In the Rough - The Blog of Joel McDonald Jr.

Greetings from Frozen Colorado,

Yeah. It’s cold. There isn’t any snow on the ground, but it did snow yesterday. We got to see more snow than usual as we had a meeting up north and drove through snow that only allowed for about 25 - 50 yards of visability at times. Fun. There was snow on the ground up there.

We visited the Tank Simulator Center on Fort Carson last Tuesday. We took someone we are teaching. He helped in the production of the M1 Tank when we was in the military. It was neat to see the system that they have to train the tank crews. Essentially it’s one huge video game. Got a few pictures for ya.

We had a baptism a couple Saturdays back. Wasn’t able to send a picture last week, so I’m sending one now.

Transfers are coming up this week. I don’t know what’s going to happen. Might be a big change.

For those checking out these updates on my Live Journal, after March 16th, the pictures will no longer be available. I’m not renewing my paid subscription. In fact, I’m looking into switching to Google’s Blogger soon.

On the path of life there are sometimes twists and turns that we can’t predict. It’s impossible to be fully prepared for them, but when they come you have to deal with them. There are just points where you’re stuck and the only thing you can do is to step back and work it out some other way. Some people may see it as running from the problem. This I understand. I beg of their forgiveness. It’s interesting how sometimes we don’t even have all the facts for our lives. How can we expect to look upon someones elses situation thinking that we do? Man…life isn’t always cordial.

I wish everyone well. We’ll see what the coming week brings.

God Bless,
- Elder Joel A. McDonald Jr.
Colorado Colorado Springs Mission