"feed my lambs"

4/27/2015

hola padres! que tal? 

things are going alright! we didn't find many new people this week to teach... ;( its hard to work with people when you haven't found anyone so right now we are doing what you call, the dirty work which is trying to find the elect of the lord to help them come to the fold.  what types of things dad did you do in your mission to find new people to teach? and i mean things out of the ordinary that worked... right now in the mission we have to have 10 ways to find new investigators and we have our 10.... i am just curious if you had any cool experience with ways of finding new people to teach! this week we should have the baptims of hermano Jamie and his 12 year old daughter....they are really excited... they were supposed to get baptized this past Saturday but sadly didn't happen because he wasn't sure but that Saturday we had a really good lesson with his family and at the end he said, okay i am ready to get baptized this next Saturday.. its has been a   cool experience to see how much the teaching of the gospel has changed  this mans heart from not wanting nothing to do with religion and not have the slightest desire to listen to now wanting to listen and make the changes needed to do what is right and make the decision to get baptized... the spirit is the only thing that can change a mans heart. its great to understand that this work is a spiritual work and i love seeing how the spirit does his work behind the scenes. its so awesome to the spirit as my best friend. a friend that is always loyal and true and will never lead anyone astray. love this work and what it does to us and to the people.  yeah there is things that he needs to work but its so so important to have the spirit always to be with you.  

and this next Monday we will know if we have changes or not... as of now, i have one more solid week to do some good damage here for the lord in puente and unfortunately no we don't get to pick... i have been in lima all my mission... i am pretty sure that i will be getting out of lima for the last few months of my mission. 

wow seriously Kyle is going to graduate! i just cant quite comprehend that right now... i wish i could be there for his graduation... make sure to take a video of it so i can see it! where do you plan on taking Kyle for his grad trip? and are you stoked for the super activity! sounds like it will be a blast!! and you got to send me a video of josh pitching!!!! i want to see that! haha... what kind of pitching motion is he doing? 

ouch i hope that you guys don't get the stomach flu... that wouldn't be good... its always the worst getting sick in the mission... anyways, the last birthday in the mission was a fun one.. in the night time our pension did a little family home evening with a few other people and we celebrated my birthday! it doesn't seem real that 21 years have already passed by... i cant believe what i will be saying when i am have gramps age... jeez! 

our converts yon and cindy were called and given callings in the church already after 2 months of being members... the husband is secretary for the young men and his wife is working as the 2 counselor in the primary... it has been just so cool to see their transformation into the gospel and how ready they both were and what the lord had done... and the best thing is this week as we were talking with him he went on to tell us, elders it is so easy to tell when the spirit is in the home or no and i can not thank you guys enough for bringing this spirit in my home because it is a huge blessing to have the spirit with us and in our home. it made me think, for how long i took for granted that lovely spirit that we can feel at home if we do what is right.  i learned a great lesson on how important it is to always have the spirit with us and in the home and do everything possible to keep it there.  the key to have a happy family. 

is there anything new that has been going on at home? i hope that everything is going well! love you much!!! ;) 

your son,

elder macdonald  

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Keith & Lori Macdonald <kekelolli5@yahoo.com> wrote:

Yo Alex:

How's it going buddy? Sounds like the work is doing really well for you right now. When did you say your next transfers are? Sounds like you might be on your way out. Do you get to request your last area? Or do you just go where you are assigned.

Kyle graduates from high school in about one month. We are trying to figure out a trip to take him on that would be fun. We only have a week to take it since I have to be back for the super activity with the priests. Are super activity is to Zions national Park and should be really fun

Josh pitched for the first time in his rookie Little League game. He struck out the first two batters and he had the next batter 0 & 2 and the kid hit the ball to 3rd base and went under the 3rd base mans glove and into the outfield.  They ended up scoring a couple of runs. But Josh did really well for his first time.

 Mom was out of town this weekend. She went to Santa Barbra to hang with some friends. One of her friends daughters plays for USC's tennis team. So they watched her play. She got back late last night and I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet. I'm sure she had a good time. Josh threw up yesterday as we were getting ready for church. I hope none of the rest of us get the stomach flu. It is very contagious. I hope all is going well. I'm sure it will be difficult for you when you are transferred as you have made a lot of good friends and contacts. But new adventures await.

Love Dad

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