Monday, January 13, 2014
January 13, 2014
On
Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Keith Macdonald <kekelolli5@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Hey Elder Mac.....how's it going? Sorry to report to you that the Chargers lost to the Bronco's in the playoffs. Phillip Rivers gave it a valiant attempt but could not beat Payton Manning. So, Denver will play New England. A battle of excellent quarterbacks.How is Peru? How's the language. I don't hear you talking about that much so I am assuming that your language skills are coming along. One of the most difficult things that a mission will do is make you live with a person that you might not otherwise associate with 24/7. You must also be in tune with him so that the spirit can work within your companionship. It is truly difficult. It is also excellent life experience that will benefit you throughout your life. I had several companions that I really struggled with for various reasons. Try hard to concentrate on the positive things about your companion and Love him for those things. If your companion doesn't want to work as hard as you......do your best to compromise. There are things that you don't have to put up with. If you feel that your compapnion is gay.....and does anything inappropriate.....you need to contact your president ASAP. Satan will work hard on you to find negative things about him so as to disrupt your effectiveness. Don't give him that ability.Kyle had his knee surgery. The bone floating in his knee was not useable so they did a microfracture procedure on it. He cannot bend it for one week and then he cannot put any weight on it for 8 weeks. then a ton of physical therapy and they say he won't be able to have normal activity for about 6 months. Really a bummer. But I think we did the right thing and it will help his knee be healthier over the long term. The procedure took about 3 hours and he took a while to come out of anesthesia.Mom and I went and saw the new movie "lone Survivor" I think you read the book. About the navy seals in Afghanistan. Crazy movie. Very violent. but I thought it was good. MIchelle is getting baptized on Jan 28. She invited us to the baptism. I will try and attend. I hope you are finding some new investigators. I hope that your heart is light? I hope that you are not taking yourself too seriously. Just trust in the Lord. He will lead and guide you through the Holy Ghost. I love you and am so grateful for your example to your brothers. I am enjoying teaching in the priest quorum. They are a good group of guys. Hoping to go to the Barret Jackson car show on Wednesday.Love, DAD................
the chargers
lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FRICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!! So now Denver and new England are in the play offs???
but how is it going dad!!!! miss ya like crazy! the language is coming along i
think! I'm just trying to expand my vocab as best as possible and trying to speak
in the correct form but its still a work in progress. and yeah i have realized
that if you are not on good terms with your companion, nothing gets done and you
will not be successful. we had a good talk for about all the things that was
bothering us and everything and it was good. he is really one picky dude
dad.... he is like a chick in a male body at least the way he thinks... he is
not gay thank goodness but he thinks way differently then anyone i know... but
our relationship is improving each day and we are starting to get along. but it
is still hard because of the things that bother him... he is one of those soft
kind of guys and is not very firm when it comes to the investigators but he is
very stubborn outside of the missionary work. but ya im going to concentrate on
the more positive things and not thing about the negative or we will not get any
where as companions. and holy cow that sounds awful for Kyle! how is he going
to walk around campus and stuff! in a wheel chair?? frick that is awful. give
him a hug for me! you definitely did the right thing because it would have been
worse in the future. wow no way they made a movie on that book!!!!!! that is
freaking awesome!! i can only image how violent and stuff it would be! definitely
want to see it when i come home! and awesome Michelle invited you guys to her
baptism! i hope you guys can go and support her with her decisions... i am
pretty sure her parents are going to go and its pretty hard on her that they
dont want too but if you guys cant because of something that comes up that is
okay too! we are looking for new investigators but once again dad it is like i
am opening up a new area and we don't have many investigators and all of our
appointments this week fell. this week was pretty hard and not to mention i was
crapping my brains out Saturday night... ran to the bathroom 7 times in the
night... not fun at all... and wow i feel like i put so much pressure on myself
to be this great missionary because i don't want to be just an average missionary
i want to be an amazing missionary but i feel like so many things restrict me
and also that it is my fault at times too... i really need to learn how to put
my trust more in Christ... if you have any advice on this i would love it! but
how are you doing personally dad! work? health? anything? i miss just sitting
down with you and have a conversation like skype but we will shorter than we
both know it! but i'm loving being a missionary... every missionary has their
problems... i just want to see some results from my efforts dad... well i hope
you have a great week this week dad! love you forever!
love your son,
elder macdonald
January 6, 2014
hey dad!!!!!!!!
hahahahahah i am sorry to hear that
the party is over! hahaha... my party is over for these next two years! hahahaha
but that is okay!.... how was the beach! why does it always have to be perfect
the day we have to leave... i remember everyday the last day i spent on the
beach and how perfect the waves were that sunday morning and how i wish i could
of surfed them but its okay because i came out of a barely that day on my boogie
board which keeps my hope alive for the mission! im not going to leave the water
when i finish the mission! hahahaha... and you are not alone on the refocusing!
i had to do the same with myself and i wrote down my goals for this year in my
journal! i also received a letter from the president which said that he hopes i
can change the work ethic of elder diaz because all the likes to do is visit his
recent converts and members and we waste alot of time and his is so oppionated
and he is a girl and ugh its so hard with him again... i feel like i am the
person that is to change the work ethic of missionaries so that they start
working again... its hard because i feel like i am not very sucessful as a
missionary and other missionaries are having alot more success than i am and i
dont know what i am doing wrong dad... and i realized that we dont have any
investigators once again and ughhh.... twice in a row.... i think this is gods
way of humbling me or something i dont know... its really frustrating because i
want to be not just a great missionary but an outstanding missionary and i feel
like im being dragged down by my companions... i dont know if you felt like this
on your mission or what.... wow that is awesome that kyle got a 24... that is
the same score that i got... just do everything you can to encourage him
dad...study with him... ask him questions on how you can be of help. i have a
hard time of focusing but when it comes to things that i want i will do what it
takes to get it... it is the same with kyle... we just need to feed kyles desire
and a person that can help is scotty... scotty can help kyle and tell him all
the cool things about byu and such and such. push him but be careful about it...
he needs to be pushed just not pushed to the edge... and now
way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is a family of 5
getting baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is awesome news for our ward! do you guys have missionaries just for you
ward or for others too??? and tell me about the surgery i want to know all about
it! and give granny a hug and a kiss for me! knee replacements are scary
business... and yeah my companion is going to be a challenge for sure... i am
hoping that he doesn't have another change here but if he does i am going to but
his butt even if he doesn't like me afterwards... anyways dad this is just some of
the problems that i am faced with this week... i would love to hear your
inspiring words! love you like crazy dad!
love your son
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