From: Keith Macdonald Date: March 2, 2014 at 9:01:49 PM MST To: macdonald@myldsmail.net Subject: The gilbert temple is now dedicated! Hey Alex; como esta brodda! I was excited to get your last email. You talked of many great things that you are doing and I could feel your excitement. The mission is truly a roller coaster with it's ups and downs. You have to enjoy the ups and survive the downs realizing that what goes down will probably go up again. You looked very stoked in the picture where you baptized the woman. That was good to see. Sounds like you will be getting a new companion pretty soon but will be staying in your same area. Does that sound right? We are going to take Kyle up to SLC next weekend to hang w/ Scotti at BYU. Mom and I will get in a little bit of ski time so that should be fun. Utah got a bunch of snow this week. We also got a lot of rain this weekend which was badly needed. Mom and I went out on a razor ride and had a good time. We stopped on this hill and watched the rain all around us. There was a ton of thunder and it was just cool. Then it started raining on us really hard so we headed home. I love desert rains. President Monson was in town to dedicate the Gilbert Temple. We didn't have church today so that we could go to the Stake center and listen to the temple dedication. It was pretty cool. I had never been to one before. It is always good to hear the prophet speak. The Gilbert temple is really beautiful. Kyle and I picked up granny mac yesterday and went to Jake's basketball game. It was one of those really tense games with parents yelling at the referees, etc.... Jake's team one in the last seconds of the game. Jake got a key offensive rebound and played good D....although he didn't score any points. I got on him about being more offensively minded. Russia just invaded the Ukraine.....and Obama is weak as usual....oh well....same old crap. I hope things are going really well for you. Work is going well right now and we have had a good year so far. Always a plus. We love you and are happy for your success. Be careful and stay well. Love you so much!!!! DAD...............xoxoxoxoxo PS...I sold your motorcycle for $1800 bucks..... :( Alex Macdonald Today at 9:18 AMToKeith & Lori Macdonald, PhotosRSCN1320[1].JPG DSCN1438[1].JPG Download All hey fathaaaaaa! como estaaa! i was really stoked that week for all that happened last week and then this week came and like you said was crap...i am having a hard time surviving the times when the roller coaster is at the bottom of the tracks hoping that it will catch the chain again and start heading upwards again. this upcoming week i should be getting a new companion and should be staying in the same zone... we are getting hermanas in the upcoming changes which shall be interesting. i am very excited to get a new companion and for a new start but i know i will miss some of the good qualities about my companion now but not his laziness at all... and awesome!!!! that should be a good and fun experience for doobs! i hope you has a desire to go to byu for summer and realize how awesome it is to be there. and wow the year that i am not home they get tons of snow in utah!!!!!! ughhhhhh so lameeeee but its okay i had a good year last year of snowboarding... and wowwwww presidnt monson came to the dedication of the temple! that is awesome!!!!!! how and what was his speech on? and wow how was the mud run with the razor! i miss the razor... and driving... and wow jake seems to be doing really well and enjoying basketball more than baseball which is good to hear. i hear josh is play basketball too? does he tear it up? and wow russia invaded ukraine! how scary! are they going to start a war? how is the economy? cant wait for that scum bag to leave! hahah... this week was different then normal... this week my and my companion got robbed about 20 yards from our house! some guy approached us and started demanding for money and we could tell that he was a drug attic! he didn't steal very much from us... only 3 soles but still it was a pretty cool experience for us... we have alot of part families that we are working on and that their kids are not members so we are working with these families and trying to re active them... we also have a little family that hope to marry and baptism them this month in 28! still working to find more people that are really interested in the message. i am just ready for a change. wow i am really sad now that you have sold my dirtbike and for such a crappy price... that baby was worth alot more but its okay dad i believe in the gift of forgiveness ;) at least she is being ridden by someone now. anyways dad, things are going okay, could be better...just hoping that the lord will bless me with all the hard work i am doing for him. words cant describe how much i miss you! love ya daddy love your son elder macdonald