Well family Mexico is just dandy!!! Me and my companion just baptized 3 people this past week. We are just teaching and preaching, every once in a while we get the opportunity to help people receive the saving ordanance of Baptism. It really is amazing this work. Its kinda crazy here in Mexico though because there is a flu virus going around that has killed 70 people so far and ALOT of people are sick from it. Last Sunday we didnt have our services because the virus has moved up our way. Everybody here is pretty scared of it and no one whats to talk to us about our message right now, but I know if we trust in the Lord everything will be ok.
Well enough about me, how is eveything going for you all. Sounds like everyone is staying busy. Make sure that you drive safely down to Texas and also tell Nich and Brookie hi for me. Well I lost my wallet. We were riding in a bus and I guess it fell out of my pocket. I had my licence, credit card, tempe recommend, insurance card, and mtc card in my wallet. I apologize for that but maybe next time you send me a package you could send me a new license. Oh and as for mothers day I dont know if we can talk to ya over the computer I will ask though. Well 5 de Mayo we have transfer. I dont know if me or my comp well get changed but I will let you know. I love you all so much! Good luck with everything let me know if you need anything!
Elder Reed
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
April 20, 2009
Hey momma,
Well time is just flying by! Right now me and my comp only have 2 more weeks then we have transfers. I almost have 9 months in the mission and Ben Davis is already home! My o my. Well I am really glad to hear that you had a baptism there in our ward. It is so amazing how this gospel can change peoples lives. This truly is the Church of Jesus Christ. Me and my companion teach alot of Catholics here in Mexico and most of the time when we explain that we know this is the true church of Christ they always tell us the all the churches are true. Me and my companion then have to explain when Jesus Christ was here on the earth he established the Church of Jesus Christ not the Churches of Jesus Christ. We know that there can only be one church that has the all the principles and ordainances necessary to be the church of Christ! We know this Church is true!!!!! Well momma I want to apologize for taking money out but I didn't have any. We changed our house here in mexico and had to pay the rent and deposit so me and my comp didnt have any money. We are still waiting to be reimbursed from the mission. Its hard because being D.L I have to travel to the other missionaries houses and check up on them also I have to have meetings with the Z.L. I apologize though. Well I hope all is well over there in Az. I love you all so much!!
Elder Reed
Well time is just flying by! Right now me and my comp only have 2 more weeks then we have transfers. I almost have 9 months in the mission and Ben Davis is already home! My o my. Well I am really glad to hear that you had a baptism there in our ward. It is so amazing how this gospel can change peoples lives. This truly is the Church of Jesus Christ. Me and my companion teach alot of Catholics here in Mexico and most of the time when we explain that we know this is the true church of Christ they always tell us the all the churches are true. Me and my companion then have to explain when Jesus Christ was here on the earth he established the Church of Jesus Christ not the Churches of Jesus Christ. We know that there can only be one church that has the all the principles and ordainances necessary to be the church of Christ! We know this Church is true!!!!! Well momma I want to apologize for taking money out but I didn't have any. We changed our house here in mexico and had to pay the rent and deposit so me and my comp didnt have any money. We are still waiting to be reimbursed from the mission. Its hard because being D.L I have to travel to the other missionaries houses and check up on them also I have to have meetings with the Z.L. I apologize though. Well I hope all is well over there in Az. I love you all so much!!
Elder Reed
Monday, April 13, 2009
April 13, 2009
Well, sounds like there is alot of things going on down there. How exciting that Briana has a little girl now. I am so happy for her! Well, this past Sunday my companion and I had 2 baptism and are hoping for 4 more this week. I love missionary work so much!!! This gospel truly is for all the people here in this world. I feel so privileged to be a missionary for these 2 short years. Well how is the family doing. How is work going. I hope all is going good. Please let me know if I can do anything for ya.
Love Elder Reed
Love Elder Reed
Monday, April 6, 2009
April 6, 2009
Well momma that is alot to take in all at once. I am sorry but always remember that there has to be opposition in all things (2 Nephi). If we didn't know the bad we wouldn't know the good. I have had a hard time to this last week. First me and my companion got sick this past Thursday. We were throwing up and had diaria. We stayed in a bed but had to leave in the afternoon because we had some really important appointments. We were sick from Thursday til Saturday. Also some Elders and Hermanas in my district don't want to work and they didn't have that good of numbers this week so I got a little chewed out from our Zone Leaders. Also we were suppose to baptize 2 people this past week. One is a girl who has a strong testimony and got baptize this past Sunday. The other was a little kid who had his baptismal interview and his service was prepared when his mom said that she didn't want him to get baptized. It was a pretty rough week but I know that the Lord loves me and knows what I am going through. Some times we need to be humbled because we trust to much in ourselves then in the Lord. I know that God loves you mom but always remember we can choose to be unhappy and feel sorry for ourselves or we can go to the scriptures, turn our hearts to God, and do his will. We must always grow from the situations which God gives us. I LOVE YOU SOO MUCH MOMMA!!! and even though I am here in Mexcio I will always be here for you.
Love, Elder Reed
Love, Elder Reed
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
March 30, 2009
Hola familia,
How is everyone doing? Well right now I am in my new area. The city is called Pachuca, it is pretty close to my other area. We have 2 wards that we are going to be working in one ward that starts at 8 and the other at 12. So I am pretty excited for that! My new companion is Elder Vasquez and he doesn't speak a lick of English! He is a great missionary though. I have 2 other elders in my district and a set a Hermanas or sister missionaries. I'm pretty excited to be here and start preaching the gospel to the people here in Pachuca. We should be baptizing a family this Friday which I am pretty excited for. Well can you believe that General Conference is next Sunday? Oh I can't wait to here the Prophet and Apostles talk. I know that they receive revelation from God. About a month before I came to Mexico Elder Jeffery R Holland came to our mission. All the missionaries tell me how great of an experience it was! They said the most powerful part of the talk he gave was when he bore his testimony. He said " Elders, I know that Christ lives! Elders, do you understand me. I KNOW that Christ lives!" I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve my God for these 2 short years! Make sure that you take notes during conference! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Elder Reed
How is everyone doing? Well right now I am in my new area. The city is called Pachuca, it is pretty close to my other area. We have 2 wards that we are going to be working in one ward that starts at 8 and the other at 12. So I am pretty excited for that! My new companion is Elder Vasquez and he doesn't speak a lick of English! He is a great missionary though. I have 2 other elders in my district and a set a Hermanas or sister missionaries. I'm pretty excited to be here and start preaching the gospel to the people here in Pachuca. We should be baptizing a family this Friday which I am pretty excited for. Well can you believe that General Conference is next Sunday? Oh I can't wait to here the Prophet and Apostles talk. I know that they receive revelation from God. About a month before I came to Mexico Elder Jeffery R Holland came to our mission. All the missionaries tell me how great of an experience it was! They said the most powerful part of the talk he gave was when he bore his testimony. He said " Elders, I know that Christ lives! Elders, do you understand me. I KNOW that Christ lives!" I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve my God for these 2 short years! Make sure that you take notes during conference! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Elder Reed
Monday, March 23, 2009
March 23, 2009
Familia,
Well just like you, I can't believe how fast time flies by. I feel like I just barely got to Mexico last Month! Well I am pretty excited, we are having transfers tomorrow and last night we found out that mi hijo or my companion is going to be a trainer here in Tulancingio. I am pretty excited for him. Also I found that I am getting transferred and going to be made a District Leader. I am pretty nervous and don't feel ready but I know that the Lord will help me if I put my trust in him. Well I guess Ben Davis comes home in April. I am so happy for him and can't believe he is going to finish his mission already! And Thomas got his mission call to Argentina? I am so happy for him. Make sure to tell him congrads for me! He is going to love it!!! Elder Solomon wrote me something really special that I would like to share with you. In our area we are having some trouble helping people keep their commitments. Alot of people want to listen to " the word of God" but don't want to read the BofM or come to church. Elder Solomon told me that to get people to keep there commitments you need to have them exercise their faith. If they don't keep there committments they don't want to use their faith to change their lives. As members of the Church we need to keep our committments which we have like going to church or reading the scriptures. If we don't keep our commitments why would the Lord want to bless us.
Well I better take off but I love you all so much. Please know that you are in my prayers!
Love Elder Reed
Well just like you, I can't believe how fast time flies by. I feel like I just barely got to Mexico last Month! Well I am pretty excited, we are having transfers tomorrow and last night we found out that mi hijo or my companion is going to be a trainer here in Tulancingio. I am pretty excited for him. Also I found that I am getting transferred and going to be made a District Leader. I am pretty nervous and don't feel ready but I know that the Lord will help me if I put my trust in him. Well I guess Ben Davis comes home in April. I am so happy for him and can't believe he is going to finish his mission already! And Thomas got his mission call to Argentina? I am so happy for him. Make sure to tell him congrads for me! He is going to love it!!! Elder Solomon wrote me something really special that I would like to share with you. In our area we are having some trouble helping people keep their commitments. Alot of people want to listen to " the word of God" but don't want to read the BofM or come to church. Elder Solomon told me that to get people to keep there commitments you need to have them exercise their faith. If they don't keep there committments they don't want to use their faith to change their lives. As members of the Church we need to keep our committments which we have like going to church or reading the scriptures. If we don't keep our commitments why would the Lord want to bless us.
Well I better take off but I love you all so much. Please know that you are in my prayers!
Love Elder Reed
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Letter from Mexico
Hey FAMILY!
How is everyone doing? Well I decided to write you all a letter from Mexico. Well everything is going great here. Me and my companion are staying really busy. Elder Lechuga (my comp) speaks English pretty good because he took a class to be a translator from English to Spanish. So he is really helping me out with my Spanish. He is such an example to me. Even though I’m his trainer I think I learn more from him than he does from me. Well my area is awesome. There are so many people here that are ready to hear about the gospel. We are privileged to have been born into this church, to know of the Restored gospel and to have a living prophet who speaks to the Lord face to face just like Moses did. Also we are so blessed to have been born in the U.S. Even though I love Mexico the U.S. is so blessed. I believe we take for granted what we have some time. Haha, for the past 5 weeks I have had to shower with ICE cold water. I’m pretty use to it know though. Also I have to wash my cloths by hand but Mom don’t think I will do that when I get home. Well I want you all to know that I know this church is the only true church upon the face of the earth. That Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and saw God the Father and his son Jesus Christ in the year 1820. The Book of Mormon is true and Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God who receives revelation from God directly! I love you all so so much! Please always remember your testimony and to share it as much as you can. Jared remember that seminary is the most important class that you have. Please don’t take it for granted. The second coming of Jesus Christ is fastly approaching. You can see good and bad becoming black and white. The church and its members are making a stand and we need to stand with them! I Love You all so much!
Yo se que esta iglesia es verdadera. Se que Jose Smith fue un profeta y que Thomas S. Monson es un profeta hoy en dia. El Libro do Mormon es un libro verdadero! Nuestro profeta y doce apostoles reciben revelation directamente de Dios! Estoy muy agradecido por cada uno de usted. Siempre recurden que tenemos la verdad y tenemos que compartir nuestro conocimiento con todas las persona aqui en esta mundo.
Con mucho AMOR! Les Amo!
Elder Reed
How is everyone doing? Well I decided to write you all a letter from Mexico. Well everything is going great here. Me and my companion are staying really busy. Elder Lechuga (my comp) speaks English pretty good because he took a class to be a translator from English to Spanish. So he is really helping me out with my Spanish. He is such an example to me. Even though I’m his trainer I think I learn more from him than he does from me. Well my area is awesome. There are so many people here that are ready to hear about the gospel. We are privileged to have been born into this church, to know of the Restored gospel and to have a living prophet who speaks to the Lord face to face just like Moses did. Also we are so blessed to have been born in the U.S. Even though I love Mexico the U.S. is so blessed. I believe we take for granted what we have some time. Haha, for the past 5 weeks I have had to shower with ICE cold water. I’m pretty use to it know though. Also I have to wash my cloths by hand but Mom don’t think I will do that when I get home. Well I want you all to know that I know this church is the only true church upon the face of the earth. That Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and saw God the Father and his son Jesus Christ in the year 1820. The Book of Mormon is true and Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God who receives revelation from God directly! I love you all so so much! Please always remember your testimony and to share it as much as you can. Jared remember that seminary is the most important class that you have. Please don’t take it for granted. The second coming of Jesus Christ is fastly approaching. You can see good and bad becoming black and white. The church and its members are making a stand and we need to stand with them! I Love You all so much!
Yo se que esta iglesia es verdadera. Se que Jose Smith fue un profeta y que Thomas S. Monson es un profeta hoy en dia. El Libro do Mormon es un libro verdadero! Nuestro profeta y doce apostoles reciben revelation directamente de Dios! Estoy muy agradecido por cada uno de usted. Siempre recurden que tenemos la verdad y tenemos que compartir nuestro conocimiento con todas las persona aqui en esta mundo.
Con mucho AMOR! Les Amo!
Elder Reed
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