The Last One!!!

Well this is it! The last one! This week has been an amazing week! We worked hard and had a bunch of fun! 
We saw a lot of miracles, one of which was our investigator Grisleda. We were sitting in the middle of a lesson teaching the Plan of Salvation and she stops us and goes 'Oh Elders, by the way I stopped drinking coffee. I felt like it was something I should give up' We never ever told her about coffee and the Word of Wisdom. She just said before she felt sleepy and got a headache without her coffee and now she feels so much better when she doesn't drink it! Such an amazing miracle to see! She is so prepared and I'm so excited for her! 
This last week we have a lot of appointments set up and I'm so excited to work my tail off for these last couple of days! 
This mission has been the best thing I have ever done and I have loved every second of it     That doesn't mean it wasn't hard. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done but one of the most rewarding things as well. I love the people I have met and it is insane that I've been able to love people so quickly, people that I've only known for a couple of hours. I have grown a love for the Spanish language and for the gift of tongues. For the opportunity to preach the gospel in the Spanish language. I have seen the Lord's hand in the work everyday and let me tell you, He Lives! The Savior Lives! I know it with every particle of my being! He loves me and he loves everyone of us! 
I'm grateful for all the support I have received and all the love I  have received from every one! Thank you! 
Know of my love for each and everyone of you! 

And for the last time...

Much love,

Elder McKeon 

This cool Steelers truck I found 

Elder christopherson and me

The 2 of the 3 blocks I sewed  

My departing district council 

My home 

Week 96

Well well well time has passed very quickly and my time is coming to a close very quickly! 11 short days left of being a set apart servant of the Lord! That's a weird feeling to wrap my head around still! 
Well this last week was a super good week. We had zone conference and I gave my departing testimony there. It was tough to do.  I  also gave a talk at church and it was a solid lesson talk. It was on Christ-like attributes, attributes of the Savior! The person who talked before me only talked for 6 minutes so had to stretch my talk. I  was able to stretch it from 12 minutes to 17 minutes. It  was a pretty good feeling being able to wing it in another language! Griselda and Sonia are doing really good. They both came to church and had an awesome time. Today was also Elder Christopherson's birthday. We threw a surprise party for him and I smashed cake in his face. 
Well I love you all. Thanks for supporting me these last 2 years! 
Have a great week!

Elder McKeon 

Selfies with random street dog part 173738202. What's up with me and dogs? hahaha 

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I found more puppies!

Cake in his face

GOT HIM!

Middle part goofy Pic hahaha

Tic tac toe over dinner 

Week 95

Hey Everyone!! Another week down! Wow!!!, this week has been a very interesting week! We were able to have a lot of really good lessons with our investigator Griselda and she is progressing super well! It feels so weird teaching her cuz she just doesn't doubt anything we say. She just listens and understands. When she does have a question, she is not afraid to ask and really understand what we are teaching her. It's pretty amazing! Her son is now taking the discussions with her. Her husband has now agreed to listen and be taught as well. Awesome!
Down side of this week was that Elder Christopherson got pretty sick on Saturday. He was battling through it then to top it off our car got towed!!! So then we had to go all the way to the Houston East Mission to go get it out of the impound lot. Let's just say that wasn't a cheap adventure or a fun phone call to make!!! 
After that Elder Christopherson was not good at all, so we had to just stay inside Saturday night. So it was a rough week getting out and working but when we did we had some solid lessons!

One of the kids in the branch got baptized! The Sisters taught him and we were able to give him the Holy Ghost.

Wow, I didn't take any pics this week haha. Sorry!

Love you all!

Elder McKeon

Week 94

Hey y'all it's been another great week! This week was really wild! Elder Christopherson and I will be staying together for these last weeks of my mission and I'm super excited for that! Tuesday I was on exchanges with Elder Larsen and man was that killer. We biked almost 30 miles in 102 degree weather. Man was that sucky and sweaty! hahaha On Wednesday, we were able to go to the Temple and that was a great trip. Love being there! Weird having it  be the last temple trip before I go home. Look Grandma! I  sewed! Yes I did! I did a good job too! 
This week Sonia, Griselda and her son, Jesse were all able to come to church. It has been a super great week!

I love y'all 

Elder McKeon 

This dog in the streets that was following on my bike 

 Me sewing and what I sewed - called a square

My coke cuz I'm district leader 

Us at the temple - wonderful to be there

Week 93

Man, man, man, it's weird that I'm already back emailing again! So this week was wild! We found a new investigator named Griselda and she is so awesome! She was actually a referral from the México city sisters. She had met with missionaries in the past and so she called them and was like I want missionaries to come and visit me again and so she's super prepared. She's been reading the book of Mormon on her own as well She accepted a baptism date for the 25th of August and were gonna be teaching her son starting this week as well! So we're super excited for her. We had our investigator Sonia come to church as well! We also were able to go out and do some service for some members so that was way fun. We  had interviews with our mission president, President Guthrie. That was very fun getting to know him better! He's way awesome! He and I are very similar haha He said that like 6 times in our interview. Plus, he knows Bryce Harper! For those of you that don't know he's my all time favorite sports player. We talked a little about him and just the mission in general so that was a good time. His main focus for me was the same as President Hall, which was sprint and keep sprinting. So I'm gonna continue to sprint and keep sprinting! 

Love y'all 

Have a great week

Elder McKeon 

Me and a random puppy 

Me and another random puppy

Us mowing the lawn 

Week 92

Hey y'all! Another great week here! This week was an interesting one too. We'll to begin we said our goodbyes to President and Sister Hall. That was such a bummer. He has been a wonderful example to me. I will miss him and his leadership and guidance. We meet Pres Guthrie this Thursday.
Our car wasn't working so we had to bike all week. That meant one day we did 25 miles haha. I also went on exchanges with some other elders and man that was so weird. I was asked by a 50 yr old woman to be her boyfriend and then to marry her daughter. Hahaha That was pretty wild. My district is so big I have to go on exchanges every week of this transfer so that should be way exciting! I love the work! I love being back in Sunny Side!

I love you all 

Have a great week!

Happy 4th!

Elder McKeon

Pres and Sister Hall and me

 

Elder Clements and me at Mission Conference  

Cool car 

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Week 91

Hey everyone!! 
Man another great week! So today we ran a 5k as a good bye celebration, ya a 5k as a goodbye celebration, hahaha. Going to miss Pres Hall. 
My first week back in Sunny Side and man was it  the best! It was so awesome to be back and see all the people.  A sister that helped me in the hurricane get my meds was so excited I was back. Her non-member husband called us and asked us when we were coming over. We went out and tried to see a lot of people this last week and was able to set a lot of appointments. It was so crazy to be back and I had so many flashbacks of my last time here. Man it  was so amazing. My new comp is amazing his name is Elder Christopherson. He's from Fresno and we get along so well. It's amazing! We have so much fun! Lots of work to do here! 
Love you all!

Elder McKeon

The district 

President Hall and I 

My comp and I  - love this guy!! We get along so great!!!

Me with a giant aloe vera drink that I got for a dollar haha 

Week 90

Hey everyone! 
Well crazy story, but I'm back in Sunny Side! Yup I'm back baby hahaha!!! So H4 (the ward I    was in in Houston) got shut down and President sent me back to Sunny Side. YEAH baby!!!! Nobody has an idea of how happy I am! The last week in H4 we played baseball on Saturday for Father's day and man, let me tell you, that was so much fun! 
Other than that nothing to crazy! Just a lot of finding! A lot of looking actually!
Time is flying by... I've got 9 weeks left so I've got to make the most of it here in Sunny Side!!!!

Love you all! 

Have a great week 

Pics of baseball I'm the one in the red shirt

My H4 district

Our last smoothie party 

Our barren apartment 

My old shoes haha

The family portillo

 

Week 89

Man another week down! It's getting pretty weird with how fast time is going by and how fast it is till I come home! Last week of this transfer and then I'm on my last full transfer. I had my last interview with President Hall this week and that was way weird as well. Good but weird that he is going home! This week was a good week! We went bowling last Monday and that was way fun (to be inside in the air conditioning is great) 
And the best news, we found a new investigator this week. His name is Adolfo and he is 10 but he's from a part member family. Going to teach his mom again too. We did a lot of working with members and they're starting to really like us and it's so amazing! Other than that members keep telling Elder Clark and I how we have such little time left and it makes me laugh super hard! Also, congratulations to my home girl Austin Miles! She's returned with honor! Love you Austin!

Love you all!

Elder McKeon

 
Happy birthday to my mama! I love you!
And Happy Padre's day! 

Here's a Pic of our District bowling 

Week 88

Well another week down! Things have been hard these last weeks. We're putting in a lot of work trying to find people to teach and we're just not successful. We've been knocking doors, talking to everyone out on our bikes, in 105 degrees, but nothing is coming. It's hard to be a missionary sometimes, but I'm not letting it discourage me. Just gotta put my head down and keep working even harder than I have been. It's like when I was a little boy and I needed to lose that .5 ounces to be able to play football. I  went to the street the day of weigh ins and just pushed myself to the brink of breaking and then I pushed it even harder. Here I'm just gonna push my self to the brink of breaking, but now I know the Lord is going to step in and push me past the limit that I think I can go! I know we will be successful. Sorry for such a short email not to much has been happening buy out knocking doors! 
I love you all have a great week! 
But something that did suck about this week is we were out helping a member move (I kid you not) a 400 lb TV and I dropped it on my fingers hahaha... Hurt so bad!  

Elder McKeon

It's getting hot here in Texas 

Some goofy selfies 

My fingers 

OUCH!!!

Week 87

Hi everyone another great week out here! 
Pretty weird week cuz I have received my departure date. Can't say what it is until it is official! That was a very weird feeling! Everything is moving very very fast. 
This last week was very, very hot and we did a lot of being outside and knocking doors. You all know how much I don't like the heat and the sweating that comes from the heat and the humidity. 
We did find a nice lady this week named Julia! We knocked her door and she was very happy to see us! We gave her a Book of Mormon and she wanted to read it immediately right there. That's a good sign! 
We also had a meal appointment with this family and they have 3 beagles and man it was the best. I got to play with them and they were so cute! 
Also we got to go to the temple this week and man was that a great feeling! It was such a long time since I have been able to go cuz of it being shut down due to the hurricane. Man was it great! 
Other than that, a new week ahead of us!
Love y'all! 

Elder McKeon 

 and than the 

 3 beagles

 Us with our homemade smoothie

The House of the Lord

Week 86

Well this week was super rough! 
We haven't had very much success and it's been such a bummer. We have had to drop every investigator and so we have been knocking doors all day everyday, but the good news is we are going to the temple tomorrow! Also we had a really cool mothers day activity there was a Mariachi and they were super good but other than that nothing really to exciting going on right now. We did have some really; weird, good given to us this week. In the pictures you'll see one plate which is this nasty Vietnamese food and than one is this soup with pigs foot in it  hahaha!

I love you all 

Elder McKeon 

When bishop wants no one in the other rooms of the church 

Mother's day activity

Pig feet and broth!

Vietnamese food