Here are Elder McMullin and Elder Adair at the hardware store??? Elder Adair is Elder McMullin's first companion. They are serving in Watseka, IL (pronounced Wat-seek-a NOT Wat-sec-a -- we just found out that we had been pronouncing it wrong!)
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Mission Update 9/24/08
Here's Elder McMullin's update for the week. Sounds like another good one!
Happy Birthday Mom! Hope my package made it in time! It's good to get the emails! My week's been good, it sounds like yours have been good too!
Dad, how had you been pronouncing Bourbonnais and Watseka? Watseka is Watt-Seekah and Bourbonnais is either Bourbon-ay or Burr-bonus (people that live around it call it burr bonus, but people from anywhere else call it bourbon-ay). That's what I've heard too about the winter, so yikes! It's actually pretty warm still... Today it's like 91 degrees!
That's so crazy Mooker is going into the MTC in a week! It's going to be awesome, tell him good luck from me! The MTC is seriously the best place ever, I still miss it even though Watseka's been great! It really hasn't felt like it's been that long, but at the same time he goes in, I'll be done with my first transfer! How crazy is that?? New missionaries are going to come out in a week... Old missionaires are going to go home... Elder Adair or I may get transferred... Weird!
Anyways, the weather here has been nice lately. It cooled off pretty well, and has been just plain nice all day and night. The corn is turning brown, and the beans are getting ready to be harvested. I heard that it's officially Fall now too! They said a couple weeks ago would be the last hot day, but it's 91 right now, and for Illinois, that's considered hot... So who knows what they were talking about back then! It's actually still really nice, I'll be a little bit sad when it starts to freeze. It's ok though, the people are great, and we've made some awesome progress.
I'm trying to think of what all has happened this last week... It's gone by so fast, I think I'll need my planner. So anyways, Thursday went well... We taught Rosa Linda, Selena and Isabelle, and had English class. English class was pretty funny, we all planned a big fiesta for Sunday, and everyone signed up to bring something. Roberto didn't know what to bring, so Elder Adair suggested Jarritos (mexican soda)... It turns out that a Jarrito is a sippy-cup, and they were all like what the heck? This guy's a weirdie... But it eventually got all cleared up.
We went back over to teach Rosa Linda, Selena, and Isabelle again Friday, and brought some food for their family too. They had been running out, so we brought some from the food pantry. Grandma was very grateful. We also went to the Watseka Homecoming game that night. Watseka killed the other team... like 49-0 or something crazy. Andy got something like 18 tackles, and was pretty much the MVP. We've been sitting next to Andy's Uncle Huck, who's been more open and friendly every time we see him.
Saturday was pretty unfruitful all around... Pretty dissappointing, but that's really all I have to say about it. Actually, we met with a less active for a bit, and she has an 8 year old daughter that needs to be baptized. She wants to have her baptized, so that will be good.
Sunday was good. We had church, and had a decent turnout. Artie is still out of town, and so were Tony and Pamela, but Selena, Rosa Linda and Isabelle all came to church. They pretty much needed to to get baptized on the 27th, but they did, so all is well! We had some great lessons and talks, and it was all around spiritual... Like always!
On Monday we had a district meeting, which was good. The topic was having members present for lessons, and how to get them to come. I did the role play, and when the "member" said he had a headache, I got a Tylenol out of my backpack and promised him blessing if he'd come. It was actually pretty funny... We also went over to visit with Rosa Linda, Selena and Isabelle. We made plans for the baptism... I'll just type up a 'program' for it at the end of the email. After that, we had dinner at the Kaisers with some other members, and a non-member couple. It was really good, and the non-members were very friendly.
Tuesday was good, we visited with the Diaz girls yet another time, and finished the plans for the baptism. They're pretty excited. I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but only Rosa Linda and Isabelle are being baptized. After the lesson, I talked to Rosa Linda and Isabelle, and Elder Adair talked to Selena off to the side. She knows Joseph Smith was a prophet, but it turns out her mother just wont let her be baptized. She's going to be at her mom's house that day, but who knows, hopefully she'll let her sometime soon!
We don't have too much going on today, just MCM tonight at 7... Maybe... The Ward Mission Leader is out of town (alot) and may not be here for it tonight. Hopefully yes though. My nose has been stuffy for a couple days, so I tried some farmer-cure this morning... I put salt water in a waterbottle up to my nose, and sniffed it in. It felt very strange, I almost coughed to death, and had a ridiculously runny nose for a while, but it worked! My sinuses are pretty clear now!
Here's a makeshift program for the baptism on Saturday:
Opening Song: ?
Invocation: TBA
Baptism Talk: Sister La Turner
Rosa Linda's Baptism - by President La Turner
Isabelle's Baptism - by Elder McMullin
Holy Ghost Talk: Alex La Turner
Closing Song: ?
Benediction: TBA
Alex is 12 years old, and he's giving a talk... He's a little nervous, but will do a great job. Hahaha, that's the fun of living in a small branch! (and not having Grandma to give a talk!) It's pretty exciting to have this coming up, and we should have a good turnout for it. It's the first baptism in a long time, so everyone at church was taken aback at first, but they're all excited. It's going to be at the Bourbonnais Chapel since the Watseka Branch House doesn't have a font. The Bourbonnais Elders just had a baptism last Saturday which is pretty exciting... Our district will have had 50% of the entire mission's baptisms for this month! 2 in Bourbonnais and 2 in Watseka. Hopefully we'll be able to keep it up, I know that Frankfort (the other area in our district) and Bourbonnais should both have baptisms coming up, so we've got to keep finding people here in Watseka!
Watseka has 2 missionaries coming home in the next couple of months that should be incredible catalysts to the work here. One of them is in California, and the other is in Washington. They both have multiple people they want to bring the Gospel too, so we'll be very busy and effective when they get back! Pretty exciting!
OH YEAH! I got a couple of packages at District Meeting! I got the one from G&G, one from Bishop & Sister Bennett, and one from Rainy! Someone from the Mission Office comes to all the baptisms, and when they came to the one in Bourbonnais, they brought down the district's packages! Thanks so much for sending them to me! They were great and I really appreciate them! Fruit Roll-Ups are definitely the best thing to send me... Good call G&G! :-)
I did get the questions Grandma sent me, but still haven't gotten the questions from Mom. I'll just write back to all of them this weekend or next week, and send a picture of Rosa Linda and Isabelle at their baptism! I'll try to take some pictures of around town. Anyways, I think that's that for this week! It's good to hear from ya'll! Hope the driving was good for you G&G! Hope the birthday was good for you Mom! Hope the new car's good for you Dad! Hope the swim meets were good girls! I love you! I love being on my mission too. It's really good to see the joy that the Gospel can bring into peoples lives. I know that the Gospel blesses lives and that the Commandments are only for us. Just like that scripture in Mosiah says, the lives of the righteous really are blessed & great!
I was reading a book last night and came across an awesome analogy of the Atonement:
Let's say that we are a company that is crappy, and losing money. Let's say that Christ is a company that is ridiculously successful... One with infinite profit. When we repent, get baptized, and take the sacrament, we become one with Christ - with the covenant, we take upon ourselves His name. This is the same as our two companies merging into one big corporation. Christ's company's assets are infinite, so it pays off our company's liabilities, thus making our 'new company' incredibly profitable! We are made perfect IN CHRIST every single week. As long as we accept Him, we are perfect. By ourselves, we are horrible unprofitable servants, but with Christ, we are perfect. This Short-Run perfection allows us to grow in the Kingdom of Heaven so that we can some day be perfect by ourselves. Anyways, I just liked that alot. We've been commanded to be perfect, but the only way to do that is through Christ. We can only make it to the Terrestial Kindom by our own merit. That's why Jesus Christ, the creator of the world, came down to be killed by His own people. Thanks!
Anyways, I love you! Have a good week, and please pray for the girls being baptized this weekend! Please also pray for Selena, that her mother will let her be baptized. And for Artie, that he'll be open once he gets home from his trip. I'm thankful for your prayers.
-Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Happy Birthday Mom! Hope my package made it in time! It's good to get the emails! My week's been good, it sounds like yours have been good too!
Dad, how had you been pronouncing Bourbonnais and Watseka? Watseka is Watt-Seekah and Bourbonnais is either Bourbon-ay or Burr-bonus (people that live around it call it burr bonus, but people from anywhere else call it bourbon-ay). That's what I've heard too about the winter, so yikes! It's actually pretty warm still... Today it's like 91 degrees!
That's so crazy Mooker is going into the MTC in a week! It's going to be awesome, tell him good luck from me! The MTC is seriously the best place ever, I still miss it even though Watseka's been great! It really hasn't felt like it's been that long, but at the same time he goes in, I'll be done with my first transfer! How crazy is that?? New missionaries are going to come out in a week... Old missionaires are going to go home... Elder Adair or I may get transferred... Weird!
Anyways, the weather here has been nice lately. It cooled off pretty well, and has been just plain nice all day and night. The corn is turning brown, and the beans are getting ready to be harvested. I heard that it's officially Fall now too! They said a couple weeks ago would be the last hot day, but it's 91 right now, and for Illinois, that's considered hot... So who knows what they were talking about back then! It's actually still really nice, I'll be a little bit sad when it starts to freeze. It's ok though, the people are great, and we've made some awesome progress.
I'm trying to think of what all has happened this last week... It's gone by so fast, I think I'll need my planner. So anyways, Thursday went well... We taught Rosa Linda, Selena and Isabelle, and had English class. English class was pretty funny, we all planned a big fiesta for Sunday, and everyone signed up to bring something. Roberto didn't know what to bring, so Elder Adair suggested Jarritos (mexican soda)... It turns out that a Jarrito is a sippy-cup, and they were all like what the heck? This guy's a weirdie... But it eventually got all cleared up.
We went back over to teach Rosa Linda, Selena, and Isabelle again Friday, and brought some food for their family too. They had been running out, so we brought some from the food pantry. Grandma was very grateful. We also went to the Watseka Homecoming game that night. Watseka killed the other team... like 49-0 or something crazy. Andy got something like 18 tackles, and was pretty much the MVP. We've been sitting next to Andy's Uncle Huck, who's been more open and friendly every time we see him.
Saturday was pretty unfruitful all around... Pretty dissappointing, but that's really all I have to say about it. Actually, we met with a less active for a bit, and she has an 8 year old daughter that needs to be baptized. She wants to have her baptized, so that will be good.
Sunday was good. We had church, and had a decent turnout. Artie is still out of town, and so were Tony and Pamela, but Selena, Rosa Linda and Isabelle all came to church. They pretty much needed to to get baptized on the 27th, but they did, so all is well! We had some great lessons and talks, and it was all around spiritual... Like always!
On Monday we had a district meeting, which was good. The topic was having members present for lessons, and how to get them to come. I did the role play, and when the "member" said he had a headache, I got a Tylenol out of my backpack and promised him blessing if he'd come. It was actually pretty funny... We also went over to visit with Rosa Linda, Selena and Isabelle. We made plans for the baptism... I'll just type up a 'program' for it at the end of the email. After that, we had dinner at the Kaisers with some other members, and a non-member couple. It was really good, and the non-members were very friendly.
Tuesday was good, we visited with the Diaz girls yet another time, and finished the plans for the baptism. They're pretty excited. I'm pretty sure I've said this before, but only Rosa Linda and Isabelle are being baptized. After the lesson, I talked to Rosa Linda and Isabelle, and Elder Adair talked to Selena off to the side. She knows Joseph Smith was a prophet, but it turns out her mother just wont let her be baptized. She's going to be at her mom's house that day, but who knows, hopefully she'll let her sometime soon!
We don't have too much going on today, just MCM tonight at 7... Maybe... The Ward Mission Leader is out of town (alot) and may not be here for it tonight. Hopefully yes though. My nose has been stuffy for a couple days, so I tried some farmer-cure this morning... I put salt water in a waterbottle up to my nose, and sniffed it in. It felt very strange, I almost coughed to death, and had a ridiculously runny nose for a while, but it worked! My sinuses are pretty clear now!
Here's a makeshift program for the baptism on Saturday:
Opening Song: ?
Invocation: TBA
Baptism Talk: Sister La Turner
Rosa Linda's Baptism - by President La Turner
Isabelle's Baptism - by Elder McMullin
Holy Ghost Talk: Alex La Turner
Closing Song: ?
Benediction: TBA
Alex is 12 years old, and he's giving a talk... He's a little nervous, but will do a great job. Hahaha, that's the fun of living in a small branch! (and not having Grandma to give a talk!) It's pretty exciting to have this coming up, and we should have a good turnout for it. It's the first baptism in a long time, so everyone at church was taken aback at first, but they're all excited. It's going to be at the Bourbonnais Chapel since the Watseka Branch House doesn't have a font. The Bourbonnais Elders just had a baptism last Saturday which is pretty exciting... Our district will have had 50% of the entire mission's baptisms for this month! 2 in Bourbonnais and 2 in Watseka. Hopefully we'll be able to keep it up, I know that Frankfort (the other area in our district) and Bourbonnais should both have baptisms coming up, so we've got to keep finding people here in Watseka!
Watseka has 2 missionaries coming home in the next couple of months that should be incredible catalysts to the work here. One of them is in California, and the other is in Washington. They both have multiple people they want to bring the Gospel too, so we'll be very busy and effective when they get back! Pretty exciting!
OH YEAH! I got a couple of packages at District Meeting! I got the one from G&G, one from Bishop & Sister Bennett, and one from Rainy! Someone from the Mission Office comes to all the baptisms, and when they came to the one in Bourbonnais, they brought down the district's packages! Thanks so much for sending them to me! They were great and I really appreciate them! Fruit Roll-Ups are definitely the best thing to send me... Good call G&G! :-)
I did get the questions Grandma sent me, but still haven't gotten the questions from Mom. I'll just write back to all of them this weekend or next week, and send a picture of Rosa Linda and Isabelle at their baptism! I'll try to take some pictures of around town. Anyways, I think that's that for this week! It's good to hear from ya'll! Hope the driving was good for you G&G! Hope the birthday was good for you Mom! Hope the new car's good for you Dad! Hope the swim meets were good girls! I love you! I love being on my mission too. It's really good to see the joy that the Gospel can bring into peoples lives. I know that the Gospel blesses lives and that the Commandments are only for us. Just like that scripture in Mosiah says, the lives of the righteous really are blessed & great!
I was reading a book last night and came across an awesome analogy of the Atonement:
Let's say that we are a company that is crappy, and losing money. Let's say that Christ is a company that is ridiculously successful... One with infinite profit. When we repent, get baptized, and take the sacrament, we become one with Christ - with the covenant, we take upon ourselves His name. This is the same as our two companies merging into one big corporation. Christ's company's assets are infinite, so it pays off our company's liabilities, thus making our 'new company' incredibly profitable! We are made perfect IN CHRIST every single week. As long as we accept Him, we are perfect. By ourselves, we are horrible unprofitable servants, but with Christ, we are perfect. This Short-Run perfection allows us to grow in the Kingdom of Heaven so that we can some day be perfect by ourselves. Anyways, I just liked that alot. We've been commanded to be perfect, but the only way to do that is through Christ. We can only make it to the Terrestial Kindom by our own merit. That's why Jesus Christ, the creator of the world, came down to be killed by His own people. Thanks!
Anyways, I love you! Have a good week, and please pray for the girls being baptized this weekend! Please also pray for Selena, that her mother will let her be baptized. And for Artie, that he'll be open once he gets home from his trip. I'm thankful for your prayers.
-Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Mission Update -- 9/17/08
Here's this week's update. Sounds like it was a fantastic week!! My comments are in brackets again.
Hola!
This week has been pretty good and pretty crazy! Last Thursday was fairly uneventful, but Friday was AWESOME!
We went over to Rosa's family's house to teach the Plan of Salvation, and it turns out they had prayed... And wanted to get baptized! So... We're going to baptize Rosa and Isabelle on the 27th! Isabelle is so amazing... Like seriously incredible! She believes the church is true, and is pretty excited about being baptized. They lied to get out of going to band camp, so she really wants to be forgiven for that. (funny reason, but it's always good to be forgiven!) So we've taught them, they came to church, and we're going to teach them everything else then baptize them on the 27th! SWEET!
So after that amazing day, we got a call from Elder Na'a asking if we wanted to do exchanges on Saturday. We said sure, so the next day we drove up to Bourbonnais. I stayed there with Elder Grether, and Elder Na'a came down to Watseka. We all had lunch and met with a recent convert, then went our separate ways. Elder Grether and I went to some boondock place to meet with a media referral, but she wasn't home. We then went to visit a less active family that lived nearby. They had alot of cats. We did a lot of service in a basement that was unorganized. They were interesting people, and it turned out to be fairly fruitful because most of them came to church on Sunday.
I took a shower that evening, but didn't sleep well because my nose was a faucet [Elder M. is quite allergic to cats!]. I gave up at 5:45 or so and took another shower. A couple hours and a couple (over)doses later, I felt alright though. I read some interesting stories in Matthew. I don't have my scriptures or anything with me now, so I don't know the reference, but I found a new personal hero- the blind homeless man that Christ healed that completely trashed the Pharisees, then became a Disciple of Christ after he was excomunicated from his community.
Church was really good, but not many people showed up because of the rain... It had been raining pretty well for a few days, but really started up Saturday evening and Sunday morning. [This was the remnants of Hurricane Ike.] A lot of people near Kankakee had water in their basements, and one neighborhood even had waist deep water at their front door! They are all great people, and helped eachother out after church though, so that was good.
While they were helping each other out, Elder Grether and I were busy preaching the Gospel. We started out by giving a blessing to a man who hurt his knee the other day. After that, we went and tracted in the storm for a while. It was actually pretty fun, but we got a little bit wet. We had umbrellas, but they were going crazy because of the wind. The sidewalk was all submersed, so we had to walk in the street for most of the time, then jump onto driveways.
It was actually a pretty good day to knock doors, because no one was out in the storm. Most people were not receptive, of course. We didn't have anything too crazy, but we did get some doors slammed, and shooed away like flies once. We also set up three appointments though! That's the important part! A lot of missionaries do not like to tract because it's not very fruitful. They say you have to hit 99 doors before you find 1 investigator, so they don't want to do it at all. But fortunately I look at it as lets go hit those 99 doors so we can find that lost sheep!
After doing this, we went to an appointment with an 'investigator.' His family was all members, but they were inactive when he was 8. He is 10, and they now come to church all the time and he needs to be baptized, but since he's not 8 he has to go through the missionaries. We went through some stuff with the kid, then gave his sister (who was going into the doctor for who knows what) a blessing. It was all in all good.
After that we drove out quite a ways to our dinner appointment. We had a full on thanksgiving feast, and played a pig dice game with their kids. It was actually pretty fun! Some of the family was recent converts, so we also taught them a lesson. It went really well, and was fun. After dinner, we drove back to Bourbonnais to go to bed. Oh yeah, the Elders in Bourbonnais live with members. The Jacksons have a pretty big basement that has everything, so they house the missionaries there. I guess the Church is starting to do that more and more.
We had district meeting and switched back companions on Monday. Monday evening, we went to teach Rosa & Co. again. It went really well until they brought their stupid pug out. He is fat and screams like a dying pig. It was alright though, we finished and set another appointment. After the lesson, we bought some more bread from the store and got ready for bed.
Tuesday was pretty good. We went around and tried to meet some former investigators. We met with one who sounded pretty promising actually. She lives about 15 miles out of Watseka in Gilman, and goes to a church on her street. She said that if she was younger, she would probably have already joined the Church! Nice! We'll come back to teach her, which should be good!
Today has been good as well. We woke up and went over to the Clutteur's. We spent a good chunk of the day cleaning out the garage Brother Clutteur built with his son. It was pretty much used as storage and was unorganized, but we did a pretty good job on it. We did laundry there, and just barely left for the library to do email. We're going back over soon for dinner... Sister Clutteur is probably the best cook I've ever met in my life. She cooked pork with mashed potatoes and gravy for us last night, and it was great! They've got an apartment above the garage we cleaned that they're planning on having the missionaries live in after Andy leaves. They're an awesome family.
Thanks for your letters and emails! It's always good to hear from you! I heard that UNLV beat ASU... Let's just say I'm not from Tempe anymore... The BYU game was on when we were at the recent converts house, so we saw a little bit of the first half and oh my gosh!
I'm going to get a coat next time we can make it into the city or around Joliet. I would have earlier, but we carpooled with people and they had an appointment they had to rush to. I've been using money off of that, because I didn't budget my money very well. I ordered a mission shirt, but I don't think that's the worst way to kill a budget!
That's exciting about Mook's farewell and Temple trip! Tell him congratulations from me! Yeah, that'd be good to forward me his emails. When did Sue send me Matt's? In the mail I assume?
Good job on your debate Caitlin! Tell Mrs Peters I say hi! Hi Taylor!
Have a good week! I've been debating on whether to send G&G's letter to Arizona or to Nevada... I think I'll just send it to Nevada though, so they'll have something fun besides the Chamber and Lend a Hand waiting for them. Hehe. Have fun in Arizona G&G! It's too bad I'll miss y'all there!
Hey what town does Heidi Jarvis's brother live in?
Anyways, I'm glad I'm out here, and am really excited for the [sisters] that are getting baptized! The branch here is great, and they're so supportive of each other. Most members have a calling, and everyone goes out of their way to support the branch. It's really cool to see, and to help with. It's so different than at home where we have huge wards with a bunch of strong active members... Kinda interesting - the Joliet stakehouse is about the same size as the Lakeshore building... Maybe even a little smaller. Pretty strange! But, it's the people who meet there that make up the Church, not the building!
Anyways, the week's been good. Thanks for praying for me, you're in my prayers as well!
Love you,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Hola!
This week has been pretty good and pretty crazy! Last Thursday was fairly uneventful, but Friday was AWESOME!
We went over to Rosa's family's house to teach the Plan of Salvation, and it turns out they had prayed... And wanted to get baptized! So... We're going to baptize Rosa and Isabelle on the 27th! Isabelle is so amazing... Like seriously incredible! She believes the church is true, and is pretty excited about being baptized. They lied to get out of going to band camp, so she really wants to be forgiven for that. (funny reason, but it's always good to be forgiven!) So we've taught them, they came to church, and we're going to teach them everything else then baptize them on the 27th! SWEET!
So after that amazing day, we got a call from Elder Na'a asking if we wanted to do exchanges on Saturday. We said sure, so the next day we drove up to Bourbonnais. I stayed there with Elder Grether, and Elder Na'a came down to Watseka. We all had lunch and met with a recent convert, then went our separate ways. Elder Grether and I went to some boondock place to meet with a media referral, but she wasn't home. We then went to visit a less active family that lived nearby. They had alot of cats. We did a lot of service in a basement that was unorganized. They were interesting people, and it turned out to be fairly fruitful because most of them came to church on Sunday.
I took a shower that evening, but didn't sleep well because my nose was a faucet [Elder M. is quite allergic to cats!]. I gave up at 5:45 or so and took another shower. A couple hours and a couple (over)doses later, I felt alright though. I read some interesting stories in Matthew. I don't have my scriptures or anything with me now, so I don't know the reference, but I found a new personal hero- the blind homeless man that Christ healed that completely trashed the Pharisees, then became a Disciple of Christ after he was excomunicated from his community.
Church was really good, but not many people showed up because of the rain... It had been raining pretty well for a few days, but really started up Saturday evening and Sunday morning. [This was the remnants of Hurricane Ike.] A lot of people near Kankakee had water in their basements, and one neighborhood even had waist deep water at their front door! They are all great people, and helped eachother out after church though, so that was good.
While they were helping each other out, Elder Grether and I were busy preaching the Gospel. We started out by giving a blessing to a man who hurt his knee the other day. After that, we went and tracted in the storm for a while. It was actually pretty fun, but we got a little bit wet. We had umbrellas, but they were going crazy because of the wind. The sidewalk was all submersed, so we had to walk in the street for most of the time, then jump onto driveways.
It was actually a pretty good day to knock doors, because no one was out in the storm. Most people were not receptive, of course. We didn't have anything too crazy, but we did get some doors slammed, and shooed away like flies once. We also set up three appointments though! That's the important part! A lot of missionaries do not like to tract because it's not very fruitful. They say you have to hit 99 doors before you find 1 investigator, so they don't want to do it at all. But fortunately I look at it as lets go hit those 99 doors so we can find that lost sheep!
After doing this, we went to an appointment with an 'investigator.' His family was all members, but they were inactive when he was 8. He is 10, and they now come to church all the time and he needs to be baptized, but since he's not 8 he has to go through the missionaries. We went through some stuff with the kid, then gave his sister (who was going into the doctor for who knows what) a blessing. It was all in all good.
After that we drove out quite a ways to our dinner appointment. We had a full on thanksgiving feast, and played a pig dice game with their kids. It was actually pretty fun! Some of the family was recent converts, so we also taught them a lesson. It went really well, and was fun. After dinner, we drove back to Bourbonnais to go to bed. Oh yeah, the Elders in Bourbonnais live with members. The Jacksons have a pretty big basement that has everything, so they house the missionaries there. I guess the Church is starting to do that more and more.
We had district meeting and switched back companions on Monday. Monday evening, we went to teach Rosa & Co. again. It went really well until they brought their stupid pug out. He is fat and screams like a dying pig. It was alright though, we finished and set another appointment. After the lesson, we bought some more bread from the store and got ready for bed.
Tuesday was pretty good. We went around and tried to meet some former investigators. We met with one who sounded pretty promising actually. She lives about 15 miles out of Watseka in Gilman, and goes to a church on her street. She said that if she was younger, she would probably have already joined the Church! Nice! We'll come back to teach her, which should be good!
Today has been good as well. We woke up and went over to the Clutteur's. We spent a good chunk of the day cleaning out the garage Brother Clutteur built with his son. It was pretty much used as storage and was unorganized, but we did a pretty good job on it. We did laundry there, and just barely left for the library to do email. We're going back over soon for dinner... Sister Clutteur is probably the best cook I've ever met in my life. She cooked pork with mashed potatoes and gravy for us last night, and it was great! They've got an apartment above the garage we cleaned that they're planning on having the missionaries live in after Andy leaves. They're an awesome family.
Thanks for your letters and emails! It's always good to hear from you! I heard that UNLV beat ASU... Let's just say I'm not from Tempe anymore... The BYU game was on when we were at the recent converts house, so we saw a little bit of the first half and oh my gosh!
I'm going to get a coat next time we can make it into the city or around Joliet. I would have earlier, but we carpooled with people and they had an appointment they had to rush to. I've been using money off of that, because I didn't budget my money very well. I ordered a mission shirt, but I don't think that's the worst way to kill a budget!
That's exciting about Mook's farewell and Temple trip! Tell him congratulations from me! Yeah, that'd be good to forward me his emails. When did Sue send me Matt's? In the mail I assume?
Good job on your debate Caitlin! Tell Mrs Peters I say hi! Hi Taylor!
Have a good week! I've been debating on whether to send G&G's letter to Arizona or to Nevada... I think I'll just send it to Nevada though, so they'll have something fun besides the Chamber and Lend a Hand waiting for them. Hehe. Have fun in Arizona G&G! It's too bad I'll miss y'all there!
Hey what town does Heidi Jarvis's brother live in?
Anyways, I'm glad I'm out here, and am really excited for the [sisters] that are getting baptized! The branch here is great, and they're so supportive of each other. Most members have a calling, and everyone goes out of their way to support the branch. It's really cool to see, and to help with. It's so different than at home where we have huge wards with a bunch of strong active members... Kinda interesting - the Joliet stakehouse is about the same size as the Lakeshore building... Maybe even a little smaller. Pretty strange! But, it's the people who meet there that make up the Church, not the building!
Anyways, the week's been good. Thanks for praying for me, you're in my prayers as well!
Love you,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Mission Update -- 9/10/08
Here's the email that we got today. Sounds like all is going well!
Hey everyone!
This week has been great! We had a lot happening, and I'm honestly pretty tired now... But that's ok.
Thursday was good, but fairly uneventful... Except that it literally never stopped raining for a second! It was pretty nuts! It was super nice though. We got ready to wake up early on Friday for Zone Conference.
We woke up at like 5:30 AM for Zone Conference, because we're so far out. We got ready, then drove to Bourbonaisse to meet Elder Na'a and Elder Grether. We hopped into their car and drove the rest of the way to Joliet (for the second time in 3 days). We got out of the car, and walked into the stake house (which is like exactly the same as the Lakeshore church building... pretty small!)
From 8:30 to 12:30 we heard from the Zone Leaders and from President and Sister Roach. It was really good, but the Zone Leaders talked for a really long time, and by the time we got done with this part, everyone was about dead. I gave the opening prayer, and it was pretty strange because the Zone Leaders gave me a list of 9 names to individually pray about at the pulpit. They did that for every single prayer, so we sounded like robots, but it was good nonetheless!
Lunch was great! We had BBQ chicken sandwiches that was provided by some ward (btw, if you ever want to do a GREAT service, volunteer to cook ribs or something for this sometime... I'm not sure how they do it at home!). I was SO starving because I hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so I ate alot.
After lunch we went back in for more training. We had some good words from President Roach and the APs. They were all really good and inspirational. We also heard the names prayed for again a couple of times. After we heard from the President and the APs, we watched a safety movie. It was about a kid that got hit by a car and only got saved because of his helmet. It was substantially good, but has got to be the worst put together movie I've ever seen in my life. I don't think they had any out takes. I'm sorry... That sounds pretty negative! It was good, but pretty funny because it looked like they filmed it on a home video camera.
Anyways, after this we got back into the car and made the 2 hour journey back to Watseka. On the way back, we all stopped at Culver's. It's pretty much the MidWest In-N-Out, and actually just beat In-N-Out as the best burger in the nation for the first time in 7 years! It really was pretty good - mainly because they used real cheese. They had strange looking, but very tasty fries too. After we got home, we went to the high school football game with the Clutteurs to watch their inactive sons and the boys they're going to introduce us to. Watseka completely embarrassed the other school... Something like 48 to 0. It was pretty sad.
Saturday was pretty good. We went over to an inactive woman's house to help her take down her pool. We got there, and saw it was a 5 foot kiddie pool and were like, "wow, we drove 20 minutes to dump out a kiddie pool?!?" BUT, it turns out that the thing was filled with tadpoles, mosquito larvae, worms, spiders, and pretty much everything else gross on the face of the earth except for catfish! It was DISGUSTING! We got bit about a billion times while emptying it, and eventually just threw it away.
After tossing the pool, we went over to meet with Tony and Pamela. They've got like 8 kids, and the little ones love me. It's pretty hard to walk in there house, because little Koty hangs on to my legs all the time. They're really fun though, and their parents are great even if they need to get married and baptized. We helped Tony sand the attic. The attic is really coming along, and should be finished within the next couple of weeks! Hopefully we'll be able to go over a couple times before then though.
Sunday was good, even if no investigators could make it. Artie is out of town for a couple of weeks and Tony and Pamela had to go to Kankakee for doctors appointments. Illinois just passed a law that says all 1st, 3rd & 6th graders or something have to get eye exams, so they had to take the whole squad over for that. Elder Adair and I got to teach Priesthood which turned out pretty well considering we had all of 30 seconds to prepare. After Church, we got to drive to Joliet for the 3RD TIME for Stake Priesthood Meeting. It was actually REALLY REALLY good. Like best one I've been to good.
Monday was good. We went to District Meeting which is always good, and then to eat with a family in Bourbonaisse. I read that Rusty went to and Jimmy is going to the Olivet Nazarene University! That's so awesome! The church we have our District Meetings at is pretty much across the street from that school... It's got a really really nice campus and too many good looking girls! haha.
Tuesday was great... We got to go and teach Rosa and her granddaughter Isabelle. We actually stopped by on Sunday and taught for a bit, but Tuesday was the main lesson. We taught the entire first lesson, and it turned out really well. They're VERY open, and invited us to come back Friday. I'm really excited for that! Isabelle, who is 17, told us already that she believes that Heavenly Father and Christ appeared to Joseph Smith! They're going to read a bit of the Book of Mormon and the Restoration pamphlet and pray about it! The Grandma is Catholic, but has strong faith and is remarkably open... So hopefully this will go well! Random family fact: they have 7 dogs and 14 birds!
Today has just been a P-Day. We just sat around, got things done, wrote letters and came to the library. I just got done putting all of my pictures onto a thumb drive that I'm going to send in the mail. It's got a lot on it, so you can print them or do whatever you want with them!
Ok, dad asked if the people here are shotgun hunters. They are actually mostly bow hunters. Everyone here is crazy about archery, but there is also a shotgun season. There isn't any rifle season though. They only hunt deer as far as I know, except for some birds.
We have done door knocking, but have kept it mostly to previous investigators. The Area Book has a lot of names in it, and we're seeing if they're interested. We've been able to talk to a few, but most people are pretty cold. Yikes.
I think I've written this to someone, but here's a random spiritual story from this last week (or maybe the one before):
I was reading through the New Testament and came upon a scripture in Matthew chapter 6. It mentioned having an eye single. I thought, hey that would sound really good if I put in "to the glory of God" in there, so I wrote it in (I write alot of notes in my scriptures). After a minute, I looked down at the footnotes and saw that the JST added in what I wrote verbatim! Joseph Smith probably did alot of his translation exactly the same was as Brad McMullin did his!
Anyways, that was pretty fun. I've also been reading alot out of Jesus the Christ. I'm about 350 pages in. Throughout the day, I'm always thinking of random stories of Christ's life. Christ also has a lot of nice one liners that are good to quote too. I've really enjoyed the book, and would reccomend it for an interesting read!
Here's a scripture that I really like:
Alma 37:44 For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, as it was for our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them a straight course to the promised land.
At the MTC Elder Coleman quoted that and told us that it is EASY to follow Christ. It is EASY to be righteous, and it is EASY to make it to the Celestial Kingdom. After his talk, we had a district discussion. A lot of people were pretty concerned with what he said.
While we had the discussion I felt the Spirit, and was given a different interpretation of the scripture:
It IS easy to give heed to the Words of Christ, just like it was easy for Lehi's family to give heed to the Liahona. The choice to follow the Lord is easy to make, but the actual following isn't so easy. Lehi's family suffered much tribulations throughout their journey to the Promised Land, even when they followed the Liahona. It would seem that it would be much easier to stay in Jerusalem. Of course, if they had, they would have been destroyed. Likewise, when we follow the words of Christ, it will be HARD, but well worth it in the end. If we are dilligent, hopefully we can mature to the point Elder Coleman is at, and be able to honestly say, "it is easy to be righteous."
Anyways, sorry that was drawn out, but I like it. I've been writing for a really long time, but Elder Adair is still cooking, so I'll write my testimony:
I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort that sweet sentence gives. Seriously, it's really good to know that the Lord guides this Church. It's good to know that God is guiding me as I go out to teach his children. It's good to know that He died and through His Atonement, I can be made whole. I'm so thankful that He came down to this world, and went through all that He did for me. I'll forever be indebted to Him, and am happy to pay back what little of that debt I can in Illinois.
I love you all! Take care! I wrote you all individually, so there's my questions there... BUT do keep keeping in touch and telling me what's up in the world! Or at least in Arizona and Nevada... When's Bryn getting baptized? Did you ever tell her about the Youtube video of her?
I hope you enjoy the pictures I'm sending... I'll have to get out and take some more. I'll take some at the next District Meeting or something. Anyways, love you lots!
Love,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Hey everyone!
This week has been great! We had a lot happening, and I'm honestly pretty tired now... But that's ok.
Thursday was good, but fairly uneventful... Except that it literally never stopped raining for a second! It was pretty nuts! It was super nice though. We got ready to wake up early on Friday for Zone Conference.
We woke up at like 5:30 AM for Zone Conference, because we're so far out. We got ready, then drove to Bourbonaisse to meet Elder Na'a and Elder Grether. We hopped into their car and drove the rest of the way to Joliet (for the second time in 3 days). We got out of the car, and walked into the stake house (which is like exactly the same as the Lakeshore church building... pretty small!)
From 8:30 to 12:30 we heard from the Zone Leaders and from President and Sister Roach. It was really good, but the Zone Leaders talked for a really long time, and by the time we got done with this part, everyone was about dead. I gave the opening prayer, and it was pretty strange because the Zone Leaders gave me a list of 9 names to individually pray about at the pulpit. They did that for every single prayer, so we sounded like robots, but it was good nonetheless!
Lunch was great! We had BBQ chicken sandwiches that was provided by some ward (btw, if you ever want to do a GREAT service, volunteer to cook ribs or something for this sometime... I'm not sure how they do it at home!). I was SO starving because I hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so I ate alot.
After lunch we went back in for more training. We had some good words from President Roach and the APs. They were all really good and inspirational. We also heard the names prayed for again a couple of times. After we heard from the President and the APs, we watched a safety movie. It was about a kid that got hit by a car and only got saved because of his helmet. It was substantially good, but has got to be the worst put together movie I've ever seen in my life. I don't think they had any out takes. I'm sorry... That sounds pretty negative! It was good, but pretty funny because it looked like they filmed it on a home video camera.
Anyways, after this we got back into the car and made the 2 hour journey back to Watseka. On the way back, we all stopped at Culver's. It's pretty much the MidWest In-N-Out, and actually just beat In-N-Out as the best burger in the nation for the first time in 7 years! It really was pretty good - mainly because they used real cheese. They had strange looking, but very tasty fries too. After we got home, we went to the high school football game with the Clutteurs to watch their inactive sons and the boys they're going to introduce us to. Watseka completely embarrassed the other school... Something like 48 to 0. It was pretty sad.
Saturday was pretty good. We went over to an inactive woman's house to help her take down her pool. We got there, and saw it was a 5 foot kiddie pool and were like, "wow, we drove 20 minutes to dump out a kiddie pool?!?" BUT, it turns out that the thing was filled with tadpoles, mosquito larvae, worms, spiders, and pretty much everything else gross on the face of the earth except for catfish! It was DISGUSTING! We got bit about a billion times while emptying it, and eventually just threw it away.
After tossing the pool, we went over to meet with Tony and Pamela. They've got like 8 kids, and the little ones love me. It's pretty hard to walk in there house, because little Koty hangs on to my legs all the time. They're really fun though, and their parents are great even if they need to get married and baptized. We helped Tony sand the attic. The attic is really coming along, and should be finished within the next couple of weeks! Hopefully we'll be able to go over a couple times before then though.
Sunday was good, even if no investigators could make it. Artie is out of town for a couple of weeks and Tony and Pamela had to go to Kankakee for doctors appointments. Illinois just passed a law that says all 1st, 3rd & 6th graders or something have to get eye exams, so they had to take the whole squad over for that. Elder Adair and I got to teach Priesthood which turned out pretty well considering we had all of 30 seconds to prepare. After Church, we got to drive to Joliet for the 3RD TIME for Stake Priesthood Meeting. It was actually REALLY REALLY good. Like best one I've been to good.
Monday was good. We went to District Meeting which is always good, and then to eat with a family in Bourbonaisse. I read that Rusty went to and Jimmy is going to the Olivet Nazarene University! That's so awesome! The church we have our District Meetings at is pretty much across the street from that school... It's got a really really nice campus and too many good looking girls! haha.
Tuesday was great... We got to go and teach Rosa and her granddaughter Isabelle. We actually stopped by on Sunday and taught for a bit, but Tuesday was the main lesson. We taught the entire first lesson, and it turned out really well. They're VERY open, and invited us to come back Friday. I'm really excited for that! Isabelle, who is 17, told us already that she believes that Heavenly Father and Christ appeared to Joseph Smith! They're going to read a bit of the Book of Mormon and the Restoration pamphlet and pray about it! The Grandma is Catholic, but has strong faith and is remarkably open... So hopefully this will go well! Random family fact: they have 7 dogs and 14 birds!
Today has just been a P-Day. We just sat around, got things done, wrote letters and came to the library. I just got done putting all of my pictures onto a thumb drive that I'm going to send in the mail. It's got a lot on it, so you can print them or do whatever you want with them!
Ok, dad asked if the people here are shotgun hunters. They are actually mostly bow hunters. Everyone here is crazy about archery, but there is also a shotgun season. There isn't any rifle season though. They only hunt deer as far as I know, except for some birds.
We have done door knocking, but have kept it mostly to previous investigators. The Area Book has a lot of names in it, and we're seeing if they're interested. We've been able to talk to a few, but most people are pretty cold. Yikes.
I think I've written this to someone, but here's a random spiritual story from this last week (or maybe the one before):
I was reading through the New Testament and came upon a scripture in Matthew chapter 6. It mentioned having an eye single. I thought, hey that would sound really good if I put in "to the glory of God" in there, so I wrote it in (I write alot of notes in my scriptures). After a minute, I looked down at the footnotes and saw that the JST added in what I wrote verbatim! Joseph Smith probably did alot of his translation exactly the same was as Brad McMullin did his!
Anyways, that was pretty fun. I've also been reading alot out of Jesus the Christ. I'm about 350 pages in. Throughout the day, I'm always thinking of random stories of Christ's life. Christ also has a lot of nice one liners that are good to quote too. I've really enjoyed the book, and would reccomend it for an interesting read!
Here's a scripture that I really like:
Alma 37:44 For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, as it was for our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them a straight course to the promised land.
At the MTC Elder Coleman quoted that and told us that it is EASY to follow Christ. It is EASY to be righteous, and it is EASY to make it to the Celestial Kingdom. After his talk, we had a district discussion. A lot of people were pretty concerned with what he said.
While we had the discussion I felt the Spirit, and was given a different interpretation of the scripture:
It IS easy to give heed to the Words of Christ, just like it was easy for Lehi's family to give heed to the Liahona. The choice to follow the Lord is easy to make, but the actual following isn't so easy. Lehi's family suffered much tribulations throughout their journey to the Promised Land, even when they followed the Liahona. It would seem that it would be much easier to stay in Jerusalem. Of course, if they had, they would have been destroyed. Likewise, when we follow the words of Christ, it will be HARD, but well worth it in the end. If we are dilligent, hopefully we can mature to the point Elder Coleman is at, and be able to honestly say, "it is easy to be righteous."
Anyways, sorry that was drawn out, but I like it. I've been writing for a really long time, but Elder Adair is still cooking, so I'll write my testimony:
I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort that sweet sentence gives. Seriously, it's really good to know that the Lord guides this Church. It's good to know that God is guiding me as I go out to teach his children. It's good to know that He died and through His Atonement, I can be made whole. I'm so thankful that He came down to this world, and went through all that He did for me. I'll forever be indebted to Him, and am happy to pay back what little of that debt I can in Illinois.
I love you all! Take care! I wrote you all individually, so there's my questions there... BUT do keep keeping in touch and telling me what's up in the world! Or at least in Arizona and Nevada... When's Bryn getting baptized? Did you ever tell her about the Youtube video of her?
I hope you enjoy the pictures I'm sending... I'll have to get out and take some more. I'll take some at the next District Meeting or something. Anyways, love you lots!
Love,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Mission Update 9/3/08
We got an email from Elder McMullin today! Here it is. Words in brackets are my comments.
Hi Family,
Today was great! Sorry this is late! We just had zone activity, and had something like a 2 hour drive to get there... So we couldn't get to a library til now. This week was good overall, but had ups and downs... I guess that's just how it goes!
We went and checked on past / almost present investigators earlier on, and I got my first absurd rejection! The sisters had one guy that was hearing lessons, Ray, but he would never answer the phone when we called him... So we did a stop by, and knocked on his door. We asked for Ray, but he told us, "Ray? I don't know Ray, nope no Ray!" Blatant lie. It was actually pretty funny, if in a sad sense. We had a good dinner with President La Turner and Co. later, so it was alright though. After dinner, he took us by to meet Tony and Pamela.
Saturday was good... We went to help Tony work on his attic. He's doing some intense remodeling, so it was quite the job. All we really did was some mudding on the ceiling though. We stayed over for dinner, and didn't really talk about church. They said they liked how we just got to know them first, and how we helped them out AND...... We had a family of 8 investigators come to church on Sunday!!!!
It was really awesome! The congregation was about 3 people away from being twice as large as the week before, so it was way awesome! Elder Adair and I taught Sunday School to a guy that got baptized, but then went inactive I think. That evening we visited alot of people with President La Turner and Brother Spraklin.
Oh yeah, there was also a Linger Longer which was pretty good.... But I got food poisoned from it, and that night / part of Monday was BAD. I took some medicine and was OK for the Labor Day picnic, but not good. The picnic itself was really good. I didn't eat much, but we played football and it was fun. Elder Na'a from my district was offered a full ride to BYU, but he turned it down... He wants to play for USC. In other words, he's really really good. It was young guys vs old guys, and I did alright... I caught a 60 yarder (in the air) for a touch down. Artie's [an investigator] brothers were there playing, so that was way good too. They're awesome. Artie wasn't there though because April [his wife] has been sick.
Today was great. We drove to Joliet to some country club's park and played sports. It rained ALOT. We got soaked... It was so fun! I got to see Elder Baum, Elder Philbrick [Elders Baum and Philbrick were in his district in the MTC] and all the other Elders in the Zone... So that was way fun. My softball & football teams won. Undefeated baby. Me, Na'a and Thornhill.
I'm loving my mission so much. It's been good so far, and I can see it getting much better soon. The members are getting excited which is great, and we've even got some referrals that are going to come in! Two of them are some of the Watseka High football players, so we're going with the Clutteurs and possibly some investigators to the game on Friday. It should be fun. The weather's great, and the people are nice.
I know the church is true, and would die before denying that. God lives and loves us. I'm so thankful for all I've been given. I'm thankful for my opportunity to share my knowledge of the Gospel with the people of Watseka, Crescent City, Milfort, Ashkun, Chebanse, Gillman, and all the other towns are in my area. God answers prayers, and I'm thankful for that. Last of all, I'm so thankful for the wonderful family the Lord was kind enough to put me into.
I love you all,
Love your son, grandson, or brother,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Hi Family,
Today was great! Sorry this is late! We just had zone activity, and had something like a 2 hour drive to get there... So we couldn't get to a library til now. This week was good overall, but had ups and downs... I guess that's just how it goes!
We went and checked on past / almost present investigators earlier on, and I got my first absurd rejection! The sisters had one guy that was hearing lessons, Ray, but he would never answer the phone when we called him... So we did a stop by, and knocked on his door. We asked for Ray, but he told us, "Ray? I don't know Ray, nope no Ray!" Blatant lie. It was actually pretty funny, if in a sad sense. We had a good dinner with President La Turner and Co. later, so it was alright though. After dinner, he took us by to meet Tony and Pamela.
Saturday was good... We went to help Tony work on his attic. He's doing some intense remodeling, so it was quite the job. All we really did was some mudding on the ceiling though. We stayed over for dinner, and didn't really talk about church. They said they liked how we just got to know them first, and how we helped them out AND...... We had a family of 8 investigators come to church on Sunday!!!!
It was really awesome! The congregation was about 3 people away from being twice as large as the week before, so it was way awesome! Elder Adair and I taught Sunday School to a guy that got baptized, but then went inactive I think. That evening we visited alot of people with President La Turner and Brother Spraklin.
Oh yeah, there was also a Linger Longer which was pretty good.... But I got food poisoned from it, and that night / part of Monday was BAD. I took some medicine and was OK for the Labor Day picnic, but not good. The picnic itself was really good. I didn't eat much, but we played football and it was fun. Elder Na'a from my district was offered a full ride to BYU, but he turned it down... He wants to play for USC. In other words, he's really really good. It was young guys vs old guys, and I did alright... I caught a 60 yarder (in the air) for a touch down. Artie's [an investigator] brothers were there playing, so that was way good too. They're awesome. Artie wasn't there though because April [his wife] has been sick.
Today was great. We drove to Joliet to some country club's park and played sports. It rained ALOT. We got soaked... It was so fun! I got to see Elder Baum, Elder Philbrick [Elders Baum and Philbrick were in his district in the MTC] and all the other Elders in the Zone... So that was way fun. My softball & football teams won. Undefeated baby. Me, Na'a and Thornhill.
I'm loving my mission so much. It's been good so far, and I can see it getting much better soon. The members are getting excited which is great, and we've even got some referrals that are going to come in! Two of them are some of the Watseka High football players, so we're going with the Clutteurs and possibly some investigators to the game on Friday. It should be fun. The weather's great, and the people are nice.
I know the church is true, and would die before denying that. God lives and loves us. I'm so thankful for all I've been given. I'm thankful for my opportunity to share my knowledge of the Gospel with the people of Watseka, Crescent City, Milfort, Ashkun, Chebanse, Gillman, and all the other towns are in my area. God answers prayers, and I'm thankful for that. Last of all, I'm so thankful for the wonderful family the Lord was kind enough to put me into.
I love you all,
Love your son, grandson, or brother,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
House in Watseka, IL
This is the house in Watseka, IL where Brad and his companion, Elder Adair from Monticello, UT live. They are on the second floor and have a separate entrance. He sent photos of the interior and it's really a nice place. You can see the edge of a water tower on the left. Apparently there are water towers all over in Watseka.
Mission Map
This map will be hard to read unless you click on it to make it bigger. The map shows Elder McMullin's mission boundaries and the green dot shows where he is now (the southernmost area in his mission).
Elder McMullin in the MTC
Here's a picture of Elder McMullin's district in the MTC. Some of the missionaries went to the Illiniois Chicago South Mission and some went to the Florida Jacksonville Mission. Click on the picture if you want to see it better. (Same with all the pictures).
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