Well it would seem I have lots of questions to answer (which I
guess comes with the territory of being a missionary) but I'll start by
saying that this has been the best start of a week I could ask for! This
last week was stressful and sluggish. Our week was filled with meetings
and slowed due to the lack of access to a car then to make matters
worse our two golden investigators gave us a scare going into the
baptism! After finding out they would have to be interviewed by our
mission president I had an extremely hard time sleeping at night. I woke
up three to four times throughout the night thinking about them and
whether or not we would still be able to baptize them. I'm very happy to
say that all went well and we baptized the couple into the church on
Saturady as planned!!! The mission preident then came to the
confirmation on Sunday which I perfromed and was terrified about. As if
confirming and blessing a family in front of an entire ward isn't nerve
racking enough, having the mission president next to you as you do your
first is beyond terrifying! I'm so thankful that I was able to confirm
them though and feel much more confident moving forward.
Now to this amazing week!!! Monday we weren't able to write home
since the library was closed for Labor day so we recieved permission to
write home on Tuesday which ended up being such a busy day I couldn't
write until today. Monday was a good day for us in which we set some
more lessons and found new investigaors. Then the reason why Tuesday was
so busy that I didn't have time to write home was because every second
of the day was so packed with blessings we forgot ourselves and really
got lost in the work. We began the day with a great district meeting
where we made new goals for the following weeks and month. After the
meeting we went home, had lunch, and began to unload the bikes we had
been borrowing from our car. As we unloaded my companion overheard a
lady nearby us speaking on the phone in a foreign lanuage. As he
listened he soon realized that she was speaking Romanian which happens
to be where my comanion was born and a language which he knows well. She
began to walk away and as she did soon found my companion chasing her
down to have an entire conversation in Romanian and invited her out to
church on Sunday. We then continued to have a good day as we finally got
a hold of Alex Mark who let us into his home to teach the first lesson
to him and answer any questions he had. Following our visit with Alex we
meet with Keanu's family in which we recieved even more exciting news.
Keanu's older sister informed us that she has been thinking about being
baptized finally and so we set her with a date as well as with
appointments in which we hope she will also bring her boyfriend to. She
then told us that her dad has also been thinking about baptism and wants
to be able to baptize his youngest daughter when she turns 8 in
November! What an amazing blessing it'll be to have their entire family
baptized and active in the gospel of Christ. Finally to end the day we
had dinner with the Hawker family in which it turns out Brother Hawker
was raised in Burley Idaho and knows the Beck family! It was a great day
and great start of the week and I can't wait to see how the rest of the
week unfolds. Now to answer some of your questions, yes we do have
another set of missionaies in our apartment and the four of us actually
all sleep in the same room with our mattresses lining the walls going in
a circle around the room. It's a tight fit but i'm so thankful to have
other people with whom I can talk to and keep us all on the same page.
Also no worries I have been using my personal time each night to write
in my journal and have yet to miss a day we just use the last couple of
minutes to play a quick game before we hit the sack. Thank you for the
package you sent I just got it yesterday! As for that picture that's one
of my friends from Idaho and as we had dinner with her family I also
found out that one of my other college friends is in the same ward that
my roommates are over. It really is crazy how many connections you make
with people in the Mormon community.
I'm so happy to hear that you guys are keeping busy and really
wish I could have been there for one of dad's rocket launches (which I
have yet to see). Tell Daniel happy birthday for me and if you could get
me a list of everyones age's, and birthdays that'll really help me out!
haha Sounds like football is going well and I can't wait to hear some
more stories about it and about school. Have Harris write me more about
his Eagle project and send me some pictures! I'm so proud of him and
still think it's crazy that he'll be in my shoes before he knows it. I
was telling Anna the other day that it's crazy how fast the mission is
already going by. I hit my one month mark in the field tomorrow, and my
two month mark for the mission in just two weeks! Oh and tell dad that
the Warburton family who we just baptized are life members at front
sight and think that we should all go together after my mission and get
to know you guys. Well I can't wait to tell you guys how this week wraps
up and the progress that we make. I love hearing your stories and wish I
had more time to write.
Love you,
Elder Reeves
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