January 23, 2012

Hey Mom,

Its pretty crazy that I am going to be 20 years old!!! Karlee is so funny, ha. I am going to beat her up when I get back!! Time has flown by so fast. Well, last Thursday I asked Connor Lyons one of our investigators to be baptized and he accepted!!!! Pretty cool, he is 10 years old so we had to ask his parents if that was okay. He is getting baptized on Feb 18th. He is really excited we asked. We have been teaching a lot of little kids. I am glad you liked the pictures. We did get a lot of snow and its been raining so much all the rivers are flooded. And yes, I am getting use to all the cold weather. I can go outside without a sweat shirt on for p day now. But I still get really cold though. That is really cool the Reeds are taking over the Rockin R. Does Karlee go to the Rockin R, I hope she had a wonderful birthday!!! And pretty cool about the tractor, so do you drive it a lot? I bet the driveway looks good now. Are you still a ward missionary? You have been one for the longest time!!! Oh, can you tell me what you do for the family night we did for the missionaries? I want to start doing them in Cottage Grove. So can you tell me how to do it. That is so cool Micah and Cami Rogers moved into our ward. I really like them! And yes his grandma is in the Eugene mission. I hope I get to serve up there!!!! Is her last name Rogers or something else? Is she a member of the church? Well, thanks for Chads email, thats funny he tried to email me but it didn't go through. How is Chads mom doing? I wrote Elder Dees and he is doing really good also. Can I ask one more favor? Can you get Kallen Creagers email also? It was way cool to find Elder Hoys mom. Its was so crazy to talk to her and I am glad that we didn't get eaten by the dogs. It was pretty scary. Elder Hoys mom is really nice and she is not a member of the church. I still see her and she invited us over for dinner. That is a lot of names that you indexed. You are doing really good if you got 5000 done, way to go mom!!! Well I love you a ton! Have a great week and thanks for wishing me a happy birthday, it will be good!!!

Love you and the family,

Elder Reed

January 16, 2012

Hey Mom,

I had some crazy experiences this week! So the first one, my comp and I went on exchanges with another companionship. I went visiting to some families and we got this referral. So we went and knocked on the door and this lady answered the door. She asked if we were from the church. We said that we were missionaries and we talked for a while and she said that her name was Tonia. She said that her son just got off his mission in November and said that he served in the Tempe Arizona Mission. I said, I live in that mission and I asked who her son is. She said, Travis Hoy.

I was like "Elder Hoy, I know your son really well." She said, "Really". I said that he baptized my friend. Isn't that crazy that we are going to start teaching Elder Hoys mom!!! The next crazy thing is sunday morning we got snow and it was snowing so hard that they canceled that Cottage Grove 2nd ward. But I still went to church. Again this morning it was still snowing. Me and Elder Hamblin made a snowman. So I will send you some pictures today. Well, we are teaching a lot of people and most of them are little kids and 2 older people. I am sorry your kitchen is messed up right now and I will watch my money better. Thank you for everything you do for me. Karlee is so funny, I miss her. Tell her happy birthday since she hasn't written me yet:( That's crazy she will be 20 years old!! She is so stinker old, haha. Don't tell her I said that. That is awesome Bridget is going to be doing a petting zoo at the rocking r. Where are they going to do it at? Well I love you so much and I hope you have a wonderful day. I will pray for everyone and pray we can get some more boarders. I love you Mom. Oh, that's crazy pepper is pregnant again. Me and my comp got chased by two dogs the other day and we got trapped. I thought the dog was going to kill me.

Well have a great day.

Love Elder Reed