Ryan's Entire Mission

Ryan's Entire Mission
ryan is in the far right corner

Ryan at a Zone Conference...

Ryan at a Zone Conference...

Ryan and President Brubaker

Ryan and President Brubaker

eating raw fish -- eeewww

eating raw fish -- eeewww

Ryan at temple - day before MTC drop off

Ryan at temple - day before MTC drop off
handsome guy!

Ryan and President Smith

Ryan and President Smith
getting set apart as a missionary

Welkom all friends and family of Elder Ryan Leash

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Still in Kortjik Belgium

Goede Dag petite mama :),


Well, most of the info I’ve got I put into Dads and Ian’s letter, be sure to check those out! Thanks for the missionary talk you included mom – I’ll read it
very soon, and I will really try to be better about details and meat in my letters :)
I’ll send out a nice fat steak later today, or at least try! Oh about the money order – I’m not sure... I am nervous about you sending any large amount of cash, maybe you could send it in smaller sums through a few letters. I think if you kept it to just one or two bills and
tucked it into a card that it most probably would be just fine, idk.

Anyway, things are going well here, I really was impressed earlier this week to thank you and express my gratitude for all that you have done and do for me and for all the tough times you have helped me through!
I sure do love you mom!!! I need to go now but please read on with dad and preview Ian’s!
Ik hou van U
Elder Leash

Tell boo boo girl I love e her much!!!!

Dad :),

Thanks much for the letter! Its sounds like you had a nice visit back in Etna! I’m not if I had heard about Maria having a baby I knew she was pregnant but not that it’s out and about now :) That’s great! I’m glad G ma Thack is feeling well, though concerned about the fall, I hope
that doesn’t happen often! She is continuously in my prayers; I appreciated your reminder of repentance... its something that we all should constantly remind ourselves about, I know I at times get caught up in events outside of myself, I forget about what needs to constantly
be going on within me!

The work is ok, we are still working on new investigators,
we took a couple blows this week with both a recent concert and an investigator getting kicked out of the country by the government...our investigator fled into hiding with her little 1 year old daughter in Antwerp and our new convert left in peace back to Tanzania, it was really really hard saying goodbye to them both, I won’t lie - I cried, but I know the lord will take of them. Please keep
Kulwa and Sabrienna and her daughter Lily in your prayers! Further as far as work goes I wrote a little in Ian’s letter so please check that
out!

We are managing to stay in high spirits here and things
are good :), Anyway I love you and will
talk to you soon
Elder Leash


Ian!!
Gosh it sounds like things are going really well for you; I had a lot of fun reading your letter lol. That’s way cool you went boarding the other day! I actually still haven’t been snowboarding yet, just skiing but boarding is on my list for sure! We will definitely have to make a run if it works out a year or so from
now :)!

Yea, it sounds like you found some pretty
accurate sources lol, finding is way tough here, I guess for some reason they [the people] are even more closed here in Belgium than they are in the Netherlands lol but its all good :) My comp and I are getting pretty serious about it now, president threw down about getting our consecrated hours and finding and he is having all missionaries count how many ppl we talk to a day and really cracking down which is good :) My comp and I are going to see how many we can talk to this next week and get kind of competitive about it lol, makes it more
interesting right?! Anyway....

So it’s official :). You’re a big shot real estate agent! That’s way cool, I told my comp a little about friends back home etc. and I told him a little about you and then I mentioned you being a real estate agent now and he was way
impressed lol.

So I read about your physical feats etc and at first I
was stunned and stoked and then I felt pretty fat and depressed ha-ha, I’m so out of shape lol;yçur going to laugh at me but since the New Year though I’ve decided that I’m going to make the climb again, not quit so
high but to something like 75 to 78 kilos 165 to 175 pounds; I’ve already made it back up to 70 kilos :) I was down to 64 at one point :/ lol but yeah that is crazy about you dunking!!!! You’d embarrass me right now ha-ha and a 4.8!!! Freak! You’re crazy :) that’s awesome! Well
id better go but thanks a ton for the update etc! Ill talk to you later

Much love,

Elder Leash

Saturday, January 1, 2011

A Merry Christmas

December 27, 2010

Mom and family,
first off before I forget, the Lemon’s address is: Guido Ggezellelaan 25 8880, Ledegem lucleman at hotmail.com

Hello everyone,

Well, I just feel so blessed! I had such a great Christmas :) The
Lemons really made us feel at home - they gave us a couple of cds and a tie and some candy each as well! They are amazing ppl, amazing
examples for me! Mom, I will most definitely read Alma 5 btw, thanks
for being in tune and relaying that prompting to me :)! It sounds like you had a nice Christmas! That picture of Jacob btw is very funny lol I liked that a lot! Thanks for sending off the check to help for shoes and pants, I really needed that! Are y’all back to school yet? or do you have another week?

Things here and for me are going well, we are in need of new investigators so we are always on the hunt, but we also really need to stay after or invite those inactive. We have A LOT) so we, of course, are staying busy! This past week we have had 2 or
3 appointments with inactives and had some fairly open and direct
talks with them about being active in the church and the importance of it -- its funny and a little sad, all of these ppl are not active in the church, and not renewing their covenants needed for their eternal salvation, and distancing themselves from the Savior in this manner because of taking offense, of being hurt by lack of sympathy, or thoughtlessly or carelessly phrased words etc. Sure these things can hurt but it is no reason to cut your spiritual arteries lol. We seem to see many similar instances here in this small branch and it’s really sad and tough to deal with and to see! IN any case I'm glad that your there at church every week repenting and trying to stay close to the Savior; thanks dad for teaching me the importance of church attendance!

As for my personal well being there is a phrase in Dutch that describes what I’m feeling pretty well lol: wij
zijn verzadigd en verkwikt en annmerkelik aangedikked, and translation more or less, we are satisfied and refreshed and noticeable fatter lol. All is well here, it was SO great to see your faces and talk to you, I love you very much. I know this church is true, and that God has a plan for each of us personally, and I have a testimony of everything regarding these two principles and facts! I hope y’all have a great week, and I’ll talk to you this coming Monday,
much love
Elder Ryan Leash