Are You a Member Missionary????

Whats goin on fam?!?!?!
Sounds like all is great. I would have loved to see Vick in an Eagles jersey. I know your probably already doing Christmas shopping mom so just remember that Vick jersey is on my list. = ) Things are goin great here. Just the normal rutine. It is unbelievable how the Lord helps us when we do our part. This week we had 9 baptisms and it was an amazing experience. The Lord is just preparing people every day to hear the missionaries. Sometimes it gets frustrating finding them but if we´re diligent, the Lord alwas puts them into our path. Something I didnt know before the mission is that the members should and can be a huge part of the missionary work. It´s amazing to see the success we can have when the members are excited and doing their part. Something they told us in the MTC is that the majority of the elect are friends or family of members. I have gained a strong testimony of that. When friends/family of church members are baptized, they automatically have 2 of the 3 things the President Hinckley said that each convert needs... a friend and to be nurished by the good word (not sure if thats how you say it in English). It is so much more likely that those converts will stay active in the church and persevere(?) to the end. I love you guys and appreciate all you do. I´ll try to send some pics in a bit. Tell everyone hi and I love them and to keep writing me if they have time.
Love, Rees

Count Your Blessings!!!

HEY!!!!
How´s everyone doin? Sounds like things are pretty exciting with football season starting. I actually miss that a lot. But there will be plenty of time for that later. I cant believe Favre is in Minnesota. And dad told me the Eagles picked up Vick! Another elder I know here is a huge Eagles fan too so I told him and he´s pretty stoked for that. We´ll see how that goes. So ya, things here are great. We had 3 baptisms yesterday and it was awesome. This awesome couple we found a while ago finally got baptized. I have been thinking nonstop this week about how blessed we are. The trials we go through are really nothing compared to the things other people go through. I think the Lord blessed us with living where we do because he knows we wouldnt be able to make it through such hard things. Sometimes it just overwhelms (?) me. So this is my comps last full week in the mission. Next friday he goes home. It´s pretty exciting but also hard to keep the balance between work and home. But things are going great. The zone is doing good and I´m just having a blast. Today in the morning we went and played soccer with some other elders in the zone. It´s nice to get some aggression out that builds up in the week. = ) So ya, that´s about it. Things are great. We´re the most blessed people in the world. The Lord will never leave us if we´re obedient and diligent. That´s something I have seen all through my mission. Count your blessing and keep me updated on everything. Love you guys so much and appreciate you more than you know. Tell everyone I say hi. Love, Rees

Pride!!!

Whats goin on fam?
Sounds like all is well with vacations to the beach house and trips to india. The keyboard Im using is horrible so I`ll have to make this a little shorter than normal. Things are going great here. Like always, work work work. We have been so so blessed in this area. The Lord always prepares people and puts them into our path so they can come unto him and enter in the waters of baptism. Something I have learned from experience and something I will be sure never to forget is to be grateful for all we have. The Book of Mormon teaches continually about pride and selfishness. After a time of prospering, we let pride enter into our hearts, and then we get humbled big time, and then we repent again and we start to prosper. It just a cycle we seem to always go through. One of the hardest things when we´re having success is that, always recognizing the hand of the Lord and doing things for the right reasons and with a pure heart. The Lord is never hesitant to bless us and ALWAYS keeps his promises. We just have to do our part and he will always be sure to make us prosper. I hope you guys know how much I love you and appreciate you. Tell everyone I appreciate their letters so much and I love hearing from them. Thanks for everything. Love, Rees
Hey Fam,
Thanks for all the awesome emails and keeping me updated on all the news. Things are going great here. As usual, work work work. This week we had our zone conference and it went good. We have to train in the zone conferences and this one was one of the best we´ve done. Then after the conference President interviews everyone, and about half way through the interviews he had a kidney stone attack. His wife called me and my comp in and we gave him and blessing and they left for the hospital. It was pretty intense seeing him in so much pain. I told him as he was getting into his car that I had heard that kidney stones are more painful than giving birth and he just laughed and said "O I believe it Elder". So then on Saturday we had the Visitors Center come to our zone. The church they had it in isn´t in an area where there are much people, so me and Elder Wright (from my district in the MTC) went to the gas station on the corner and invited everyone that pulled in. Because the young men were gonna wash cars free to get people to go into the church. Overall we had a great time. So ya, that´s about it. Hope you all know how much I love you. Tell everyone I say hi. Love hearing from you guys. Love, Rees