53 weeks to go!

Whud up,

So it's 10:17 a.m. Pacific standard time and I'm just chillin in the family history center waiting ….....patiently..........to see if I go......or if I stay...... transfers are tomorrow and so they let us know via phone mail or a call I guess you could call it and they let us know if we need to pack our bags or if we're good to go for another 6 weeks...if I stay that'll be 5 transfers here in the Barrio....that's 30 weeks....kind of a long time but I'm happy here... I'm happy with my comp...I'm happy with the people that I'm working with.....I guess I'm just plain happy..but I dunno maybe if y'all are lucky they'll call before I'm finished with my email and I'll let ch'all know.... Any who that....ok so I guess y'all are lucky... I just got off the phone with the zone leaders and I'm......................leaving...adios...sianara...hasta la vista.... bouncin...I'm out.... ugh! Well that's pretty much all of the news is that I'm getting transferred and I've got a lot of things to pack up and do today so I've got to get goin... have a good day folks... I guess I'll be lettin you know where I'm at next week! But for now I've gotta run and get stuff done! Love you all talk to ya next week!! Peace!!

Love,

Elder Ryan Lawter

Happy Soon To Be Fathers Day!

Word fam,

How’s everyone been?? It’s been good here as well…nother day another dollar… nothing way exciting… well we did have a pretty good size earthquake I think it was Monday night… it was around 10 I think and we were just chillin in our room and all of a sudden the whole place started shakin…reminded me of the earthquake that we had on Easter… it was pretty close to the same size…prêt..ty large… Only thing that really happened was I got a sweet butt massage from my chair and my bottle of shampoo fell…other than that not too much happened but it got me thinking because earlier all the leaders of the mission got together with President and we were talking about the what’s going on in the world and how it’s affecting the work both for the good and the bad and he gave the example of when the Resurrected Lord came to the Americas in 3 Nephi 11… in the previous chapters the people started to become prideful, wrapped up in money, lustful, a lot of the similar things that we see today in our world… and we know that before Christ came to visit these people there were fires, and earthquakes, and storms and many people perished because of this..but they were humble afterwards…at as soon as they were humble and ready a voice spoke to them but they didn’t recognize it…and then it spoke to them again and they “understood it not,” and it wasn’t until the third time that they opened their eyes and witnessed the divinity of the Resurrected Lord Jesus Christ….and there a strong resemblance to those people in the Americas and us now… the Lord is preparing the way for Christ’s 2nd coming…earthquakes, tsunamis, the economy…bad things are happening in the world that are definitely humbling people and preparing them… we’re on the doorstep of Christ’s 2nd coming and I can see that more now than ever…we are proclaiming the gospel and yet people still “understand us not,” and before you know it the world’s going to open their eyes just like the people in ancient America. That’s why I’m here that’s why this work is so important..that we make people open their eyes and become believers…the time is now…one last time to gather His sheep and I’m just happy to be a part of it. I love it as well as I love you all I pray for you always and hope for you! Have a good week, be safe, and take care!

Much Love,

Elder Ryan Lawter

p.s Happy father's day to the papis!!!!

Mormon Batallion Pictures

Howdy!

Howdy (y)all!

How's y'all doin!? Things down here are good as always work, fun, play, teach....my life es da best...actually this week no not really... I got kind of sick over the weekend so that was pretty much a week ruiner and one of our investigator who was suppose to be baptized a couple of days ago got talked out of it by her husband, he pretty much told her me or the church...so she kind of got hesitant because he's pretty much the tortilla winner of the family and I don't think that she's confident enough that if something does happen that she'll be able to take care of herself so it's gonna come down to pretty much a test of faith with her... The husband still allows us to meet with her, teach her, allows her to go to church (well sort of) but he's just against the fact of her being baptized he feels that since she was already baptized that it's kind of playing God even though she knows that the church is true and all..con tiempo... she'll get there with time and he will too I think... We're gonna play soccer with him this Saturday so that should be a good time to talk with him in a non-threatening way I guess but yeah we've got lots of people that are right there waiting, wanting to be baptized it's just one or two little things that are keeping them back like working on Sundays and not being able to go to church, or family members being opposed, you know things like that so it's hard for us to find those "elect" people who are so ready to receive the gospel but the adversary knows that as well and likes to make it difficult but with time and patience and diligence as well with these peeps and no doubt in my mind they'll be ready and prepared to make those so important covenants because "homeiswhereumakeit". Other than that nada is hapnanen...well a lot is happening but all the same is goin on....

I want you all to know like I let everyone else know down in Barrio Logan that I know this church is true... I do without a doubt... there's a lot of confusion in the world today and the place that I tell people to look is in Jesus Christ and in His gospel... with it everything makes sense...where we came from, why we're here, and where we're going it all comes together when we find what we're searching for and that's when we truly find ourselves. I love this work...it is the work and the purpose of the The Father, The Son, and of the Holy Ghost...it's their work and I'm so happy to be apart of it... it's what ties and binds our families together forever. It's a good thing my people!

Welp I'd better get runnin lots ta do with not a lots of time. Love you all like always and pray for you like always! Take care, be safe, and stay classy!

Have a good week!

Much love,

Elder Ryan Lawter

Goooood Moooorning Vietnam!

Ok so for one you’re probably not in Vietnam, it’s probably Missouri and two it’s probably not even the morning but I just felt like saying that for some reason… I think that movie got in my head because we saw a paper today that said the U.S has been at war in the middle east longer than any other war…they just hit their 104th month mark there and Vietnam was 103….take that for a mission I’m getting anxious at only 13 months left… I don’t want it to sound like I’m just counting down the days because I’m not….(395)…ha nawww I’m kidding but I just say probably just about every week because it’s amazing really how fast the time passes…one minute you’re hear and the next you’re there… I don’t know it may just be me but I realized how fast the time has gone by because I just hit the 11th month mark yesterday and you know what that means…..the countdown is in less than a month, which is kind of scary to me because to be honest I want another year extension…especially now that the Spanish is coming easier and more natural….I still won’t have it down fluently where I’m totally 100% confident until like the day before I leave but it’s getting to be more and more fun as the Spanish comes along. It’s been difficult to learn it in the states because we can get away with speaking English and it’s not a big deal and most of the Spanish people here that didn’t just cross the night before….no I’m serious I’ve met em’ but most of the people who have been here for more than a year or two know some English and they want to practice it on us…and so we practice our Spanish right back…so in Spanglish we’re fluent you could say yes but give it a little more time and practice and it’ll be fluent in both. Everything’s coming along work’s good as always…we’ve got a lot of people we’re working with…hard thing is Satan goes tracting more than we do but that makes it that more special for me to see when someone embraces and accepts the gospel because their backs are against the wall but they fight it and to watch someone win that victory is one of the most touching things that you can witness. That’s one of the first things that President Donaldson told us when we came into San Diego was that we’re at war….we’ve been at war for awhile and Satan knows that he’s gonna lose so he’s gonna throw everything that he’s got at you, at your investigators, at the members, at everybody to make sure that they don’t enter into a covenant with God…why would he work so hard on something that would be false or a lie…. That’s what he wants it to seem is that all that we teach is a lie and it’s so true…. He’s not gonna concentrate all of his efforts on something that’s already false, he’s gonna concentrate all of his efforts on something that’s true and I’ve realized that….Anti-Mormon literature is everywhere and it’s something that we battle everyday but it’s also comforting to know that it’s because it’s all true that Satan is gathering his forces around this work. It’s true..all of it and I’m so thankful to be a part of it!

Sorry this is a wee short but I’m out of time so I love you all take care and have a great week!

Much love,

Elder Ryan Lawter