Week 15 - (11/03/14) - Meet Elder Fordham

Hello Everyone from Elder McSheehy!!

So this week was pretty exciting for Elder McSheehy.  He received numerous cards and treats from so many people for Halloween.  He appreciates your love and support so much.  Here is one of the pictures he sent me of a Halloween card sent from the youth group in FWB.  He was telling me how much he missed his friends back home and loved hearing from them.

So as you can see, this Florida boy is getting a little cold out west.  I laughed so hard - he was wearing his PJs under his suit pants - hahaha  He said in general he stays pretty warm but out biking in the cool wind gets pretty cool.

Elder McSheehy was very excited to be training a new missionary coming into Reno last week.  Here is a video of him meeting his new companion for the next 6-12 weeks.  The first missionary you see meeting his companion is Elder Fisher - this was Noah's companion while he was in the MTC.  After him you will see Noah meeting Elder Fordham for the first time.  They do seem very excited.  The sweet lady you see taking pictures of each pair is the "Mission Mom" - wife of the Mission President.

Here is a bit of Elder Fordham's email for the week - "We were walking down the street on our way to an investigator's (people looking into the church) home.  When out of nowhere, this truck swings around the corner in front of us, we keep walking, and this lady gets out of the truck calling out, "Hey are you Mormons?  Do you have a Book of Mormon with you?  (Side note.  While this is happening Elder McSheehy is on the phone with an investigator we haven't been able to get in contact with for a few weeks.)  I give her a Book of Mormon and she starts talking about how she's engaged to a Mormon and wants to learn more about the church.  Down side to the story, she does not live in our area so another group of missionaries will be teaching her."

Elder McSheehy's emails are very brief at this point.  He talks about being so busy and helping so many people.  Noah said "Mom, I LOVE being a missionary.  I don't want to ever leave."  He is so happy and enjoys serving these wonderful people in Reno.