Hey, this week was great taught 20 lessons this week which was
awesome- we were super busy got a couple more people on date and they
are progressing really well, its amazing to see how the gospel can
change people, seemingly over night they will make a change because of
their faith and desire to come close to Christ, im glad your
operations went well and that the family didnt kill each other at the
Renuion :) hahah
but ya interestingly enough our priesthood lesson was on service and
that if we have christ at the Center of our lives that everything is
better, because as we develop christ like attributes we become more
like him and will serve other but also we will be humble enough to
accept service from others, because who are we to deny other the
blessing that come from service?
so i have decided that im going to take a chirstlike attribute from
chapter six in PMG and work on a different one each month :) excited
to see how that goes
but ya we get to go to the temple once a transfer and we got stuck in
traffic last friday so we missed our chance to go :( and it was the
last time for a long time because the temple is going to be closed
from next month till September for repairs and cleaning :(
but hope all is well and ill talk to you next week
Elder Reeve

HEY!

HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE REUNION :) sounds like you all had a lot of fun.

Id just like to add something to what R.J. said- In 1 Nephi chapter 8

and 11 in talking about the tree of life Lehi says that when we

partook of the fruit of the tree of life it was SO GOOD and SO

DESIRABLE ABOVE ANYTHING! and we know what the fruit is the love of

God and i know we have all felt the love of our Heavenly Father in our

lives and that great joy which the gospel brings,  and so just as Lehi

says after he partook his greatest desire was for his family and those

he loved to partake also, when we think about the bigger picture

EVERYONE IS OUR BROTHER OR SISTER - We should have the same love for

them as we do for our own brothers and sisters. because what we have

is so great! the gospel is such a blessing and the knowledge that we

have from is brings such peace and joy, so why do we keep it to

ourselves?

Hey,

sounds like the reunion went well :) thats awesome, haha hope everyone

had a good time. its a miracle that all the grandkids got along and no

fights at all??? wow :)

haha but ya the work is going good here in the Roodepoort area, Elder

Fagg and i made a goal to teach at least 10 lessons a week and this is

our 3 week together and we are just on the border of 15 lessons a week

so its exciting.

Pieter- Bro. Pieter is such an amazing guy, he is a poor white

africkans guy who is living with his girlfriend and her family, he is

41 and is just so humble and so kind, he looks kinda scary the first

time you see him but as soon as he smiles and opens his mouth he is

just so nice and gentle, but anyways we have been teaching them for a

few weeks now, and his girlfriend Maria didnt really seem to like us

very much but we got them to come to church and talked to them about

somethings that were going on in their lives, and she opened up to us

and really changed, anyways long story short they have decided to get

married so that they can be baptised. its incredible what the gospel

and  the spirit can do. Pieter had a Word of Wizdom problem but we

gave him a blessing and its been 2-3 weeks and he seems to be over it

so thats really cool, this last sunday though the people who were

supposed to give him a ride to church were confused about it and didnt

get him, so we went over after church and he was crushed, we asked him

how he was and he said he was really sad and he was waiting all day

and we felt so bad. they are renovating the house right now so we

shared a quick spiritual thought with them by the light of an led head

light because they dont have electricity, it really was a good night.

so for the PACKAGE- i think if you send it to the 3 phillips ave.

address it will be best,

and ya i sent you and grandma a letter for mothers day - guess they

got burned in the post office raid or something? mail here is horrible

takes FOREVER!

anyways love you lots hope you have a great week

HEY!

HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE REUNION :) sounds like you all had a lot of fun.

Id just like to add something to what R.J. said- In 1 Nephi chapter 8

and 11 in talking about the tree of life Lehi says that when we

partook of the fruit of the tree of life it was SO GOOD and SO

DESIRABLE ABOVE ANYTHING! and we know what the fruit is the love of

God and i know we have all felt the love of our Heavenly Father in our

lives and that great joy which the gospel brings,  and so just as Lehi

says after he partook his greatest desire was for his family and those

he loved to partake also, when we think about the bigger picture

EVERYONE IS OUR BROTHER OR SISTER - We should have the same love for

them as we do for our own brothers and sisters. because what we have

is so great! the gospel is such a blessing and the knowledge that we

have from is brings such peace and joy, so why do we keep it to

ourselves?

Family Reunion Part 2

TRIED a little dutch oven at the ward activity -they call it something
else though- anyways it was a disaster hahaha burnt the cobbler on the
bottom and it wasnt cooked on the top- its diccicult cooking in a pot
rather than a dutchoven pan

Here is an elephant, Girraff crossing, my new comp Elder Fagg and some
other pics




oh ya they finally found out what was wrong with my comp. he has coloitus- :*(


To the family - i just want you all to remember how great this gospel
is, its hard sometimes to REMEMBER it and to keep doing the little
things but i know as you REMEMBER to put the SAVIOR FIRST in ALL YOU
DO you will be able to accomplish all things what so ever you shall
attempt haha (im writing my own scriptures now hehe :) just kidding )
but really the gospel is what brings true happiness in this life and
FAMILY and the knowledge that we can be together forever as a FAMILY
and nothing can stop us but us so strengthen each other support each
other and tell each other you love them cause I LOVE YOU ALL and pray
for you all. cant wait to hear about all the fun stuff that goes on
this week :)
love Elder Reeve

Family Reunion

HEY, TELL EVERYONE HELLO FOR ME :) LOVE YOU ALL hope you all are having fun.
we had a really cool experience last week on fast sunday, and this
week as well, and man the work is picking up Elder Fagg and i have set
a goal to teach at least 10 lessons each week, and the work is
starting to pick up and the investigators are progressing well, there
is so much to say and not a whole lot of time haha so im trying to
decided between writing and sending pictures right now so i think ill
just send pictures for everyone and then write a bit more next week,
BUT first of all Fathers DAY is next week- DAD I LOVE YOU! your are
the greatest example in my life of being christ like and i know as i
try to be more like you ill be becoming  more like the savior because
you have built your life around the important things and im so
grateful for you and mom i love you guys and im so grateful for all
you do for me and us as a family, stay strong father! :)
FAMILY- HEY guys AFRICA IS THE BEST MISSION EVER! i really love it
here and dont want to be anywhere else right now! I LOVE YOU ALL SO
MUCH

An Incredible Story

Hey
its all good, how was the move? did everything go ok?
so ya i was thinking about that and i decided that ill just buy
everything here. so ya the only thing you need to send is pictures and
candy :) haha i heard if you use The Flat Rate boxes/ envelopes from
the post office i dont have to pay customs, so make it light as
possible please hahah but another thing probably dont send anything
for a while because last week. A huge mob radided the area post office
and burned everything inside, dont know why but we heard it was in
protest of the rasing of stamp prices soooooo hopefully by the reunion
things will be back to normal haha
DID you pour sidewalk?? man thats crazy how does it look?
oh coach sheilds? MAN i love that guy he was so cool! Tell sage to
tell them HI FOR ME! :) yeah i will deffintanly have to do that with
the members here thanks. Yeah i am learning that right now, im not so
scared anymore i dont care what peopel think of me because chances are
im never going to see them again and this message is SO IMPOARTANT! so
i am learning to be bold and i have a goal to bear my testimony or
bear testimony of the truthfulness of a principle of the gosple in
everyone i talk with, its really easy i have found. and like we are
told when you testify of something true peopel will feel the spirit
and the spirit is the key, only the spirit converets. but yeah things
are all dead and brown here. its crazy the weeds and grass on the side
of the road and in feilds grows HUGE! so around this time they just
burn it all so the hill sides are all on fire and there is smoke every
where, its hard to breath sometimes when your riding through it and i
smell like smoke quite a bit latley haha but yeah its getting cold
here and none of the houses have heating or insulation and we have
tile floors so i gotta go get a jacket and some other stuff haha,
Elder Foster is going home TOMORROW!!!!!! its so werid to see the
other side of mission right now i just got here.....but i have
deffintatnly learned a lot from him its been good, Transfers are
tomorrow- tuesday so im getting a new companion, im not supposed to
know who it is but i found out hehe so ill keep you in suppens till
text week -HINT: he has an accent haha  anyways i hope hes a good guy.
I met Elder Heartman and his wife they are really nice peopel and very
fun to talk too haha i had a good time and i met Doctor Calahan and
his wife as well, got to talk about home it was nice haha he was Aunt
Thaneldas doctor i guess. oh i also meet President Lundeens Brother in
Law at the Distribition Center when we went to the temple so you can
tell him if you see him i guess haha. oh man Last week monday we went
to SOCCER CITY AND THE CARLOTON CENTER (tallest building in AFRICA) it
was really fun took some really cool pictures but once again i cant
send them from this internet cafe so im still trying to figure out a
way i can do that. But this week we went to PalaniesBurg game reserve
and national park and just the highlights saw lots of Rhinos lots of
bucks and zebras and wildabeast, and I was litterally 5 feet away from
an elephant!!!! got some awesome pictures and video!
Oh well the work is going, its hard and slow but its moving, we have
our one progressing investigator on date for baptism on June 17. his
name is pieter so hopefully that all goes well, i think it will hes
really been prepaired by the lord and has a real desire to learn and
follow the savior. About Jesse no i think hes just decided on his own
hes a smart kid and he knows what he needs to do. I do e-mail him
though,
well thats about all for this week, next week ill have a new comp. and
new experiences cant wait :) love you all and cant wait to hear from
you again  thanks for all you do and all your sacrifice to help me on
mission i love you all so much.
love Elder Reeve

How Goes The Work

i know time is going by so fast but at the same time so slow!!! hahah
its weird, but thats crazy the reunion is next week!!! wow im so happy
you and mom can see each other again! hope all goes well with the
operation, and thanks for taking the challenge i know the lord will
bless you and help you as you pray for opportunities they will come,
because we ask the members to do the same and they are having
experiences.
Ah so TRANSFERS - WE GOT A CAR NOW, driving on the left side of the
road isnt tooo bad im getting used to it, My new companions name is
Elder Fagg he is from London England hes a really great guy he is so
enthusiastic about the work and loves to work with people so we are
really excited we seem to click together teaching and we have set some
good goals so we hope to be able to get the area going! He is really
sick though, he has been losing weight and hasnt been able to keep any
food absorbed it all just passes right through him (he's lost about 60
lbs. in 3 months), so we went to the hospital with Doctor Callahan
(from St. gorge) and he had a colonoscopy and  stuff and they still
couldnt find anything wrong with him so hes having a hard time right
now, he tries his best to keep to the morning schedule and stuff but
he has sleeping problems as well because of the sickness so he tries
his best and i try to do what i can for him. hopefully he gets better
soon    Fast sunday was awesome, during the week we saw our 3
investigators multipul times and really committed them to come to
church because we have been inviting them for 6 weeks now and nothing,
so we fasted and prayed that our investigators would all be able to
come to church and receive the answers they were looking for and have
a good experience. and all but one came! WE WERE SO HAPPY first time
we have had more then one investigator at church! oh it was such a
blessing the lord helped so much because transport is a huge problem
for people here. so we arranged ride for all of them and  it was a
miracle everything worked out! so cool :)
ya i got a letter the other day so i think its ok- just use the
private bag x 4 address and it should be ok. yeah its getting cold
here! i miss the sound of home right now mom said its HOT hahah
but things are still slow but going good.  love you guys lots and
thanks so much for all you do! and your prayers. hope all is well with
you. till next week love you
Elder Reeve
oh p.s. do you or uncle chuck know anyone in the FDA?