Transfers were today, and I am still here with Elder Bell. Elder Holloway is going up to reopen the Newburgh area that I closed four months ago. The other note is that I have been assigned as the district leader for my small band of four ASL elders. Now I have the added responsibilities of reporting to other higher leaders, going to a few more meetings, and collecting district mail every week (which may be the most important one yet). Otherwise, the work goes forward.
We finally got another new investigator this week, and she seems to have a lot of good intent. She has learned about many different faiths and is always concerned about "false preachers" as Christ warns us about in the Bible, but is open to us. What I love about our message is that she or anyone else doesn't just have to take our word for it, but can ask God, the source of all truth, if what we teach is correct. I know it is, and am not afraid to share how it is that I know my Savior, Jesus Christ.
As I review the words of prophets ancient and modern, I notice that the message is always so simple -- have faith in Christ, repent of sin and change for the better, and make a commitment to follow Him. Oftentimes we stumble and fall because of our own pride -- our unwillingness to change even though we know our actions to be wrong. I especially liked the recent General Conference address by Elder Lawrence of the Seventy that is all about asking God what it is that we can improve, and that we will receive a specific answer from the Holy Ghost. I invite you all to follow his invitation to soon ask that same question. I know that as you do, something will come to you that you can change.
Love you all,
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
American Sign Language
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