December 1, 2024 Due to health reasons Nathan returned home on December 1st! Even though we have to get to the bottom of why he isn't feeling well, it was the best Christmas present I have ever received! You don't realize how much you can miss
November 26, 2024 Nathan and Elder Reeves have been busy this week teaching. Attending the District meeting and the Atlanta Temple. Nathan really has a great love for the temple and the blessings that come thru attending. Marcia an investigator gave Nathan some Christ centered T shirts. It is very
11/11-11/18 Nathan and Elder Reevs have found some cool people to teach and said things are going well. There are 20 people in their branch, many older. So when 6 people didn't show up on Sunday, Nathan and his companion had to handle the Sacrament prep,
Nathan was transferred to Lanett, AL last week and his new companion is Elder Reeves. If there name ends in a "R" they are paired with Nathan. lol This area is 6,000 people instead of 900. It is divided in the central and eastern time zone so
October 14, 2024 Nathan, Elder Rees and another set of missionaries from the area went fishing. Elder Blood was able to reel in a really nice catfish. They enjoyed the change of pace. Nathan has had a sinus infection so he seemed tired. His Dad and I told him he
10/07/2024 General Conference is always a special time on the mission and it's something that I always look forward to. There was a lot to talk about in this conference, and I took many notes. Some of my absolute favorite talks were: Elder Karl D. Hirst:
9/30/24 Nathan and his companion drove to Powder Springs for Stake Conference with President Yondez. They had a wonderful meeting. They returned Monday to have dinner with the Stake President and his family. He has 1o kids and they played kick the ball after the dinner. Nathan had
9/23/24 Nathan is staying in the same area but was assigned a new companion, Elder Rees from Meadow, UT. He has only been out for a week so Nathan will be Senior Companion and training him. They continue to move forward with their investigators and baptism dates. They
9/16/24 Nathan and Elder Roberts along with the Atlanta GA mission were busy promoting the visit of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Special Guest Moore College Choir for a special event in Atlanta on 9/11. Ever since President Nelson visited the College a few years ago and
9/09/2024 Nathan had a great week. He and Elder Roberts have 2 investigators commit for baptism in October. This is pretty amazing considering the town has 900 total people. Dakota is pictured above and Timothy is the name of the other investigator. The other big event they are
September 2, 2024 Nathan gave a talk in Sacrament and I just wanted to share a segment of that with you: 30 years before Christ's coming, Nephi, seeing sin and iniquity rising around him, gave up the judgment seat and took it upon himself to preach the word
8/26/2024 Nathan and Elder Roberts have been struggling to find investigators to teach. They did find one named Judy but spend most of their time trying to talk to new people. We are learning a lot about the area, from giant cow statues to Cowboy Church with a
8/12/2024 Nathan was transferred to Bremen/Buchanan, Georgia with a population of 900 people. He is now the Senior Companion and serving with Elder Roberts who has been out for 9 months. Nathan has been out for a year and now on the backside of his mission. Hurray!
August 1, 2024 Hurricane Debby warnings happened this week and brought some rain but Nathan and his mission are safe. There are mosquitoes out and about. They found this old abandoned home with a tree growing out of what was once the swimming pool as they spent a bunch of
July 29,2024 Nathan and Elder Randolph met with Claude Prude and have him scheduled for baptism this month. He has really enjoyed his interactions with him and is pictured above. Nathan and Elder Randolph were driving by this house and felt inspired to stop. The first time they knocked
July 22, 2024 Nathan and his companion Elder Randolph are teaching a bunch of investigators. Two of the people they are teaching, Trent and Jasmin, keep referring them to family members like cousins. This has been wonderful and a way for them to teach several discussions. Nathan continues to enjoy
July 15, 2024 Nathan enjoyed District Conferences for the Macan group. His new companion is Elder Randolph and they are getting along great! Super positive and complementary companion from Oregon and Arizona. He has 4 months left on the mission. He is in the grey/black suit standing in front
June 24 and July 1, 2024 Nathan and Elder Perry put in some service hours helping Brother Day on his farm for 6 hours. Nathan loved spending the day outside and putting in some physical work. Said it always help to get a fresh perspective (and pet cows). Nathan and
June 17, 2024 Nathan and Elder Perry have 2 investigators including Chrishaun that they are working on setting a baptism date. They are also excited about teaching a family of 5. They have 3 young children. The district went to a peach orchard which he said smelled amazing. He really
June 10, 2024 The Atlanta Mission attends the Atlanta LDS Temple once every 6 months unless there is a special instance with a member. Nathan really looked forward to this and enjoyed going with the Macon Zone. As a way to support him as a family. Elyse and Lucy attended
June 3, 2024 Nathan's current companion is the District Leader so they often do splits. Nathan enjoys visiting with the other missionaries and learning about new areas within the area. He is grateful they have a car as the weather is getting hotter and more humid. Nathan says
May 27, 2024 Elder Walker and Elder Perry have been following up on the AP contacts but the contacts have not been going as well as they hoped. The people gave them their numbers but aren't as interested in being taught. He still finds it valuable to be
5/12/2024 Nathan was able to call home for Mother's Day which is always great! He sent a special message for the other kids to write in my card as well as include him on the gifts. It was really thoughtful. We also told Nathan about Sacrament
Hello, everyone! This week has been pretty excellent. There have been many cool developments this week.For starters, we had a good zone council on Tuesday, and I got to know the Macon zone a bit better. We got to teach a lesson to our friend Hollis and he was