Can You Believe it Has Been a Year??????

I can't believe it has been one whole year since we dropped Rees off at the MTC. I don't know about you, but it has gone fast. Yesterday Tracee, Rhegan, and I went to Olive Garden (that's where Rees likes to eat) to celebrate!! I am so thankful for Tracee, she has been Rees' best friend for several years and I appreciate her love and support for him!! Thank you Tracee, I love you too!!! As I read Rees' e-mails each week I am brought to tears at the growth and commitment he has to the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love to read his testimony because it strengthens mine. I miss him, but I am so grateful he has chosen to serve the Lord. Here is his latest letter!!

Whats up fam,
Hows things goin at home? I´m sure good cuz everyone is at camp. Things here are great as normal. Just work work work. Can you guys believe it´s been a year already?!?! It just blows my mind. Everyone says the second year goes twice as fast as the first, so that´s pretty scary to think about too. We got put in a trio this week. A new american elder who just got here last week didn´t like Mexico so he went home after 4 days in the mission. So his comp is with us for the time being. It´s so sad to see people lose out on so many blessings and so much growth. It´s a lot like what Elder Holland said once, what I was before my mission, I will never be again. It´s amazing to see the Lord´s hand in our lives daily. There is nothing better than helping others gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon. During the past 90 days we have been reading the Book of Mormon as a mission and we´re gonna finish tomorrow. I have never felt so much the power of that book. There are so many people who read it, and nothing happens, but that´s not because the book isn´t good, like it says in Alma 32, it´s because the ground is barren. Some people aren´t ready spiritually so understand and apply the principles of the Gospel. I´m so grateful to my Father in Heaven for letting me be born into the Church. There is nothing that brings greater joy than living the gospel principles and seeing how the Lord blesses us and works in our lives. I love you guys and hope you had a great time at camp. Love hearing from everyone!
Love, Rees
P.S. Happy ONE YEAR!!!

Monday Missionary!!!

What up fam,
Sounds like things are good at home. We had a great week this week. Lots of work work work. It´s been kinda hot lately, not compared to there, but the sun burns like crazy here. This week are changes, but me and my comp are gonna be together another cycle. Today we went to the centro. I´ll be sending pictures right now. It was awesome to see all the cool historic sites in Mexico. We went with a brother from our ward who showed us around and it was a great time. I bought some new cheap shoes too. The good shoes here cost like 40 bucks so that´s nice. But besides that, the work is going great. We had another baptism this week and it was awesome. The dad of the kid we baptized is reading and hopefully he´ll be next. The members here are kinda weird. They either love us or they hate us. They complain when missionaries don´t baptize and then the complain when they baptize a bunch. Since I´ve been here we´ve only not baptized one week and the members really don´t like it. It would be amazing to have the members from our ward at home, they´d be so stoked and would be helping and visiting the converts. But it´s all good. Just gotta keep doing our part. So that´s about it. Lots of work and but I´ve never been so happy in the work before, or so excited to share the Gospel. Every day is amazing, even when we get rejected a lot. I love you guys and appreciate all your support. Love, Rees

Where's Rees???

Hey Fam!
Sounds like things are goin good. The super activity sounds like it was a blast. I can´t believe Jules is doing swim lessons with that stomach. I´m not sure if I told you guys, but one Sunday we baptized this pregnate lady and her son, and the next day at 5 in the morning she had her baby. It was pretty exciting. Things are going good here in Mexico. The sun has been super strong lately and I´m getting fried every day. The people tell me I´m starting to look Mexican. = ) A couple weeks ago we took the photo of the whole mission so I´ll be forwarding you guys that picture in the email of Sister Bulloch. Last week we had interviews with President Bulloch, and after, he took me and my comp out to lunch so that was fun. I´ll send a pic of that too. The work is going good. It´s always challenging but so rewarding when people go to church and read the Book of Mormon. I´m so grateful for this time I´ve had here and all the things I´ve learned and I hope you guys know how much I appreciate all your support. Love you guys. Love, Rees P.S. Dad, tell Jay I could use a few sports updates because I´m so out of the loop right now. = )