"Thou art called to labor in my vineyard, and to build up my church, and to bring forth Zion, that it may rejoice upon the hills and flourish. Behold, verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou art not called to go into the eastern countries, but thou art called to go to the Ohio. And inasmuch as my people shall assemble themselves at the Ohio, I have kept in store a blessing such as is not known among the children of men, and it shall be poured forth upon their heads. And from thence men shall go forth into all nations. Wherefore, go forth, crying with a loud voice saying: The kingdom of heavn is at hand: crying: Hosanna! Blessed be the name of the Most High God. Go forth baptizing with water, preparing the way before my face for the time of my coming." --Doctrine and Covenants 39: 13-15, 19-20

Thursday, December 22, 2011

December 12, 2011

Hi mom and dad,
Things are going good here and I do have a new companion his name is Elder Davies and he is from Pocatello, Idaho. He actually is from the same stake as Elder Trammell. Also Elder Stone is now a zone leader and he is now serving with Elder Trammell so i thought that was pretty funny. Oh so I am in our ward choir now because my new companion is a singer so I have to learn how to sing before Christmas haha. That is cool that Jordyn is back, I didn't know it was so soon. Well the only thing I would say is Focus on Member Missionary Work. President Hinckley once said "There is no point in missionary work without the members help" or something to that effect haha. But really if you take my area right now so far every single one of the recent converts is now less active because none of the members supported them well enough, Also, now that our members are not thinking of missionary work, nothing is happening, We barely teach and all we do is tract. Tracting is just a way to show that we are diligent but nothing rarely comes from it. If members are not trying to spread the gospel or help missionaries, then their ward or stake will not grow... And it sounds like I am just making my ward sound terrible. They are a great ward and i love them, but they need to learn how to do missionary work and not be afraid to do it. Member missionary work is everything in missionary work.  Missionaries are just there to teach.  The members are there to find people to teach. A good talk is "Find the Lambs, Feed the Sheep" by President Hinckley.
Well i am ok I love it here still its just cold and that is never fun but whatever ill live.Well love you all
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney
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