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HELLO! Thank you for the amazing E-mails! And I have to apologize for the lack of E-mail on Monday. It was a bank holiday and in Wales that means everything shuts down :(. Now I don’t have any time today because Elder Eichelberger and I had to train this past Tuesday and are now on an exchange with the Elders living in a place called Rhyl… So this will have to be quick.

This E-mail I feel needs to be one of sincere apology and one with my deepest love as I try to convey through words the comfort that I am sure only the Spirit can bring. I am sorry for the lack of recognition in my last E-mail concerning the passing of Gordon, I didn’t know if I should mention anything because I felt that if I did it would only reopen wounds that might have been healing but I obviously made a mistake. I am sorry for the loss, of the entire family, by the passing of Uncle Gordon but I send my condolences especially to a loving mother whom I would fain have the rocks fall upon me before hurting her feelings. I may not have known Uncle Gordon very well but from what I have heard in the past and from what I have read this day there is no real doubt in my mind or heart that he must have been a great man. I wish I could write something that would touch your hearts, something that would bring solace to your soul, anything that would bring you comfort and peace… but all I can really think to do is to bear my sincere testimony of our Savoir. I plead with you to look past my failings in communication and open your hearts as you read… For I know with a surety that can only come from our Father in Heaven that Jesus Christ does live! I know that because our Father loved us so much he sent his only begotten son to be the exemplar, the master teacher, the bread of life, to perform for us what we can not do on our own, for surely he hath bourn our grief’s and carried our sorrows, he has suffered for our pains our afflictions our temptations, and he has taken upon himself death that he may loosen the bands of death! There are many things that I don’t know in this world and many things that I don’t understand… but if there is one thing that shines in my soul with more clarity then the sun on a cloudless crisp day is that because of Christ’s love and because of his sacrifice we can be with our families forever. The Plan of Salvation is real, it is from God, Joseph Smith did restore these precious truths, and our families are eternal.

With all the love and solace I can convey in such a short amount of time,
Elder McKenna

PS I’ll be calling in the morning around 7 AM :)