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10/13/13

This week has been pretty good. I've had some awesome and humbling lessons where I was the only Vietnamese speaking missionary. Both of them were referrals, both of them I felt the spirit so strongly, and both of them made me feel really inadequate as a servant of the Lord. But I have found strength in the testimony that can be borne by the spirit that we truly can't say in words, and that we can only convey if we are living worthy of it.

In conference we were encouraged to all step it up and live the Gospel. I hope you all can find one way to increase your faith and follow the counsel of L. Tom Perry and reach out to 1 person by Christmas.

Love you!

Elder Ryan

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