hey things are going good, well transfers this week on Wednesday...

and some big news, i will be training and becoming District leader!

CRAZY! kinda scary but we shall see how it goes haha but there is a

kid from St.George that i might train that could be cool, so we shall

see.

Yeah it will be good to call...... but how does skype sound??? :) i

will be on the computer at the chapel on Christmas at about 6 or 7 at

night here. 

> hey for you and dad i have been facing a lot of questions lately about

> Jesus Chirst, everyone knows who he is and what he did but they dont

> understand. How did you guys come to find out that Jesus is the Chirst

> and that he died for you?

> also i went and did a couple sessions with ELDER HARTMAN, show! found

> out lots about my self just wanted to say sorry for letting my

> white-ness get the best of me a lot as i was growing up and making

> things difficult for you guys some times i appreicate all you taught

> me and there is still soooooooo much that i have to learn! haha good

> ole life

WOW! what a week - its been incredible! so the first thing that

happened was ELDER JEFFERY R. HOLLAND came to visit! IT WAS AMAZING!

We were all gathered together and sitting in the chapel waiting and he

walked in and waved to everyone, before we started he invited everyone

up to shake his hand and the other general authorities and area

presidency-while standing in line waiting to shake his hand my heart

was pounding but as soon as i got there just peace and calm... when i

shook his hand he asked me where i was from i said Southern Utah he

asked what part and i told him Hurricane and he said oh all the reeves

are from hurricane. For those who dont know Elder Holland is from

St.George 15 mins away from H-Town. so that was cool then President

Cook and his wife spoke and Elder Clayton and his wife spoke then

Elder Holland addressed us- He talked about how a mission is supposed

to change us, that if we go on mission and come home the same we

wasted out time- he talked about the importance of NOT GOING LESS

ACTIVE and turning our backs on this gospel, thats why they created

PREACH MY GOSPEL - because missionaries need to learn the gospel and

become converted before they can show others the way. He talked a lot

about trials and the challenges of mission then he said if the saviors

mission wasn't easy then why should ours be? we wont have to go

through what he did but we will each have our own individual and

personal trials and challenges during our mission here on earth. All

roads to salvation go through the Garden of Gethsemane- and when we

reach our Garden its up to us how we will respond- we wont have to go

through the center of the garden where the savior went but we will be

on the edges somewhere some deeper than others.  WE will learn , love

and, experience wrenching growth to be molded by the potters hand to

the person he knows we can become- he shared a poem that his wife

loves to share (she wasnt there because she was sick ) but it goes

like this there was a man standing by a cliff a voice called to him

and told him come to the edge no he said i will fall, Come to the edge

the voice said again, NO the man said i will fall, COME TO THE EDGE

the voice called again, so he came to the edge and he was

pushed.....and he flew, we can never achieve what we need to unless we

turn our lives completely  over to the LORD, and follow the spirit,

as we sung the closing hymn and stood as he left i felt the spirit and

i received a reassuring witness that this is the lords work and im in

the right place doing the right thing, which was just what i needed

because i had had a really rough week leading up to this and wondering

why i was here i was having a tough time in the area and with people

but i got just what the lord knew i needed :)

But yeah then the payday we had 7 baptisms this week it was such a

wonderful experience! :) everyone was so excited the ward was buzzing

and the chapel was the fullest its been since i have been here. it was

just terrific :) I had the privilege of baptizing 3 of the 7 such a

wonderful spirit in the church yesterday :)

But things are going great. love ya'll and hope things are going well

for everyone :)

LOTS OF LOVE ELDER REEVE :)

PICS: we went to the SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE MUSEUM

some pictures from there

Made Halloween cupcakes and such

my companion and i taking pictures while we waited for the other

companionship to finish their lesson (we live in a four man flat )

apparently the Berlin WALL is in AFRICA too who knew?

the craziest little kid i have met thus far his name is Jr.

and the Baptism - if you couldn't guess my companion and i are the two

white guys from Utah on the ends hahaha :)

HOLA!!

hey everyone, 

past couple weeks have been hectic with moving and
trying to learn a new area and new people but its been good this first
2 weeks here has flown by!!! well i shall start from the beginning
first night we got to the flat the toilet was broken so we spend
almost all night trying to fix all the leaks and stuff didnt go to bed
till LATE haha, then i started to get acquainted with township.....:)
crazy place but i love it! so many people we are always busy talking
to people or helping someone, lots of work to do here. had Presidents
interviews on Tuesday so that was nice.
Well it is officially the RAINY SEASON! hahaha its been raining all
week on and off so its been fun running around, climbing over piles of
garbage and avoiding raging rivers of sewage and stinky water. some
how managing to stay remotely dry :)
but we have a good ward just got a new bishopric dont know if i
mentioned this but there are 95 less active families in the ward so
LOTS OF WORK TO DO HERE IN HOSPITAL VIEW! but we have 7 people on date
for the end of this month so its exciting and they are all pretty
solid! one family Able and Lerato a super sweet family we put them on
date for NOV. 18 i think but they work all the time so haven't been
able to come to church, so we are hoping and praying that they will be
able to start coming and get work off.
SHOW! General Conference was POWERFUL! we finally got to watch it
yesterday and saturday some super sweet advice especially for the
people here. sad though we only had an average of about 10-15 people
at each session :/ The attitude here is crazy for example - some
people dont come to church on sundays or even all winter long because
"its cold outside" just strange to me......and so its taking some
getting used to attitude wise - culture wise i fit right in :) hahaha
but interesting fact i have now been complemented on my ears 3 times
since being here! haha apparently in Limpopo the Suoto tribe having
big/prominent ears means you are wise and respected so thats cool :)
haha
Conference was really inspiring though so many great insights i would
encourage you all to take President Monson's invitation and re-read
all the talks so that we can get further inspiration and revelation
for our lives!
i really miss you all and love you lots! :) thank you so much for all
you have done and are doing for me :)
LOTS OF LOVE :)
ELDER REEVE

It's September Already!

 

hey mom life is good, we had two baptisms on Sunday- it was really
special we completed a part-member family who has been waiting for 3
years for their mom to get baptized so that was awesome very great
program and that was sweet- sounds like you guys are having a good
time hope all is well- we had a powerful lesson last night as well
with a couple- tannith and julian- it was so powerful as we answered
their heart-felt questions i could just feel the spirit so strong- and
as i stated simple truths that i knew to be true which you guy have
taught me i just knew that the spirit was testifying through me-
Well as for my new companion  his name is ELDER FARR he is from San Francisco
he has only been a member of the church for 3 years -last month was
his 3 yr. mark so its a real privilege to learn from his experiences
and feel of his great spirit- he has been sick for the last week and a
half so i have been trying to keep busy/productive but there is only
so much you can do in a little flat haha but i was able to go on
splits a couple nights with the senior couple we live with and then
the ap's came and we split for the night so i could go out- so that
was nice- but hes better now so i dont have to play doctor any more :)
hahaha well heres some pictures from the baptism and my district :)
lots of love hope everyone is doing well

ELDER REEVE

 

Hey mama love you too,

I GOT YOUR PACKAGE!!!! it made my week :) thanks so much

WOOT WOOT!!!! GO KIMBER! :) GO KIMBERS MOM HAHAHA THATS CRAZY its

gonna be a whole new family by the time i get back hahaha

well thats good im glad that the room is being filled and put to good

use haha :) yeah i got G-ma's email

yeah snow was crazy summer is just around the corner though :) sept is

when its hot i hear haha so im not getting transferred staying in

Roopepoort still - this will be 6 months in my first area which is ok

:) i like it just hope i get another great companion, haha well i ate

at carnivor this week its a restaurant-  buffett all you can eat meat-

zebra, crocodile, kudo, impala, beef, chicken, EVERYTHING! it was

great :) well ill up date you guys next week on my new comp and

everything but life is good here in Africa the work is going good as

well so its good :)  So i have an idea for a Christmas present im

talking with Mckinsey about it because she is computer smart- but i

think a personalized calender  would be cool :) with the pictures for

the months be of home and family and stuff and then put everyone b-day

on there and other special days so i can remember and stuff - so i

gave her your e-mail so if you can coordinated and look at the

possibilities of that that would be cool :)

also if you or anyone else wants anything from over here for Christmas

or anything put your  orders in now so i have time to get them and

send them- there is some cool church stuff- scriptures wrapped in

animal skin with africa on it, or animal covered scripture cases, or

jewlary or anything  just let me know and put some money on my card so

i can get them :) hahahah well lots of love, thanks for all you do

Elder Reeve

had another baptism on Sunday it was a really great service and bro.

Pieter is awesome :)  hope all is well with you guys and that your

still keeping on :) haah love you lots and thanks for all you do :)  i

sent some pictures of: 1. the baptism 2. the local graffiti down the

street from the temple and 3. a gogo carrying the fire wood home. THIS

IS AMAZING i have seen them carry whole logs on their head! its crazy!

but anyways hope you enjoy, im loving africa :)

ELder Reeve

well we had an amazing week we tracked into some amazing people- one

> was a less active family who moved from Zimbabwe and they have been to

> church for two years and we visited with them and they came to church

> on sunday which was AWESOME MADE MY WHOLE DAY! they are such nice

> people- when we went to see them they like made tea and toast and then

> pulled this whole meal out for us! haha it smelled so good but it was

> cold liver and cold beans so it was interesting haha :) but people are

> so nice they will try to give you whatever they have. then another guy

> we tracked into named kennedy was really awesome he came to church on

> sunday and turns out he is the uncle of one of the members in the

> ward! that was really cool and is a powerful guy he read all about

> Joseph smith and everything it was sweet! but sunday was amazing we

> had 3 confirmations and a baby blessing -amazing way to begin

> sacrament meeting really powerful blessings given :) but life is good

> here in SA loving it and the work! we are having another baptism next

> sunday so thats cool :) but love you guys lots and hope all is well :)

so here are some pictures of the last couple weeks-

1-a giant cross on the hill that says Jesus is come in afrikans

2-a flying saucer- there are aliens in SA

3-the SUN going down

4-district meeting

5district lunch at ROMANS PIZZA

6- some of the local members and there friends playing soccer.

the baptisms went great! :) we had three so its was a really nice day

i did one elder leavitt did one and the bishop did the other one, but

thats a great experiences :) glad to hear prayer still works i have

been praying a lot lately so i guess ill just keep being diligent and

wait for the lord to answer in his way in his time. well we have had a

crazy week this week on tuesday we were going to an appointment but we

got lost which was weird....anyways we called to get directions and

they said that they were in an accident so theyd have to come another

time. so we were trying to find our way out of this maze when we saw

the accident they were in!!!  our investigator and his friend had been

riding their bike and got hit by a car, so we pulled over and went

over and tried to do what we could to help untill the ambulances

arrived. then we followed the family to the hospital and called the

bishop and stuff and they gave them a blessing. so that was crazy.

then we saw some pretty disturbing things while we were tracking one

day....just say we didnt have the spirit with us for a while but we

just tried to work hard and forget about it, and on saturday we had 7

appointments and they all canceled or ditched so we tracked all day

and the lord blessed us with 5 new wonderful investigators which was

really cool- hard work and obedience brings blessings :)

the fruit and veggies here are pretty good i ate an AVO. as big as a

pineapple!!!

i have eaten MOpauni worms and chicken feet........worst meal EVER! SO GROSS

and we ate at an Ethiopian restaurant which was really good :)

well life is good here in Africa and we are working hard :) love you

guys some much and hope and pray everything is well till next week

Elder Reeve