Greetings

I had a splendid week! 

It was full of good times and miracles! BTW, I hope everyone enjoyed my awkward voice recording last week ;)But something that was super cool this week was this church tour we gave this week. So I mentioned last week that we found a bunch of new homies to teach all on one street, called Plass Street.Well one of them was this older couple named Steve and Kim. Steve, coinicidentally happened to be a member of the church already. He was a convert and was baptized back in like 1980. But he hasn't been to church in like 20 years. And his wife is not a member.But she is super open and receptive, and is on date to be baptized on the 28th of this month. It was a straight up miracle we ran into them. they were just sitting on their porch and we walked up to them and started talking and one thing lead to another and we had taught the message of the Restoration and invited her to be baptized. So cool! Then on Saturday We gave them a tour of them church building and during those you give a lesson about the sacrament and baptism. And we had this member from the ward with us as we gave the church tour. His name was Brother Albright. He was the perfect fellowship for them! He is a convert, who used to be methodist just like she was and he used to be a heavy smoker like she used to be as well. But she's kinda sick these days, but is still super up and about. But she's super excited to be baptized! At the end of the church tour we explained what a priesthood blessing was and how we like anoint with oil just like Christ used to. And they both wanted one. So I gave Steve a blessing of comfort and counsel and Elder Stum gave a blessing to Kim with the consecrated oil and everything. But the blessing that came out my mouth was like the best experience ever! And I say it like that cause it wasn't me AT ALL. It was straight from Heavenly Father to this man. It is so cool have the spirit fill your mouth like that. And when I had finished the blessing on Steve Kim had some tears in her eyes. But then Elder Stum gave her a blessing and she was straight up crying. It was so cool to be able to see the Spirit just pierce her heart. I love the priesthood and I hope to always be a worthy holder of it. Then they came to church yesterday! But only for sacrament meeting though cause she wasn't feeling to hot but she said she liked it. I'm just so grateful to have been able to be apart of her journey towards baptism and Steve's journey towards re-activating. They are both awesome!I love my mission! I honestly wouldn't trade being here in Kansas for anywhere in the world! hahahaAnd my mother asked that I share a brief testimony to the youth who are considering serving a mission. Well to that I say that there is nothing more important that I could be doing back home than what I'm doing right now. Which not only includes helping others come unto Christ and come back to Christ. But you grow yourself so much as well as you lose yourself in the work. The most important convert I have on my mission will be myself. I've learned more about myself than I ever could have back home and there is no better time than on a mission to access and apply the Atonement of Christ. On that note it's never to late to get back on track to serving a mission and ultimately to our Heavenly Father. I love you all and hope you have a great week! -Elder McGee

Hi Loved Ones!:)

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Wuzz Up!

So this week was good and bad. We found a bunch of new investigators, BUT no one is on date to be baptized... :(But hopefully at our return appointments this week we will have people ready to set a date to progress spiritually towards baptism. The sisters in our ward have had  baptisms the past two weeks in a row so they are just killing it, which was super sick! I love the feeling, so all i want to do is help homies get baptized every weekend. But obviously you can't force anybody to do anything. haha It's got to be there choice and they have to be ready. But ya, hopefully next week is a lot better work wise.For this week I was actually asked to just say which food from home I miss the most...hahaBesides my mothers most marvelous cooking, of course! ;)Believe it or not there's no Jack in the Boxes here in Kansas. Not even one, in the whole state. I really miss my Jack in the Box tacos. I'm debating whether or not I want it to be my first meal when I get home. Not to sound trunky! ahahaBut I love all you guys and hope everyone has a Fabulous week! :) 

Tornado!!

Totally kidding! No tornado's...just had no idea what the subject line should be...

But hey!So this week was good! We still are teaching all the investigators we found and most of them are progressing. It's really hard covering two areas though! Cause we're expected to have investigators here in Topeka as well so it just gets difficult. But I know there are people whom Heavenly Father has prepared to hear the message of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ everywhere. And that there are people here in Topeka that need to hear it from me and Elder Stum just like there are in Holton. I was asked to talk about something about myself that I think has changed the most. Now, that's a hard one! Cause the gospel and a mission changes you a lot! Being in places like Colby and Holton have humbled me a lot just cause of the people and circumstances you run into. But I've still got a long ways to go! But, I think what sums it up pretty well is I've gained passion and substance I feel like. I've gained a love for the scriptures and just studying the word of God in general. I have a passion for sharing the gospel. I've gotten better at expressing how I feel and I care about stuff other than what affects me directly. Before my mission I wasn't motivated or passionate about really anything. I didn't have much substance to me. My 6 months out here on a mission but ultimately the Gospel of Jesus Christ did this for me. Love for the people I teach and the Savior is my motive for missionary work! This is by far the hardest thing I've ever done, and it tests my faith, patience, along with other things, occasionally. But I wouldn't trade any of my experiences for anything! I love you guys and have a great week!-Elder McGee

My Life & Stuff

HELLO! So transfers is this wednesday but it doesn't matter cause I'm staying in the same place with the same companion. This transfer should be pretty sweet! We're going to baptize and thrash it up! My birthday went well too! My district all went out to Texas Roadhouse together on Saturday. So that was fun! But we found a bunch of new investigators this week! Definitely a miracle. :)

My district leader, Elder Ives, goes home on Wednesday though. So, that's really sad cause I really like him. But there's not really any stories I can think of so I'll just send a bunch of pics. :) 

19th Birthday

my life right now...

Pip pip Cheerio!

Hello everyone! This week was really good but not so really good at the same time. The really good parts is that we went to the temple in Kansas City on Tuesday, a zone training on wednesday, and on Saturday we had a baptism which is a funny story that i'll get too. But that resulted in not a whole lot of proselyting time available, so no new stuff really and the work wasn't the best. But this week is the last week of the transfer, so we're just going to kill it this week! This transfer went by super fast by the way! But anyways! Baptism Story! So, it's the day of Raymonds baptism! Me, Elder Stum, our Ward Mission Leader Brother Groth, and Raymond are all dressed in white and the baptismal service has begun. We struggled to help him down the steps and into the baptismal font. When he was finally in the font we were relieved, but we had no idea what kind of struggles lied ahead. Attempt number one was very unsuccessful. As we tipped him down into the water, for some reason he inhaled and kept his eyes wide open. He started to panic. The look on his face was the essence of fear. So naturally, the moment we heard gargling we brought him back up. That's when we knew we couldn't do this alone. I summoned another Elder, whom is our district leader and is known by the name Elder Ives and the 2nd Counselor in our bishopric whom is known by Brother Ismert. We told them to put some jumpsuits on and hop in! Once the five of us, not including Raymond himself, were in the font we were ready to get this guy baptized. After one more failed attempt, we were more determined then ever! Third times the charm we got this 495 pound man fully submersed! We all smiled from ear to ear and Raymond was now entered into a covenant. Doesn't get better than that folks! But I hope everyone has a great week, and don't forget to find joy in the little things!Love, Elder McGee!

Reportin' Live from Kansas!!

This week was good! We had to postpone Raymond's baptism though because we couldn't find something big enough for him to wear in time. But he will be getting baptized this Saturday 4 sure!

Our ward mission leader got in contact with the temple I believe and found something that will fit him. And speaking of temples, my zone gets to go on a temple trip tomorrow! We will be going to the Kansas City Temple. It'll be awesome, can't wait!

But a cool miracle this week, we got a new person investigating the church named Anthony, he is a super solid and genuine guy. We had one of the most spiritual and smooth lessons I've ever had, when we taught him the Restoration. Me and Elder Stum teach pretty well together. We have a good time! 

I don't have a ton to say this week but I love being a missionary, even when it blows to be a missionary...if that makes sense. I love being a disciple of Jesus Christ. This is the best gig in the world. haha 

And I'm so grateful for all of you and the support and examples you were to me and for your emails, I appreciate them a lot. I love ya and Heavenly Father loves you as well.

-Elder McGee