February 6, 2012

WELL HELLO, MOM!!!

I had an awesome week. These weeks have been flying by so so fast!!! We have been teaching so many people now!!! Elder Hoys mom hasn't called us back so I dont know what to do there. So this year I started to read the Book of Mormon and I just finished Mosiah and I am now in Alma. Are you reading the B.O.M.? Well that is cool you are going to start raising rabbits. Hopefully no pitbulls will eat them again!!! Are you going to build the cages up high or on the ground. You should make them so they can go underneath the ground!!! Everyone is getting so big, wow. Well Larissa's baby is getting big, I mean Jayla is walking and talking, that's super crazy!!!

Elder Wesley Ashcroft is going to be such a good missionary. Mom, you can't cry when he talks okay! I wish I was there for his talk. You will have to let me know what he talks about:)

That is very interesting about Adam and Eve. I will go study about them. Well, Bro Keith had a date. Good for him. I really like him especially when I was in scouts with him. I think Dillon Keith comes home this year!!! crazy. Well, I love you so much.

Love Elder Reed

January 30, 2012

Momma,

So how is everything going for you and dad in Queen Creek? I love you, it feels weird not to be a teenager and to be 20! I don't feel that much of a difference. Thank you for having me in this wonderful family and thank you for the wonderful box and the cps. I lobed all the stuff you put in there! I love listening to the songs you gave me. I feel weird for saying that because I didn't like that kind of music before I came out here, lol. Tell the family thanks for all the prayers and wishes:) It felt super weird to be out here on my birthday. A member that feed us made a cake and the sang happy birthday. Okay, I will start taking as many pictures as I can:) That is so funny that Brogan walked up on the stage at the rocking r, he is so funny:) That is so cool that Bridget made $70 at the rocking r. That is so much money. We haven't been back to see Elder Hoys mother yet but we will tonight! Connor Lyons is the kid we are going to baptize and he is doing really well but he only came to church once!!! So we need to get him to go again. He is the only one in his family that will be baptized so we have a lot of work to be doing!!! We only serve in one ward. I am being obedient. Thanks for the Moses story. I will share that with people now for a spiritual thought, thanks. Oh, I will tell you a miracle that happened this last week. We were going to tract for 2 hours in the morning and so before we track we start out with a prayer! I said the prayer and said to please bless us with a miracle. We knocked on many doors and there were only 10 houses left and a lady answers the door. She was on the phone and said she would love for us to come back and so we went back the next day and her husband answers and said that she is really sick and if we could come back as he wanted to talk to us too. The next day we came back and they invited us in and told us that they have been looking for a church to join. We taught them the first lesson and they agreed with everything and we invited them to go to church. They said not this week but next week they would. We also set up a time to come and see them again. Its truly amazing how Heavenly Father answers prayers and there are angels preparing people out there so the they can hear and accept the gospel. So that was a cool experience that I had. Well I better be going. I love you and dad so much. Thank you for everything you do for me. Love ya lots and thanks for wishing me a happy birthday!!!

Love Elder Reed

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

First Snow

Snow?

Elder Reed and Elder Hamblin

In Front of my House

In front of the house

1st Strom

2nd Storm

My Snowman

Me Kissing

Elder Hamblin, Snowman, Elder Reed

Jan 9 2012

Is it still snowing in the mountains? Thats good the weather is nice there! It's getting really nice, the sun is out! It is still really cold. Do your cabinets look cool? Are they the same size? So your kitchen is pretty messed up right now? I hope you can get it all fixed up nice. I have been helping this family lay down a wood floor and now I am putting up sheet rock today. Pepper is pregnant again!! haha is Babe getting big? You put up a dog fence in the front yard? Did you get that a red barn from that lady? Are they really crapy horses? Just go shoot the horse. Thanks for sharing that talk with me. It will motivate me even harder. Transfers are in two days and I am staying in Cottage Grove!! Thats good because I just got to Cottage Grove. We have 7 new investigators so we are teaching a lot but only a couple a progressing. I sure do love it up here in Oregon. Elder Hamblin and I went tracking our in the mountains and we got chased by 3 dogs. It was really funny. Well, I wrote a letter to Elder Dees and he is doing really good. There is only one mission that is separating us, I think. So who is Justin dating? Is it our cousin? How is Stetson doing, is anybody riding him? How is your car doing, you still getting crazy MPG? When does Jessie Stowell get home? How is the new tractor doing? Does dad drive it a lot, or do you, mom?haha That is awesome that you got it for $1000. That's good you prayed about it before getting it. John and Karlee are so funny. They are sure good for each other. That is awesome you got to see Vanessa and she is doing good. She wants to be a history teacher? She will be a great one. I hope Vanessa doesn't get married and goes on a mission. I will send you my SD card, There are not that many pictures on it. Did you guys set any goals for this year? My goal is to baptize 20 people. I hope I can get it. Well, I love you so much. Have a wonderful week.

Love, Elder Reed

Dec 31, 2011

Hey dad,

Well I am writing you today because today we have our P-day today because of new years. Well, not much new happened here. Its been raining non stop for a couple of days. The work is doing good out here. We don't have any new investigators but we will get some. Me and Elder Hamblin got chased by 2 dogs in the same day. Ha, it was very scary. Well, is there anything new that is happening in Queen Creek? Can you email me some pictures of your bathroom. Well, sorry this letter was so short. I will write a longer one next week. I love you and the family.