2/2/2015

hola dad! 

que tal? i am digging the videos that you sent me! i saw some good top snow and a fun little snowbasin drop! i bet you guys had a good time and i am sure it was good to see tio Alan and Clark! and byu has got some good volleyball... i watched some really good games. and sucks to hear that the patriots are  the new superbowl champions... hate them... haha.... but oh well.  and i cant read about it so you got to write me about it! and i was a bit curious why it was just you and Jake but Kyle is now working at chipotle huh? good for him! make sure you teach him the importance of paying his tithing with that money he receives and that he doesn't work Sundays... now that i look back at it that was one of the small things that moved me away from the church....and i see what it does here in Peru where everyone works domingos and its rare to find people where we are serving that work alot more that 40 hours a week... i have learned a really good lesson about the sabbath day and how important it is keep it holy.  if Kyle works Sundays it will pull him away like it did to me.  but i am really happy that he got a job... he will learn alot and grow up more as well and will be able to gain a testimony about tithing at an early age.  and so the plan is for me to get released over in San Diego? sounds good to me.  

we are working with the family hidalgo who the father that has been a member for 34 years and his wife 10 and they are not sealed in the temple and they have come to church three weeks in a row now and are in the classes for the temple and we are really helping them get to the temple... i really hope to be able to witness that moment when they get sealed.  hermano toledo that we are teaching has come to church for the second time in a row for all three hours and is loving it... the only problem we are having is that his wife doesn't feel comfortable listening and hasn't listened to any of the convos... he already wants to get baptized and go to the temple haha... we just need to help his wife... beautiful family of 3.  we have a few more like Hermano llanos who speaks perfect English... he accepted to be baptized as well and has his wife Laura and a little baby Salvador... we are helping them as well! and many more... its crazy because hermano llanos didn't have work for months and when we arrived he said that as he was reading the Book of Mormon and trying to really understand it, he said that things started to change in his life... he told us that he looked forward to coming home, wasn't fighting so much with his wife and that they are getting along better, that his house feels brighter and not so dark and that there are good spirits with in... we told him that its because that the book of Mormon can really change the life of a human being if he really tries to read and understand and want to know if its true... its cool to see how blessed we can be by just reading this book and putting in practices its precepts like this man is doing. hope that Satan doesn't get involved.  

anyways this work is true. so glad to be apart of it and to help the lord fight a war that is not visible to the human eye, only to those who know the truth are able to see the battle that we face and fight. 

les amo mucho!!!

your son elder macdonald 

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:09 AM, Keith & Lori Macdonald <kekelolli5@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Alex;

How's it going buddy! Jake and I just got back from spending the weekend in Utah. We went to Snowbird on Friday with Alan and Cade and had a good time all day Friday. It was overcast and visibility was pretty low. Saturday Jake and I went up with Clark Izu and his son Ethan and shredded all day long. There was about 3 inches of powder and it was a bluebird day. We had a really good time in mineral basin. I went to BYU volleyball game with uncle Alan and some friends and it was really fun. Overall there's not as much snow in Utah as usual so it is a good year for you not to be snowboarding.  The Super Bowl is over and New England Patriots are the new world champions. They barely edged out Seattle in the last seconds of the game. It was a really good game but a crazy game. You'll have to read about it if you can.

Kyle was unable to go to Utah with us as he is now employed at chipotle. He is going through his training and could not miss work. He had a Super Bowl party at our house tonight and we went over and watched most of it at the McBride's house. Super Bowl Sunday is always fun.

I talked w president Whimpey and he said it would be okay to fly you into San Diego. Then, he will release you by Skype. That way you can spend some quality time at the beach. Love you bud, time for me to go to bed. Good luck in your work, May the Lord bless you and keep you safe.

Love Dad

PS.  I made a movie of our boarding/shredding at Snowbird. Hopefully you can open it and watch.

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