"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

Saturday, October 20, 2012

October 1, 2012




Hey Dad,
It’s great to hear from you and thank you for all that you said, it really does help. I am trying to always keep working hard and showing my love and desire to find gods children that he has prepared. It sometimes is difficult but I should know that it’s not going to easy all the time. Of course, because it wasn't easy for the Savior why should it be easy for us? We have been having some success this past week and it seems that one of our members may have found one of those Elect! We are teaching her tonight and she seems so sincere and wants to know the truth. I am working harder than ever and I hope that I can only improve on that! I don’t want to stop serving the Lord because I love the joy I feel and I don’t want that to go away! Thank You so much Dad for all you have done and are doing for me now. You are a great example to me and I am so glad that you are always caring for all your children. I love you dad!
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney
P.S.- Didn’t know if mom was writing or not so that’s why I only wrote to dad but if mom doesn't write then Love You both and I am doing Great!

Also, Jesse, the best prep you can do is study your scriptures, and Preach my Gospel (not only the lessons though)! You should know that doctrine. Chapters 1, 4, and 10 are my favorites and I wish I had known these before I came out! (If you don’t know all the doctrine in the lessons then go over it but don’t focus only on that!) Chapter 4 is very important because you are teaching by the spirit! If you don’t know how the spirit feels, it makes it a little more difficult. This chapter will help a lot. And try to do the study helps! And don’t expect to have everything down perfect because it is impossible; just know the basics.  Also, if you can, try going out with the elders in the area; that helps a ton. I know it’s a ton, but a little at a time is better than nothing... Love ya boy!

Hey Mom,
 Things are great in Ashland and we are going to be teaching someone tonight. She seems pretty solid about joining so we are pretty excited. So the trees are changing which makes me sad because that means the snow is coming and it seems way too quick! But I will for sure take some pictures... this is my favorite time of the year in Ohio because the colors really stand out in Ohio. It’s been getting a lot cooler here. We are wearing coats now so it’s soon for us to get snow and I'm expecting a lot of it this year. I can email the Lemons our new address. So thank you for sending me the Lemons email.
 So that’s pretty exciting for Jesse, and always could tell he would be interested in army haha. Oh tell him if he is planning on joining and then going on a mission they can take the money away from him for school... It’s something they don’t tell everyone but the deferment; they will take that money away! Or at least ask the recruiter about it. Well thank you for the update on everyone and hope you all have a great week! Love you all!
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney

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