Molango

Hey Fam,
Things are going good here. Just busy like always. My comp has changes tomorrow so that´ll be exciting. Hope they give me another gringo so I can keep practicing my english though. = ) We had an amazing experience this week. On Saturday we went out to this place called Molango. It´s a little city in the middle of the mountains. Just in the middle of nowhere. This guy Jared from the high councel that just got back from his mission a year ago took us. It was a 3 hour drive it was beautiful. O how I wish you all could have seen this place. Try lookin it up online. We found this girl who hadnt been baptized yet so we took her down to the lake below this city and baptized her there. I´ll be sending the pictures in a mintute. It was just amazing. After beeing in Mexico City for over a year, it was just mind blowing to see such a beautiful place out where there are trees and forest and lake. Man it was an great day. Besides that all went normal this week. O, yesterday I got to eat some buffalo wings and they were amazing! = ) There is no greater joy than sharing the gospel. Thanks for all the love and support. I love you all and appreciate all you do. Tell everyone I say hi and merry christmas. Love, Rees

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!!!