Elder McKinley's Stint Across the Pond

Hello from the other side...of the pond ;) Hey I know it is kind of lame but I had to. This one might be a little bit shorter than other ones in the past but that's because I feel like i just emailed all of you yesterday and I don't feel like there is a ton to talk about. All I have to say about thursday is meetings. Yep. That is all. Meetings. Friday we had district meeting! It went well and we went straight to Reading afterwards and had exchange there. It always feels weird to get back into a car ever since I left Holsworthy because I am so used to taking buses and trains. Anyways, the exchange was probably the weirdest exchange that I have ever been on. It wasn't because of anything I did, it was just becasue of the things that happened including: -6 double cheeseburgers from macdonalds -german doner kebabs -people calling us and actually wanting us to meet with them -vomiting drunk people -running -evening chats that revolved around anime, secrets,...

HELLO MY BEAUTIFUL FREINDS, FAMILY, LOVED ONES, AND ALL AROUND FANTASTIC PEOPLE how are you? seriously, shoot me an email and update me. I wanna know how life is going This week has been one of the weirdest weeks of my mission. Let me just get right into it. Imagine you are walking down the street and you are approached by two guys in white shirts and ties on the street. They seem nice enough and so you chat with them for a moment. Yeah it may be a little out of the ordinary and you might feel a little on edge because there are two of them but they are smiling and seem fairly harmless so you carry on chatting and then carry on your way. Now this is basically my everyday except I am the one on the other side and I am trying to do everything I can to make sure that you feel comfortable as you talk to us. Now, imagine that same situation but there are now three guys. That is just a little bit weirder. Now picture trying to talk to them on the street. Either one of them ...

So the title of my email is a play on the most amazing song ever by the avett brothers. There was a gunfight in Oxford  on Monday . It happened right outside of the other elders' flat. We are over at their place often. We very well could have been caught in the middle of it. However, neither us, nor the other elders, nor the sisters who also live nearby were even in Oxford. Elder Burton and I were in Reading for an exchange and the others were in a town about 30 minutes South of Oxford. The amazing thing is none of us had planned to be gone. Our exchange was changed to  Monday  last minute and the others decided last minute to leave Oxford for a few hours to work somewhere else in our area for a change. God made sure that we weren't anywhere near the incident. Other than some minor inconveniences, like the other elders having to stay with the bishop because their flat was blocked off by the police, none of us were affected. I'm truly humbled how God watches over His ser...

Salutations friends, family, amigos, cool people, and all around humans. I hope you've had an amazing week.  So I don't know if you were duped by my shenanigans but all I have to say is go to my last weekly email and scroll down to the bottom. There's more there than meets the eye.  This week has been interesting. I'll just spare you the long winded, substance lacking introduction and get to the point.  Last Wednesday we went to the modern art museum and I'm usually pretty open minded in terms of looking for meaning in modern art. This was literally a room of rubbish methodically scattered about a small room So we all kind of chuckled, looked for five minutes and left. So that was fun. We also had a little tender mercy because I was feeling a little down toward the end of the day when we bumped into to members who took us out to dinner. So that was awesome.  Thursday  is honestly a blur. I cannot remember for the life of me what happened other than the...