He had God, Family, and country

Well I am now entering the last month of my mission and a lot is going to be going down so it'll probably go by really quick. 

Next week we have Zone Conference where I will share my departing testimony. I honestly can't believe it... I feel like there is so much that I could talk about. But Ive decided that I will just say what comes to my heart when the time comes. At zone conference we will be getting smartphones. So that will be kinda cool. They're Samsung J somethings so nothing too fancy but it'll be cool to have an actual phone again. Then on the 17th an apostle is coming to our mission again! This will be 2 apostles I meet on my mission! We don't know who it is yet but I'm pretty excited! 

This past week was pretty cool. We have really been trying to visit a lot of less actives and people who are recent converts. It'd kinda interesting coming back and seeing how many people aren't here anymore. It's really sad to see how these people have just stopped coming to church... 

Sorry I'm not writing a whole lot. I don't feel all that good. The other Elders are fishing right now and I just wanna go get some food and take a nap... But it is what it is. 

Love yall have a good week

Reese 

We made a little grill in our back yard out of blocks haha

It rained a bunch this past weekend so the river flooded. This house has been abandoned but the river was super high. 

Trust me when I say, today’s a new day throw your broken crown away

It’s so great to be back here in Morgantown. It's such a great place to be. We are working pretty hard to make up for some lost time. There has not been a whole lot of work done here for the past while and it's kindof upsetting to see an area that you work sped so hard in be thrown to the side... But it is what it is. We immediately meter the bishop who we told we are ready to work hard and do what is necessary to help the area in the best way possible. We talked to him about what he wanted us to do so that we can find and teach more people. Im sure we earned some of his trust back. 

We are also living in a different appartment than where we used to. It's a whole lot nicer. We actually live up underneath some members so we hear the kids kicking and running around all morning getting ready for school. They are out the door by 7:00 so it's not too bad. Haha 

We have seen almost all of the people that we baptized here last year. All of them are inactive... But they still have a testimony of the gospel, so thst is good. We will get them back to church by helping them read the book of Mormon each day. 

It's also been pretty cool to be able to see members and eat with them, or talk with them. I love it. The people here are so kind to us missionaries. But I remembered very quickly that respect must be earned here. We went over to an investigators house and he didn't even look at me while I was taking to him. So that was annoying. Anyway... 

Thats about it for the week!

My new address is 

1780 Caneyville Rd

Morgantown KY 42261

Love yall!

Reese

Our sketchy bench. 

So many trucks out here look like this haha 

Just give me Five More Minutes

So what a crazy week. We have began to get the area ready for the sisters to take over. So we have been continuing to work with formers, cleaning out people who don't live there or aren't interested in having us come by. A lot of success has come out of that. But. One thing happened. The sisters are leaving the area. And so are elder stucki and I. They are basically double  "whitewashing" our ward. Meaning new missionaries in every area. 

Transfer calls came today but last night president Stone called me and said that "there are three former Zone Leaders who will be returning to an area that they have served in. You are one of them. You will be going back to Morgantown to finish your mission there." I WAS SO STOKED!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited to be able to go back up there!!! I love it so much in Morgantown and so much has changed. I'm super excited to be albe to get another look at the area! I will be with Elder Isaak. I don't know him at all. So ya 

Last PDay we went down to Madison and had a crazy PDay. We played spikeball with a bunch of people and I got my behinds handed to me a couple times. BUT! I learned a lot and was able to beat the people I played against at least once. But needless to say I was sore for about 5 days. 

The past few days have been hard. Having to say goodbye to some of the people I love here. Once again I got really close to the youth. All of them are great kids. There is one in particular, his name is Nate. He told me that he hasn't had a good missionary friend ever before. It was so funny at dinner with their family the other night, Nate would not stop talking. He was so sad to see us go. He didn't know what to do with himself. I love that family as well as many others. 

I love Bowling Green. It's a great place to be. But as always, I'm excited to move to a new place. 

Love yall. See you soon 

Reese 

Some of the young men here. 

The Moore family. Nate is to my right. 

What a great lesson we had with these kids. We sat them all down, they have only been in the states for 1.5 years, and we all read the book of Mormon together. One of the most simple yet spiritual lessons I've had in Bowling Green. We read 3 Nephi 11. And the kids just listened. The spirit was strong. These kids were peaceful. 

This is Kelvin. He is just a pup. I love dogs. 

So much more than this

This past week was full of a lot of events. It all started off with zone conference down in Nashville last Thursday. I said goodbye to some of my good friends who shared their departing testimonies. Its really sad getting old in the mission field because all of your friends go home. I was looking around the room filled with missionaries and I thought to myself, I don't know hardly anyone in here. Everyone was super young and here I am with a transfer and a half left. 

Then my week continued on with exchanges with the Zone Leaders which were great! I got to go with my good buddy elder Ensign. He and I have been on about 5 exchanges together so quite a bit. Apparently I'm tied for 2nd most exchanges. But elder persons, he is my district leader, has been on 11 exchanges with Elder Ensign. So... I'm kinda close. Haha but we went and walked around in the cold all day long. I'm still trying to recover bit by bit from my illness a few weeks ago so I was once again coughing a lung out.... Sick of it. 

Sunday was fast and testimony meeting! Since I knew that elder stucki and I would probably be leaving next week at transfers I figured I should probably get up and share my testimony. As I fasted and prayed during the day I came to realize that God has a plan for me. Sometimes I need to make decisions on my own and only ask him to tell me if what I'm doing is wrong because there may be a lot of correct directions. Thst might not make a whole lot of sense to yall but since I know what I was trying to figure out, it makes sense to me. 

We had a great lesson with a girl who hadn't been super interested in meeting with us before. We discussed the book of Mormon with her for about an hour! We asked her if she wanted to get closer to God. She told us she felt like she wasnt super close to him... We promised her that if she read the book of Mormon that she would fell God more in her life. 

Love yall! 

Reese

Headed to a dinner appointment 

The zone!