Week 2 - hola teirre como esta

July 2, 2013

Hey People, how are you doing? Good? Well that is good anyways! Ya!

Ok, well Marcelo my investigator said he would get baptized then we found out he was a teacher… and isn’t getting baptized because he has already come home from his mission. And we got 2 new investigators Diego and Santigo. I haven’t met them because Diego was sick and cancelled and I teach Santigo tomorrow.

Ummm oh we get to see the stadium of fire on Thursday which is going to be good

On Sunday we had sacrament all in Spanish it was pretty cool how much I got out of it.

And after the sacrament we met with Brother Monson, who is in my Branch Presidency and is President Monsons nephew. Which is pretty cool and exciting, he has such a awesome spirit with him and he listens to it, he listens well.

Spanish is slowly but surely getting better and I found that on e Elder in my district is leaving on the 24^th of July and then gets home on July 2^nd and everyone else leaves the MTC on the 29^th or 31^st and then gets home June 1^st or June 2^nd. He is a little upset and says he will miss us.

Well any other questions?

And I could use some shirts, jeans, garments and my camera charger and cord if there is one.

Anyways I know this one is short, but nothing cool is happening.

Anyways love you all

Elder Joshua MacKay

Week 1 - June 25, 2013

Hey guys, Elder Mackay here for a short time! Jk I got my companion to change my laundry around for me as I write you this letter/email.

Well I am doing good, I am learning Spanish fast and I am learning by the spirit. On Friday we to teach a Argentinean Marcelo, who speaks little English, like Hello, how are you and counts 1 to 10. So we had to teach him in Spanish and it was hard. But he has a wife who is carrying a baby so we talked about God’s love and how he blesses families. I bore my testimony in 100% Spanish on day 3 about that and he understood and almost started to cry. We all felt the spirit.

Saturday was interesting because I had to go to school but it is only in Spanish, but it was good. Life is treating me good and I love it.

My companion is awesome, he is from Draper Utah. The District is even better, we have Elder Evan (my companion), Elder Griffin and Elder Phillips. Griffin is from Provo, Phillips from Bear lake Idado. We have Elder Kidman from Cache Valley and Elder Webster from Tuscon Arizona. The last two Elders are James from South Eastern Washington and Simpon from Masura. Anyways they are great and so all know this is weird trying to type in English for a change.

I am not sure what else to talk about, I am doing fine, I hope you are doing fine. I love you guys and stay strong for the next two years. I hope to hear more from you as time goes on and if you people don’t know, there is a website www.dearelder.com that will send me a letter for free but not your homemade banana muffins (when are they coming?) I am not kidding, I would love some rightnow.

Oh you guys, remember Kurt Robertson? Well his is in my zone which is amazing, my zone and Elder Robertson.

I also go to go to the Temple today, it was great and very fun. The cafeteria was pretty good and pricey after eating for free at the MTC and getting more food, but it was fun.

And ya Final thoughts, send me banana muffins, 3-4 family names for the temple, letters, emails, drawings, pictures, Elder James wants a turtle.

Final Final thoughts, love you all, thank you so much for letting me come here and leaving you all for two years and forking out a lot of money. Love you loads talk to you next week

Elder Mackay

June 19, 2013

The day finally arrived. We had to take our baby boy to the MTC. He would be spending 6 weeks at the MTC learning Spanish. It was going to be cool for him because he knew lots of kids already there or going there. In fact one of the boys from our Stake in Canada was in the same district as him. (They divide them up as districts and zones to keep everyone on a schedule and organized) He was also there for the record breaking amount of missionaries in the MTC ever.

Here are some pictures:
First we went for our last meal!

Exactly what I always wanted, my entire family heading to the temple!

Couldn't get enough of her big brother!

Melt my heart.

Dad says goodbye

Awkward man hug.

Saying good bye to her big teddy bear

He is in trouble, his companions will think she is cute!

Shortly before I quit being able to breath.

Off he goes.

Hands down the hardest good bye I have ever said. It is weird, you don't want them anywhere else, but it hurts to see them go. I felt like a piece of me was gone. I am so glad he is doing so well, it makes it a whole lot easier!

I love to see the Temple

There was a few things we had to do before Josh left on his mission.

First:
Family Photos

Dad and his boys

 Mom and her Boys

 Sure, there was better pictures, but I love Josh's face in this.

Meliah and her big brother. This melts my heart

 The family.

 Can you guess who picked this location... Ya the kids.

 This next few photo set is kind of over kill, but it took only a few seconds to shoot and look at how all over the place Josh was! haha

Step 2:
Graduate High School

Step 3
Go to the Temple

 

Josh loves the Temple. Not hard to believe, it is so calm and peaceful. The spirit is so strong as soon as you pull into the parking lot. I love the temple too.

The Mission Call!

I am not going to lie, as mom... I went and checked the mailbox three times a day, yes often in my Zebra Pajamas... The poor mail person, I would stand in the doorway staring until they left! haha poor people. Then I would look but not take anything out! That was his job, but I had to know if it was there!