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how was New York!!! wow mom killed it this time holy cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 hours that is crazy!!!! give her a big hug for me will ya!!! i bet you she will sign up for another one! i got 100 bucks on it because she has done all the ones she wants to yet! hahah that is awesome mom sent me some pictures of them! for Halloween i got to go proselyting and watch little kids walk around with their parents but there wasn't very many of them and it is not very popular like it is in the states! and jake was a teletubby! that is freaking awesome! hahahahahahaha.... wow kyle´s football season is already over and they are in the play offs?? that was fast! is he playing yet? tell him that he needs to write me back since he hasnt in 2 weeks!!!! did someone really surf a 100 foot wave too?????????? life in Peru is starting to get really good and me and my companion are looking at 7 baptisms this month!!! so stoked about it! we have this one investigator named Jordan who is 16 and we finally got permission from his parents and one thing that he said that was awesome is that me thinks he might want to serve a mission... he thinks is cool! i was so stoked about that! but yeah finally things are starting to get moving! we dont have many other progressing investigators so we knock on alot of doors! we get crappy references too which sucks. the bishop is an idiot some of the times too which is really hard when you want to make the ward bigger but i guess not everyone can be like bishop johnson... but how is life in the states??is the government finally running again?? how is work?? any knew projects going on?? did you sell my dirtbike?? can you send me some of those wrist bands from your work! mine broke! are you guys in costa rica right now??? if you are... that is so unfair on so many levels.... anyways i survived my first change in the mission and our zone went thought alot of changes... elder brown left which i was pretty bummed about.  this happens to be the last change for my companion too... its crazy to think that he is going home and i have just started...one day there was a massive game of bingo being played... and like the whole town was there playing because of the prizes they had.. it was funny to see... i had a pretty funny momnt the other day with a family that we are teaching... so i needed to use the restroom but the mom was showering... everyhouse here only has one toilet... we in the states get to enjoy the satisfaction of having more then one toilet so we dont have to wait and i tell you that is such a blessing... anyways when the mom was finished the father was then trying to explain to me that i could now use the restroom but i was not understanding him because of how fast he was talking... he then went on to make the motion of peeing and the noise associated with it and i finally understood what he was saying....everyone was laughing so hard it was pretty funny... on nov 16 we have 3 people getting baptized and 4 on the 23 of nov... one of the kids said when he went to church with us and his family he said he felt really calm and peaceful like it was where he needed to be... it is awesome to see the gospel working in other people and when they fell the love of Christ because everyone has the light of Christ and they just need a push or missionaries to get them started.  i want to change every bodies life here but my Spanish needs to get alot better for sure... it is getting better day by day but it still is pretty sucky... i think the people are trying to make me fat wit how much food they are giving me and i hate it because there is no gym i can go to or anything.  the last pday we went to the beach with some of our investigators and i was in heaven for about an hour... it was awesome...however i wish i was on carlsbad beach instead with you guys... i took the Frisbee and the paddle ball and we had a good time... anyways i am loving the mission more and more each day.  i a m really trying to forget myself and worry about those people that need me because they really need it here.  these people need the gospel in their lives ... a perfect scripture that goes with this is Luke 9;62 ..."and Jesus said unto him, no man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of god" i know this could have a different meaning but i like to relate it to missionary work... i really dont want to look back on my mission wishing i could of done more... another great missionary scripture is right below it in Luke 10:1-3... awesome.... well anyways life is going good and it seems like it is for you guys! i miss you guys like crazyyyyy... wish i could wake early to go surf instead of studying Spanish... anyways... LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR son, ç
elder macdonald

pictures of ancon and the ocean and my companion on halloween!