by it.
Hope you all have a great week!
-Elder Ludlow
bombing in Manchester last night. We were given permission to email to
let you all know that I am okay! The bombing was in northern
Manchester far away from our area and we don't know too much about it
but that is was devastating. Please pray for the people who were
affected by it.
Hope you all have a great week!
-Elder Ludlow
Dear Missionaries… please copy and email to your parents the following e-letter.With love, Sister McAllisterDear Parents, family and friends of our England Manchester Missionaries,We are horrified by the terrible events that have occurred in Manchester last evening. We are saddened by the events of this tragic event. We have contacted our missionaries and found them safe and sound. All of our missionaries have been accounted for. I have been in contact with the Stake Presidents and we have been informed that no members of the Church were injured in this serious explosion. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for angels watching over and protecting our missionaries. We love our missionaries and are so blessed to have them serve in our mission. Please continue to have us in your prayers as we strive to comfort and bless the families here in the EMM.With Love and gratitude,President and Sister UlrichPresident of the England Manchester Mission
Monday, May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 "Tea"
This week was an interesting one. We had a former investigator named
Janine walk into the church while we were having comp study and she
was really happy to see us. She was taught by the assistants a few
months ago and expressed how she wanted to come back and be baptised
and we were really excited, it was a miracle. But we haven't been able
to contact her since. This has been happening over and over for two
transfers haha. Finding wasn't as good this week but we do have some
hopeful people for this next week.
We are starting to teach a couple that was found by the sisters who
live really close to our home. They recently moved in and a couple
from the ward saw them moving stuff and so they helped and started
sharing the Gospel with them and then that same day the sisters met
them randomly and began teaching them. They are a great couple from
Ghana. Frank and Anita and then as well Frank's brother Juke has
potential!
We found some great people who seem more solid. The first is Jonathan
who promised to try praying and was very open to learning more. The
other was Jason who is a devout Christian who was very kind to us and
we will see him on Wednesday. We feel great about these two.
Funny highlight: We asked a great family in the ward from Bolivia if
we could go have tea at their home and they kindly accepted. The only
thing we didn't realise is that a family from Bolivia who hasn't lived
in England for very long probably wouldn't understand that tea=dinner
in this country and so yeah we were pretty hungry last night after
only drinking tea and little snacks for dinner 😂.
This upcoming Friday I will be taking the written driving test for my
British license and the test is harder here (the British use weird
words) and so if you all could pray for me that would mean a lot!
I have felt a bit more discouraged this past week with how many people
we have taught that seem golden but then end up dropping us but I know
that this is the Lord's work and it's not meant to be easy but it is
worth it. We will find those people who are ready. We know we will. I
love having trials and bumps in the road because that is how we can
appreciate the good times. I love that there is opposition in all
things. The Gospel is amazing.
-Elder Ludlow
Pictures:
1. Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right.
2. Went to a great pier by the Manchester United stadium today and
finally got to go see it!
Janine walk into the church while we were having comp study and she
was really happy to see us. She was taught by the assistants a few
months ago and expressed how she wanted to come back and be baptised
and we were really excited, it was a miracle. But we haven't been able
to contact her since. This has been happening over and over for two
transfers haha. Finding wasn't as good this week but we do have some
hopeful people for this next week.
We are starting to teach a couple that was found by the sisters who
live really close to our home. They recently moved in and a couple
from the ward saw them moving stuff and so they helped and started
sharing the Gospel with them and then that same day the sisters met
them randomly and began teaching them. They are a great couple from
Ghana. Frank and Anita and then as well Frank's brother Juke has
potential!
We found some great people who seem more solid. The first is Jonathan
who promised to try praying and was very open to learning more. The
other was Jason who is a devout Christian who was very kind to us and
we will see him on Wednesday. We feel great about these two.
Funny highlight: We asked a great family in the ward from Bolivia if
we could go have tea at their home and they kindly accepted. The only
thing we didn't realise is that a family from Bolivia who hasn't lived
in England for very long probably wouldn't understand that tea=dinner
in this country and so yeah we were pretty hungry last night after
only drinking tea and little snacks for dinner 😂.
This upcoming Friday I will be taking the written driving test for my
British license and the test is harder here (the British use weird
words) and so if you all could pray for me that would mean a lot!
I have felt a bit more discouraged this past week with how many people
we have taught that seem golden but then end up dropping us but I know
that this is the Lord's work and it's not meant to be easy but it is
worth it. We will find those people who are ready. We know we will. I
love having trials and bumps in the road because that is how we can
appreciate the good times. I love that there is opposition in all
things. The Gospel is amazing.
-Elder Ludlow
Pictures:
1. Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right.
2. Went to a great pier by the Manchester United stadium today and
finally got to go see it!
Monday, May 15, 2017
May 15, 2017 Mothers Day
This past week was good. Found a lot of new friends who we hope to be
seeing soon and one in particular that we are excited about: Ross. He
pretty much stopped us on the street and talked about how he recently
got over his drug addiction and is looking to change his life. We
taught him multiple times and he felt the Spirit and committed to a
baptismal date but then unfortunately didn't come to church and we're
not sure why yet. But he will be good!
We found a nice family who didn't have much of a belief and they
really liked the Plan of Salvation and said that it makes sense. We
committed 3 of them, Dina, Callum and Helen to be baptised and they
were excited but then heard about the Word of Wisdom and it turned
them off. We still hope to see them soon because we really want to
explain the Word of Wisdom to them. My testimony of it is strengthened
every day, not living it ruins so many people's lives.
Our finding has been really good. We've been focusing a lot on prayer
and I've learned a lot about it this past week. Of course we can't
change the will of our Heavenly Father, that is not why we pray, we
communicate with Him to align our will with His, my testimony of that
in particular has been strengthened. We communicate with Him because
He is our Father and He wants to hear from us and we can find so much
joy and comfort in prayer. I have such a strong testimony that prayer
works. It is real. There is a real power in prayer. I am so happy to
be able to help others experience that. When we taught Dina, in the
first prayer she immediately felt the Spirit. It was amazing.
I was so happy to talk to all my favourite people yesterday, it made
me super super happy. Thank you for being the best. And of course
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to my amazing mother.
-Elder Ludlow
P.S. I invite you all to listen to Clyde Bawden/Jason Barney's album.
It is so uplifting.
seeing soon and one in particular that we are excited about: Ross. He
pretty much stopped us on the street and talked about how he recently
got over his drug addiction and is looking to change his life. We
taught him multiple times and he felt the Spirit and committed to a
baptismal date but then unfortunately didn't come to church and we're
not sure why yet. But he will be good!
We found a nice family who didn't have much of a belief and they
really liked the Plan of Salvation and said that it makes sense. We
committed 3 of them, Dina, Callum and Helen to be baptised and they
were excited but then heard about the Word of Wisdom and it turned
them off. We still hope to see them soon because we really want to
explain the Word of Wisdom to them. My testimony of it is strengthened
every day, not living it ruins so many people's lives.
Our finding has been really good. We've been focusing a lot on prayer
and I've learned a lot about it this past week. Of course we can't
change the will of our Heavenly Father, that is not why we pray, we
communicate with Him to align our will with His, my testimony of that
in particular has been strengthened. We communicate with Him because
He is our Father and He wants to hear from us and we can find so much
joy and comfort in prayer. I have such a strong testimony that prayer
works. It is real. There is a real power in prayer. I am so happy to
be able to help others experience that. When we taught Dina, in the
first prayer she immediately felt the Spirit. It was amazing.
I was so happy to talk to all my favourite people yesterday, it made
me super super happy. Thank you for being the best. And of course
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to my amazing mother.
-Elder Ludlow
P.S. I invite you all to listen to Clyde Bawden/Jason Barney's album.
It is so uplifting.
Monday, May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017 Sunshine in My Soul
This past week was pretty good. We had some investigators drop us and
lost a lot of our teaching pool but we will build it back up! We saw
Macick and he is great. He committed to a date of faith for baptism
for the 27th but unfortunately did not come to church and we haven't
been able to contact him which is weird.
We had the Bashdash family drop us and we're not sure why but they
have so much potential! Mary said that she wants to stick with her
church for now. Jorge talked to his mom about coming to our church on
the phone and she hung up on him and so he is unsure about things at
the moment. We haven't really been able to see Malcolm because he is
so busy. So at the moment he's not really keeping to his baptismal
calendar but we have faith!
Things are great here in the beautiful sunny England. The weather has
been wonderful recently and there is also sunshine in our souls!
Recently I have been reading the Old Testament and it's been
interesting to see how much detail went into a tent tabernacle in
ancient times and I've always loved how perfect temples need to be in
order to be fit to be the house of the Lord. I am so grateful for
temples and I know that the Priesthood of God is on the earth so that
we can perform temple ordinances. #familiesareforever
Have a great week!
-Elder Ludlow
Pictures:
1. Our flat
2. A street near our flat
3. The wonderful Manchester Stake Centre!
lost a lot of our teaching pool but we will build it back up! We saw
Macick and he is great. He committed to a date of faith for baptism
for the 27th but unfortunately did not come to church and we haven't
been able to contact him which is weird.
We had the Bashdash family drop us and we're not sure why but they
have so much potential! Mary said that she wants to stick with her
church for now. Jorge talked to his mom about coming to our church on
the phone and she hung up on him and so he is unsure about things at
the moment. We haven't really been able to see Malcolm because he is
so busy. So at the moment he's not really keeping to his baptismal
calendar but we have faith!
Things are great here in the beautiful sunny England. The weather has
been wonderful recently and there is also sunshine in our souls!
Recently I have been reading the Old Testament and it's been
interesting to see how much detail went into a tent tabernacle in
ancient times and I've always loved how perfect temples need to be in
order to be fit to be the house of the Lord. I am so grateful for
temples and I know that the Priesthood of God is on the earth so that
we can perform temple ordinances. #familiesareforever
Have a great week!
-Elder Ludlow
Pictures:
1. Our flat
2. A street near our flat
3. The wonderful Manchester Stake Centre!
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017 Progress
What a great week of missionary work! Still being blessed with lots of
success with finding new friends and have seen some progress in those
we have been working work. We truly are blessed when we open our
mouths and talk to everyone. We are hoping to have some great people
to be progressing very soon and actually found a family to teach!
We found the Bashdash family from Syria and they are Kurdish. We had a
powerful restoration lesson and I got to speak a little Arabic with
them. They are super kind and the father expressed how he felt
something special inside him (the Spirit). They said that they would
read the Book of Mormon and pray about it together and would probably
be baptised! We taught the father and mother and 14 and 12 year old
daughters. The 14 year old translated for us for most of the lesson
into Arabic and it was so great to hear people speaking it again.
We were able to give Malcolm a baptismal calendar and he committed to
it and we really hope and pray that he sticks to it and that he
receives his answer. We saw Jorge briefly and committed him to talk to
his mom about being baptised. We haven't been able to see Mary but we
will see her soon.
We had a fun miracle with our friend named Macick. We met him on the
street a couple weeks ago and he used to be a Jehovah's Witness and we
had a good conversation with him. He said that he would try to come to
church but unfortunately he didn't come but we saw him on Thursday
walking by and then on Friday ran into him again and he had actually
just come from his friends house where he walked in and the sister
missionaries were in the house teaching his friend! Miracle. We set up
a time to see him this next week, he has great potential.
Things are going well here in good ole England. I love being a
missionary. We got to go to the temple again today. Literally the
greatest. Hope you all have a great week!
-Elder Ludlow
success with finding new friends and have seen some progress in those
we have been working work. We truly are blessed when we open our
mouths and talk to everyone. We are hoping to have some great people
to be progressing very soon and actually found a family to teach!
We found the Bashdash family from Syria and they are Kurdish. We had a
powerful restoration lesson and I got to speak a little Arabic with
them. They are super kind and the father expressed how he felt
something special inside him (the Spirit). They said that they would
read the Book of Mormon and pray about it together and would probably
be baptised! We taught the father and mother and 14 and 12 year old
daughters. The 14 year old translated for us for most of the lesson
into Arabic and it was so great to hear people speaking it again.
We were able to give Malcolm a baptismal calendar and he committed to
it and we really hope and pray that he sticks to it and that he
receives his answer. We saw Jorge briefly and committed him to talk to
his mom about being baptised. We haven't been able to see Mary but we
will see her soon.
We had a fun miracle with our friend named Macick. We met him on the
street a couple weeks ago and he used to be a Jehovah's Witness and we
had a good conversation with him. He said that he would try to come to
church but unfortunately he didn't come but we saw him on Thursday
walking by and then on Friday ran into him again and he had actually
just come from his friends house where he walked in and the sister
missionaries were in the house teaching his friend! Miracle. We set up
a time to see him this next week, he has great potential.
Things are going well here in good ole England. I love being a
missionary. We got to go to the temple again today. Literally the
greatest. Hope you all have a great week!
-Elder Ludlow
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