On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Keith Macdonald <kekelolli5@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hey Alex;

How's it going my friend?  It is Sunday evening and we are sitting watching the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  We just watched Bode Miller get a bronze medal in the Super G.  Pretty fun.  It has been a beautiful weekend but a little bit warmer than I would like to see it this time of year.  In the mid to upper 80's in February is too hot.  I played a fun golf game this weekend w/ Mcbride at Longbow.  He shot a 40 on the front 9 while I shot a 44.  I started playing really well on the back 9 and shot a 38 while he shot a 42.  So we tied at 82.  It was a good come back for me.  Always fun to play a competitive round of golf.  Mom and I enjoyed a fun valentines day.  we went to lunch and went shopping and then went to down town phoenix to Pizzeria Bianco.  It was a fun evening.  We met the Dahl's and the McBride's there and had a great dinner.  The Jacobsons were also in town so we went to dinner with them on Saturday night which was fun.

How's the work coming along?  How are your P-days?  Do you get to do anything fun?  Tell me what your average day is like?  are you still struggling with your companion and his work ethic?  Please don't beat yourself up if you are not achieving the numbers that your mission president is asking you for.  You are working with people....not numbers.  Numbers are a way to track things and they have their place, but don't make the mistake of condemning yourself.  All you can do is try to work hard and keep your mission rules and try to have a good companionship (even if the guy is a tool).

Tomorrow is presidents day and I am very busy at work.  Mom got Imagine Dragon tickets tomorrow night which is Jake's favorite band.  I am also taking Jake with me to SLC next weekend to meet Darin Iverson to hit the slopes for a couple of days.  We love you buddy!  Keep up the good work and know you are loved by your Heavenly Father and your earthly parents as well.  Have you written mom lately? make sure you do that...and Kyle also.

Love, DAD

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Hola my long lost father! how are you doing on this fine day dad! i am extremely jealous that you get to watch the Olympics! AND WOW the temperature is that hot already! that is not a good sign at all but at least you konw how i feel because i am sweating bullets over here! hahaha... the sun is crazy strong here. and wow what a comeback! i bet Andrew was furious! hahahahaha... and i am glad you had a good valentines day with mom and all that jazz! hahahaha... but the work is coming along ever so slowly.  this week we had 5 investigators come and 8 less actives come to church this week.  i feel like i work better with less actives because of my own history so right now i am focusing on getting these less active families back to church.  and the p-days are usually the same thing but right now in the month of Feb is called the month of carnivals when everyone just throws water balloons at whoever whenever! its crazy! the passed a law that its prohibited to play the game if you do not agree to playing but people still throw water at random people so we have to always be on the look out.  but in April we have a p-day libre where we can go anywhere in the mission but we have to return back to the house in time.  pretty excited for that.  we should be having a baptism this week of a single mother who son is 8.  some of her family is Mormon and we are reactivating the family! everyday is the same as you know.  study, get ready, eat, look and teach people, and sleep. and then repeat. hahahaha... pretty exciting i know but hey its only 2 simple years.  yeah i am still struggling with my companion but things are getting better ever so slowly.  he is just one of those guys who doesn't think before he speaks sometimes and doesn't understand the gravity of some of the things he says.  and thanks for you words about the numbers dad but still i stress over the fact that i am not doing what the president has asked us to do because he is called of god to tell us the things that we need to do.  but your are right  all i can do is work hard and give it my all at let the rest depend on the lord and if the people are ready to accept it or not.  wow i bet Jakester is very excited to see imagine dragons! i have heard that they are very good live as well.  and i am very jealous of the slope session that you are going to have.  save some powder for me!!!!!! had a cool experience this week.  we have this investigator that we thought was tricking us. so before we left we decided to pray that the lord will give us an answer if this guy was lying or telling the truth.  as we went to his house we found his drunk as could be.  it was really cool to see how Christ answered our doubt about the man.  we can always receive answers through the power of pray. i can testify of that! anyways its good to hear that you are staying busy with the practice and the family and that everyone is doing great! miss you everyday dad! te amo! ;) 

con mucho amor,

su hijo elder macdonald