Off to our new life. (Scream!!!) Unbelievable? Where did the time go? Keep in touch and we'll see all of you some time in the (near) future. The Youngs have arrived and we already love them. They seem so excited to start this race, and I know they will run fast and do a fantastic job. I can tell that President Young is an optimist, because when I saw his things unpacked last week I saw he brought his golf clubs. I hope he lets us all know how often he gets to use them. ;-)
It is hard for us to believe that this three year sprint is coming to the end. Those who know me well know that I am not much of a writer, for I am a bit like Nephi in that “neither am I mighty in writing.” After one year of posting almost every week I was about ready to quit as I had convinced myself that I was way too busy and that not too many people were really all that interested in this anyway. After talking with Ashlee, my oldest son’s wife, about this, she told me that she could put a counter on the web site and we could see how many people were visiting the site. We were amazed at how many of you have been following. Each of you has been my inspiration to continue writing. Thanks to all of you I gained the determination I needed to continue, and now we have a pretty decent record of our wonderful experiences and journeys through Oregon. Thanks to Sister Macdonald we have a lot of photos to go with those writings. If that counter hadn’t shown us that we had followers I am afraid I may have quit, and we wouldn’t have this record. I think that happens many times in our individual lives, when we think we should quit something because it is hard, we look back and see we have others following us. Then we gain the strength we need to continue on. We know that not only would we be hurt if we quit, but so would those who are following.
We envision posting again after our homecoming talk next month. Then we think we will fade off into the sunset. It has been a great run and we believe we have fought a good fight, we have finished our course, and we have kept the faith. Thanks for your interest in this great work.
Love,
President and Sister Macdonald
It is hard for us to believe that this three year sprint is coming to the end. Those who know me well know that I am not much of a writer, for I am a bit like Nephi in that “neither am I mighty in writing.” After one year of posting almost every week I was about ready to quit as I had convinced myself that I was way too busy and that not too many people were really all that interested in this anyway. After talking with Ashlee, my oldest son’s wife, about this, she told me that she could put a counter on the web site and we could see how many people were visiting the site. We were amazed at how many of you have been following. Each of you has been my inspiration to continue writing. Thanks to all of you I gained the determination I needed to continue, and now we have a pretty decent record of our wonderful experiences and journeys through Oregon. Thanks to Sister Macdonald we have a lot of photos to go with those writings. If that counter hadn’t shown us that we had followers I am afraid I may have quit, and we wouldn’t have this record. I think that happens many times in our individual lives, when we think we should quit something because it is hard, we look back and see we have others following us. Then we gain the strength we need to continue on. We know that not only would we be hurt if we quit, but so would those who are following.
We envision posting again after our homecoming talk next month. Then we think we will fade off into the sunset. It has been a great run and we believe we have fought a good fight, we have finished our course, and we have kept the faith. Thanks for your interest in this great work.
Love,
President and Sister Macdonald
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