CHRISTMAS TIME!

Hello! It would seem that everyone is still busy enjoying Christmas season and
all the magic it brings! Once again I didn’t get any E-mails (except for the
St. George clan who took the Christlike attribute of diligence to heart and sent
an E-mail off to the UK), mum, and pa. But you have been sending a lot of love
via royal mail so thank you for the post and pictures (I got the Thanksgiving
photos! They were great).

The St. George McKenna’s seem to be doing well getting ready for the Christmas
season and their luxurious trip to Hawaii! Ellyse is bonding with her pig
Wilbur, Meghan is dominating the boy football teams, Jackson scored his first
goal (the first of many :)), and Carson is enjoying the time off of school;
while mom and dad outrun a storm on the open sea which seems to have SMASHED
itself right into Britain! These past few days have been crazy! I have never
seen such bad weather in my whole mission! The whole country seems to be
covered in snow! We have about 3 inches here in Chorley but it seems that the
storm has passed and is smashing down south. It’s funny because I always
thought that the weather here couldn’t really get any worse and then BAM! We
get a snowstorm! So needless to say it is ridiculously cold over here! But
overall life is great and in answer to a few questions… no, I’ve never really
heard who Roy Keane is but I’m sure that I’ve just never heard of him because
I’ve never really brought him up, if he was the captain of Man U I can imagine
that EVERYONE knows who he is… My release date is January 27th, and I will be
arriving home January 28 or 29th I don’t know exactly yet… My Christmas plans
include the following:
Christmas Eve: going to the chapel with Elder Sharrard and Curgenven to make a
Turkey dinner and watch movies.
Christmas Day: American French toast and Pancakes at the Nowells for breakfast,
then on to games and movies with Phil and Rachel with lunch, and then off to the
Pattendons for tea and movies! This year we are allowed to watch the Toy
Stories, Narnias, Miracle on 34th street, lion king, The Polar Express, and play
racing and sport video games! It’s going to be pretty awesome!

Well, Things over here are going amazing as always! Despite the freezing
temperatures and torrential snow storms, things are always pushing forward in
the Lords work :). PHIL AND RACHEL ARE GETTING MARRIED! Phil finally popped
the question (actually Rachel told him that they were going to get married and
he said ‘O.K.’) and in their unromantic style :) the two of them went to get a
ring, Rachel picked it, Phil bought it, then wrapped it, and put it under the
tree until Christmas :)… despite the lack of creativity I’m just happy the two
of them are finally sealing the deal so I don’t have to constantly worry about
them! Louis is doing well but because he hasn’t been able to get work he has
had to move back in with his mum. Louise and Jane are amazing and Louise is
working towards her baptism. We have met some more amazing people who have
great potential. But unfortunately I just don’t have time to write… I love you
all tons! I’ll call around 6 or 7 PM on 274 1302! And I don’t know if I’ll be
able to E-mail next week because I think the Libraries will all be closed :(.

Love,
Elder McKenna

p.s. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! :)