"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

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

January 8, 2013


Hello Beloved Familia,

Things are going really good here and it’s kind of warming up again.  It sounds like Utah is getting hit with the cold; hope it doesn't last for too long.  I’m sure we will get some cold very soon. I would say it feels colder this year than last year but I wasn’t near the lake last year either so that might be why.  

Well, that is really cool Mom that you are working on the Christlike attributes. I just recently restarted and have been making a little notebook of my favorite scriptures and quotes for each attribute and also other parts to each attribute.  It took me about a week to get just through Hope and now I’m working on Faith and Charity; so I’m excited.  It really has helped me to grow so much.

Well, we are still teaching our same investigator who finally made it to church and really enjoyed it.  We are struggling on finding in Amherst and Vermilion... the two cities in our area. So mostly we would work in Lorain but now that we have so many new missionaries coming out, our area got split and now we just have two towns.  We now have 3 sets of missionaries in our ward and this is just the start of the influx. Actually, we haven't even got any 18 year olds yet.  That will be next transfer.  We had a couple of missionaries waiting for Visa's so they got sent here.  So in our area we really have like no members…they live mainly in the sister's area.

I am sad I missed the baby blessing but I’m sure it was great.  We are doing great here and really enjoying the winter so far. Thanks for the email. Love all of you and hope everyone is doing great. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney

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