I Hate farewell's and goodbye's...

 Well It was the final count down. Soon to be "Elder Dos"aka Elder Reed Helm  would be giving his farewell talk in sacrament meeting. He'd be set apart as an Elder and by the next day he would be a missionary. Engulfed in the gospel. learning, teaching, inspiring and being on the Lord's errand. 

While we were on our family trip to Chicago recently, Reed decided that he should probably start working on his talk. So throughout the trip he would ask Steve or I to read what he had and give any feedback. Specifically making a note of how long it was time wise. By the fourth draft or so, and shy a good 2-4 minutes, he threw in the towel and decided that 10 minutes was just going to have to be enough! "No more yappin'" - And that's exactly how Reed would do it! Hahaha

SUNDAY August 18th 2024

Reed gave his farewell talk. He did a fabulous job! Especially making sure that I got a few tears out at the end. Afterwards, we gathered at our home with family a friends for some yummy food and farewell hugs. Later in the evening President Nathan Riley came over and set Reed apart as an Elder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 















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