No Turkey Bowl!!!!

Hey Fam,
I am a bit bummed that I´m not gonna be there for Turkey Bowl this year. Today we had our zone activity and it was our Turkey Bowl, but we had to play soccer because no one here plays football. But it was fun. The work is going great. We had Elder Johnson here with us this week in our zone conferences and it was great. He really taught us how to improve on having the spirit and recognizing it. The elect recgnize HIS voice (D&C 29:7). If we have the spirit with us and we just talk to people, the elect ones will recognize that it is the voice of the Savior and will accept us. It really make you think about how you can have the spirit more. Even the little things sometimes distract us and get us off track. Satan really work against us. I have never seen so many blessings and miracles in my life, but never seen the works of the adversary so present and frequent either. He knows the change this message will make in peoples lives and he does all he can to stop it. But the Lord will win the end. Sometimes we spend all day in the sun and feel like we cant find anyone, but when we go into a house and see that the Lord has prepared the people, it really makes it all worth it. I hope you all can work on making the work for the missionaries there a bit easier by sharing the Gospel with someone. The Lord uses the members and many other ways to prepare the hearts of his children. There isnt anything better than being a part in that preperation. The Lord will bless you immensly (is that a word?). I love you all and hope your all doing great. I´m sure I´ll get the package if you send it this week mom. Thanks for takin care of me. Love you tons. Love, Rees

My Favorite Veteran!!!

I am so thankful for the men and women who have served our country and who are still serving. I am especially thankful for my amazing son who served in the Army for three years and spent half of that time in Iraq!!! I am one proud mother!!!!!

The Best Meal in Mexico City!!!!!

Hiking!!!!




Chili's with President Bulloch, love the ribs!!!!



Hey Fam!
How´s things? Sounds like O´Connor is doing great. That must be exciting. Things here are good. We had a good week. Work like always. On Wednesday we went with President Bulloch and his wife to check the houses of the missionaries in the zone and then after we went out for a little lunch. Can you baby back ribs? Yeah, he took us to Chili´s! We were just blown away. It had been forever since I had eaten food like that. I´m sure I´ll miss a few things from here after the mission, but man our food is so delicious! We were just in heaven. I´ll be sending the pictures in a second. And then on Sunday we had some amazing baptisms. Floro Sanchez, the dad of that wife and kids we baptized a couple weeks ago, and then this kid Rafa and Irvin. Rafa is 20 and Irvin is 15. It was an amazing baptism. Rafa and his family and been getting super trashed by all their uncles and cousins and neighbors, but his mom told us that if there are so many challanges than it must be true. I learned a lot from them this week. They were just a huge example to me of what our attitude should be when the going gets tough. Rafa was actually thinking about getting married to his girlfriend, but then she told him that she would dump him if he got baptized... but he didnt care. He´s got one of the biggest testimonies I´ve seen in a convert and already wants to go on a mission. The things the Lord blesses us with are truly amazing. All the work is so worth it. To see the way the Gospel changes lives, there is no better joy. I love you guys and hope all is well. Let me know if you ever want anything cool from Mexico. : ) Love, Rees P.S. Mom, thanks for the package, I made my own candy droor like we used to have at home! The other missionaries raid it like my friends used to do. Love you.

Tarzan and Jane!!!

Pachuca Rocks!!!!

Hey Fam,
What a week! Sounds like everyone is stayin busy at home. That´s awesome that O´Connor is doing good. It´s about time dont ya think??? We had a great week this week. I had changes. I am now in the city of Pachuca in the state of Hidalgo. It is a huge change from where I was. My whole time here I´ve been in pure city, and now I´m out in a smaller town. It´s super chill here tho so that´s cool. I have never seen so many rich and so many poor people in my life. Like half our area is full of rich people (we dont have much success there), and the other have is just dirt poor people (where we have quite a bit more success). We baptized this family this week, they have 6 kids and live in just a little brick room with one mattress. I have never seen anything like it before, but they are so humble out there and that makes them super receptive to the Gospel. It always reminds me of Alma 32. But this area is awesome. It´s known for not baptizing a lot but I´m sure we can change that. The members are amazing. It´s almost like being in a ward back home, with old members who know a lot and a lady who plays the piano (this is the first time I´ve been in a ward with someone who plays the hymns). It´s a great experience. And the food out here is amazing too! The members are a bit more wealthy so we´ve been eating burgers and pizza and this one lady makes a mean lasagna! So far things are going great. Today we went up to this huge Christ statue that was pretty cool. It´s supposedly the second biggest one in the world. I´ll attach a few pictures in a minute. Well that´s about it. Hope you guys know I love and appreciate all your support. Thanks everyone for writin a bunch and keepin me in the loop. Love, Rees P.S. To look up our area, just look up the Christ statue or the soccer stadium of the Pachuca soccer team. It´s kinda near those.

Hiking!!!!

Everyone who knows me, knows that hiking isn't one of my favorite things to do in life, but I must tell you that I had an awesome time hiking at Squaw Peak. Thank you to the other patient, experienced hikers for encouraging me!!!!

Change!!!

Hey Fam!
Sounds like all is super good at home. Things are great here too. We had a couple more baptisms this week so I´ll be sure to send pictures. Tuesday are changes and like I thought, its finally time to change. I cant believe how long they left me here. The members started jokin that I should buy a small piece of land and build a house!= ) That´s about all the exciting the news, changes. Everything else is going normal, just work like always. Me and my comp get along great so it´s kinda a bummer to get changed after only one cycle with him. It´s truly been an amazing experience to be here in Mexico. I cant believe how fast time is flying. The people are amazing and the food is even better! JK. Everything is great. Sorry this is so short but not too much going on. Love you guys a ton.
Love, Rees