5/23/16

Hola Everybody! This week was a good one. Met some cool people and saw some sweet miracles. We went on a couple of exchanges this week as well, which were cool. LeAnn is still going strong in the gospel and we are starting to find some people to teach through her and David which is cool. Something I have been thinking about lately is how important we all are to God, as the scriptures say, "the worth of souls is great in the sight of God" (D&C 18:10). Compared to his Almighty Omnipotence we are nothing, but to him we are everything. As I've grown to see more people through God's eyes and love them my love for God has grown as well. They go hand in hand, "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?".  (1 John 4:20)I do love God and know that he is real, as well as that his hand is in our lives. When one applies this, their desire to share what is crucial to our salvation (the restored gospel) increases. So my invitation is to do just that, recognize the worth of every soul and love them and our God. Have a glorious week! -Elder McGee

5/16/16

Hello Familia y Amigos!We had a super cool week! I'll just start with the highlight, which was on Saturday. LeAnn and David's wedding was fetchin legit! It was so cool, so like to be completely honest we weren't planning on having a spectacular wedding or nothing it was going to be pretty simple. But without us having to really take the initiative much the Relief Society stepped in and went freakin hard on decorating the gym for the wedding. It made Bishop cry when he saw it, because he was so touched at how much effort they put into it and just like how much the Ward has taken them under their wing. Immediately following the ceremony was the reception in the gym and immediately following that was LeAnn's baptism. Such a cool day it was! David and LeAnn were very grateful and happy about it all. I've mentioned it before I think, but just to refresh ya'll there is like a ton of refugees from Africa in our area. And we started teaching these new African homie's this week who are super prepared! They will definitely be baptized! So I'm learning a little bit of Swahili, which is pretty sweet. HahaSo good stuff is happening in this part of the Lord's Vineyard. Being a Servant of the Lord means everything to me, and I sure love my mission. I hope ya'll have a stellar week of sharing the gospel! 
:) Love, Elder McGee

5/9/16

Hola! It was a great week in Paradise! We had a ton of meetings though. But that's ok, they were super revelatory and not an excuse to not get the Lord's work done. LeAnn and David's wedding is all set-up for this Saturday with LeAnn's Baptism immediately following. It will be a GOOD day. We also did an exchange with one of our District Leader's in the Zone this week and that was successful, we found some neat people together. We also had interviews with President Bell, an MLC Meeting, and Elder Gunnell and I did a Zone Training this week as well. Super jam-packed week. But it's good to stay busy. I hope everyone had a marvelous week and Mother's Day! It was good to talk to the Fam yesterday. Love ya'll! :)

5/2/16

Hey Loved Ones! So a ton of stuff happened this week! We've been doing a lot of preparation for this meeting on Wednesday called Mission Leadership Council but we still got stuff done. We worked super smart and effectively and I'm learning a ton about finding new investigators through members. So LeAnn (our investigator) and her fiancé, David (returning Less Active), are getting married here at the church on the 14th! And right after the wedding she is getting baptized! Such good progression has been happening there! They were at church again on Sunday and David even bore his testimony. He also took the time to publicly invite the whole congregation to his wedding while up there. HahaBut yeah, we also started teaching some other cool people this week. We have a pretty missionary minded Ward which is super cool. Exciting things are happening all across the Zone! But I love you guys all, I know Jesus Christ is the Son of God, The Church is True, and the Book is Blue! :) Love, Elder McGee

4/25/2016

Hola Everybody!

Super good week, the transfer happened on Wednesday. My new companion is named Elder Gunnell, he actually came out to the mission field with me. We got some good things happening in our area, including this lady whose boyfriend is a Less Active member, her name is LeAnn. We met them just since the transfer and she is on date for baptism and came to church yesterday. We also teach a ton of African American people, which is way legit. We had some of our African investigators at church as well. They are like straight from Africa and moved to the United States like within the past 2 years. But we actually don't get nearly as much time to work in our own area. We stay pretty busy doing Zone stuff too. But something cool my comp said is when we put our stewardship first, the Lord provides people for us to teach. 

I am super stoked for this transfer, it's gunna be way good. Elder Gunnell's a funny dude, and we got a sick area. I love this work. That is, the work of saving the human soul. It has brought me more happiness than anything else and that's what it's all about, right? "...men are, that they might have joy." (2 Nephi 2:25). I love God and the Savior with all my heart and I am eternally grateful for my mission. I hope you all have a marvelous week! :)

Love, E. McGeezy

LeAnn, her boyfriend David, and Us...and that freaky rabbit.

4/18/2016 New Zone Leader

Hey Loved Ones :) Good Week!Amanda and Felicia are doing great! Felicia is going to be getting baptized this Saturday! And Amanda is getting married and then baptized next weekend. Super Awesome! But we found out that I am going to be transferred on Wednesday. I will be going to Bel Aire which is essentially just Wichita. I'm going to miss it here. But I'm excited to serve the missionaries and the people in the Bel Aire area. :) 

4/11/16

Hey Amigos! Pretty solid week out here in Emporia. We met a ton of cool people this week. I absolutely love being in a college town, the diversity here is greater than any other area I've served in. Especially when we go knock and talk to people living in apartment complex's around the University. We meet college students from Turkey, China, Brazil, and so on. A few of them even became new investigators this week. I actually feel in a way like I'm fulfilling Christ's command to, "Go ye therefore, and teach ALL NATIONS, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost". (Matthew 28:19) hahaBut yeah, Felicia and Amanda are still progressing well. Unfortunately they didn't come to church, but we'll get 'em next week. We did have another investigator at church though who we found recently, named Daniel. He's a neat guy, doesn't know for sure if he believes in God, but that can change. On Saturday, the Sister's investigator named Ana got baptized! I had the privilege of interviewing her for baptism and she actually asked if I would baptize her too, so I did. I had given her several blessings before to help her give up smoking so I knew her pretty good before the interview. It was a great baptismal service though. But yeah, good things are happening here in Emporia. This is the last full week of the transfer, so we'll find out next week what the future holds. Love ya, and have a great week! :)-Elder McGee

Me in my Tiara

Ana's Baptism!