Elder McKinley's Stint Across the Pond

Good morning and salutations everyone! So here we are, back to the regular format for these weekly emails, of which I have written right around 65 already which is just a mind boggling idea for me to process. I hit my 15 month mark this last Friday and I still cannot believe I have been gone so long. It does not feel like that much time has passed. However, I have the weariness to show for 15 months of work haha. I am so tired. But it's a good tired! It's the kind of tired you feel when you have accomplished really amazing and fulfilling things and I am so grateful I can work every day to help other people, especially during this upcoming season.  This week was interesting to say the least. In the spirit of Thanksgiving we wrote a lot of thank you cards to the families that have fed us recently. I just wanted to give them a shout out briefly. These families in any other circumstances would have no reason to associate with us. We come to their country and their towns from la...

Hey everyone! So today we spent the day in Portsmouth and my ability to email is massively limited. So I decided that I would send my usual bits and then a bunch of pictures. I promise that I'll be back to normal writing next week. Also, apologies if I don't get to respond to you individually.  Companion Comic: see attached pictures  Scripture of the week: Mosiah 15 - I read this chapter in my studies and I continue to love it so much. If you want to know who God is, read this chapter.  British food of the week: chocolate fudge milk - it's like chocolate milk but better  British word of the week: yeah I am fresh out this week - it means I am out of ideas this go round I am doing really well and am really happy about the opportunity I have to be serving the Lord this time of the year. I love my Saviour, I love England, and I love you all. Happy Thanksgiving and have an amazing week!

Hello everybody! I am coming at you live (but not when you read this) and here with a fixed toe! That is right everyone, my toe is now fixed. I will spare you the gory details (it was actually kind of cool) but I am doing well and on the right track in terms of healing and am excited to be able to not have to wrap my foot in a bag to shower in a few weeks after it heals #simplepleasures So after the surgery on Tuesday, I was not allowed to walk, so naturally we read the scriptures for 10 hours and then went to sleep for the night. Or kind of. We did read the scriptures but also: -watched a depressing but hopeful video called "The Last Leaf" (it is a movie produced by the church and we thought, let's see if this has any potential to help us with our teaching. a good film, but not really great for anyone we are teaching right now) -played a rousing game of DIY checkers on a white board with pieces of an advent calendar  -ate pizza -rested -called some people ...