Elder Ryan Fenner
Follow Elder Fenner on his missionary adventures in the Land of Enchantment
Monday, September 30, 2013
9-23 & 9-30-13
Sorry I am a great big slacker
at getting Ryan's emails out. So I am sending last weeks and this weeks
together. Also a picture of him with the girl whose baptism they spoke
at. I added a pic of him and his old companion. They were on
exchanges friday and stopped by a member's home who loves the two of
them. She used to text me pics of them all the time so she took this
one and said
I
had these 2 stop by today. I let them wear my hats I got in China. They
enjoyed posing with my puppy as a pretend food source. They are so
funny. Dorks. I think they are my fav. team thats ever been in Cruces.
9-23-13
This
week was really good our lesson count is going up which is great
because it means we are helping more and more people. This Sunday was
probably one of my favorite so far on the mission haha. On Saturday we
went to go and contact this former investigator that I had tried to
teach before and she was there and talked with us a bunch and we invited
her to church but really didn’t expect much because we had invited her
before and she never came. So we were greeting
people at church and I turn around and I see her family walk in the
other door and sit down I was so excited to see her there. She
told us she wants to be baptized that made me so happy. Then after
church we were about to leave when the Rio Grande elders grabbed us and
were like hey wait there is someone here that wants to talk to your
bishop. So we go and talk to our bishop to come help us and she was like
well actually maybe you can help me. Right now I’m catholic and I want
to change religions I have already read the book of mormon I really like
it. It brought a lot of joy to me, but I don’t really understand it so I
was wondering how I become part of your church. That just made may day
even better .We have been seeing so many miracles
I know that if you have faith and ask heavenly father for help he will
be there and will bless us with everything we ask for as long as it is
his will. We have been seeing so many great things lately we do have
almost all the furniture we need we just need one more desk and some
kitchen chairs. last p day we went to this place called western boot and
they had the most awesome cowboy cut suit i have ever seen but you
would be so proud i didn’t get it haha. Our district has been doing
really good everyone is teaching a lot or the areas are getting better
and better every week. I’m super excited the one thing that kinda stinks
is elder Simpson goes home in 3 weeks so i don’t think he will be able
to see the people be baptized, but who knows thinks can always change.
on wed i learned the best way to pull weeds we were helping this person
clear this huge lot when the neighbor came over and was like when i have
alot of weeds i just put a pallet with weight on back so we put weights
on the pallet and hooked it to the truck and drove around the lot it
was awesome it just pulled them right up haha. welp that is the fun
stuff that went on this week. we dont really have to much planned for
today so we will see what we do haha. i hope you get better and have a
great week. Love you so much.
Love Elder Fenner
9-30-13
Everything is going great!! This past week was really good. On Wed we had zone conference and it was so good. There were a couple quotes I really liked. One
was whenever you are going to do something bad or not do something that
you should, like talk to someone think about the question Jesus asked
Peter. Do You Love Me? Then think about how much. And then the other
quote was from Sister Miller, I have been working hard, but whenever I
don’t want to do something she told us to be the missionary your mom
thinks you are haha I thought that was really good. Then we were going
to teach one of our new investigators Jaclyn but she cancelled and then
she rescheduled. I’m super excited for her. I think after this lesson we will set a baptismal date. On Saturday we had a crazy day. In
the morning we decided to go to find people at yard sales and the first
one we went to the people already knew who we were and talked to us for
a while, that was awesome. As we were leaving
this old couple came and they stopped us and told us they had a grandson
on a mission, but there not members and told us they want to take us to
lunch sometime and talk to us about our church so that should be
awesome. Then we went to visit some less actives then on our way back we
got a call from a lady that we activated and her daughter was getting
baptized. She was freaking out because the church
was locked and nobody was there and we got there and told her that her
clock was fast so she wasn't freaking out anymore haha. We gave talks at
the baptism which was really fun. Then after that we went to visit
Hannah and we taught the first lesson and set a date with her for
October 26th I’m so excited it should be awesome. oh yeah going back we
were invited to do a Mormon helping hands project Sat morning, but we
couldn't because we said we would talk at the baptism I think the Lord knew we needed to be here so we could meet the people we did on Sat. Then
to top the week off on Sunday we get to dinner and they told us that we
were having green chilli brisket which is awesome and my favorite haha.
welp that was my week. i hope you have a great week. Love you so much.
Love elder Fenner
Monday, September 9, 2013
9-9-13
Sorry I have been such a slacker at posting Elder Fenner's letter, but I will try to be better.
Well before I forget my new address
is regency point apartments 3000 majestic rdg. Apt #33, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Now I’m going to answer your questions. No i think I’m alright I don’t need the
new shoulder bag, thanks though. I’m doing great! We actually did play at white sands bare foot.
It wasn't too hot I think because it was early in the day and the days are
starting to cool down which is nice. That family that sent you the pic last
night is awesome he is the CEO of the hospital around here and they are so
funny. So we moved into our new apt and had nothing but beds and this family
went and bought us a bunch of stuff and it helped out a ton. I’m expecting
something bad to happen to me health wise because the ward I’m in is full of
every kind of doctor you can imagine haha im just kidding don’t worry haha. Everyone here is awesome though I have really
started to like this ward. They have helped us so much. We are just trying to
get them to be a little more missionary minded but I think we are doing pretty
good with that there isn't really to many people we are teaching right now we
are trying to find a lot and get the members involved because that is the best
way to find usually when an investigator
has a friend in the church they are more likely to stay active and keep commitments
but I know things will be good. my new comp is Elder Simpson he is pretty cool
haha he is super funny I’m sad he will be going home in 5 weeks but we will
make this the best 5 weeks of his mission.
So for the most part everything is going really good the ward is really
wanting to help us out and we are putting together a ward mission plan so that
they will know how they can help us out. I hope all is well out there
everything is going good out here Love you so much.
Elder Fenner
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
8-5-13
Dear Family,
Things are going so
much better I think there was alot of things going into play with what was
going on. One thing was everyone was cancelling appointments and not being home
so we haven't been teaching a lot and that was frustrating, but this next week we have a lot of stuff
planned so I’m super excited. another thing is I felt that there was something I
could be doing better, but I have come
to the realization that as long as I’m trying my hardest and trying to become
my best that is all I can do. One thing
that has really motivated me is Zach Webb told me he wished he could go on a
mission and he wants me to kinda serve for him so I wrote a note in my planner
that says mission X2 for Zach and that has really motivated me to help me keep
pushing on. Also me taking over the
area was really stressful there is still tons of people I don’t know but it has
helped me a ton. Everything is going good we actually have a
new investigator that I think has a lot of potential so I’m excited to
continue to teach him. his name is Eric and he is a native. His boss is a member and told him that the
book of Mormon is about his people in ancient times and he told him that he
would really like one so we are going to teach him this Saturday. Last Sat we gave him a book and were going
to teach him but he didn't know his gf made plans for them. So we talked to him about it and he seemed
super excited so I can’t wait to talk to him again on Saturday. Things are
going much better as people are coming home for school and what not. Anyway I feel a lot happier we are in a
weight loss comp right now with some other elders and I’m winning right now so
i just got to keep it up for the next few weeks actually we are kinda doing
this so that we can eventually get in the habit of staying healthy. its kinda
hard as a missionary because the members always give us desert and what not
haha but we do are best. Thank you so much for your support, prayers and love
they have helped me a lot. I love and miss you guys so much, but I am grateful
for this gospel and the chance I have to share it with the people of New Mexico.
Love Elder
Fenner
Monday, July 1, 2013
7-1-13
Well I don’t believe it is hotter
there than here, weathermen lie haha. It
was 120 one day last week. It was so hot
I was sweating so bad, but monsoon season is starting so that is good. Haha. We had our first storm last night and its
good because there has been some crazy fires around here. Everything is going
great I am learning so much especially because we are going to have to start
changing our style of teaching. Like when we are giving tours of the church and
what not. The number one thing I have
learned is that you need to be as obedient as possible even for the smallest of
rules. We got ipads today haha jk, but
it may happen soon. We got an email
saying they were setting up some 4g lte thing or something so who knows what’s
going on. My talk went really well. It
is really good because all the members really like us now and want to help us. I
talked on obedience and how it is so important and what kind of attitude we need
to have when being obedient haha.. I love it down here a member taught me how
to bull ride and how to calf rope so that was fun. Our investigators are just
about the same not much has changed with them though we are praying for a miracle
with a part member family. They are the
best. I know this gospel
is true and you need to obey every rule with exactness and when you mess up
repent immediately, then try to do
better next time. Jesus Christ is always there to help us. So anyway that was my week. I love you so much
and hope you have a great week.
Love Elder Fenner
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