July 9, 2012

Hey Dad,

  I have been praying for rain in Arizona! I hope you guys get some! I bet the 4th of July was fun. Did any of the kids come down to watch it with you? I bet John and Karlee had fun at the river. I bet it was nice and cold! Well out here in Eagle Point it hasn't got to 100 degrees yet but it's really humid. So I got the picture you guys sent me of the reunion. Everyone is getting so big!!! It's going to be crazy to come home and see the twins and how big and strong they are! You need to kill that stupid mountain lion, I hope it doesn't attack the horses.
  I bet it was nice to get out of the hot weather and go to the cabin! It looks like the bear thing was sure fun! Well, for my 4th of July me and my comp and the other missionaries in my district went in and we were part of a float. We talked to 500 people at least. That parade was really big:) It was awesome to talk to that many people! Well, yesterday during church me and my comp had to teach rellisiaty (relief society). It was fun  as we had to motivate them to share the gospel with their friends and neighbors! So I shared the story about DJ before my mission. It went really well. But right now all of our investigators are dropping us. I don't know why but I hope we can find some people to teach. Well, I hope it's not so hot down in Arizona. I was reading in John and how Jesus got crucified and when I was reading that I started to cry. It was really sad. Stupid Jews! I love how the king said he finds no fault in this man but they still killed him. What I thought was interesting was when they threw the spear at him it started to bleed and water came out. I don't know why there was water too? Well, I hope you have a great week. I hope it's not too hot for ya. Well, I love you dad.
Love Elder Reed

Hey Mom,

  So I am glad the 4th of July was good for ya. I bet it was super pretty! I am glad you got spit on with rain. At least it was something! haha, You rode horses mom? What horse did you ride? That is awesome about the new church. Is it almost done? Is that the church I will be going to when I get home? Well, I am sorry about your ceiling. That is going to suck to replace it. Why did DJ come over? Karlee, haha, poor girl. I am glad she told the truth! That guy needs to get beat up. John should do it! I am glad everything is okay!! Karlee still has her job?
  So all of the investigators that we had are dropping us:( We don't have really any solid investigators but we will find some! I am doing better on teaching the discussions. It's a lot easier now. I am trying to learn Spanish since White City is full of mexicans. Well, other that that I am loving it out here in Eagle Point. I cleaned the whole house today and washed the car. It feels so much better to be in a clean car and house. You can definitely feel the spirit better! Well, here is something crazy that happened last night. I went to my bishop's house and his wife's mom was there and she told us she was from St. George. I told her my brother lives there and I told her his name and she said that she knows Jeremy's wife and they are in the same ward. Isn't that crazy, what are the chances of that. Well, do you know if Vanessa sent in her papers to go on a mission? Well, I am running out of time and I got to email president. Love ya and hope you have a good rest of the week.

Love, Elder Reed

July 2, 2012

Hey Mom,

  So I can't believe that it is July either!!! Time is going by so fast. We are really busy and we are finding new investigators like crazy. The work here in Eagle Point is great and I hope we will have some on date (ready for baptism) in 2 weeks. I hope everything on your roof will go great. I know it will. You should make it a 2 story, haha, so there is more room for the family! Oh, at fast and testimony meeting Bro Cain bore his testimony and they said they are fasting for rain in Utah, Nevada and Arizona so they can get rain and put out those fires!! I hope you guys get some rain down there. So we had a less active guy say he will come to church on Sunday if it's not raining. So me and my comp said a pray that night and asked for no rain. I don't like doing that because I love the rain.  When Sunday came we went outside and it was bright blue skies. I know our Heavenly Father answers our prayers.
So Ben Murray gets home in Aug, that is when my comp gets home. That's crazy how time flies. Ya, I bore my testimony on the sacrament as my heart was full. I told them that Jesus loves everyone of them. We have a lot of new investigators and just like an hour ago we knocked on this door and a girl came out and we talked with her. She asked me and my comp to go on a date with her and her friend. It was weird, haha. We told her no! Stupid girls!! They are the devil!!! Ya, my comp is trunky, he is so negative. I get frustrated with him. But other than that he is really good. He is to bold with people, I think. Ashlee Lund came over. I hope everything is going good for her. I miss her. I hope she is doing good. I would write her but I don't know her address! Well my time is running out! Well, I love you and tell the family that I love them and miss them. Oh, I wore out my slip on shoes so now I am on my next pair. These ones will last me the rest of my mission. Well, I will talk to you later. Have a fun 4th of July and thanks for the pictures and the shirt. Well, I will keep praying and fasting for rain for you guys.
Thanks for everything, Love you!!
Love, Elder Reed

June 25, 2012

Hey,

  I am glad everything is doing well for you guys. I am sorry the house is having problems. How is that old house anyway!! I fixed a leak in the attic last year. I guess it started to leak again! Did you take any pictures of the bear reunion? I bet that was really fun!!! I miss playing volleyball with the cousins. Sounds like it was way fun! I bet it was fun to play around on the fiddles and the bass, sounds super fun!  What kind of dog do John and Karlee have? I remember the last bear reunion, Karlee slept next to me, that was really weird! haha. I miss them. Bridget took her goats up there to milk. I don't think I have ever had goats milk or ice cream. I bet it was really good! James was trash talking, haha sounds like James! I am glad you beat him. I know that I will beat you in ping pong with my left hand, mom! That is funny that you would hit the ball on both tables! Man, Brittany and Wes have a lot of kids, do you think they are going to have a boy or girl? I know John and Karlee are going to have a kid before I get home, I know this because I had a dream about it, weird! I am glad Brooke and Nich came to the family reunion. I won't see Brooke and Nich for 3 years!! crazy. Why do you have to build an iron septic tank cover for Brooke and Nich? Man you are really busy with everything. I feel bad for Mayley, I bet that hurts to have a broken leg! Man, you guys haven't got any rain yet, we are getting pounded with rain in Eagle Point. I will fast and pray for you guys to get some rain.

  So Sunday we had an investigator show up for church with her boyfriend! That was really cool. We have been trying for 4 weeks to get them to come. They said they really like church and they will try it out again! Then we had a less active guy come to church with us. He said he would come to church if we walked with him. It was a fun walk, that guy is so funny! Transfers are tomorrow and I am staying here in Eagle Point and I am going to kill off my comp since he goes home in Aug! So that means I will probably stay here for 6 months or more! I love this area. Last night I went up and saw Carrie Mikelson and she remembers James and they love James. There are so many people that loved James!! It's awesome. Then we were tracking out in Shady Cove and we got chased by this pit bull. It was really scary! After church we ate dinner at the Reed family's house. I had Salmon fish for the first time and it was really good. I like fish now! It's crazy how you change on your mission. I love pretty much any kind of food! Well, all our investigators are dropping us! We are trying our hardest to find new investigators but it's not working out for us. But I guess we are not trying hard enough!

  Well, I am glad the family is doing well and I sure do miss everyone! I miss all the cousin and tell grandma and grandpa hi! Oh, I got a letter from Vanessa and she is going on a mission. I am so excited for her. I wish I was there to help you guys fix the house! Well, can't wait to hear back from you next Monday! 

Love your son,Elder Reed

P.S. That is exciting, I am going to have to catch up meeting all the new grandkids. Tell Brittany congrats! and Brooke and Karlee!

June 18, 2012

Dear Mom and Dad,

  Well, I am glad you had fun at girls camp! That is dumb that you had to pay someone to ride a horse, haha. Oh well, I am sure it was fun! Did mom ride a horse too?:0 You sure did alot of baptism in Snowflake. Our baptism went really good and when she got confirmed she just started to cry. It was awesome as she said she felt the holy ghost come into her! That was sweet that the spirit was so strong! Transfers are next Tuesday and I hope I stay here in Eagle Point. I think I will because my comp goes home in Aug and they are putting an older couple in White City so I won't be covering 2 wards again. I love this area. A lady named Sis Marshall loves James! She didn't connect we were brothers until I told her my brother served here. In Eagle Point ward their was this lady I have never seen before and I went up and started to talk to her and she said she was from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She asked where my dad served on his mission and I told her. She said that she had an Elder Reed from Mesa, Az serve in Argentina about 40 years ago and taught her. I told her that it might have been one of my cousins. Pretty cool!
  Oh and guess what, I got my letter from Vanessa! She is going on a mission!!! thank goodness;) I was so excited when I read that. After I was done I went to my room and prayed and thanked Heavenly Father for answering my prayers! I wrote Vanessa and told her about the bee story. That is funny that you told the bee story at girls camp and the girls cried, or did you just cry, dad? That is an awesome story about the girl that rode her bike 75 miles to go to the Temple. She is a freaken saint!
  I hope you are staying busy in your blacksmithing. How is your dodge running? Do you drive the Prius or the Dodge more? Has anyone driven the 77?  Poor Mayley, I feel bad for her. I bet she would like the wheel chair though. Tell her that I love her and hope she feels better. I can't believe Caleb, Carson and Briley got braces. They are all grown up!!! Thats crazy, do you think they will have them off by the time I get home? Well, tell the family that I love them and I miss them. I hope you have a great rest of the week. Take lots of pictures of the Bear reunion, I would like to see them! Dad, I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day.

Love Elder Reed

June 11, 2012

Hey Mom,

  So my weekend went really good. We had a baptism last Saturday and it went really good. The spirit was so strong. I got to confirm her. That was cool. Then we had a guy named Luke speak in church and he leaves Tuesday for his mission. He is a really cool guy. It's amazing how the Lord will change people. This guy used to be a crack head and now he is a missionary, pretty cool. That's crazy I put in my papers a year ago. It doesn't seem that long ago! Dj got baptized last year, that is crazy. Well, I wish I could have been there for James blessing his baby! I bet that was exciting. So I went to the Temple on Saturday morning. I haven't been to the Temple since I was in the MTC. I like the Temple. The Medford Temple is really small though. I am trying to keep up with my journal but I looked in it and I didn't write in it for a whole month!! crazy. So later today I will be going on exchanges with our DL which will be very fun. That is exciting you and dad are going to girls camp. Is girls camp kinda like boys camp? I remember at boys camp we just played horseshoes all day. So yesterday I was thinking about the memories I had at the MTC and I ran into a missionary and his dad owns the bahama bucks in Queen Creek. But I heard that it got closed down, that is sad. Well, we have another baptism this Sunday, I am excited for that! Well, me and my comp and Luke, the guy that is leaving on his mission, we had a gallon challenge and I got it on video of us puking, haha. It was gross. Well, there is not anything else that happened last week. Are you going to tell me what Vanessa said to you on the phone!! She hasn't wrote me yet. I am in Alma 45, I have been slacking on my reading and you caught up to me so I am going to start reading a lot now, haha. Well, I love you so much and I hope you have a wonderful weekend and great rest of the week. I love you so much and I miss you. I love you Mom.
   Dad, I hope you have a great Father's day!!! I love you Dad, you have taught me a lot. I always look up to you and I know you will have a Great Father's Day.

Love, your son,
Elder Reed

Jun 4, 2012

Hey Mom,

  Time is flying by. It's crazy. I wonder where the time goes? haha I can't believe it's June already!! It's awesome when your having fun times goes by quickly! I hate Satan and how he tempts people and me! But as long as the Lord is there we will be good. So did you get those pictures Sis Woods sent? That project took forever but it was sure fun!! Ya, I bore my testimony about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, then I told the ward that I love them! It is so easy now to get up and talk up there in front of people. Just after that talk I gave a couple of weeks ago its a lot easier now. We have a baptism this week on the 9th. I can teach, well I am not perfect though!! Vanessa has not written me yet, I am still waiting:) What did she tell you? I want to know:) Is she going on a mission? That is awesome John and Karlee live in QC. I hope they are doing good. I love you so much. Have a great week.

Love Elder Reed

Hey Dad,
 
  I am glad you liked scout camp. That is funny that the boys caught some rabbits and squirrel that is neat. Did you tell them you put the rabbits in the box? Did the boys like Stetson? You are a good story teller, haha. Ammon was such an awesome missionary! Ya, I am glad you liked those pictures of the service project, that was the hardest work I have done in a long time! It was sure fun! So we are having a baptism this Saturday and her name is Kireston Kay and she is 14! So that is exciting! Then we have another one on the 16th. I love being out here. I can finally see myself grow! It's so cool. I love bearing my testimony to the ward. Bro Woods is the ward mission leader! I am so glad I can bring people into the gospel. It is nice serving on a mission. I am so thankful for the Lord blessing you guys! Oh, we have been riding bikes a lot! Last night we had to speak in a fireside about journals and planners. It was really cool. Bro Cleggs is in the young mens and he told some stories about his mission and how he found out the Book of Mormon was true. I started to cry. I hate how I cry about everything now! But that is okay, the Lord humbled me! Well, I hope everything is going good. While I am writing you right now these people got some help with the computer and they said they need to find data on the computer because they need a flight from Phoenix Az to here in White City. Pretty darn crazy! oh, can you tell Bridget to make some candy, Root beer candy and can you tell her to send them to Luke Holden, 2005 N 900 E, Provo, UT 84604? Well, I love you so much. Have a great week as time is flying by. I love you Dad.

Love Elder Reed

Wood cutting service project

Here are some pictures of your missionary sons helping to cut wood for the Eagle Point Ward.  

                                    They may look like they were just watching but I think is was a

camera man trying to make them look bad.  Enjoy. 

 Sister Woods

It is used
for emergency during cold weather. 

I thank Sis Woods for sending these pictures

and told her she lived in a beautiful place

                                                        She replied "We agree,  Our area is beautiful.  

Your son bore a sincere testimony today in church.  

The young missionaries are such great examples to us all.   

Thank you for sharing your amazing son with us.  

Sis Woods

Jared picking up the cut wood to stack

As with all ward parties there has to be food

Elder Fripstrup and Elder Reed

Elder Fripstrup, Bro Woods, Elder Reed

It must be tough for an Arizona boy to watch as 

everyone else is swimming:)

Relaxing after a long day

Looks like they cut a bit of wood