I LOVE YOU ALL!

Hello everyone!
Things are going incredibly well out here on the mission! The weather in England is beginning to change for the better. It's starting to look a lot like summer and it hasn't rained for 3 days in a row! AMAZING! But first things first, things seem to always be going really well for everyone back home and it fills me with thanksgiving as I ponder on the blessings that the Lord is pouring out upon us! It seems like the Saint Gorge McKenna's are doing really well and getting ready for some good summer weather. It's funny to look back, now that I'm on a mission, and think how tiring I felt school was. For all future Elders out there (Elder Zurflueh, Wankier, McKenna, and McKenna) enjoy summer vacation while you got it, the closest thing to summer vacation in England is in May I get to take my suit jacket off for a couple of months. But I don't think I have ever felt so happy and excited about getting up in the morning as I have out here serving the Lord! P.S. it seems that Meghan forgot me in one of her prayers... tisk tisk, I'm glad Carrson was there to point it out (just kidding, I love you Meghan you really good football player you). In all honesty, thank you all so much for keeping me in your prayers it truly has given me so much
strength to know that my family cares about me and prays for me. This really is
the time foretold of in Jacob 5 (as Jeff pointed out in his E-mail) and this is the literal gathering of the house of Israel and I am eternally grateful to be a part of it! I can't believe how many times the Wankier family goes to Disneyland its craziness and the Long Beach Aquarium! I have to admit though, when things get really hard thoughts of the fun times I've had at Disneyland with my family is one of the things that gets me through it (yeah for Disneyland). Plus if future Elder Wankier ends up serving in England, with a name like that he'll need all the fun memories he can muster ?. Well, it seems that I bring on emergency transfers. My great grandfather (the missionary who trained my X trainer's trainer) by the name of Elder De Abreu who is also our District leader has had to be emergency transferred so now the new district leader is my companion Elder Davies. As for our area I have to say that I feel like Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:10 "by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly
than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." I truly have
put all my heart, might, mind, and strength into the work and the Lord has opened up the windows of Heaven! I feel as if I float around, I wake up in the morning tired but by the time I have had personal and companionship study I feel as if I can take on anything because I can feel the grace of God! I have come to the realization that there is nothing to fear, truly. If I obey the commandments, pray, read, prepare, and open my mouth the Lord will take care of the rest it is such an amazing feeling! I have found a point in my life that I never thought I would reach and yet there is so much more to gain. I can feel my faith bursting out of me and it's as if nothing can stop this work and the spirit. As I have been studying and focusing on humility I have become so much closer with my self, the Savior, and what true happiness is. At first these feelings of genuine happiness were intimidating and scary I had always felt that this sense of innocence and joy were signs of weakness but as I speak with
meekness and lowliness of heart I speak by the power of the spirit and the things I say are bold but unto the convincing of men. There is no weakness about it, only love and happiness! I now know what is meant by becoming like a little child! I still have a long way to go but I feel like I have actually found that road of happiness and I will not push it out of my soul thinking that I am to 'educated in the world' and to 'cool' to allow that kind of innocence and love... I am eternally grateful for your testimony mom and dad, I am so grateful for the example of Jeff and Trent as missionaries and big brothers, I am so grateful for the excitement for the world that Timette and Jenni have and for their love of the Gospel, and I will never be able to forget the genuine kindness that I have seen from Chelsey as well as some of the funniest memories of my life are with her. Thank you all for the people that you are and for the influence that you have had on me becoming who I am today! I know that there was and is a reason that we were all chosen to be a family here on this earth
and I am so grateful that I have been able to grow up in such an amazing environment. As I've said before I do not doubt because my mother knew it and now I add something that was said in conference, salvation is a personal experience but exaltation is a family matter. I know that if I wasn't with you all forever then there would be a big hole missing in my eternal existence! I love you so much!

Elder McKenna