Well it looks like this week is going to be insanely busy. We have like five appointments scheduled today and we still need to get all of our pday stuff done its crazy. I am glad that they will get the chance to do baptisms in Salt Lake that whole temple is beautiful. Lets just keep the whole French connection under wraps unless of course you find a connection to the royal family or Napoleon aka the last Frenchman with any guts what so ever.
Thus far I am up to 22 post cards if I remember right. It was kind of funny the day after Christmas I told Sis Jergensen that it was you that had called and asked for our phone number. It seemed like she felt a little guilty. She just assumed that you were one of our investigators. Yes the members have taken care of us very well it is very exciting how much potential we have been getting to materialize.
While I was on exchanges we Elder Kim and Elder Huang had a lesson with the neighbor of one of our members her name is ******* and things went pretty well form what it sounded like. She said that she would be baptized if she came to know that the Book f Mormon is true which is pretty exciting.
love you more than 75 degree Southern California,
Elder McKenna
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
52nd Letter from California
Things are going amazingly well here in Poway. It turnrs out that I didn't need to put my foot down Elder kim came in and we went right to work we are planning on setting a bapisimal date with ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ for January 23rd. We are also making plans to start teaching ******* ****** and her three sons in one week. Just a little background on the family ******* hasn't been to church in about 20 years. We went over with brother Jergensen and he gave his home teaching lesson then she accepted an invitation to have the missionary lessons. The first one is going to happen on Monday at Sis Joneses home. She is a councelor in the Relief Society. That reminds me have you heard anything about the Phase 2 pools that the auxilaries are sposed to come up with? Are you having any sucesse with that?
I have already learned so much from my new companion. He has done things I should have been doing since Vista. He has studied the Area book every day since he has been here to get to to know the area and I am thinking, "duh why didn't I start doing that nine months ago." Hopefully the Lord will forgive my utter lazieness. I haven't been made a senior yet. Probably for that reason but hopefully that will change in the next couple of transfers.
Christmases in the mission have deffinately been diffrent, because in both cases I have just barly been able to get to know my companion I was only with Elder Archibald for three weeks when Christmas rolled around. This year, Elder kim and I will have only known each other for about a week and a half. One small consolation is the family we are having dinner with on Christmas is the Jensens, the family we were living with when I first arrived in Poway. So it will be as close to home as I can get.
I think they are doing the same thing with the mail this year our district meeting has been postponed until Christmas Eve, so we will see. Your wrapped present policy is what I have taken for everything else. I just got a package form Pops and Grandma with wrapped gifts and I am being a good boy and waiting.
love you more than I hate the suspense of wrapped Christmas presents,
Elder McKenna
I have already learned so much from my new companion. He has done things I should have been doing since Vista. He has studied the Area book every day since he has been here to get to to know the area and I am thinking, "duh why didn't I start doing that nine months ago." Hopefully the Lord will forgive my utter lazieness. I haven't been made a senior yet. Probably for that reason but hopefully that will change in the next couple of transfers.
Christmases in the mission have deffinately been diffrent, because in both cases I have just barly been able to get to know my companion I was only with Elder Archibald for three weeks when Christmas rolled around. This year, Elder kim and I will have only known each other for about a week and a half. One small consolation is the family we are having dinner with on Christmas is the Jensens, the family we were living with when I first arrived in Poway. So it will be as close to home as I can get.
I think they are doing the same thing with the mail this year our district meeting has been postponed until Christmas Eve, so we will see. Your wrapped present policy is what I have taken for everything else. I just got a package form Pops and Grandma with wrapped gifts and I am being a good boy and waiting.
love you more than I hate the suspense of wrapped Christmas presents,
Elder McKenna
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
51st Letter from California
Well today is going to be a turning point in my mission. I am going to do somthing I should have done nine months ago, put my foot down take charge of my area and tell my new companion if you don't like it tough. I am done molding myself to my companions comfort zone. I have been chewed out by way to many people. I have gotten into an organization system that I can actually stick to. Its time to take Poway by storm. If things go the way I am hoping for, we will have four baptisms by the end of January. I am just annoyed with myself that it has taken me this long to realize that I am making this kind of a mistake.
Pretty much the highlight of the week was we finally had the chance to teach ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^. We are dividing the lessons into smaller chuncks so he can concentrate and retain more. Keep @@@ @@@@@@@@@ in your prayers I am going to start doing the same. He really wants to get back on speaking terms with his daughter other than that not much is going on.
Love you more than missionarry shaped stockings,
Elder McKenna
PS No I havent peeked yet :)
Pretty much the highlight of the week was we finally had the chance to teach ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^. We are dividing the lessons into smaller chuncks so he can concentrate and retain more. Keep @@@ @@@@@@@@@ in your prayers I am going to start doing the same. He really wants to get back on speaking terms with his daughter other than that not much is going on.
Love you more than missionarry shaped stockings,
Elder McKenna
PS No I havent peeked yet :)
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
50th Letter From California
You did pretty good on the numbers for the nativity game. (We guessed 13 months, 7baptisms, 5 companions, 3 areas and one mission.) Even though I technaically wont be out 13 months until later this week. I thought you were going to wait until Christmas to do it again but I guess it would be a little hard to do on the flight to UT. The only number you missed was the one. I was thinking of, one new outlook on life. But you guys did great!!!
Unfortunately Elder Whiting was sick for most of the week so we didn't go out a whole lot. It really helped me gain an apprication for Elder Hunsaker. I don't remember if I told you but one night the threw up 4 times and still went out the next day. Something about being stuck in your room for days on end makes you apreciate going out.
As far as what has been going on. We had another lesson with &&&, and we think we have made a lot of progress we started to ask him questions about what he wants in life, what his backround is, that kind of thing. We were able to find out that his daughter hasn't spoken to him in 7 years, because his ex wife let his daughter read the content of thier divorce papers and she has not responded to any of his attempts to make amends. Could you put his name on the temple prayer rolls for me?
We have also gotten in contact with the ###### family again. Their house flodded before I came to Poway and we have been going over to help them move back in hopefully we will be able to start teaching them soon. The members we live with(The Jergensens) have been called to be mission presidents!!! They dont know where they are going yet but they do know that it will be an english speaking mission. I was talking to Sis Jergrensen the other day she said that they had always planned on serving a mission but she had never dreamed it would be like this.
You will find this amusing. Last week, I started to drink some Boost nutrition shakes for breakfast and Brother (or should I say President Jergensen) asked me if I liked them and I said yes he also asked me how much I weighed. I told him and he said I need to put on 30 pounds in order for me to be at a healthy weight. He said they best way for me to do that was to eat carbs until I can start working out. My goal is to weigh 165 by the time I come home.
Yesterday was absolutely crazy it did not stop raining form noon until six and Elder Whiting and I were out walkin in it the whole time, except for when this nice guy named jim gave us a ride. Unfortunately none of the people we went to go visit even lived in the houses we were told they lived in anymore. It was rough. But the members we ate with fed us chili and cornbread for dinner, that made it all better.
love you more than chili and corn bread,
Chris
Unfortunately Elder Whiting was sick for most of the week so we didn't go out a whole lot. It really helped me gain an apprication for Elder Hunsaker. I don't remember if I told you but one night the threw up 4 times and still went out the next day. Something about being stuck in your room for days on end makes you apreciate going out.
As far as what has been going on. We had another lesson with &&&, and we think we have made a lot of progress we started to ask him questions about what he wants in life, what his backround is, that kind of thing. We were able to find out that his daughter hasn't spoken to him in 7 years, because his ex wife let his daughter read the content of thier divorce papers and she has not responded to any of his attempts to make amends. Could you put his name on the temple prayer rolls for me?
We have also gotten in contact with the ###### family again. Their house flodded before I came to Poway and we have been going over to help them move back in hopefully we will be able to start teaching them soon. The members we live with(The Jergensens) have been called to be mission presidents!!! They dont know where they are going yet but they do know that it will be an english speaking mission. I was talking to Sis Jergrensen the other day she said that they had always planned on serving a mission but she had never dreamed it would be like this.
You will find this amusing. Last week, I started to drink some Boost nutrition shakes for breakfast and Brother (or should I say President Jergensen) asked me if I liked them and I said yes he also asked me how much I weighed. I told him and he said I need to put on 30 pounds in order for me to be at a healthy weight. He said they best way for me to do that was to eat carbs until I can start working out. My goal is to weigh 165 by the time I come home.
Yesterday was absolutely crazy it did not stop raining form noon until six and Elder Whiting and I were out walkin in it the whole time, except for when this nice guy named jim gave us a ride. Unfortunately none of the people we went to go visit even lived in the houses we were told they lived in anymore. It was rough. But the members we ate with fed us chili and cornbread for dinner, that made it all better.
love you more than chili and corn bread,
Chris
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
49th Letter From California
Happy December Everyone,
Well it looks like the latest round of stress is coming to a close. We had the lesson with @@@@@@ this week. What we ended up doing was I taught with one of the Elders from the ward that he is supposed to be going to and things went fantastic. The only down side is XXXXXX called me five times yesterday, but the silver lighning is she said she would back off. We start teaching &&& again tomorrow both Elder Whiting and I
are very excited.
Thanksgiving was very interesting. Well I actually had two. The first was with the +++++++ family. Mom will probably die when she reads this but, they already had their Christmas Decorations up, no joke, the only thing missing was the tree, and that was only because it hadnt been delivired yet. We spent the rest of the day handing out Family Proclamaitions to less actives. It sounds like evryone had a lot of fun. Thanks for giving the Elders a service oppertunity we really look forward to those.
For the Nativity game, I pick numbers 13 7 5 3 1. They all have a relaion to my mission see if you can guess how they relate, you have until the Christmas call to figure it out. Which remainds me it sounds like you may be in Utah before we make the call so the whole situation can be avoided. Missy does know she is aloud to email right?
love you more than Egg Nog,
Elder Chris
Well it looks like the latest round of stress is coming to a close. We had the lesson with @@@@@@ this week. What we ended up doing was I taught with one of the Elders from the ward that he is supposed to be going to and things went fantastic. The only down side is XXXXXX called me five times yesterday, but the silver lighning is she said she would back off. We start teaching &&& again tomorrow both Elder Whiting and I
are very excited.
Thanksgiving was very interesting. Well I actually had two. The first was with the +++++++ family. Mom will probably die when she reads this but, they already had their Christmas Decorations up, no joke, the only thing missing was the tree, and that was only because it hadnt been delivired yet. We spent the rest of the day handing out Family Proclamaitions to less actives. It sounds like evryone had a lot of fun. Thanks for giving the Elders a service oppertunity we really look forward to those.
For the Nativity game, I pick numbers 13 7 5 3 1. They all have a relaion to my mission see if you can guess how they relate, you have until the Christmas call to figure it out. Which remainds me it sounds like you may be in Utah before we make the call so the whole situation can be avoided. Missy does know she is aloud to email right?
love you more than Egg Nog,
Elder Chris
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