August is Cold

hey, this week was good really good! taught the most lessons in town ever! so we are trying our best to work hard! haha getting ready for a baptism next week hope and pray all goes well and that Gary will pass his interview on tuesday!  yeah i dont know what im gonna do for work when i get home. i was thinking about classic sports but idk i guess if you can line something up that would be cool but im not so really worried about it right now im just trying to work my hardest and make the most of this great experience! :) but ya love you guys a lot hope all is going well and that your happy cause im happy :)

ELDER REEVE

just on a MORE spiritual note i've finished reading the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time on mission and the theam that has stood out to me this time is OBEDIENCE- Its the test of life to see if we will follow the things we are told to do and then when we make a mistake to repent and come back to Christ and be obedient again and stay that way! because miracles happen when we live in faith and not fear and we must be obedient to get the blessings and miracles will then happen and not before.   

Augsut is cold and the rain is coming wihich means summer is on its

way (interesting fact ill get one whole year of summer!!! ) no more

winter for me after this last couple  months! Tell grandma i love her

a lot!!! well heres some happy news gary got baptised on sunday! it

was wonderful and just a great thing to happen. we will work closely

with him so he can get the presithood and stay strong! SUPER AMPED :)

first baptism in this branch for 8 months!!!! so people were excited -

stak conference this week and its all on member missinoary work so

hope they start helpnig us! :) but ya everything is perfect i couldnt

ask for anything more :) my clothes are fine they will last me my

whole mission i think so ya. I think i wont really need much of

anything at all :) the lord is taking good care of me thanks for all

your prayers :) LOVE YOU LOTS

ELDER REEVE

had a sunday school lesson about family history so i put

in a plug and told anyone if they needed help with it they could have

us over and we could help. and we got 3 members invit us ver to help

so that was really really cool :) i get to show off all your and moms

hard work :) but really im enjoying mission couldnt be better! the

lord is taking good care of me so thanks for all the prayers :)

New Area

hey,

This week has been good i sent you the e-mail with pictures to your other e-mail i think so hope you get it. But ya the work of the Lord is moving forward Myles and Jesses mission have both been split and even ours so things are really moving just gotta get people on board and see that this is the Lords church and he is in charge we really have no control over things, and so what little control we do have WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO HELP! 

but no the ward is really close and they have temple trips every friday- but the temple is closed untill september so shame :( but the ward wants to help i think they are just discouraged and very busy cause they are mostly rich and so have big jobs that keep them traveling and what not. but we are trying :) yeah im still district leader and my comp is a convert like most of my companions have been except for a few. but ya im back in the town so close to the city and factories. but i've learned a lot about the history of the country during the appartided resigme. Nelson Mandela is alomst dead he is in hosptial...so it will interesting to see the reactions and results of the elections next year here. yeah the whole province is set up with green belts separating the townships (blacks) from town (whites) and so its just interesting to see the geographical separation as well was social and economical- i was reading 4th nephi and found it interesting How they accomplished a zion society and comparing it to the world today. 

but thanks for all you do lots of love

ELDER REEVE

hey, this week was great :) we are preparing a guy named Gary for baptism and going to try and make it happen before my comp. goes home in agust. 20th. but we will see he just have to over come smoking but its not a big thing if they have the desire and he does he is so excited to be baptized and i have been able to help a couple of people over come addictions so the lord has really been able to use my experiences and use me as a tool to help others. I love helping others i really feel so good. guess thats something you and dad have taught me so thank you. here are some pictures of me chasing Zebras!!!!! AFRICA IS SO AWESOME!!!!!! :)

ELDER REEVE

Alberton, New Town

HEY<

Well im in Alberton a town- so back to big houses and even bigger gates and fences haha :) but its fun my companion is Elder Lewis from Durban S.A. so we are having fun, the branch im in is really struggling they are in some kinda funk and no one want to or will do anything so my first sunday - blessed the sacrament. the 3rd speaker didnt pitch up so during the intermeadiate hymn i got asked to fill the rest of the time. said the closing prayer, helped with the sunday school lesson- a lady passed out during class so we gave her a blessing, then taught the young women about covenants so ya it was exciting.... alright well i have all the clothes i need so its fine on that side. about the reunion sounds fun- i should be free i dont think ill be going to school until the fall semester and unless i can find a job i dont think ill be busy. But ya im learning what im supposed to do here on mission- Help the members do their duties we went home teaching this week with a couple members whos companions are less-active. once again HUGE less-active numbers. they just need leadership and someone to inspire them and encourage them! But ya things are great :) hope all is well at home.

hey,

 im surving the cold its just a bit hard to get outta bed in the morning because our flat is all tile! its cold! we live with the stake president in the granny flat about the house. We were givin the challenge by President to increase our faith and see the miracles that happen so i took the challenge and satan got the best of me! and then the lord chastised me a little bit so that was an experience haha but i got back on track and we had a great week. The area im in is super rich so we go tracting mansions and HUGE houses that are absolutely ridiculous so after a year in township its interesting haha. but ya things are going good im loving it and have a great opportunity for miracles here so im praying and working for them.sorry the computer dosnt have a USB so no pictures this week ill try again next week. 

LOVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO! 

ELDER REEVE

HEY!

Well i will be getting transferred tomorrow - Tuesday - so next week ill let you know my new area and my comp- or you can just get on LDS tools and look at the missionaries serving in your ward and it will tell you everything even my phone number- but dont call me hahaha :) the church is growing and expanding a lot! 

ya jesse and i talk to each other- he is doing well really loving mission! so thats good :) Tell grandma hi i sent her an e-mail for her birthday. Well not a lot to say today just been packing all last night and today getting ready for the transfer and saying good bye today. trying to take more pictures - im just not really one to carry a camera around all day. But ill try to do better- after i lost my flash drive with photos i kinda lost motivation haha but im taking a few.

Well love you a lot and hope your doing well.

ELDER REEVE