"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 10, 2012




Hello Dad,
 It’s good to hear from you two weeks in a row haha just kidding. I loved conference so much it was an amazing and historical one. I can tell you now that we are very excited for the change of age this will give us more missionaries in the coming months, and we need them we have been closing down a lot of areas it seems like these past few transfers. I was able to enjoy all sessions of conference and loved every single one. I will have to admit that Elder Oaks's talk was one of my favorites but, of course, Elder Holland’s was equal, if not right behind it. Sounds like everyone had a blast shooting to bad I wasn’t able to attend but soon enough I will haha.
 Ha I could tell that would scare a few of the 18 year olds; but it is inspiration and the need for more missionaries is definitely there. I am really excited to hear how this goes in the next few months; if we see some more going out. Thank you dad for your words of encouragement and mentioning my spiritual gifts sometimes it doesn't always feel that way but it’s good to hear from someone else. Thank you for all you are doing.  I would tell Jesse not to worry about the change but pushing it off makes it so much harder to get out. That time between high school and getting out here was the hardest part of my life. This is more of a blessing than a burden I can tell you that. Well thanks for the letter and love you so much.
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney
Hi Mom,
 Things went pretty well last week I would say! We now have a new investigator and she seems pretty solid to be baptized so we are pretty excited. It’s a big lift for your morale when we finally have someone to teach. haha. So her name is Deb Miller and she has basically read through all of the Book of Mormon and half way through the Doctrine and Covenants. She just soaks everything in and loves it. Also she just barely gave up smoking and is planning on giving up coffee.
 I can say that President Monson's announcement is very exciting here in the mission. I can’t wait to have more missionaries soon.  We were told that we would have an influx of missionaries soon so I guess this is what our Mission President was talking about haha. I really loved Elder Oaks’s talk because we talk to a lot of people about that. I don’t really like getting into a political discussion but people bring that up so much. Also I did love Elder Holland’s talk as well; it was very good. Well thanks for the update and also for the letter. I was planning on asking for the voter registration form for a while now but I kept forgetting. A lot of the missionaries vote in Ohio because they need the votes here haha.  It’s too late for me to register here. Love you all so much and have a great week.
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney

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