Hey Mom,
That's awesome that they put my plaque back up. That's awesome that Sammy" friend is interested:) I hope she gets baptized, that would be good. That is good that Sammy loves the gospel, she should go on a mission:) You should tell her that.I think you should give Sara a Book of Mormon as well as inviting Mark to church and giving him a Book of Mormon. We are stressing to the members out here to find a family by Christmas to share the gospel with:) You and Dad should do the same. That's funny about Brittany's kids and all there leg casts. haha Well, I don't have much time on here but we had a baptism on Saturday. There was a good turn out. We are trying to find some new investigators. I hope I get to baptize two more people here in Florence. The conference talks were awesome this time. We are teaching a little more. Last night we had some members invite their neighbors to dinner. We were able to share on message about prater and the atonement. They seemed pretty interested. It was really cool to teach that family. That sounds exciting to start up the missionary FHE again.I hope it's successful.
So a funny thing happened last Tuesday. We live in the middle of know where and we left our garbage on the porch. In the middle of the night a bear came up on the porch and took our garbage and ripped it open. There was trash all over the yard. It was pretty crazy. That bear comes every night. Oh, we are doing a ton of service. We do more service projects than we teach but that's okay because we are still doing missionary stuff by helping people.
Last Monday I got to teach seminary. It's hard to teach when no one talks. I felt bad now that when I was getting taught in seminary that I didn't participate knowing how hard it was to teach.
There is nothing really going on now. I love you and sorry it's so short. I will write you a longer one next week.
Love you, Elder Reed
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Oct 7, 2013
Hey Mom,
It sounded like you had a good weekend!! My weekend went pretty good. All the people that we invited couldn't make it. That was disappointing but all the talks were really good. I liked how they stressed about members doing missionary work!!! Which is good because we can't do it alone. We all need to work together! That was my favorite one. The one on tithing was a very good one too as well as the one about if we get offended to not quit the church and to hold on. That's crazy about what happened to Brooke and Wes and their cars both breaking down. but I'm glad everything went okay. My 2nd week is okay but the weeks are going by super quickly!! It feels like I just got here yesterday. We haven't found any new investigators yet but we will.
It's very cold here when the storm is here but the last two days the weather has been pretty good and the sun has been out but now it's cloudy and stormy. No, I haven't got my bike fixed yet but I will take it in. Every time I am pushing up a hill the chain slips and I can't ride it. Weird. I am not going to take it to anyone right now because we just got a car !!! You don't have to send the levi blanket up because the Stonelake's in our ward just gave me and my comp quilts which is a life saver. They are like our grandparents in the ward. That's weird about not receiving the key rings as I got Brooke's letter. I live upstairs above the garage. My address is 4872 Rhododendron Loop, Florence, Oregon 97439. I am the 2nd house on the left side of Rhododendron.
Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon,
Love you
It sounded like you had a good weekend!! My weekend went pretty good. All the people that we invited couldn't make it. That was disappointing but all the talks were really good. I liked how they stressed about members doing missionary work!!! Which is good because we can't do it alone. We all need to work together! That was my favorite one. The one on tithing was a very good one too as well as the one about if we get offended to not quit the church and to hold on. That's crazy about what happened to Brooke and Wes and their cars both breaking down. but I'm glad everything went okay. My 2nd week is okay but the weeks are going by super quickly!! It feels like I just got here yesterday. We haven't found any new investigators yet but we will.
It's very cold here when the storm is here but the last two days the weather has been pretty good and the sun has been out but now it's cloudy and stormy. No, I haven't got my bike fixed yet but I will take it in. Every time I am pushing up a hill the chain slips and I can't ride it. Weird. I am not going to take it to anyone right now because we just got a car !!! You don't have to send the levi blanket up because the Stonelake's in our ward just gave me and my comp quilts which is a life saver. They are like our grandparents in the ward. That's weird about not receiving the key rings as I got Brooke's letter. I live upstairs above the garage. My address is 4872 Rhododendron Loop, Florence, Oregon 97439. I am the 2nd house on the left side of Rhododendron.
Thanks and I hope to hear from you soon,
Love you
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Sept 30, 2013
Hey Mom,
It's been really hard for me to get back into the routine but once I do it will be great. Ya, it was nice of my bishop to send you a picture! It's really cold up here and REALLY windy and its rainy too but other than that it's really nice. So here in Florence we are splitting the ward with the sister missionaries. It's kind of a pain because we have to ride bikes on the weekends! I am trying to get my lds mail account hooked up but I will email on here until I know how to hook it up. That's awesome you didn't have to drive to El Paso for Devin's baptism. I bet you girls had a fun time together. I am excited to watch conference this weekend. So when I first got to Florence we were visiting potential investigators and the very first one was an investigator/less active and we got to know them and we invited them to watch conference and they said okay. So I am watching conference with that family. I think it was Wednesday me and Elder Jones were biking to the church because of a baptism we needed to go to. Our house is an hour away from the church and we wanted to take a short cut through the golf course. So we got down on the field and we saw the church through the trees . We began to cut through the thick trees and once we got down to the bottom we crossed a little creek and were going through some bushes. We hit a big pond and there was no way through or around and the church was a rock throw away. So I stood on this tree next to the pond to see if we could go around. I fell back into the pond I was mad at my comp because he didn't catch me but it was really funny after the fact. So we hiked back out with our bikes. I was talking to Elder Jones and I said, "What did we learn from this?" He said, "Always stay on the right path." Sometimes we think it's okay to take a short cut or leave the path but it's always good to stay on the path. Other than that nothing has been going on and yes my comps name is Elder Jones and he is from Utah and he is trunky and looks like the older cowboy Jones that I had in Eagle Point. I don't know why President Young sticks me with trunky elders. Well my address is 4872 Rhododendron Drive, Florence, Oregon 97439. I am looking forward to hearing from you guys next week. I love you guys and tell the family that I love them too.
Love, Elder Reed
It's been really hard for me to get back into the routine but once I do it will be great. Ya, it was nice of my bishop to send you a picture! It's really cold up here and REALLY windy and its rainy too but other than that it's really nice. So here in Florence we are splitting the ward with the sister missionaries. It's kind of a pain because we have to ride bikes on the weekends! I am trying to get my lds mail account hooked up but I will email on here until I know how to hook it up. That's awesome you didn't have to drive to El Paso for Devin's baptism. I bet you girls had a fun time together. I am excited to watch conference this weekend. So when I first got to Florence we were visiting potential investigators and the very first one was an investigator/less active and we got to know them and we invited them to watch conference and they said okay. So I am watching conference with that family. I think it was Wednesday me and Elder Jones were biking to the church because of a baptism we needed to go to. Our house is an hour away from the church and we wanted to take a short cut through the golf course. So we got down on the field and we saw the church through the trees . We began to cut through the thick trees and once we got down to the bottom we crossed a little creek and were going through some bushes. We hit a big pond and there was no way through or around and the church was a rock throw away. So I stood on this tree next to the pond to see if we could go around. I fell back into the pond I was mad at my comp because he didn't catch me but it was really funny after the fact. So we hiked back out with our bikes. I was talking to Elder Jones and I said, "What did we learn from this?" He said, "Always stay on the right path." Sometimes we think it's okay to take a short cut or leave the path but it's always good to stay on the path. Other than that nothing has been going on and yes my comps name is Elder Jones and he is from Utah and he is trunky and looks like the older cowboy Jones that I had in Eagle Point. I don't know why President Young sticks me with trunky elders. Well my address is 4872 Rhododendron Drive, Florence, Oregon 97439. I am looking forward to hearing from you guys next week. I love you guys and tell the family that I love them too.
Love, Elder Reed
Sept 25, 2013
The New and Improved Elder Reed
Bishop Evans and Elder Reed
James, John and Jared
Dillan Keith, Jake Farnsworth, Elder Reed, Steven Scott, Chad Porter
were all at Jared's setting apart and to say good-bye
Jared and Brian at the airport
Brittany & Colton with Jared
Sunday, August 5, 2012
July 16, 2012
Hey Mom,
So this week had flown by. I can't believe we started a new week. I am glad you guys got some rain down there. Is Nich working on the Holbrook house? Is Brooke about to pop? Is it going to be another girl or boy, or does she know? Thank you for the pictures you sent me and that new church is getting built fast!! Well, last Monday night I went over to Randy Greys, he is the inactive member we are working with, and he has been coming to church for three weeks in a row. Anyways, he cut my hair and messed up on it and I have a bald head and my head got sunburned really bad, haha. Well, we have an investigator that we are working with and I really think she is going to get baptized! We taught her the plan of salvation and she took it all in really good. We also have a mexican guy we are teaching. He is pretty cool and I think he will get baptized. Also, I wish I knew spanish! Well, tell Brooke happy late birthday for me:) I am glad everyone is doing good. I am loving Eagle Point still. I think I have one more transfer left after this one. I will sure miss Eagle Point but it will be good to move on and find the investigators. Vanessa got her papers in:) I am so excited for her:) I hope she will write me back so we can talk about her mission! She will be a very good missionary! Eben Whiting is from our ward? Well, we found four potential investigators on Sunday. That was very exciting. We have been working are butts off since Elder Fristrup wants to get a baptism on Aug 4th. Well, I hope you are doing good. I hope you liked the rain and I hope you get some more! I love you so much.
Love, Elder Reed
So this week had flown by. I can't believe we started a new week. I am glad you guys got some rain down there. Is Nich working on the Holbrook house? Is Brooke about to pop? Is it going to be another girl or boy, or does she know? Thank you for the pictures you sent me and that new church is getting built fast!! Well, last Monday night I went over to Randy Greys, he is the inactive member we are working with, and he has been coming to church for three weeks in a row. Anyways, he cut my hair and messed up on it and I have a bald head and my head got sunburned really bad, haha. Well, we have an investigator that we are working with and I really think she is going to get baptized! We taught her the plan of salvation and she took it all in really good. We also have a mexican guy we are teaching. He is pretty cool and I think he will get baptized. Also, I wish I knew spanish! Well, tell Brooke happy late birthday for me:) I am glad everyone is doing good. I am loving Eagle Point still. I think I have one more transfer left after this one. I will sure miss Eagle Point but it will be good to move on and find the investigators. Vanessa got her papers in:) I am so excited for her:) I hope she will write me back so we can talk about her mission! She will be a very good missionary! Eben Whiting is from our ward? Well, we found four potential investigators on Sunday. That was very exciting. We have been working are butts off since Elder Fristrup wants to get a baptism on Aug 4th. Well, I hope you are doing good. I hope you liked the rain and I hope you get some more! I love you so much.
Love, Elder Reed
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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
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
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
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