Week 8 - last week in the CCM!

thanks for all the birthday wishes fam!  Elder hardiman had his birthday on monday and then mine was the next day.  both of the days they came out with huge cakes after lunch.  everyone sang happy birthday and we blew out the candles.  it was cool.  other than that it was pretty much a normal day haha i love it.  its crazy to think that i only have one birthday left in the mission field.  this mission is already going too fast.  and i go out to the field in 6 days!!!!  ahhh im so excited to get out to barcelona!!  the missionaries who are going to madrid leave tuesday night, those going to malaga leave at 6:30 am wednesday morning and then the rest of us leave to barcelona at 7:30 am on wednesday.  it takes about 3 hours on the train to get to barcelona.  It will be me, Elders Prieto and Fica, and Hermana Rejón.  so nobody send me anything in the mail until i get to barcelona because it takes about a week for letters to get here and i´ll already be gone!  I´ll write as soon as i can with my new address.

This past weekend at the park was awesome as always.  Elder Fica and i were put together and we talked to a lot of people.  i dont know why the teachers think im good at spanish because they keep putting me with an english speaking companion haha but i like it better than being with a spanish speaker because i have to talk.  and it was elder fica´s first time at the park so i had to help him out but he did way good.  this weekend will be the last time we go to the park which is sad but it will be good.  Pres Earl said that in the barcelona mission they have the new elders do street contacting right when we get to barcelona which im way excited for

We had a member of the area 70 come to visit the CCM on sunday, Elder Lopez.  he talked about his conversion back in the early 1970´s and he showed a ton of pictures of different missionaries that helped him during that time of his conversion.  i knew that Uncle Robert served in the early 70´s so i went up to Elder Lopez after the devotional and asked him if he knew an Elder Reeves from the 70´s and he said he did!  so he wants to email uncle robert.  mom and dad if you could forward this email to Uncle Robert that would be awesome.  Elder Lopez´s email is: lopezfa@ldschurch.org.  i dont know if you remember him Uncle Robert but he said he wanted to talk to you.

Mom and dad i cant believe your back in the house in bountiful.  its weird to think of you guys living in utah.  im so used to being with you in california but im glad your back.  you´ll have to tell me how your first sunday back in the ward is because every time i would go back to the ward, i would barely get out of the church alive.  everyone would be asking me about you two in the mission and everyone would be wanting to talk to me haha it was insane.  oh and can you find out where jon yates is going for his mission??  he told me he would write me when he got his call but of course he didnt haha.  anyways, i love you fam.  i´ll write you when i get to barcelona!!

Elder Reeves