Cooked in the "COUVE"

 Missionary Farewell Address - Vineyard 12th ward Reed Helm — August 18, 2024 Vancouver, Washington Mission Good afternoon, brothers and sisters. I'm Reed Helm, and I have been called to serve in the Vancouver, Washington mission! I'm super excited and super nervous to start this next step in my life. I've been told I'm a pretty alright guy, so I hope being an alright guy will be enough. Now, I apologize to the bishopric. My talk might be a little shorter than you asked me to talk on. I'm just gonna say it's because I don't want to yap up here and make even less sense, but I'll try and extend it as much as I can. Well, I'm going to start my talk off with a little story so that the few of you who will fall asleep during my talk will think I did a good job. I recently had my family's 12th annual boys' backpacking trip into the upper Uintas. It's one of my highlights of the year. We hike and camp at a lake for a couple of days; we fish, swim...

 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 frie...

  Mt. Timpanogos Utah Temple July 23rd 2024 Steve, Reed, Brittany, Grandma Tootsie

  Tuesday MARCH 26th 2024 Reed got the email letting him know that he had received his mission call.  We knew it was going to be a crazy day/evening with school, work and a lacrosse game that night, but he wanted to share the news with family and friends. So once we finished up the lacrosse game, we hurried home, Reed changed his clothes, and just like that we were spreading the good word with many. Where's REED Going??? This rock star of a young man will be serving and 2 year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in... VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON Wahoo!!! Reed is so excited. Starting home/online MTC August 19th 2024,  Provo MTC August 28th and headed to Washington September 11th Al Heitman(from ACE) and Tina came to support