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, August 8, 2011

Herrenburg - 6 months to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Dad,
Loved the email! It sounds like all is well back there :). How did it feel to have your back walked? Mom told me that she did some foot stomping. I love hearing about Danielle and how much she is growing and maturing, I have no doubt that she is becoming an awesome young woman! Yall’s anniversary is on the 10th yeah? Wow! 10 years already..... that has flown by; do ya’ll have anything planned for the big day? And Danielle is approaching number 17! This is a big and fun week back your way :)! I’m excited for yall.
Well a little news about things here in Limburg. This last week has been a crazy one. Enough has happened to fill two weeks lol. To start out our week we visited the zoo with lions tigers and bears only without the tigers and bears lol, we had a good time and even got back home on time to start our work week. Tuesday was my first district meeting; it really want too bad. I was nervous but I have a great district and I had a lot of participation and comments etc, and it went well.
Wednesday was very busy and we were running in circles all day lol. We saw a lot of miracles and I really felt as though we were being tools in the Lord's hands that day. We ended the day with an appointment with Tennison our future baptismal date and a joint teach who has been inactive for the last 2 months or so and we had visited him earlier that day and he really felt as though Heavenly Father was really talking to him after he was asked by someone in the ward to give him a blessing and then he had another random visit by someone in the ward and then while they were visiting Elder Brown and I stopped by and shared a spiritual thought, lol anyhow we had our Joint Teach fall through so we asked this brother to step in last minute and he did and we had a great lesson and we finished around 8 ish. We then told our investigator about how we were going to Antwerp, Belgium that evening and he told us that there was basically no way to make that. I had assumed that there would just be an inter city directly to Antwerp but I was wrong :/ so our investigator ended up giving us a ride to Maastricht where we caught what was probly the last train out to Belgium lol and we ended up getting to the Antwerp train station at 1130 lol, a little late :/.
The next morning I went on exchange with elder van doesburg to Leiden up north and we had District Leader Council and that took up all of Thursday and Friday and Saturday we also blessed days I would explain but I don’t even know where to start lol. Sunday I woke up and my body retaliated on me and decided that it was done running around, I woke up with a really bad sore throat and totally congested and with a fever. Despite the symptoms we went to church and had a great fast and testimony meeting and some great meetings. After church we went to a members home and had dinner etc and came home thereafter did weekly planning, did calls and numbers and that ended our day. I am feeling somewhat better today but would appreciate your prayers to help get better quick :). Things are going very well :).
Well I love yall lots, Mom and Dad, Happy Anniversary and boo boo Happy Birthday! I will talk to yall soon!
Love
Elder Leash

Monday, August 1, 2011

Ryan calling us to Repentance!!!

Dear mom and family,

Mom, your Dutch was.....wonderful! It was fun reading it lol :). So school starts tomorrow? I can feel your enthusiasm even through your email! Danielle sounds like she is working too much, especially because she is not getting her day of peace and rest in! The Lord gives us great promises that we can cash in after we do what he tells us right momma? So do you think you’re ready to come to Europe and do the tour now mom with all that biking you and dad are doing? I am glad you managed to find that credit card btw, did you pray about it? Man I am on a roll today! I will say it anyways, tell dad that we are to eat meat sparingly and only in times of winter ha-ha just messing! I really enjoyed hearing about that movie – 17 Miracles! So that is showing now in theaters? Very cool, it sounds like it was a good one! I liked hearing about the fair too, that’s cool because my comp and I get to go to the zoo today, some members are taking us so we are hurrying to get all emailing shopping and cleaning etc done quickly :).
I’m excited for my b-day package! I thought about a couple other things on my wish list, can I get some BBq sauce maybe some A1 or bulls eye, heck you could even send me some of dad's secret marinades :). Also do you think you could send some pens (erasable if possible), and mechanical pencils? Well, I’m glad y’all had a good week!
My comp and I had a solid week as well :). We gave at least 7 books of Mormons out this week which was cool and we got 3-4 potentials out of it! Friday we went down to Antwerp for Zone Conf which was great btw, a very uplifting fun ZC. At the end we had a recent convert of a year that was baptized in our mission open his mission call, it brought back a lot of memories from my mission prep time :), he is going to the Manchester England mission English speaking! Sunday I gave a talk, Brother Woodbury introduced me and said over the pulpit how much he and his family appreciate and how they feel like im just another member of the family, and I love that family! I feel the same way :).
The talk went ok, my topic was testimony and I centered it on a quote I found from Elder Spencer W. Kimball "You may know. You need not be in doubt. Follow the prescribed procedures and you may have an absolute knowledge that these things are absolute truths. The necessary procedure is: study, think, pray, and do." I even mentioned you in there momma - about how when I was very young you would walk me to the front and whisper in my ear what I should say :). Lillian was there and she honestly feels as though she has been cursed so in the second hour the Bishop my comp and I gave her a priesthood blessing, I hope she does her part and I know the lord will comfort her. Tennyson also made it to church but had a difficult schedule so was only able to stay for sacrament meeting; Guido had night shifts Saturday night and Sunday morning and was not able to make it this week. On the whole we had a solid week, and things are going well. I love yall lots and will talk to you soon.

Love, Elder Leash
p.s yall are in my thoughts and prayers ;)