Hello again, all! I'd like to give a big shout-out to my friends Elders Jesse Miller and Jemesa Snuka who are entering two different MTCs to start their missions! Their choice to serve as I am gives me strength and hope for my own mission.
I hope everyone was able to watch general conference last weekend! It was truly inspiring to me, as I hope it was for you. If you missed sessions or didn't have the chance to watch it, you can do so at lds.org. Even if you have seen it, go back and review the talks given, as they will still inspire you. I'm starting to through them all again myself.
Transfers are today, which is the meeting where missionaries get shuffled around the mission. As for us here in the ASL program, no one is moving, though my companion is no longer our district leader (a missionary leader who oversees work aspects of a small group of missionaries in an area). So that means I'm still here in the city. Our zone got shuffled quite a bit, and I am saying goodbye to a few of the missionaries I have started to really bond with. Oh well, such is the work. The bright side is I now have more missionaries to meet and serve with.
We've been finishing the lessons with our main investigator, Ariel. He passed his baptismal interview on Sunday, and he will be baptized this coming one! Super stoked for him! The work has been a little slow right now, but his baptism keeps me motivated. We're trying to re-contact some people that were taught a while ago and find some members who haven't been coming to church. Still lots of fun traveling the city every day.
Our rat problem got solved last Wednesday night. We bought some sticky traps, and we found a rat stuck in one that night. It was disposed of, and my companion is no longer stressed or paranoid about it. Still get a few roaches, but those are easy to smash. Besides that, we keep our apartment fairly clean.
I've been out three months already, and time is flying faster and faster. That is one of the great aspects of our time serving the Lord. Hope to hear from you soon!
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
American Sign Language
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