Happy Valentine's Day

Hey, How is it going?

Hey things are going good here in Teec. I ended up staying in Teec for another transfer, and my new companion is fresh out of the MTC, so i am training. They made me a district leader up in Teec. I couldn't email yesterday because it was President's Day plus I had to drive to Albuquerque yesterday to pick up my new companion. Well we also found out on Saturday that in July the Alb mission is going to be split into the Farmington New Mexico mission, and the Albuquerque mission. The Farmington mission is going to extend all the way to Flagstaff, Arizona and the Albuquerque mission is going to extend all the way down to El Paso, Texas. It is going to be a big change in mission boundaries. What mission I will be in will depend on where I am at on July 1st, it will be exciting to find out what mission i will be in. If I stay in Teec I will be in the Farmington Misssion but maybe I will get transfered before then. The Farmington mission is going to be mainly the Navajoo nation. Well my new companion is Elder Anderson, he is from South Dakota in Rapid City. He seems pretty cool. I am going to miss Elder Shuey, we got along way good but it will be an exciting transfer. The closes place to go shopping is in Shiprock ,which is like 23 miles away. That is where we have district meetings, so if we don't go to Farmington on p-day then we will shop in Shiprock on Thursdays after district meeting. You wanted to know if I'm eating healthy, so just to let you know I have been eating healthy, I make fried rice some times, and burritos, or make nachos like G-ma Kaye used too. I guess I will talk to you next week. Peace Love Elder Robert Reid

Life in Teec

Hey, How is it going?

Things have been going good here? I am glad to hear everything went well with dad on Wednesday. Tell him he better start hitting the weight room if he wants to compete with me and my 207 lb of pure muscle. So another dog down huh? It seems like we had a streak before we got Dudley, where we couldn't get a dog to last more than 2 years, but hey as long as Hannah is still around, right. You guys wanted to know more about Teec. It is a lot like Duck Water, only bigger. The work here is good, but it is not as fast pace as Albuquerque, it is pretty laid back. There is enough members out here to probably have 2 wards but only 40 people come each week. A lot of the people out here, when they were younger, went on the placement program where they would go and live with an LDS family. They would go to school in Utah and while they were up there they would get baptized. Then later on move back to the reservation and never go to church again. A lot of the time their membership records got lost and so we have to reteach and baptize them all over again. It is a nice area and there are some cool people out here. My companion is really cool, he is from Caldwell, Idaho. He is going home this transfer but we have gotten along pretty well. We both have similar interests, and he is a basketball fan. We have a basketball court by our trailer so we go out and play sometimes. I have beaten my comp once in one on one, but he has beaten me twice, so he is pretty good. I did get my scriptures that Aunt Dawna sent me, so that is great. That is about everything going on. Transfer news is coming this week so we'll see what happens. I already know I am staying in Teec because President told me during interviews. I guess I will find out who my new comp is. Hey if you guys have time it would be way sick, if you could send me out some more peanut butter popcorn, but no hurry just if you guys want something to do.

Love Elder Reid

..any were we go is muddy...

Hey, How is it going?

Things here are going well. I haven't got my new scriptures yet, but they will probably be here today or tomorrow. Thanks for sending them out to me. I have been getting along all right without them because before I left the mtc I bought a little pocket size Book of Mormon. I have read that one way more than my quad. I have it way more marked up and can teach most lessons out of it. Well the snow up here is mostly all melted but there is a ton of mud. Our truck is covered in mud and anywhere we go is muddy because most of the roads are dirt on the way to people's houses. We had a good week this week, we had 11 investigators at church and that is the most I have ever had come to church on my mission, so that was good. We had some good lessons this week. We should also have some baptisms coming up in the next couple weeks, that is if everything goes right. We had one investigator named Diane who had to have a special interview from a member of the mission presidency to be baptized. She passed and is ready to go. We have a few 12 year old kids that are ready too, so it is going pretty good. Well Dad, good luck on Wednesday and I will be praying for you! Kelsea it is good to hear you are doing good in your basketball games (how can you not do good being my little sister) Well I got to go, tell Aunt Dawna thanks for sending me out my scriptures.

Love Elder Reid

Transfer News

Dear Family and Friends,

Hey, How are things going? Thing are going good here. We got transfer news and I am finally leaving Eldorado. I am heading up to Teec Nos Pos, it is in Arizona by the four corners area in the middle of nowhere. I am pretty excited to hear I was going to the reservation. It will be a interesting experience. I was way stoked to leave. Then when I went to church on Sunday and said goodbye to everyone, it was kind of sad. I felt like I was having my farewell again, but I am excited to go. It is time for a change. My new companion will be Elder Shoey he seems like a cool guy. I have met him a few times playing football, and it seems like we will get along good. He is a pretty good football player. I am not sure of where he is from or anything, but I do know he is an older missionary. Everyone tells me that Teec Nos Pos is one of the highest baptizing area in the mission, so that will be cool. I will let you know more details next week. I'll talk to you next week.

Love Elder Reid