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HELLO and thank you for the amazing E-mails!

Everyone seems to be having an amazing time back home; with Jeff finishing his trip to Boston, the St. George clan making there way down to San Felipe, Mexico, Dad pulling the old Mercedes out of the garage and riding around in the beautiful weather of Las Vegas (by the way it hasn’t rained for 3 days over here in England! and it has been sunny all day today! A MIRACLE :) ), Cameron Blake is heading to Paraguay while Justin Wall makes his way to New Jersey to serve two years for the Lord! Emma and Jack are getting along like 2 peas in a pod; March Madness is rearing its head as the final four challenge is issued among the family, and overall everyone seems to be enjoying St. Patrick day! In answer to some questions that were asked… yes, our investigator families son calls Elder Diatel, Elder Peter Parker and there are many who have noticed his striking similarities… no, I haven’t received the St. Paddy Package yet because our Zone Conference is this Friday so I wont be able to=2
0get it till then… yes, basketball is played over here in England but you don’t really notice it at all because everyone is so into football that they don’t really bother with basketball and they have no idea about March Madness. Overall everyone seems to
be happy and the Lord continues to bless us!

Now, onto the hard bit; so much has happened this week and there is just not enough time to describe it all. I could go into detail on how I attended our investigator’s church (in what is called a church swap) in exchange for him coming to ours and the bitter persecution that they heaped upon me and Elder Diatel; I could describe the beautiful weather and conversations that we have had with people on the streets; I could share the deep and lasting impact of an experience were a man told me ‘that it were better that a mill stone be hung around my neck and I be cast into the sea’ only to feel the Spirit confirm to my heart that what I am teaching is true! But I have decided to share with you all the conversion of a man by the name of Robert Taylor. Robert was met on a street called Station Road (or what we like to call sacrifice road because everyone who is on that street is old and catholic, which is not a good combination :) ) by Elder Diatel while I was speaking to an angry Catholic who wasn’t interested. Elder Diatel had a good conversation with him which led to
an appointment the next day… We went to the appointment, sat down, had a bit of small talk, opened with a prayer, and began to teach this humble and amazing man the Plan of Salvation. The Spirit that was there as we shared with this man the purpose of this life and his existence was powerful and sweet, the truth of that plan carried by the spirit went to his very soul and he knew for himself that it was true! We ended that amazing lesson and came back in about 3 days to share with him how we know of this plan, we started with a prayer and taught the Restoration and that same spirit that electrified the room before came flooding into our hearts once more and this man knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God! He knew that the Book of Mormon was true for flesh and blood had not revealed it unto him but our Father in Heaven! We came the third time about 3 days latter and taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ which brought so much joy to his heart knowing that there really was a way for him to be rid of the shame and guilt from his past life that he asked us about baptism and he is going to
be baptized April 18th! Truly the Lord is preparing his children to receive his word. Truly the teachings of Alma are true for it is by small and simple means that the Lord brings about the salvation of many souls! This work is the Lords and I could never describe to you fully the joy that swells within my heart to be a part of it! The Church IS true, the Book of Mormon IS real, Joseph Smith IS the prophet of the restoration, Thomas S. Monson IS a prophet today, and above all else Jesus IS the Christ our saviour, redeemer, and friend. This I KNOW and no Church of England Vicker, Catholic Priest, Jehovah Witness evangelist, will ever shake that! For what I know, I know because God has made it known onto me!

The weak servant of an empowering God,
Elder McKenna