"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

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Transferred to new area - Bryan, Ohio - January 23, 2012

Hello Mom and Dad,
It's great to hear from both of you and I am doing great in the new
area. Thank you Dad for all of the words of encouragement.  I am always
learning out here.  It's pretty crazy how much I love this work even
though I am always tired. haha

Well, the new area is Bryan, Ohio which is a tiny town in the
northwest corner of Ohio. The area is one of the
biggest in our mission so it's a lot to learn in a small matter of
time.  We have the senior couple here --the Lemons are a great
couple and they have helped us a lot. I don't know if you know but we
are shotgunning the area so we really don't know anything about the
area at all. We are still getting to know everyone in the branch, but
I am very excited to work here. There truly is a lot of potential
here and the people here will actually talk to us when we are
tracting.  Elder Moffett is from Bountiful, Utah.  He is a Spanish
speaking elder and he played soccer as well. I am very excited to
serve here in this area even though i am out in the middle of nowhere.
I can see for miles because it is so flat. Oh, cool thing about Bryan is this
is where Dum Dums are made so yes I already have pictures of the
Dum Dum Company.

This place is pretty interesting but I am not going to lie I was
so surprised when they told me I was going to Bryan
because that was where Elder Davies just came from so it was pretty
surprising.

Well, tell Eric happy birthday from his brother. Hope
everyone has a great week and I love you all.

Oh also our address is
228 South Beech Street
Bryan, OH 43506


Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney

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