June -- my favorite month

Hello all.

Some of you have been asking what my setup is for my final transfer. What has happened with me is .......... that I am staying with Elder Holloway in the same area. Thus, I'm finishing how I started -- with my MTC companion and probably closest friend here. My trainee, Elder Bell, has been transferred upstate to the Yorktown Ward with a Spanish companion covering mostly Spanish with a little bit of English and ASL work. He'll also help with ASL translation for the two deaf members up there just like I did in Newburgh. Elder Hill has returned to the ASL program and is with Elder West, and I am the district leader for the four of us for the next six weeks.

My roommate and former companion Elder Arines is training a new elder, Elder Ropati, a Samoan from California, and he seems like a cool guy. Otherwise, not a whole lot of other exciting stuff this week except that I and my companion taught both priesthood class and gospel doctrine last-minute, and I also interpreted for a high counselor with pretty complex speech and concepts. Always fun.

We are on our way to visit the 9/11 memorial museum, which I've heard is amazing. Still figuring out what to do the other days, but I'm sure we will figure out something.

Elder Ryan Turner
New York New York North Mission
American Sign Language

p.s. For all of you who are thinking about sending me birthday wishes/packages, might I ask that you refrain on the whole sending packages bit? Because of my fast-approaching departure. I am limited on bag space and weight. Cards/money -- whatever can fit in a normal envelope is definitely appreciated, and if you badly want to send me a package, please send it to my home address in July. Thank you for all of your support so far these past two years! (Ryan's 20th birthday is June 11 if you want to send him a card to the address in the right sidebar)