"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

Sunday, December 16, 2012

December 10, 2012



Hey Mom and Dad,

I am doing great here and staying semi warm! Just kidding it’s been great but I think we are getting snow tonight so I guess you will find out next week if I’m still staying warm. So that is great that you all made it to Salt Lake to see the lights on Temple Square and then up to Idaho. Sounds like it was a pretty fun trip! How is the family up north doing? Well there really isn’t much to report on here though ha-ha sorry.
There will be a lot of changes for the new missionaries coming out probably around the time Jesse gets out.  They are giving I Pads to missionaries in about a year or two to help speed up the work. Also, pretty much everything will be different to what I am used to by the time Jesse gets out. The church may be putting out a second edition of Preach My Gospel with some new things added in or maybe just adding some new things to the one they have now; I don’t really know. There are a few things that have worked well in other missions so they want it in Preach My Gospel. We had a guy from Salt Lake come and teach us how to really teach. He told us about all this new stuff happening with the changes in missionary ages. It is crazy, nothing is the same as when I came out but it’s still great!  Oh, also, we were told how many new missionaries are coming out. We usually get about 2-3 elders and 1 sister every transfer in the winter...but in the next 2 or 3 transfers we are getting 30 new missionaries!!! That is so many new areas!!! They said that by the end of summer we will have 60 or so more missionaries than we have now!  SO crazy! Well that is all the news here. Love you all!
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney
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