Last day of April, 2012

SORRY FORGOT SOME STUFF hahaha :)
we went to NIKE STADIUM last P-day and played soccer, one of the
places they used for the World cup that was awesome took lots of
pictures but can put them on here at the internet cafe hahah :/ but
had some good expeiences and met some interesting people. Met a
baptist preacher who told us a bunch of stuff that belive isnt true we
cant be calling our selves elders ect. ect. haha we are going to meet
with him again should be fun. tried to speak with a man on the road
but he was going to the bathroom.....have seen quite a bit of that
round here hahahahahah but road kill is nasty instead of cats and what
not you see squished rats and birds on the road haha. met a man who
had a lot of questions about how jesus walked on water and acended
into heaven and lots of other cool peopel :)

On 4/30/12, Robert Reeve <robert.reeve@myldsmail.net> wrote:
> Uhandit!
> WOW what a week it has been, it has flown bye i woke up this morning
> and couldnt belive it was monday, well a lot happened this week but
> the highlights, BYU ambassadors came to SA and prefomed we were able
> to go watch it was really fun they did singing and dancing, had my
> first Brrai (BBQ) WOW! that was goooooddd stuff holy cow they know how
> to do it right! esh! it was good we had it with the family we found
> and we were abel to give a good lesson on eternal families, had
> testimony meeting last night was really good. oh man, still biking
> around and wake up in the middle of the night with charly horses
> sometimes but its amazing how the lord blesses us no matter how sore i
> am that night, i pop out of bed in the morning and am able to go again
> that is just one of the many blessing i have already felt! haha Went
> throuhg my first african rain strom, YESH! was that intense! haha we
> were teaching a lesson late at night and it begin to rain so after we
> were offered a ride home which we gladly accepted, but it stopped
> raining on the way home. as soon as we got home it opened up and
> poured and poured and poured ALL NIGHT LONG the lightning and thunder
> were so close and was quite the expereinec and from what i hear thats
> what its like all summer long hahaha but that is another blessing as
> we are riding home each night the lord tempers the elements untill our
> safe arival, it will be dark and stormy looking but nothing will be
> happening as soon as we get home the wind picks up or it begins to
> rain, really a blessing, We are teaching a couple really good
> investigators right now. so hopefully they will progress this week
> some more ,ill keep you updated.Thanks for everything you do! the
> members are great here we have had a couple dinner appointments and
> they have been nice havent eaten anything strange yet, chicken rice,
> veggies mostly, the staple food here is pop (Corn meal) we eat it
> almost every meal, so many different kinds and ways to cook it haha
> anyways god bless, love you all
> Elder Reeve

1st Area and new companion

HEY!
Wow what a week it has been, After we left the MTC we met President
and Sister Omer and have a mission feild breifing and then an
interview with President, after we went to the Transfer Meeting and
met our compaions, My trainers name is Elder Foster he is from
Aberdeen Idaho, hes a patotoe farmer hahaha but hes a good guy, really
helping me a lot getting used to the area and mission techinal stuff
like how to use planner take referals ect. He only has about 6 weeks
left so its kinda werid i just got here and he is getting ready to go
home. But we have been assingned to Open a new area!!!! The Roodeport
area, we cover the roodeport and raumsig wards. I live right across
the street from the MTC so that was a BIG move hahahah but its nice we
live next to a senior Couple the Levitts they are from Nevada. They
feed us sunday dinner and stuff they are really nice. But yeah like a
said we are opening a new area and its hard, really hard. We are on
bikes to, so we ride about 30-40 k's a day (kilometers) all over the
city. WOW what an experience that is, its so crazy all the people
riding through them, geez i cant even describe it. and at night its
just sketcky....even scary sometimes, but its all good hahah we
basically have no one to teach and tracking is near impossible because
everyone has gates and dogs so you buzz the gate the dogs come running
out, and you speak to the person throuhg the intercom, you say hi we
are missinoaries, we have a message, they say no thanks i already have
my church bye. so its pretty hard, so thats why its so critcal to get
referals from member and thats what we are working on right now
getting the wards on board and excited about mission work they seem
really excited and willing to help so that is good, we got a few
appointments set up at church so things are looking up but its still
hard. Anyways i had an amazing expereince on Friday. We had a list of
part member familes from the bishop to go visit so we rode our bikes
all over up hill pretty much half the day ( MY LEGS WERE JELL-O! ) but
anyways we had went to every house on the list and only met with one
person, either the rest had moved or were not home, so after the last
house Elder Foster looked at me and said, well Elder i dont know what
to do now, what do you think we should do....uhhhhhh talk about
dumbstruck! hahah i said i have no idea where we even are! he said i
know just as well as you were we are so its your turn just go wherever
you feel you should. So i said a prayer PLEASE HELP ME! LET ME FEEL
THE SPIRIT and what do you know it worked! i was peadeling my little
bike around looking around like a lost puppy i had noooo clue! we came
to an intersection and one way was up the hill and the other was down,
and i did NOT want to go up another hill....but i did got to the top
of the hill stopped looked around somemore i was still lost.....rode
across the street and decided that i needed to do something so i
started on the corner house and knocked on the gate, nothing so we
rode up the street a little ways and i saw house number 10 and bam i
knew i needed to buzz the gate, so i did, the dogs started barking
like usuall and a man came out, i was like oh great he looks like a
really scary dude. but he stuck his hand throuhg the gate and said hi
how are you would you like to come in? HOLY COW! talk about amazing,
anyways turns out this family had some really good member freind who's
daughter was on mission right now, so they new about missionaries and
took some pitty on us cause he said they know we walk around all day
and were tired and boy was i ever, But as we visited with Jan and
Carol they were so amazing, we talk about lots of stuff just getting
to know them and talk about the states and afica and all the cool
things and place we had been and just made freinds and built a
relatioship, then we set up a dinner appointment and are going back to
share a little message about families, after we got back home. i was
thinking and i asked Elder Foster do you think riding around all day
was worth it to just get into that one house? he said absolutly, do
you think it was worth it? The excitement i felt about being able to
talk with someone and just thinking of the possiblities of what can
happen i would have rode my bike up 5 more hills if i knew someone
was up there that would just listen! Elder Foster said if we had not
riden around all day to that point we wouldnt have been in that area,
i watched and the spirit led you right to that door! ITS SO
AMAZING!!!! im really excited and hope that they are receptive!
anyways thats my cool experience for the week hahah i love you all so
much! miss you lots hope all is well.
LOVE ELDER REEVE

p.s. can you give me jesses email address please!

Missionaries at the SAMTC

Robert at the Mission Training Center

more pictures

April 20, 2011

On my way to my first assignment

HEY! WOW! so much has happened and i dont think i can remember to

write it all down, but we went to the temple again on tuesday and we

met a man who was sitting on the grounds outside and called us over

and told us his story and asked us for a blessing,i was able to

pronounce that blessing but i didnt really know what to say or

anything cause i didnt know him, but in the temple i felt like it was

alright so that was cool, WOW im growing in leaps and bounds! the

spirit is so strong here im learning and devloping a stronger

testimony everyday, its about 6 am monday morning and we are all

packed up waiting for the mission president to come pick us up! its

exciting and im nervouse! hope all will go well, heading out into the

feild! on saturday we got to go tracking with the elders here and we

had a lot of success i think haha, but anyways about easter, when we

all got here we were told that we had all been drafted into the chior!

hahaha imagine that 30 young men and me in a chior lol well on easter

we sung in the local ward across the street ( since everything has

gates the MTC a chaple and a semiary/YSA building are all in the same

compound hahah) anyways we sung a beuatiful song called gethsemene,

and i sung my first solo last night hahahaha but its amazing how 30

young men from 7 different countires from around the world have been

albe to come together and put everything aside and untie for one

cause! we have become a family here i love all these guys so much and

it was hard watching the elders leave for the airport this morning, (

we just have to go across the street haha ) i dont think i wanna see

another airplane for about two years ;) hahahahah but no its really

amazing and i cant wait to get started and share this mesaage of our

saviors love to my brothers and sisters in africa! I know that we have

been called of a prophet of God and its a privlage to be able to help

in this sacred and holy work, I love my savior and am so greatful each

day for the gifts that he has given to me. i love you all so very much

and hope and pray you are well,LOVE ELDER REEVE

Pictures from the MTC

A new hobby?

MTC Update

I received a e-mail from Sister Reber of the MTC. She said that yes, robert received his luggage and that he plays Basketball at the sports time and shows the African Elders a thing or two about Basketball, and that he Sang in the MTC chior for Easter Sunday!!!! Wow, thats a shocker!!

HEY,

Ya i think its about 8 hours differeance haha,

but no we were only able to watch two sessions of conferance because of the time diffeance we didnt watch the first one till about 9 at night and then we had to go to bed and the same thing the next night but next week we will get the DVD;s cant wait! Thats good glad the kids are helping you out :) hahaha well we had a really speical experiance on Tuesday we went to the Jo-burg temple, WOW! so beuatiful the grounds were amazing so beautiful and it was on a hill so you could so the whole city it goes on forever! seriously kinda big haha my camera died halfway throuhg so i only got a couple pictures but ill try to take more. But anyways the temple. some elders went throuh for the first time and then after the session we did selaings for some of there family it was pretty cool, I was very excited for my Compaion Elder Bomela it was his first time. We had a chance to teach our first real investigators on Friday they came to the MTC and we got a change to take with them and share a message it was very excited made me want to get into the feild! hahah well i am learning a lot, i decieded that i needed to start over and rebuild and relarn things so i started from the begining PREACH MY GOSPLE is amazing any questions you could ever have can be answered in PMG its a truly inspired book, and we have been abel to watch some devotionals from Elder Holland and Elder Bendar WOW! opens your eyes when you hear those men talk, the food had gotten better its tasty now ;p hahaha :) well time is short but here are some pics i was able to snap hope to hear from you soon, and hope all is well love you so much!

Elder Reeve,

Robert and the MTC at the J. South Africa Temple. March 7, 2012

I'am at SAMTC !!

Hey,

Our P-days here in the MTC are on Saturday so e-mails will be coming on saturdays at least for the next three weeks haha, well it was a VERY LONNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG TRIP ahah i think im just bearly getting over the jet lag im still pretty tired,and its now been three days without my luggage so that is very frusterating....they said its supposed to be on its way today but when it will get here who knows??? but other than that im doing well. I met with some Elders in Chicago they were from Salt Lake and we flew to London together and explored the town on our day layover, that was interesting saw all that sights and the Olympic Count down clock, i would have taken pictures of everything but this camera is not working anymore its stupid, ill have to get a new one when i get out of the MTC. We met two Elders from arizona, one from Canada- french speaking, and a sister from SLC and one from (Sallyhall) in the Uk (i love how he says it hahaha so british) anyways we have an Elder from SLC. who the church is making a film about or something so they are filming us all the time its kinda weird haha but anyways look for a video coming out in a couple years ill be in it ;) hahahah but anyways when we got to Africa, we were waiting for luggage and mine never came so i spent an hour or so tyring to fill out paper work and trying to figure it out. anyways hopefully it comes today! haha well we met all the African Elders at the Airport and all drove to the MTC WOW! what an experience driving throuhg the city haha and FLYING OVER WAS CRAZY THE CITY WHEN ON FOREVER!!!! hahaha well my companion is Elder Bolema he is from Queenstown SouthAfrica. and he is going to Zimbobway. The african Elders are so humble and sincer and have such great faith and testimonies, everyone here does. I feel so inadiqute and unprepared i dont feel like i know anything. its so hard for me because i felt like i had a good base and testimony, very difficult, but i am trying to learn and pay attenion. the food is....ok not very tasty but eatable haha. Well thats good Linda and Shan are moving i guess? haha Mckinseys address is PO box 1238 parowan utah, her email is kinseychip24@hotmail.com, thanks.

well i really love you guys and miss you so much, i dont really miss home to much like im not homesick but whenever the word family is said i get really emotional and think of you guys, i miss you a lot. i love you and hope all is well.

Love Elder Reeve