hiya

Hello! Sorry for the late E-mail, things have been really crazy lately. This
past Monday was a bank holiday so all the libraries were closed and Tuesday
Elder Eichleberger and I had to prepare for the Zone Conference (I had to give
my first ever Zone Report and like always I totally said one of the missionaries
names wrong! In front of like 50 missionaries and the mission president! I’M
SUCH A FREAKIN GOOBER) so I have had to E-mail today (today being Wednesday) and
I really don’t know the next time I will be able to E-mail because PRESIDENT
PACKER is going to come and address the England Manchester Mission in an ALL
MISSION CONFERENCE! (By the way I don’t know if I ever told you that President
Packer is Sister Bullock’s father, can you imagine trying to go on a date with
the daughter of an apostle :P). The conference is being held this Tuesday in
the Chorley stake centre so I don’t know what is going to happen but I will try
to E-mail on Monday.

Any who life back home is just as amazing as it always is. The St. George
McKenna’s seem to be having some interesting times with Ellyse and her
‘favourite’ prom date, Meghan winning the quilting contest, Jackson taking care
of some Easter Ducks, and Carson preparing to go professional in his baseball
carer. Mom is improving on the computer (according to what Timette says, which
of course she is getting better at the computer she was trained by the master
sensa :) ), Timette and the girls were able to make a trip down to see pa and ma
and were also able to… that’s right you guessed it; go to Disneyland (by the way
I think Elder Eichleberger has been to Disneyland more times then I have!). And
I was sent an E-mail that was suppose to be some kind of picture detailing how
‘large’ Max is getting and something to do with Elvis… but I never received it!
And I am dying to know what it was, so please resend it. In answer to some
questions that I received… Yes, Wales is just as wet, cold, cloudy, and green as
England but it’s so funny because everything here is written in Welsh as well as
English, and I know have a name badge with the church of Jesus Christ written in
Welsh, but not a soul knows how to speak it!

This past week has been filled with some interesting experiences… my new
area requires that I travel to many other areas within Northern Wales and go on
exchanges with the missionaries there so many of the experiences that I will
most likely be sharing from now on will be with other missionaries in their
areas, but what I want to share with you today involves this past Sunday and an
investigator by the name of Zoey. Zoey has been taught for about 4 weeks from
Elder Eichleberger and Elder Wise (who I have replaced and he has gone home to
Germany), she is about 30 years old, and is really nice. She was able to come
to the second session of general conference the Sunday previous to last and
really enjoyed it. When she came to church this past Sunday she really didn’t
know what to expect but went on faith knowing that it was something the Lord
wanted her to do. By the end of the three hours the Spirit had touched her
heart so strong that she couldn’t keep from weeping, and through her tears she
told us that she had never felt so much peace in her life! How amazing is that!
Here she comes to a building, sits down, and listens to people talk for 3 hours
and yet she says that ‘she has never felt so much peace in her life’! How can
anyone say the Spirit is not real! The Spirit is so real, the feelings that it
places into our hearts are from God, and the blessings that come from aligning
our will with the commandments of the lord are plenteous! Honestly, were else
can you go sit for 3 hours to some people talk about stuff and leave with your
eyes brimming with tears and your heart filled with joy! THE CHURCH IS TRUE!
Joseph smith did see God and Jesus Christ (I know he did), Thomas S. Monson is a
prophet of God (with out question), God does live, he does speak to us through
the feelings of our heart and the Spirit (I know Zoey felt it and I have as
well), and Christ is most certainly his only begotten son and redeemer of the
world! How wonderful it is to invite people whom I meet on the street every day
to make changes in their lives so that they can ‘have the greatest peace that
they have ever felt’ there is absolutely nothing greater then the work of the
Lord.

With all the love my heart and soul can possible convey
Elder McKenna

P.S. I am now living at the following address

2 Langford Cl.
Wrexham
LL13 9EX
Wales

P.P.S. thanks for the update with Connor and Ashley, and tell Connor if you see
him again TO WRITE ME A LETTER! But do it in a loving way :)

P.P.P.S. thank you for the testimonies! I don’t think you will ever realize how
much I prize the testimony of my family…