The Gospel Message is So Sweet

Hello Everyone!
It seems that things back home are going very well, the hurricanes seem to have stopped for the moment, and life is getting back to normal… well as normal as a McKenna life can get :). The ST. George McKenna’s seem to be ‘rockin around the clock’ as Ellyse gets asked to the Homecoming dance (her date asked her by putting a big rock in front of her garage and asked if she would rock around the clock with him…) and Meghan’s football team had some really close games with some of the best teams in the NATION (Meghan, being so full of charity and love, didn’t want the other teams feel bad so she let them win :) )! Jackson and Carson continue on in their football career and Jackson continues to study the art of piano playing in preparation to become one of the coolest missionaries in the world! As for Jeff and Mimi they seem to be loving life and fulfilling their callings as they continue to press forward as the young woman’s president and gospel doctrine teacher.
Mom, Dad, Jenni, and Max seem to have had an amazing time in New York as they were able to see a bunch of plays, eat at Peter Lugar’s, shop at the best stores in the world, and see the second to last game in Yankee Stadium! As for some questions that were asked… No, unfortunately I don’t have the opportunity to go to the Preston temple very often I’ve only been able to attend a session once since I got into the mission
field… Yes, England is defiantly feeling the financial crunch as jobs become few and far between and the housing market of the country takes a downturn for the worst… Yes and no, Elder Soule was excited to be going home while at the same time very upset about having to stop being a missionary, he was very conflicted :). Overall, things seem to be doing amazing back home, as they always are, and like always you all make me proud to say I’m a McKenna :).
The mission is getting CRAZY! First off, my new companion Elder Perry (who is from the south of England, Weston Super Mare a sea side town) is amazing and has a sweet English accent! He has so much fire in him (he reminds me of myself when I was his age) and even though he has only been out about 7 days he already has all the skills that he will need to be an amazing missionary, I truly feel grateful for the chance to be serving with him. Second off, the mission President is changing the whole mission around; it’s like serving in a completely different mission as he adds new key indicators and takes away old ones. Overall it doesn’t really matter what gets changed, this is still the best mission in the world :) and I am so grateful that the Lord has sent me here. Well, even though the mission is changing the work is still the same… and this week was a fantastic week! There truly are far too many experiences in just one week of missionary work to express in such a limited email but
something that I wish to share with you is something that happened with our investigator by the name of Kay. Kay is from Nigeria and he is a non-practicing
Muslim, as we have been teaching him his testimony that Jesus Christ truly is the son of God has grown substantially! And something amazing happened the last time we taught him… in our last lesson we went over the Plan of Salvation and as we taught him the wonderful truth of were we came from, why we are here, and were we are going the Spirit of the Lord truly testified with our spirits that we are the children of God and as we discussed Kay’s purpose it was as if I could literally see the darkness disperses and the light enter in! Here was a man who didn’t know the truth because he just didn’t know were to find it and that day his heart and understanding were opened! As I could see his testimony expand and the light enter in I couldn’t help but feel my eyes sting and testimony grow! The Plan of Salvation is from God! All the greatest minds in the world have pondered and studied on mans purpose and yet it is so plain and simple (the way that God works). I know that each and everyone of us is a child of God and that he loves us! I know that through Jesus Christ we will all live again and will be reunited to live in a state of eternal happiness and glory! I
know that this is the truth for the spirit has born testimony to me on countless occasions that this is the Lords Work! How I love this gospel, How I love our Savoir, and How I love and miss you all so much! May you always remember who you are and what your purpose is!
With all my love,
Elder McKenna