"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

Thursday, February 28, 2013

February 11, 2013


Hey Mom and Dad,
Well Ohio has had one day of warmth but it’s now dropping again and should be snowing tonight. But for the most part it seems like this winter has hit its low point and should be warmer from now on... When I finally was getting used to it; except that wind... That stuff just flat out sucks.  None of my winter stuff stops it and layers don’t do much either but I’ll live haha. I’m doing great though and the work is moving forward. I am really enjoying Elder Kay and we have been having some success this past week. Oh and yes elder Kay was in the MTC at the same time as me but he wasn't in the same district but we know each other from just serving in the same zones all the time. He is a soccer player as well so we get along really well.  Yep and we will leave the same day as well so it’s great to be with him. We found 3 new investigators and they all seem pretty solid. We are teaching a lot more lessons now but tracting is still there too haha. It’s been pretty fun though, and I really love this work so much. I have really noticed how much that we are just the instruments in this work and Heavenly Father is really just guiding us to his elect. This week we were stopping by a less active and no one was there and so we were driving out when I remembered there was another less active in those apartments. So we turned around and went and found his door... we knocked and ... nothing haha, but as we went back to the car we ran into this lady who was so ready (she had just come from her friends mom’s house who had just died) and even though at first she wasn’t too interested, we had a prayer with her and she then opened up. Now we have a return appointment with her and she is so interested. It’s so great to see Heavenly Father just work through us. It has really shown me His love for all His children. 
 So it’s great to hear about the work you did for Grandma. I guess that explains why I have been thinking so much about her this week. Can’t wait to hear how everything else goes once you finish all the other work for her. Also tell Alyssa happy birthday for me if you can. Also it’s great to hear about Dad and Julie; hope everything went well there. Too bad I wasn't there to help with the move... :) although I think I’m ok with it. haha. I feel like I have done more moving of people out here than I ever did or will do in my whole life haha. Oh also I forgot to bring my camera but next week I will send a few pictures. I haven’t sent any for a while. Thank you for everything and I love you all. Happy Valentine’s day!
Love,
Elder Ryan Furtney
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