Cooked in the "COUVE"

 Reed's Homecoming Talk- Sacrament mtg -Vineyard 12th ward - July 26, 2026 Vancouver, Washington mission Good morning brothers and sisters, I am very grateful for this opportunity to speak to y'all today! As some of y'all know I recently returned home from serving a 2-year mission in the Vancouver Washington Mission. What a great opportunity it was. An amazing, amazing opportunity. Everyone always says it's the best 2 years, and if I'm gonna be honest, for a long time on my mission I thought they were insane. But I've come to the personal conclusion that there couldn't have been anything better for me than the sacrifice of a mission. And that's what's made it my best 2 years. I felt like it would be appropriate to start these first few minutes I have with y'all in my journal at the beginning of my mission. And I will just read this one quote so y'all know how I felt about what I was getting myself into. Now to preface, I'm still at home, ...

  Biggest FANS!!! Grandma Tootsie (Pamela Helm) - Uncle Briant, Aspen, Reed Uncle Dan Wells, Reed, Chapin, Aunt Brooke Cam Derrick, Reed, Aunt Kristin, Cody Calderwood Ali Derrick and Jaxon Kayla, Uncle Nathan, Reed, Aimee, Brie, Addie ACE- Tessa, Reed, Jim and Liz Friends!!! Kris, Annabel, Reed, Scout, Clementine Best Friend Dayne Gallacher, Reed and Jena

WELCOME HOME REED! You served the Lord, and the people of Vancouver Washington well! Mom and Dad Uncle Briant Brown, Uncle Dan Wells Cousins Ali, Cam Derrick, Aunt Kristin Calderwood Big Hug from buddy Dayne! Papa, Sunny, Grandma Tootsie, Ali, Cam, Ava, Paige, Steve, Reed, Brittany, Jamison, Kristin, Noah,   Brooke, Dan, Maddie, Chapin, Briant, Dayne, Isaac, Noah Buddies: Dayne Gallacher, Noah and Isaac Rodriguez  Cousin Cam , Reed Crew at Cafe Rio HE'S FINALLY HOME!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY REED! July 11th 2026 He's NO longer a teen! HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY my boy! Can't wait to see you soon...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Jun 29, 3:51 PM Hey fam and friends! I hope yall are doing amazing this week. Its been amazing here wild that I'm almost done but i still got some fuel so we will keep on pushing!  I dont have alot to say other then i gave my departing testimony yesterday which was pretty crazy. I am so grateful for this wonderful opportunity ive been blessed with definitely is not what i expected but am so Grateful for what i have learned. To say it all simply is Jesus is Awesome.  I hope you all enjoy the fourth of July and although the fireworks may be limited if any know that true joy comes from the fact that we have freedom in the first place. Dont get disappointed when the real celebration allows us to believe openly and freely. IN GOD WE TRUST.  Peace out until my last email next week, i love you all! 

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Jun 22, 10:27 PM Good evening everyone! I hope your doing amazing. Washington has been great recently very sunny, lots of cool people, and a really good comp so life's been pretty blessed!  Had the opportunity to go to one of the friends we baptized endowments this Saturday and it was amazing! She's awesome and will be submitting her mission papers this upcoming August so thats super exciting.  Had the opportunity to Give a blessing to a gentleman whos name i will keep confidential now that im typing this out cause i do not have his permission but it was very cool and the day after he came to church and walked thru the doors as if he had never had leg problems it was truly amazing!  Final event of the week helped this lady move her house was atrocious she has been collecting cowboy stuff for like 40 years lets just say i got some fire boots from her!  So yeah i am very grateful for the opportunities i am seeing in...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Jun 15, 10:16 PM Well what's up sorry i know its a late email but ill give you a quick update this week has been pretty chill we started off with the temperatures climbing to the low to mid 90s in the couve which i will not lie i was not ready for. Then on Sunday we almost got in a car accident but 99% God literally saved our lives so I'm grateful to be here today! I Got elbowed in the face today playing basketball chipped my tooth and broke my permanent retainer and now our Powers out so pray it will turn back on soon! But yeah i would say a pretty Great week lots of wonderful people and despite some lows I'm in the high of my life working hard with my comp! Excited to continue this week and help God get some work done !!! I love you all and hope you have an amazing week!! 

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Jun 8, 9:44 PM Hello fam i have finished my first week of my last transfer and its been pretty awesome! Me and my new companion Elder Burgener are pounding pavement and its been great, super tired but totally worth it!  I don't have any crazy experiences this week but i would love to share a little spiritual thought from a talk i listened to and would definitely recommend! But ill just take a quote from it. "If you pray, if you talk to God, and if you plead for His help for your loved one, and if you thank Him not only for help but for the patience and gentleness that come from not receiving all you desire right away or perhaps ever, then I promise you that you will draw closer to Him. You will become diligent and long-suffering. And then you can know that you have done all that you can to help those you love and those you pray for navigate through Satan’s attempt to derail them." Anything i add on will just take away from ...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Jun 1, 10:34 PM Hello my peeps, i hope your doing great. This week has been really phenomenal i'm not gonna lie. Lots of service for the old ladies! I know its a stereotype that grandmas can cook amazing cookies. YALL these grandmas been cooking cookies right since birth they were delicious. The only downside to the service is that the pollen is atrocious right now and i sneezed probably a bazillion times.  Other Random highlights we broke into an apartment complex found a fish tank it was cool, found a shopping cart....i took it for a while when we were walking around, and tried out a face mask theres a chill video in my Google photos i would recommend taking a look....but you can do whatever you want.  Also shout out to Scott Bramble for reading every single one of my Emails ( I wrote this one just for him) 😂  And if your some one who has read every single email and your sad i didn't shout you out thank you so much ...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, May 25, 7:19 PM (Alright let's write another one of these emails) Well i hope everyone is having a good day, wherever and whenever you might be reading this life has been pretty insane lately but you know we continue on and press forward. This week i got to meet up with a couple that are pretty much my grandparents out here the Johnsons they were in my first area and were still recent converts then but now as im approaching the end of my Mission its crazy to see them again almost 2 years later and how much Having Jesus Christ in their life has changed everything. So just a good time figured id include it cause its definitely a highlight of this week  Something spiritual  As ive been going about my week i am greatful for the ability to communicate i was listening to this talk Called Christlike Communication heres a little quote from it "Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only wha...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, May 11, 8:10 PM Hey whats good chat sorry its been a good second... lifes been decent not much to complain about cause... there is no point in that.  A little update on my companion his name is Elder Justin Loos he's a goober but keeps things lively around here, and honestly I'm just trying to make sure i leave a good impression. Hes great and has a great desire and dedication for the work so its nice not having to motivate anyone sometimes you do have to direct him but thats ok cause thats way easier then getting someone up and moving.  Alright a little story time met this old lady named Vicky and lowkey needed her holy i was having a pretty rough day pretty burnt out and just needed a figurative spiritual 2x4 to smack me back into shape if you know what i mean well as i got to talken to her she turns to me keep in mind ive never met her and says "you need to talk to God more often, i hope that even when all this is over t...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Apr 20, 9:42 PM Sorry its been a couple weeks i think...honestly don't rember when i last wrote 🤷‍♂️ anyways no i am not hurt im chilling, the elder in my district who i was on exchanges with though is doing good now 😅 nothing crazy really happened he was just having heart issues which ended us up in the ER for like 6 hours on Saturday but thats about it. Learned alot from sitting there watching all the people come in and out thinking there the only ones dying and having 0 patience or gratitude for the nurses that were working there. #shout out to all the hard working Nurses and Doctors who keep us healthy! Great learning experiences  I got transferd to my last area, was relieved finally from being a zone leader after over a year, am now a district leader, training, white washing on bikes. So it has been pretty busy and chaotic the past week, but i am very greatful that the lord has given me such cool opportunities so far on m...

 Reed Helm <reed.helm@missionary.org> Mon, Mar 23, 7:30 AM Hello friends and Family i just know your week went amazing and everything was sunshine and rainbows. If it wasn't i guess you missed out on the opportunity to see the good that happened. This week has been exhausting and probably one of the most service oriented weeks on my mission. The people of washington are coming out of hibernation and are realizing that they have some things to clean up and have asked for a lot of help this past week. It has been amazing serving them even though there were many times this week i wished people would stop asking for help but wouldn't replace those opportunities for anything.  🚲Bikes Fixed: 8  🛋Couches moved: 5 🏡Houses/apartments Moved: 2  😋Meals acquired from service: 4  I had the opportunity to prepare for a meeting that me and my companion were in charge of this past week. As i was preparing some thoughts i got drawn to this talk Called (Know thyself, Co...