Hi, I'm Ashton C. S.

I am a Latter-Day Saint Mormon

About Me

I am Currently Between Colleges as I am about to transfer to BYUI, I enjoy swimming, Geocaching, Biking, Hiking, Climbing, Gardening, Cooking etc. I am majoring in business management with a minor in culinary arts. I really enjoy watching the expressions on people's faces as they eat something I have made them. I come from a family of six kids, I being the 4th, I love my family so much and I am really excited to start my own in the future. Every single week I take a trip to Los Angeles to visit the LA Temple and help rescue some of those who are trapped having not had the opportunity do have their saving ordinances done in their own life.

Why I am a Mormon

When I was in High school, I was a happy kid... I was involved in Sports Swimming and wrestling, and I loved them... Around my junior or senior year I became a bit depressed, and nothing could fix it... I tried to fix it, and it just didn't work... I was one day home alone and I had nothing to do, I happened to notice a copy of the book of mormon in my room and began to read it, as i did so, I remembered also to have been taught my whole life that if we want to know if it is true we need to ask... It was time for me to stop living of my parent testimony... I knelt down and began to pray, and no sooner than i had asked the question, the depression of which i have spoken left me, and i have been happy since... There is nothing that can take away the knowledge which God had given me.

Personal Stories

Can you talk about the missions of the Church and your participation in them?

I served as a missionary for the Idaho Boise Mission, what we did there was to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with whoever would let us talk to them. In the field I saw lives change as they learned the gospel and grasped the hand of Jesus... accepting him as their savior and doing the things he asks of them... some found it easier to accept than others, others had to fight off addiction, but with the help of the savior I saw them overcome.

Which of the Savior’s teachings have influenced you?

I was about 14 when I decided to read the New testament for the first time, I was in the sermon on the mount and I read a verse that affected me for the rest of my life (thus far), The verse read "pray for them that curse you..." when I read that I realized that when people do mean things to me or others in my life I need to just forgive them and move on with my life, but while so doing praying for them, their well being, their heart to be softened, and as I began to practice this in my life it began to make a difference, I found myself a little happier, and less angry at those other people. I know you can find this as well when you do the same.

How I live my faith

I just finished serving a two year mission for the church In Idaho, I will now become a member missionary, Being a living example of the joy the gospel brings...

Who wrote the Book of Mormon?

Ashton C. S. answered...

Prophets of God on the America continent from Cir. 600 BC to apx. 421 AD.
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Casey Dickson answered...

The Book of Mormon is a record of the ancient inhabitants of America, and their dealings with God; namely, the native Americans. God is no respector of persons; He loves all His children. He wants us all to make it back to live with Him; the Book of Mormon is proof to me that God loves all people of all nations; why would he only give His Word to just the Children of Israel?
The Book of Mormon was written by the prophets that were called of God on the American Continent; they too testifed that Jesus is the Christ, and he would surely come to redeem us from our sins. The book gets it's name from the prophet Mormon, who collected the individual records kept by prophets throughout the centuries, and complied them into one volume, written on gold plates. He gave them to his son, Moroni, who buried them in a hill by what is now known as Upstate New York. Centuries later, a young man named Joseph Smith, who wanted to know which church was true, had a vision of God the Father and His Son, who told him the truth was lost over the years, and he would be a tool in the Lord's hands to restore what was lost. A few years later, that same Moroni who buried the plates, visited Joseph as an angel of the Lord, and directed him to the ancient record. Through the gift on power of God, he was able to translate the book into English. The Book of Mormon helps us understand the fullness of the Gospel; with the Bible, we can discover God's will for us.

Can husband and wife be together forever? Do you believe that families will live together in heaven?

Matt answered...

The Lord would not command us to love each other so much during our lives only to tear us apart in the next life. We are one flesh just as the Lord is one with his church. The scriptures say that we are not to be put asunder.
Christ gave his apostles special revelations on this subject:
Matthew, Chapter 16:
Jesus said to his apostles:
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

What else would his apostles bind, and what else could the Savior mean, if not marriages? Christ put no limit on their binding power to bind relationships and covenants. Their power extends into heaven.
And he continued by saying:
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
– because some things are kept sacred until later times when the world is ready to receive them.
Temple sealing and eternal marriage are primarily the subject of modern revelation through prophets in our time.

In the latter days, according to prophecy, Elijah has returned to join families together. Malachi 4:5-6. We believe that prophets in each age bring new revelation from God. Amos 3:7.
This latter day revelation has finally made clear how families are kept together in heaven—something people have wondered about throughout the ages. (Ephesians 5:32, wherein it says that the subject of marriage in Biblical times was “a great mystery”). In our time, the purpose of marriage and family is clear: ordinances are being performed to unite the whole human family throughout all dispensations of time. It is a unique work for the latter days. These modern revelations free human kind from the depressing, and divorce-promoting idea that the family becomes meaningless in the life hereafter. The Lord would not put us in a world so alien to our heavenly home. In heaven, families are the eternal organizational unit in his kingdom.