WHOA! First off I must have missed a huge memo or maybe I just misunderstood a letter that I received from mom! It reads… “Just in case you haven't heard the story, dad and I sold our house and moved to California (with two children--not you, of course) in just two weeks.” Have you guys moved to California! WHAT IS GOING ON! I’m pretty sure that was just a mistake and you guys are going to Disneyland a lot or something, but please let me know via next E-mail! Anyways… Things seem to be going well back home as everyone is making plans for a fun filled Labour Day, which is funny because I use to always think America had so many holidays that were basically just excuses to not have to work (like Labour day) but England blows America out of the water! I can’t believe how many Bank Holidays there are over here (it’s practically every month)! The Zurfluehs are going to Fish Lake to fish, which I think is the perfect name for a lake that you fish in :). Jenni has a new hair style, Chynna is getting into good ol’ football again, Irelynn is busting out some sweet cheer moves, and Kai is now one of the coolest first graders in Henderson NV! All seem to be doing great and most important of all Charlie de Chinchilla is still alive and is living life to the max! Mom is beginning to have some computer malfunctions as the hard drive crashes and the unexpecting innocent must suffer from her computer phobia! (Just kidding… everyone expects it :P) So I hope like good brothers and sisters, sons and daughters you’re helping her to overcome it with Patience and longsuffering… Something that I have heard about that I must know is how the Texas people are doing… I’ve heard some scary things about a hurricane heading that way and I want to know if everything is all right… So please let me know via next E-mail if I now live in California and if Trent and Chelsey are still alive, you know, just the little things!
Things over on this side of the pond are going extremely well! The Lord is just pouring out his spirit upon these people and I know that as Elder Soule and I pray as a companionship, and personally, the Lord is hearing our cries and helping us to find those humble seekers of happiness. The people in this area really have a great reverence and faith in God (seeing as most of them are from Africa) and it fills my soul with joy to see so many of my brothers and sisters embrace and come to a greater understanding of what the truth really is and the outstanding joy and happiness that it can bring into their lives! I wish to share with you all an experience that I had today that was a mixture of so many emotions… A woman by the name of Mercy (who was an investigator that Elder Soule had in a previous area) died recently at the young age of 27 and her funeral was held today. This was the first funeral that I have ever attended and as I watched the different people that were there I could tell who was a member and who was not… Those who were members, who had a knowledge and testimony of the Plan of Salvation, showed signs of remorse but their grief was turned quickly into happiness as a wonderful realization came upon them, that even though Mercy has left this life they will have the chance to see here again, and even though her and her husband may be separated for a season they shall have the opportunity to be united for all eternity! But the faces of those who had no understanding of these things, those people who didn’t know about our Father’s marvellous plan were filled with unquenchable sorrow as they believed that they were never going to see their beloved friend again0 How grateful I am to have this Gospel in my life, for I know that after this life there is a next, I know that through our Savior Jesus Christ we shall all live again, and as we sang the hymn ‘I know that my redeemer lives’ I couldn’t help but feel a sense of desperation to let my brothers and sisters know that even though Death may seem like the end of life it is but another step in a plan created by our Father in Heaven! How wonderful this Gospel is! How great is our Savior Jesus Christ! For as in Adam all die… even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Let us never forget what are purpose is, let us never forget that God who gave us life or in our Savior who has conquered the grave and makes the way possible for all of us to live again.
‘For I know that my redeemer lives, what comfort this sweet sentence gives’
You are always in my prayers…
Elder McKenna
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