First Transfer

Whats up! Guess what? This week was so sick! We worked so hard and we have had so much success! But now I am getting moved to a new area.

First all, the cool stuff that happened this week! We have 11 investigators, 4 of them are on date for Baptism.  In the past 5 days or so we have given 6 blessings. It's crazy and awesome because we just happened to be in the right place at the right time! :) We taught this one kid this week named Jonathan, he is super smart! He has already prayed and received an answer about the Book or Mormon. It's so cool to see how the Lord can prepare people for us. He referred himself to the mission through mormon.org! It's awesome!

Anyway, so for the big news. ya ready? I'm going to Corona, covering 2 wards in a car with Elder Ryman :) cool!

Well, Love you all! Have a good week!

 

a note from Jen:

I've gotten some pictures (over 200) in the mail from Elder McNew.  I was able to upload them to his facebook page.  If you are his "friend" on there, you'll be able to see them.  If you aren't his friend, send a request and I can add you.  I manage his page for him there as well.  I also plan to upload them to this blog too but it will take me a bit longer.  This post is current from today.

 

First Baptism

Hey everybody! :)

How are you all doing?  Well, as for me and the mission, all is well.  I confirmed Silviano a member of the Church this week and it was a great experience. It's good to see that we are bringing people into the fold of the Gospel! It's so awesome to see the Lord work through you.  I have been so blessed while I have been on my mission to see the Lord work through me to bless other peoples lives.  But, don't get me wrong, if it weren't for my companions I wouldn't be able to see so much awesome stuff.

So I am doing well this week.

Other than the baptism not much has happened.  Well, we got a few new investigators but it's hard to see what will happen right away. One cool thing that happened was, we were riding down the boulevard on our bikes and we saw a car towing a car and something was wrong.  So we rode over there on our bikes and saw that they needed some help. The car had slipped off of the car dolly. It was a lady and her four kids and one white friend.  So they couldn't have done anything by themselves so we called a member in our ward that has some skill and he came with his truck and between the three of us we got the car off the dolly and then back on the right way.  It was funny because while we were waiting for the brother in our ward to come, we got talking to everybody and they were pretty friendly people.  We became instant friends.  When we got all done we looked over and the kids had picked up our bikes and they were riding them around.  It was funny because they hardly knew us yet they were comfortable enough to jack our bikes :)

Anyway, I don't have much to say other than that. 

Love you all!

Have a good week.   

Love, Elder McNew

Elder Kirk, Silviano, Elder McNew

Mother's Day Call Home

We got this letter one week before our phone call. 

Hey what’s up everybody??? I’m doing great! Just so you all know! I have been super busy all week and I’m going to be super busy this week too!

Since I got my new awesome companion, Elder Kirk, the work has been going great! :) We have 1 investigator on date for baptism in May and a few more to come. I have been seeing the blessing that come from trying your hardest and doing your best to be obedient and trying to talk to everyone! I have noticed the longer I have been on my mission, the more I don’t really worry or think about home as much and, my attention and focus is more and more on the work, and that’s a good thing! :)

So we had a great Easter. Elder Kirk's mom sent him some eggs and stuff and we gave them out to our investigators.  They had scriptures on the inside of the eggs along with some candy so that was kind of cool! I’m glad that you all wrote me and that you are all doing well! :) I am in a little bit of a hurry because an investigator that we have just called and we are going to be meeting with him in like 35 min so I don’t have allot of time. But I want you all to know that I love you and you are in my prayers!

I just want to close with my testimony that I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church that has been restored and established here on the earth today.  I also know that it's only through Joseph Smith that we could have this wonderful gospel here today. But, if it weren’t for Jesus Christ and his entire life; including the sacrifice that He made for us, then we wouldn’t be able to make it back to our Father in Heaven.  Because Jesus gave his entire life and suffered and died for our sins then we can make it back to heaven and live into the eternities in happiness :)  I also know that as we (each of us in our lives) continue to do all that we can and keep the commandments of God then we can reap happiness while we are on the Earth!

I love you all and hope that you have a great week! I continue to pray for you all and wish you the best :)

Love Elder Justin Charles McNew!

Our phone call was really neat.  He told us more about his companion and about the people he is teaching.  He told us about the area he has been serving in and how much he has learned on his mission so far.  He is really enjoying the work even though it is hard and is feeling the blessings which have come into his life because of obedience. 

We were able to talk to him via Skype and Grandma and Grandpa Clegg were there too so they also got to speak with him and see him on the computer.  That was really a nice treat for all of us. 

On a side note, Elder McNew and I (Jen) have had a really hard time passing digital photographs back and forth.  We have tried sending them via SD card and have had quite a bit of trouble with that method.  Each time we pass them the card gets ruined.  We've tried writing "Hand Cancel" on the envelope but it still gets ruined.  He mailed me a USB drive but it didn't arrive in the letter.  I am not sure if data stored on a USB device will survive snail mail or not.  He isn't given enough time on the computer to email the pictures so we're wondering if any of you have any good ideas or methods of sending home digital photos. 

Thanks all for your love, support, and prayers on his behalf.