One way I know that the world has entered the last days is that it is currently 49 degrees and raining here in the east. Last year, it was probably about 18 degrees and snowing, and everything was covered in white. Last winter was very harsh, and then this one is super mild -- I think nature is trying to do some kind of interesting balancing act.
This weekend Ashton Quinones was baptized by his father and confirmed by the bishop, which was a wonderful experience. He has some good support, and now we need to help the whole family stay fully active. He is a smart kid, and I have enjoyed working with him.
One part of our work is something called media referrals. This is when people go to our website Mormon.org and request something, such as free scriptures, DVDs, or an actual missionary visit. We then go meet these people, deliver the requested item if that be the case, and try to share more about the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We get these requests from the website via text with their information. Sometimes the person or address doesn't exist, and other times it's used by others as a prank (though recently in our mission some guy referred his brother as a joke, and this brother ended up getting baptized, so it isn't all bad). Other times it is all legit, and we have seen that most of the time we get requests, people have ordered their free copy of the Holy Bible. When we go and try to deliver it we also share with them the Book of Mormon, as both records of scripture testify that Jesus is the Christ, but often people are only interested in the Bible itself. It's a bit annoying when people play the system, but we keep praying that some of these people will actually want to learn more about our specific message.
Love,
Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York Mission
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