Yummy Fried chicken foot
Say goodbye to Elder Gonzalez
General Conference luncheon
A rare rain in Alex's Peru
Friday, October 17, 2014
October 13, 2014
hola mis queridos padres!
como estan? how was October break? seems like it all went well and was full of activities. i am very jealous of the waves that were captured in the camera that you had. perfect head high with a great shoulder. pure awesomeness. Carlsbad for life. wow the first win! its about time... they deserved it. how did kyle play? good hits? and hahahahah that makes me laugh that you had to change in the parking lot dad! hahaha... i'm sure it was a great sesh. i wish i could have been there. glad to hear that they are happy.
well there is alot of new things that have happened here. the first thing is that i am now in a trio. my companions names are elder Gomez and elder Haursaya... if you have questions about why we are in a trio, i have no idea. all i know is that one elder had to go home because he was sick. also i know that president has big plans for our area so he could be preparing the area with more people. i am the senor comp between a missionary that has 17 months and 9. yes i sent elder gonzalez home. i really miss that guy. i have realized how good of friends we were and how special it was to be his companion. everything is now different. i was wierd, i was so used to the routine with him and how we taught and were with the people and now it is totallly different and i dont like it. i am still myself but we have a companion who is a little serious. i got to show him the ropes and help him change a bit. and no i am not training a greengo but in 5 weeks i could be because we will recieve about 20 more americans. it will be crazy. next week i will have a for sure answer. i will call the offices today and ask them when is the end of the change so i can have the exact date. i am still in the same area as well. where you ever in a trio dad? if so, do you have any advice? it is really different. i think its funny because elder peery was also in a trio. its hard. i get along really well with elder huarsaya but with elder gomez we are struggling to get along and it is going to hurt the work. i am sure we will have many good talks this week about things. oh i am learning how to do the rubix cube in my spare time, its quite hard. ahahaha... day in and day out i see so many families only worried about temporal and material things over spiritual things. i have made a goal to always put spiritual things before material things... one phrase that has been stuck in my head all week, where ever your heart is, will also be your treasure. i have learned that all the riches in the world dont give a darn if we dont look for the kingdom of god. this is something that we have to help the family bueno understand. the husband is less active and his wife and kids are not members but they are to focused on these things. oh while i remember, this week i ate a chickens foot and chicken liver. it was very weird and i probably will not eat it again hahaha.. one day we were walking with a member and her friend walked by in the street. she stopped her and we started talking. we ended up finding out that her husband had died 4 months previous. we asked if we could share a message that could answer where her husband went and many questions that she had. she invited us over and we taught the restoration and showed her through the book of mormon in alma 40... as she read you could see the change in her face in a book that answered her question. a book that she had never heard nor seen. we beared our testimonies afterwards she easily said yes to coming to church. however satan got in the middle and used a co worker to get in the way and call her in to work with her son. however it was such a cool experience because that same day during the zone meeting, we taught the same lesson and when we were out teaching we were able to put in practice. this week we were able to watch the general conference. saturday we watched it in english and i just love hollands, christoffersens, some german guy from the 70 and uchtdorf. unbelievable talks. i am going to re study them afterwards. on sunday we had to watch it in spanish and it just wasnt the same even though i understood it. we are very blessed to know the english language and be able to hear the words come straight from the prophets mouth. there has been alot of new things come up and we are just getting used to it all. hopefully we will work things out in the trio. and dad i have always been thinking about being an ortho... its something that i like and would love to do. how do you feel about it? its something that i have always been telling people ever since i could remember as a kid. to be like you and gramps. but everything well get better. i love the work and i love all the things that i am learning. its crazy. i see each day how it is preparing me for the future. love you guys will all my heart.
your son, elder macdonald
Dear Alex;
Hey Alex, it has been a wild week full of weddings beach and no school. I worked on Monday and Tuesday and had very busy, productive days. I flew to Carlsbad on Tuesday night and enjoyed the beach on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. The Dahl's were there and we enjoyed them. I got into some good waves right out in front of our condo and sent you some pictures. Always fun to get some head high fast waves. Mom drove from Carlsbad to St. George on Friday morning and I flew home to Arizona to go to Kyles football game. They played Mesa high and won 38-7. Kyle and I then got up very early Saturday morning and flew to Las Vegas, rented a car, and drove to St. George as fast as we could. We got there just in time for Steve's wedding. I had to change in the temple parking lot. It was a little crazy. The wedding ceremony was awesome and Steve & McKenna seem very happy. I'm sure you will receive pictures of the wedding. The reception was very nice & it was a perfect evening for that. Almost everyone was there and it was really fun to see everybody. We weren't able to stay very long and drove home on Sunday.
So, that is what we have been doing. What is new with you? Did you send your companion home? I assume you got a new companion? Are you training? Is it a gringo? How reliable is the date of July 28? We really need to know. If I don't hear from you soon then I will have to write your president. Are you in a new area?I would strongly encourage you to periodically think about what you might want to do with your future. I am speaking of occupationally. There is no pressure about this but it would be wise for you to start to consider that question. Do not let it detract from your missionary work and concentrating on that which is most important right now, but it should be a consideration. I hope everything is going well. I hope you are through with some of the distractions, and can get busy moving the work forward. Everyone misses you and are looking forward to when you get back. Love you son!
Dad
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Hey Alex, it has been a wild week full of weddings beach and no school. I worked on Monday and Tuesday and had very busy, productive days. I flew to Carlsbad on Tuesday night and enjoyed the beach on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. The Dahl's were there and we enjoyed them. I got into some good waves right out in front of our condo and sent you some pictures. Always fun to get some head high fast waves. Mom drove from Carlsbad to St. George on Friday morning and I flew home to Arizona to go to Kyles football game. They played Mesa high and won 38-7. Kyle and I then got up very early Saturday morning and flew to Las Vegas, rented a car, and drove to St. George as fast as we could. We got there just in time for Steve's wedding. I had to change in the temple parking lot. It was a little crazy. The wedding ceremony was awesome and Steve & McKenna seem very happy. I'm sure you will receive pictures of the wedding. The reception was very nice & it was a perfect evening for that. Almost everyone was there and it was really fun to see everybody. We weren't able to stay very long and drove home on Sunday.
So, that is what we have been doing. What is new with you? Did you send your companion home? I assume you got a new companion? Are you training? Is it a gringo? How reliable is the date of July 28? We really need to know. If I don't hear from you soon then I will have to write your president. Are you in a new area?I would strongly encourage you to periodically think about what you might want to do with your future. I am speaking of occupationally. There is no pressure about this but it would be wise for you to start to consider that question. Do not let it detract from your missionary work and concentrating on that which is most important right now, but it should be a consideration. I hope everything is going well. I hope you are through with some of the distractions, and can get busy moving the work forward. Everyone misses you and are looking forward to when you get back. Love you son!
Dad
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