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 :)
