3/30/15

hey dad! que tal? 

things are going dad! how are things going for you... this week was a pretty hard week... it was one of those weeks were not many people wanted to listen to the gospel but that is just part of the work... it was quite discouraging for my companion because up until now, things have been diamonds and roses for us and now we are trying to get back up to that level.  but this coming week will be better.  have you not been getting a lot of those pictures that i have sent you? i wonder if my camera has a virus in it... i will resend the photos so you can see all that has happened... missing Hawaii already? this week i for sure felt like Moroni this week when he went out and preached and preached but no one would listen and the lord told him to stop preaching because how hard of hearts they had... the only difference is i cant stop but i could feel the frustration that Moroni had in these moments but it was a good learning experience and it has drawn me more to my knees and caused me to repent even more to try to come even closer to him... but things are always better after the torment.  

this week hermano toledo blessed the sacrament and he was stoked to be able to exercise his priesthood! you could see the grin from ear to ear as he came down from the alter.  we are teaching a family called the family villafuente and the father and his daughter are not members and his wife was less active and now is all for coming back to church and that her husband and daughter get baptized... they are an awesome little family of 5 one that the church needs and we are working hard with them for the 25 of April!!! the daughter already wants to get baptized which is the best part! we are teaching a few other families! one that is really excited to get married so that they can get baptized! and we are teaching another family where the father is looking for the truth and his house is way in the back of a complex thing and it was quite a miracle to find him because they never really come outside and we happened to find them and hopefully they will use their agency in a good way and not resist the spirit of the lord.  

 the classes dad look great! super stoked about them! looks like a good schedule!! almost just like i had the winter semester of last year with all my classes on Mondays Wednesday and Fridays! thanks dad for all your help!!!!     

i am super stoked about Kyle and me being roommates! who else will be with us? will Kyle be in cali when i finish the mission or will he be in summer school? dad i got to be quite honest... did you at this moment just feel like your body was just tired... some days that is how i feel... my mind is not tired but my body is... and its a struggle to get my body moving sometimes haha... its really important to me how i finish and learn everything that the lord wants me to learn right now as a missionary... any suggestions you got for me? that phrase is always in my head... the harder i work... the cuter my wife will be! hahahaha... one thing i have learned is that every missionary should finish how Jesus finished his ministry... even until the death! 

anyways dad, love you and all that you do! you are the man! i miss you mucho! 

your son, 

elder macdonald 

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Keith Macdonald <kekelolli5@yahoo.com> wrote:

YO AMAC!!!

How's it going buddy?  There is a lot of white in these pix you've been sending lately.  Congratulations.  I'm sure it is a good feeling helping people come to Christ.  I was thinking about a scripture that is found in Moroni 10: 32 - 34.  I have always found these to be powerful verses.  Moroni i'm sure was very lonely, having lost all of his family and all of his people.  Still, he continued on with the plates to bury them in the hill cumorah.  What a great opportunity we have to invite people to Come unto Christ....and be perfected in him.  I have found that the more we learn of Him and the more we do to be like him... the happier we are.  Conversely, those that ignore his teachings and ignore his example are left in their own unhappiness.  I have spent the last week working on your fall semester figuring out classes and professors that are good.  Here's what I have so far:

Chemistry 105     MWF  10  - 10:50  w accom lab T  Th  9 - 9:50     4 cr
Spanish 321        MWF    9  -   9:50                                                       3 cr
religeon A 211     T  Th  10 - 10:50                                                        2 cr
History 202          MWF   3  - 3:50                                                          3 cr
PD BIO                  MWF  11 - 11:50                                                      2 cr

That is 14 credit hours.  Chem 105 will be a challenge.  The PD bio is a class for health sciences majors...it is on the required list.   the times are as such because I was looking for good professors.  I am going to register these tomorrow night at midnight.  Hopefully you like this.  Don't be afraid of hard classes.  You know how to work hard and that is what it takes.  You have to start taking them now or  you will either take too long or have too many hard classes all at one time.  I hope everything is going well.


Kyle has been at Catalina Island for the weekend on a school trip.  He was accepted into BYU for summer semester .....so he will be spending the summer at BYU.  He will then go to UVU for fall semester.  I have been helping him with his schedule as well.  brutal....anyway.  he is excited about that.  He will be living with you starting fall semester in South Campus Village....You guys have alot to look forward to....  Please don't let me distract you from what your doing.  Finish strong.  Remember...the harder you work the better looking your wife will be..  Ha......................  That was a joke in our mission.  Love to you bud.

DAD