Dec 15

yo papito lindo! 

i am doing pretty good! a lot better than last week that is for sure.  that picture that looks like a bunch of condos is where were were living before but it was really really far from the church so we moved but it was just like living in a condos with parks and grass and families.  it was a great place... the only bad thing is, is that we cannot knock doors so we moved to be closer to the church and as we did, this Monday that passed we found another family that accepted to be baptized for the 25 of January! i am pretty stoked about it... the spirit was strong when i invited them and i knew that they couldn't deny it.  they couldn't come to church this week because they wife had to work and she is the one that wears the pants in the relationship, but they said si or si that they were going to church with us this next Sunday. they are reading the book of mormon and everything... i am pretty happy and i am going to do everything to help the get baptized and make it to the temple.  the midget girl is a girl that the hermanas were teaching and my companion baptized her... that water in the baptismal font was so little... my companion even had to bend down on his knees to baptize her... cool experience... and yes that is the family that i was teaching and went back to be part of the baptism... alot of members went to the baptism and were really happy and sad to only see me for a few hours... that group of missionaries that were there in Pachacute, we really had a huge impact on them... that is just a description for those pictures.  wow, enjoy two weeks of vacation! that will be a great time! i wish i could go snowboarding... how is the snow right now? oh 

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my name is alex.macdonald1994 and i will be getting on at 5 oclock peru time which is two hours ahead of you guys. is that alright? we only get 30 minutes now to talk on skype so it wont be for very long.  

wow you and mom went off to new york? hahahaha... makes me laugh that mom couldn't shut her mouth about sting... sorry you had to struggle through that one... hahaha... i am sure its even worse with laird hamiliton... hahahaha... but i am glad that you guys had a good time in nueva york.  

this week was decent... we had alot of lessons... we are working with a less active family quisper vargas who are awesome... they are reading the book of mormon again and they have come to church... the father has alot of desires to come back to church along with his wife, his wife really wants to get sealed in the temple so at least she already has her goals set! HAHA... we are also teaching a mother and her son is preparing for the mission... he was inactive as well but now he is active and we are working with his mom who told us that she would like to be baptized as well.  this week we invited 7 people to be baptized.  pocos came to church because of freaking satanas.. but we are going to keep working hard... this week something pretty cool happened....  a kid came up to us as we were walking in the dirt hills and he came up to us and started talking... he was a 21 year old boy who was thrown out of his house and left to be on his own and who knows when was the last time he had taken a bath or brushed his teeth... he lives in a little shake all by himself that is no bigger the 5 ft by 5ft... he came down and we started talking to him... i felt the impression to give him my socks because for some reason i knew that he didn't... and sure enough he didn't...so i gave him my socks and i felt a warmth that came from helping this poor soul.  i wanted to give him everything but i couldn't... i really felt that the lord loved this kid a pesar of his difficulties of life and i sure felt that.  i learned many lessons that day,  one of them, is that you never ever give up on your children like that this mother had done with her son.  it made me sick to know that many people in this world could care less.  he mother doesn't even visit him or nothing... he has to go down and visit her and half the time she doesn't even want to see him... i learned that even if one of my children stray from the path, i will never leave them out to dry...this Sunday we were walking and a man saw us and he stopped.... as we started talking to him he told us that he was a member less active and that his wife and daughter are not members... and he wants us to teach them and the father wants to come back to church... it was a gran miracle that he happened to walk by at that time to see us... i know that god was watching after him and guided us right to him.  moments like these always seem to happen and i love them.  anyways... things are getting better.  i am loving the work and being district leader... with great power comes great responsibility... being a district leader happens to be the second most important role in the mission... trainers are first then district leaders... its a great feeling to know the confidence the lord has in me and the things satan trys to do to attack leaders and bring them down... anyways, i gotta wrap this up but i love you guys with all my heart... i know that the church is true! dont ever be afraid to scream that to the world and how joseph smith is a prophet of god! 

your son,
elder macdonald 

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Keith Macdonald <kekelolli5@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yo Elder Mac;

How's it going brodda?  How awesome was it to get all of those pictures last week.  I didn't understand all of them.  The pictures of the condo's or town homes?  is that where you live?  The midget girl?  the family that you baptized?  I'm assuming that it was the family from your old area that they allowed you to go back to.   Sounds like it was a great day.  Sounds like this is a good area that you are in.  A lot of people who are less active.  I'm sure you can do a lot of good things there.

This is the last week I am working this year and then I have the next couple of weeks off.  Our plan is to go snowboarding in Utah before xmas....then have xmas at home...talk to you.....then go to the beach.  talking to you will be #1 priority and then everything else follows.  I got Jake a new snowboard, bindings, and boots for Christmas.   So, that will be fun.

We got together at Granny Macdonald's house on Wednesday.  Uncle Alan was in town and Granny invited Uncle Dave & Aunt Karen and Uncle Larry & Aunt Joe as well...so it was fun to see them.  We had a nice dinner.

Mom and I just got back from New York City this evening.  We had a good time.  We went for a couple of runs in central Park and did some fun shopping, ate at some good restaurants, etc....   We saw Sting's show on Broadway called "the Last ship"..  it was really good except I had to listen to mom moan and groan about how hot sting is....oh well...  WE also saw Kevin Nealon at a comedy place on Saturday night.  It was really funny and mostly pretty clean which was surprising.  He used to be on Saturday Night Live.  New York is a fun place to spend a weekend....but I could never live there.  I hope all is well son.  I hope you feel the Spirit of Christmas in Peru.  I know that you do because it is nothing less than the Spirit of Christ.  There are some good movies coming out this holiday.  you can always see them later...Take care son.  Love your guts.

DAD

I'll send some pix of New york.............