What a Great Work it is!

Another wonderful week in the mission field! And another wonderful P-day to E-Mail my family! Things seem to be getting a bit hectic back home as everyone gets ready for the plunge back into school... Dad's teaching seminary, Meghan is running for 8th grade class president, Carson is starting first grade (which comes with the added bonus of 'hot lunches'), Chynna is starting middle school (and now has highlights!), and Ellyse had her first date! As for Disneyland... apparently the new ride is 3D and what's even cooler is that Irelynn has beaten my churro record and didn't even Technicolor burp! As for football, Jackson continues his climb up the football ladder as Meghan and her 14 thirteen year old team mates head off to Huntington Beach to hang out and swim (and they played some matches too :) ). Things back home seem to be spot on. In answer to a couple questions... 1) the weather has changed a bit... it starts to get dark earlier, it is colder, and I think it is even starting to rain more
. 2) The people in the area I'm serving in really don't care about what happens in America so they haven't really asked me any questions so I don't know anything about the elections (which is probably for the best, American politics just get people mad at Americans and my companion and I are the only Americans really around :( ).

What a wonderful week it has been! Astel Kirk, an investigator that I had while serving in Barrow was baptized last Saturday, which I wasn't able to go to because I'm too far away, again (just like what happened with Callum)... But it doesn't matter! Because I know that she has a testimony of the restoration, that she has a testimony of her father in Heaven and in her Savior Jesus Christ! I'm so grateful to the members of the ward in Barrow they truly showed Christ like charity and love as they helped her through some very trying times and I know that they will continue to help her as she makes this huge change in her life! How wonderful is the Lord! How amazing is his gospel! I had the opportunity today to go to the Preston Temple and have an Endowment session (something that I have not been able to do for the past 6 months) and how grateful I am for the ordinances that are performed there! Because of the restored Gospel, because of the priesthood, I know that we (our family) can be together for all eternity! And not only do we have the opportunity to perform these ordinances for our selves but we have the privilege to perform it for those who have gone on. I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father has allowed me to be born in this time, in the Gospel, to a loving family that supports me and helps me to be stronger and more diligent. I know that the temple truly is the House of the Lord and I'm so grateful that I was able to have that exquisite reminder today. I know that true happiness and the eternal joy of families can only be experienced in this gospel. And I know that there are people in this world, in this country, in this area, that are truly looking to find the wonderful blessings that are contained within the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, they just don't realize that's were they can find them... I will do everything in my power to help my brothers and sisters to realize the truth, that through Jesus Christ and through his church they truly can have eternal life and exaltation!

What a great work it is
Elder McKenna