Week 65

Hey Everybody! 
It's Elder McKeon and It is CHRISTMAS!!!!!! I love you all! 

This week has been amazing! We have been working hard! 

This week on Tuesday was our Christmas conference and man was that so much fun! We got to watch Moana and man was it amazing! Literally so good aahh, idk if it is cuz I'm a missionary that it was so good or if it was cuz it was just that good!! It beat out tangled I think! 

Then as a district we went out caroling and man was that really cool! It was fun to see the joy on peoples faces! 

On Sunday our investigator Karla came up to us and said "Okay Elders I am ready to get baptized" We were so in shock but she told us she is ready to do it so we are going to be working with her to get her and her family ready! 

Then today we went out with the English Elders to a beach house that their members are living in. We were able to go and walk on the BEACH!!! Literally the best Christmas Present I could get! - besides talking to my family!

Other than that it's been a pretty normal week here in the mission!

I love you all!

Elder McKeon

One week snow, next week beach! 

Week 64

My people!!! Elder McKeon here! 

This week was so awesome! 

Tuesday night I got a sick package from the ward family! Thank you to all that sent that out very grateful for that! 

Then on Wednesday we had interviews with President and that was also really good! That night we had a family that we were trying to contact and we had not been able to talk to them in forever. We had tried a bunch of times, so I looked at Elder Tuia and said OK this is the last time we try with them. So we walk up and they open the door and let us in. We had an amazing lesson with them. 

But the best part of the entire week was on Friday when we had our Branch Christmas party. We had so many investigators and less actives there and it was the best thing ever. We worked our butts off with the branch to get it all set up and get as many people there as we could. We ended up having almost 60 people at the activity and 20 of them were not members. It was insane!!!! Literally such a miracle! 

Sunday was amazing as always! Karla and her kids came to church and then a baptismal service as well. Then the best part of the whole week though (it was a really great week, so many best parts) was there was a church sing along thing and the primary kids were singing in it. We didn't know it but no one in the branch showed up except Karla and her 2 little kids to sing. So the 2 non member kids got up and sang with all the other kids and it was so sweet! 

Merry Christmas to you all! Christ was born and because of that we have the perfect example of how to live our lives! 

Love you all have a great week! 

Elder McKeon

Our District

Cleaning the church

Thanks for the Christmas package! Newhall ward rocks! 

Elder Chrsitmas! 

Week 63

Hi Y'all! 

Another great week here in Texas! The weeks just keep getting faster and faster! Feels like It was p-day yesterday! 

This week was odd! It was freezing cold everyday! So Cold that it actually snowed! Yes! Snow in Texas! I feel like I have just been a part of some of the craziest things to happen to Houston in a long time! Like for example the hurricane, then the Astros winning the World Series and now snow! I guess I am Texas's lucky charm!!! haha Well, except for the hurricane part... that wasn't very lucky, but it was an experience. haha 

This week we just went out and worked. Our investigator Karla and her family came to church again and they are doing amazing! They love learning and love church! We're super excited for them to be baptized! We're working on having them ready on the 30th of December so keep them in your prayers please! 

Friday night we had a sports night and we had a really awesome turn out from the branch. They brought so many of their friends! It was also a goodbye party for our branch mission leader who is moving to Guatemala to get married! Super sad he is leaving though. He was a huge help to us but he said we can still Skype him into lessons so were excited about that! Also, we did our first video chat lesson with our investigator Carlos and man was that weird but super awesome! He really loved it too! This technology is way cool and a huge help to missionary work! 

I love you all! Have a great week! 

Elder McKeon

A bunch of pictures from the snow

Week 62

Hi everyone! 

Another great week here! This week was filled with all kinds of miracles! One of the best weeks in the mission. 

This is the big miracle and the other miracles just all trickle down cuz of this one. So we got this referral from the other Elders. We called her and set up an appointment with her. We show up to the appointment a couple min late cuz of traffic. We get there and she said I was just about to call you cuz you were late. hahaha! Then we have an insanely spiritual lesson and she commits to be baptized and prepare for 30 of dec. Not only her but her 2 kids!  Then the whole family came to church and the branch brought them in as one of there own! The whole family loved church! We are going back to teach her other son on Tuesday cuz she wants him to be getting taught as well.

It was so awesome! Then at church we had a guy randomly walk in and say I got invited to church by one of my friends and so we talked with him and he loved church and wants to meet with us. 

On Friday night we set up a booth at the Christmas festival in Angleton and man was it awesome! We showed so many people the video and handed out pass along cards and it was so awesome!!!! 

Literally an amazing week. Elder Tuia and I are having a bunch of fun but mad can that boy eat. Literally eats more in one sitting than I do in one day! It is so awesome! 

I hope everyone is having an amazing Christmas season! Remember to go to mormon.org and check out the Light the World video! 

I love you all!

Elder McKeon 

 

Yes! A helicopter at the gas station.

Elder Tuia spilling our noodles all over the floor

Light the World booth at the Christmas Festival

Week 61

Man I've lost count of weeks! 
Time is just flying by! 

Well to begin Happy Thanksgiving to all! Crazy to believe it was my second Thanksgiving in the mission field. Last Thanksgiving we were fighting to find a meal appointment and then this year we had 2!!! The first one was with a member from the English ward and it was wonderful! Then we went and had dinner with one of the members from our Spanish ward. I really loved going to the English ward members house, but man did I just feel a little uncomfortable.  It was not my element. So thankful they invited us. After we went to the Hispanic family's trailer and man was I much happier and felt more in my element! 

Also I am officially a dad! (Which means I am training a new missionary) He is great and we have had a lot of fun together! This morning though he walked out in a Giants shirt so I had to throw on my Dodgers shirt to let everyone know that even though my trainee steps outside wearing garbage, we at least have some dignity in the family! Elder Tuia's from NorCal.  It is crazy cuz he was in Honduras for 11 months and then went home for 6 months or so and then he came back to this mission. He has a lot of things that he did in Honduras that we don't do here. So it is kind of harder to train him then it would be a newbie cuz I have to break him of all the old things he did and train him again with how we do missionary work here. I  can't mold him right off the bat I have to break the mold then re mold! If that is a thing! 

Funny thing! He snores louder than I do!! Good times!

I got a phone now! Thanks mom and dad! We are an electronic mission now. It's very exciting to be able to have so much LDS content at our finger tips! We can share so many videos and messages right away. Super cool!

Cool thing! One of Maddie's friends is in my district! Sister Calder. So funny! Small world!

We got a referral from the Sisters in our district and so we went by and we talked to the guy. He tells us how he wants a Book of Mormon but he only has 5 minutes to talk. So we do a quick Book of Mormon introduction with him and then after we do that, he goes on to tell us he wants us to send him versus and videos so he can read and watch the videos during the week! His name is Galos! 

Also we got our investigator Carlos on date for baptism for the 30 of Dec! In the middle of the lesson goes I know this church is of God and that the Book of Mormon is of God, so that's why I'm preparing to be baptized on the 30 of Dec. I was like Shoot heck Ya Carlos Lets go! 

So keep Carlos and Galos in your prayers! 

I love you all 

Elder McKeon

This is Elder Tuia and me

When your comp's sunglasses break, you take a goofy pic with them. I look like Napoleon Dynamite! I need a haircut!

Maddie's friend

Week 60

Hi Everyone! 

Another week here down! 60 weeks, really? You lose track!

 Sadly Elder Smith is being transferred today :( Super sad for him to be leaving. 
I will be Training though. Well half way training. The kid that is my new companion went out on a mission to Honduras and then went home and now he is coming back out to our mission. I will be retraining him cuz he has been home for a little bit. His name is Elder Tuia. 
I am excited for this new opportunity. 

Nothing new has been going on. This week was a struggle. We had so many opportunities to find new investigators but they all just fell through. It was super disappointing. 
We did our last house of mucking this week and other than that we just did a lot of walking around and talking to people. They were all nice. Everyone just was like, "I work at the plant and I work 13 days in a row and have 1 day off and today is that one day and I have all these things to do. I'm sorry I  don't have time." It's super disheartening. It will be better next week. 

Crazy how Thanksgiving is already this week! Everyone have a grateful and wonderful week! 

No pictures this week cuz I don't have my camera. I didn't know I was gonna be staying at the mission office all day!

Love you all!

Elder McKeon

Week 59

Hey Y'all!!!!! 

Another greet week here in Texas! Time is flying by way to quickly! We're already on the Last week of this transfer! It feels like yesterday I just got to the area! This week was a rough one for us down here. We had a lot of great plans to find new investigators but all our plans fell through... Which was a huge bummer but we have great plans to find this upcoming week!  

Many of you you saw my post on Facebook and know that we are now a Facebook mission. We're also going to be getting smart phones in the next week or so! This is super awesome! So excited for the new things that are coming around in the mission. We do not know much about the rules and stuff yet.  We are having a huge zone conference when we get the phones and we will get all the details. I do know we will be using chat and Facebook video chat. Honestly I can start teaching people back home over video chat but there is a lot to come in the next little bit. 

New place is great, love it!

One of my investigator in Sunny Side has great news! I have been talking to the missionaries there. They're slowing down the teaching process bcuz they are teaching his dad now!  Which is really good and smart to do cuz he is 9 so we want him to know it all. Happy for the family to learn together.

We're still doing a lot of service helping people clean up their homes and their lives.  Also on Friday night we had a ward activity and that was way fun! We played musical chairs with all the little kids. It was super awesome! 
Other than that just a great week in the Field! The church is true! I love the work! 

I love you all!

Elder McKeon 

PS- Way to go Hart on the upset! I rep my Hart gear even here in Texas! 

Our branch president's truck and me haha 

selfie in the 18 wheeler