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Hi!
Things back home seem to be in full swing as CAMERON BLAKE GOES THROUGH THE TEMPLE! Which is the coolest thing ever! Timette and Mike are released from their callings and Mike is put into Elders quorum while Timette is banished to the nursery. Mom is dominating the March Madness brackets (which is a bit embarrassing for everyone in the family who calls themselves men :) ) with Dad in second place and Chelsey in third! Chynna and Kai continue to rule football, Mom is getting rebuked from missionaries serving in our ward, and Memorial Day seems to be a big highlight that everyone is looking forward to; and it would seem from recent E-mails and E-mails received previous, that Max, whom I have always pictured as the Perfect Painful Planer, has lost his title and the title of ‘PPP’ has been pronounced upon Timette who seems to be the one who is constantly doing the planning! But asides from that everyone seems well excited. I was able to get the St. Paddy’s package which was a beautiful bonus to an amazing zone conference; the fruit by the foots, recess peanut butter cups, and the Mac and Cheese are amazing, they really are things that I love to
get in packages so don’t worry about if you are sending me what is right because you most certainly are :)! As for some questions that were asked… no, weather in England has returned to normal: winds, rain, no sun, and the sky is always gray :)… When it rains, we try to use an umbrella but sometimes the wind is so bad any attempt at using an umbrella results in the embarrassing ‘Inside Out Brolli’ which is always good for a laugh by not only your companion but everyone on the street, in their cars, and in their homes looking out the window :(.

In England things are amazing! Despite the weather going from the beautiful and sunny to the ominous and hazy the work of the Lord continues to Beam and his Spirit continues to shine! This week I have decided to share with you a funny/spiritual/miraculous moment which I have had the opportunity to experience. Last Tuesday Elder Diatel, I, and a member in the Ward by the name of Luke went to knock some doors. Since there was three of us Luke and I started trackting the left side of the street while Elder Diatel began trackting the right side of the street, most of the doors weren’t interested but then we came to number 43 where a woman with 3 kids
answered. We began our conversation with an explanation of how we and are children can be together forever and that death will not separate us forever nor destroy our family bonds. She seemed kind of interested and so we scheduled to come back and teach her that following Thursday at 1500. That Thursday we returned with a member of the ward by the name of Romar (a Pilipino who is really spiritual but doesn’t speak English that well) knocked on number 43 and a different woman then the one I had spoken to previously on Tuesday answered the door… she invited us in with out saying
anything, walked into the living room, asked us to sit down, and begin teaching her… We began with a prayer, answered some of her questions, and taught the Plan of Salvation. The lesson went really well, the Spirit was strong, and at the end of the lesson I asked her ‘who she was’? which resulted in the funniest expression on Romar and Elder Diatel’s face, for they had supposed throughout the entire lesson that she was the woman whom I had spoken to on Tuesday and they had no idea, that I had no idea who the heck this lady was :). We found out that she was the friend of the woman who lived there and that the woman who lived there wasn’t interested and was going to flog the appointment but Bell (the woman whom we taught) decided that she would at least hear us out.20 She did hear us out, and we are going to see her at were she lives and share more about the Gospel with her there. When we left the lesson Romar, who upon asking a few questions gained an understanding of what just happened, shouted ‘that it was a miracle’ and indeed it was. It’s quite interesting how the Lord works, I have
said it many a time but the Lord works by Small and Simple Means to bring about the salvation of many souls and without a doubt he truly had prepared this small means in introducing his daughter Bell to the Gospel. Truly this is the Lords work, without a doubt does he loves us, and unequivocally Jesus is the Christ.

With all of my love,
Elder McKenna

P.S. I would use the lower lockers if the Preston temple had any :)

P.P.S. Please send all packages (because I know you are planning on sending so many) to the mission office not to the flat :)