November 28, 2011

~Turkey Day~
Well.....  This years Turkey day was Jam Packed Full of Flavor and aches and pains! 

Our Day:

6:30 arise, and prepare for the day...

8:00 TURKEY BOWL! 
          We got to go and play on the Wabash Soccer Field!  It was fun to play on the turf, and to have such a good turnout!  We got clearance to go and play football with the ward members and others from the community!  We had 32 people show up!  We had 2 full games going and played 2 hand touch.... don't let that fool you however!  Injuries were incurred!   I went to block on a little screen pass play, and one foot stayed planted and my other slid in the opposite direction...  I was SPLIT!  ha!  Well and turned out was sore for a few days after.  My companion got plowed over by the bishop!  HA HA!  Good times!  My team ended up winning the Turkey bowl going 2-0!  

10:00 we went with the Jensen family and helped  them cut wood!  Yep Service on the Thanksgiving!  It was fun to get covered in Sawdust while holding logs, and working hard!  To get our hands dirty, and help out!  We did our job and I know I had fun.

12:00 Home and to shower and clean up....  Quickly!

12:30 we were back to the Jensen's for Dinner that started at 1 pm.    A few highlights from that dinner.... I helped prepare the dish of Yams!  with marshmallows and everything!   Something new that I had never had was Miles Standish Stuffing!   MOM, GET THIS RECIPE!!   Sister Jensen did a great job with the meal, and her family was so much fun to be around! 

3:00  Over the the Snyder Family!  there were 20+ people here at this one, and it made for some chaos...  All of her kids came back with their families and dogs.... not the nice little yippy dogs that I'm used to having around on holidays... these things would eat "Tootsie" and "Herc", and "Koda"  HUGE dogs all over!  It was fun to talk with the families! 

6:00 Off to the Marks family.... They are Recent converts of ours, and we had a good time here!  We had another great turkey, and all the trimmings, by this time I was so stuffed the thought of food made it all just about come back up...  

9:00 Back home to plan for the next day, and try not to fall asleep!  So much turkey in one day and no naps is not a good combination. 


It was a very good day!  Full of great families and good food!   One I'll never forget! 

As for the work here...

It's progressing.  We just had 2 baptisms in October, and now we have several people who are really progressing, and gaining for themselves a testimony of this gospel.  I truly hope to be apart of their baptisms, and conversions.   It's amazing to see that the Lord really does have his hand in people's lives, and works through us to accomplish his designs.   We have a new investigator who has already read 19 chapters of the Book of Mormon, and is comparing what she's reading to the Bible, and is finding them to be very close to the same!  She's gaining a testimony and all we have to do is help her see that those simple feelings are the Holy Ghost testifying that this is true!  So cool! 

Well friends and family, I hope that all is going well out west!  It's fun and cold here!   It's starting to rain more, and it's really cooled off.   Time for the thermals, and heavy coats!

Love you all!

Love Elder Rees