1/25/16

Hola!
I hope everybody had a great week and is enjoying life. This week was
awesome! I LOVE it here in Emporia! My companion's name is Elder
Lemon. We get along super well, he's been out 8 months, and was
actually trained by my MTC companion Elder French.
We had a way good week, meeting a lot of members and investigators. We
also found a lot of investigators of our own as well. Something cool
we did this week is we went to this "Faith Fair" at the college here.
The college is Emporia State University and is the highlight of
Emporia. But anyways there was this Fair where different churches here
in Emporia could come and have a booth with supplies and stuff. And
the college kids came and checked them out. We talked to a lot of
people, and gave away a ton of pamphlets and some copies of the Book
of Mormon. We got some addresses too, which was good. We have to give
all the women we find over to the sisters though, which kinda blows.
I'm used to Wichita and Great Bend where we could teach whoever we
wanted cause there weren't any Sister's there. But being the District
Leader over a bigger district has been fun, although more
responsibility. But yeah, me and Elder Lemon are definitely going to
help someone enter into the waters of baptism while together. Have a
wonderful week, Love Ya!

1/18/16

Hey Everyone! This week was great! Elder Campbell and I worked reallyhard this last week of the transfer. Which brings me to some excitingnews that I'm not going to wait til the end of this email to announce.I'm getting transferred to Emporia, Kansas on Wednesday. I am reallyexcited to go to this area. It's a college town and it's close by KU.I will be the district leader over a much bigger district now. My newcompanion is an Elder whose been out 7-8 months. I've been withgreenie's for a while now so I got to admit I'm excited to have acompanion whose experienced.Elder Campbell is excited he is out of the training program and getsto spread his wings with a new companion. He'll continue to do greatthings here in Great Bend. We learned so much from each other theselast 3 months. It's going to be hard saying goodbye to the people I'vemet here.I love my mission so much! I am forever changed through the Atonementof our Savior.And I know with all my heart that this is Christ's Church, truly "OneLord, One Faith, One Baptism". I hope you all have a great week andcontinue to further your testimonies of the restored gospel.(P.S. I am out of a cast now, and am wearing a brace that I'll be ableto ditch pretty soon here as well.)-Elder McGee

1/11/16

Hello Loved Ones,

So Elder Campbell and I worked super hard this week! Something really cool is as a district we are starting to find a lot of our investigators through members of the Church. Especially the friends of
less active members. I have recently gained a strong testimony of doing missionary work this way. I believe it is the Lord's way. It is essentially multitasking, because you are baptizing and reactivating at the same time. Great Bend is the place to be, I call it the Secret Oasis of the Mission. Haha This success didn't come all at once though. My first transfer here was pretty tough. I love what Ammon says in the book of Alma when he is telling his brother about the recent missionary journey's he was on. He said, "Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to
 turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success." Alma 26:27. I've definitely noticed as I've exercised Christ-Like Attributes such as patience, faith, and diligence the Lord will give unto us success after a trial of our faith. But I hope everyone had a great New Years, and is ready to be better than they were the year before. Have a great week!
Love, Elder McGee

1/4/2016

Hello Loved Ones,
So Elder Campbell and I worked super hard this week! Something reallycool is as a district we are starting to find a lot of ourinvestigators through members of the Church. Especially the friends ofless active members. I have recently gained a strong testimony ofdoing missionary work this way. I believe it is the Lord's way. It isessentially multitasking, because you are baptizing and reactivatingat the same time. Great Bend is the place to be, I call it the SecretOasis of the Mission. HahaThis success didn't come all at once though. My first transfer herewas pretty tough. I love what Ammon says in the book of Alma when heis telling his brother about the recent missionary journey's he wason. He said, "Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about toturn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thybrethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, andI will give unto you success." Alma 26:27I've definitely noticed as I've exercised Christ-Like Attributes suchas patience, faith, and diligence the Lord will give unto us successafter a trial of our faith.But I hope everyone had a great New Years, and is ready to be betterthan they were the year before. Have a great week!Love, Elder McGee