Dec 5, 2011

Hey dad,

Thats crazy that had a snow storm, is there a lot of snow? Well, I got moved to Cottage Grove and my address is 131 1/2 S 7th Street, Cottage Grove, OR 97424. My comp name is Elder Hamblin and he is from Cali and he came from Cottage Grove! That is crazy water was coming out of the house! I am glad you guys got it fixed. Well, Cottage Grove is freezing. Its been 30 to 32 degrees! haha. We've been in Cottage Grove for 3 days and we already got an investigator! Which is really cool as the town is super small. Its cool up here. Is the Queen Creek wash flooding yet? Thats crazy you got $600 for that old dirtbike. Heavenly Father is really blessing me. Tell Bishop hi. Well I sure do miss you and the family. Is Karlee pregnant? I say this because I had a dream and she was pregnant in it. Really weird? Thanks so much for selling my toys. Are you going to buy a real Christmas tree? Guess who is in my district? Elder Hill. Remember at the rocking r we met his grandpa? ya he is my district leader. I think I might get in trouble with the mission president because right before I left the MTC I put cheese wiz on all the toilet seats and the MTC called the president and he wrote me and I have to talk to him about it. Hopefully, I don't get in trouble. :/ Is my phone still hooked up? if it is can you text Kra and ask her where her dad lives in Eugene, Oregon? Well love you guys so much,

Love Elder Reed

Nov 28, 2011

Hey Dad

How are you doing. Transfers are on wednesday and I am getting moved to Cottage Grove. Its really sad to leave the area of Corvallis. I am getting a new area and getting a new comp. My new area is Cottage Grove and my new comp is Elder Hamblin, he is from Cali and we are going to be white washing the area. Well me and Elder Anderson had to mow 5 acres of grass, it was really fun. The older lady is a less active and she tried to pay us and we wouldn't accept it. She said how can I repay you and I said come to church. She came back to church and she said she will be coming back every week! Well, yesterday we visited some people we taught and one is named Siter Leviticus and I told her I was moving and she started to cry. She told me that she didn't want to come to church anymore and neither is her husband. That is really sad because we asked him to be baptized. I hope she changes her mind. Oh and she is from the Marshall Islands. Then I went and visited Bruce Gomez and told him I was leaving also and he was very sad also and said he was glad we got him to go back to church. He understands about the transfers and I took a picture with him and his family on Sunday. But I don't know how to put it on here to show you. Ya I love taking about the 2nd coming, its so cool to see the signs. That really stinks about Bridgets kids. I miss the 54 haha, I hope they didn't crash it! I bet Briley loved it! Hey can you send a picture of the 54 truck for me. Well we had 4 thanksgiving dinners which was really cool. Me and my comp had a nice thanksgiving and had a lot of left overs. Well, was Ashton really excited to get baptized? I bet Wesley was really excited to go to the Temple. That stinks Brogan broke his leg. Well I am glad no one else got hurt. Are the grandkids getting really big? Well, love you so much and hope you guys have a good week. I will be in Cottage Grove this Wednesday. Can you tal to Brother Rogers and ask him where his grandpa or cousins are at in oregon? Well love you so much and I hope you guys are doing okay. Tell the family I love them and I will get some pictures on here. Oh, and I gained 20 pounds since I left Arizona, haha. Well love you guys so much!

Love Elder Reed

Nov 14, 2011

Hey Mom,

Things are going really good. Sunday at lunch we went over to eat a roast with carrots and potatoes and gravy. It reminded me of your cooking. It was so good, haha, I had 4 plates. Brooke and Nich better move to Holbrook. David Hatch is getting married? Who is he getting married to ? Tell Brooke to give me his email. Hey, I have one favor , can you send me Vanessa's address. I really want to write her!!! Karlee is so funny. I wonder if they are really going to name their kid Stetson, haha that would be awesome. John should totally take the job at the rocking r!!! Tell him if he doesn't take the job I will beat him up. What does dad have and how did he get so sick? Tell him to get a blessing from John and Sam. I know he will feel better!!! It is really amazing how powerful the priesthood is!! Hey, I need one more favor, can you look up a sister missionary for me? She went to the Liberty Jail mission and her name is Sister Atkin. If you can find her can you give me her address, I need to talk to her. Thank you for that story. I will print it off and read it when I am having a bad day or something like that. So that ugly cat had kittens? How in the world did it have kittens? I hope they grow up so I can go hunting cats:) Oh did you hear there were two missionaries killed in Texas and one just got released from the hospital. A car hit the one missionary and died on the spot then the other one made it to the hospital and died there also and the last one just had stitches. You should look it up! Well, we had a zone conference and the mission president said he already knows who is getting transferred and I think I am one of them. Well my spanish sucks but I am starting to pick some words up. I love you guys so much. Hope you have a great day at grandmas and grandpa bears. Tell them hi for me.

Love Elder Reed

Nov 21, 2011

Well, I am glad you are feeling okay. Its been really cold and its been raining non stop. Thats awesome you guys are getting rain too. Well everything up here is going good, I miss Arizona so bad. Holy cow I can't believe you sold my truck haha and he drove it all the way up there. I wonder if it broke down at all. Did you put that in my account? I have all the lessons down. I challenged two guys to be baptized and they both said yes. We are teaching a lot of people now but we had a zone conference and I talked to the mission president and he said that he wants me to stick with english and he is going to transfer me. I have only been here for 5 weeks to more. So I will be leaving Corvallis. Its really sad but I am ready to get a new comp. Today I have to fill out, I am a Mormon, haha, that will be fun. I am sure glad Karlee is now in this family, haha. Thank you for that package. I love those ties they are so cool. And tell Bridget thanks for the candy. I loved eating them. Thanks for that efy cd. How old is that cd? I love listening to it. Well we are teaching this guy and he is about to loose his house. It is really sad so I am going to go buy a turkey so we can have thanksgiving with him. Well can Livermore walk again? or no? Well, I am excited for the turkey bowl, lets hope I don't get hurt. We got a new car, its a 2012 Chevy Malibu. Its really nice but my comp abuses it. Well, I love you so much. Hey, I am going to buy a sweater, its getting a lot colder up here. Do you know an Elder Russell because the 2nd counselor in my ward is his nephew. Pretty cool, small world. My p-day is really short today. It only goes until one so I have to get going but thanks for everything you do for me. I promise I will write more next week and thanks for Vanessa's address. I just hope she won't get married in these next two years:) Well, love you a ton, hope everything is okay for you.

Love, Elder Reed