Feb 2, 2010

Hey guys. how are you?

Life in Kl has been pretty sweet. The city is covered in red and gold
decorations for Chinese New Year. It is really pretty. I don't really know
much about this holiday but it is a pretty big deal. One tradition
definately rocks. all the married people give all the single people red
envelopes stuffed with money. Maybe I will score one.

Big news of the week was that Janak, Nanda's friend, and Muskan, Kiran's
friend, got baptized. Nanda baptized Janak, and Kiran baptized Muskan. It
was awesome. Nanda was pretty nervous I think. Getting him to agree to
baptize Janak took so much coaxing and convincing. We have been asking him
to do it ever since we started teaching his friends about two months ago.
At first he flat out refused. He refused every time we brought it up, and
he was pretty firm about it. Last week I stopped bringing it up because he
started getting a little upset every time I did. We were having our last
lesson with Janak a couple days before his baptism and I told Janak that
Kiran would be baptizing him. Nanda smiled really big and said, "oh thank
you sister" - he was happy I wasn't bugging him anymore about it. But, I
had to ask one last time so I added, "unless you want Nanda to...." Janak
shrugged his shoulders and didn't really care but Nanda said, "ok if sister
wants, if janak wants, it's ok". I was shocked. He didn't even put up an
argument. We have been trying to get him to do this forever! It was really
really cool to see them use their priesthood.

We are continuing to teach Farooq in his little guard hut. Last time we
taught him we set a date for him to be baptized. He is very excited. He
says he cannot wait to start a new life. It is always a funny experience
teaching Farooq. He is a security guard for a big construction site for
some condos being built. All the construction workers think it is the
craziest thing when we show up and sit in the shack and teach Farooq. One
random Indian guy even ran to the store and brought us back drinks because
he said in culture you can't invite people over without giving them drinks.


We also began teaching three more of Nanda's friends. Prem, Maya (husband
and wife) and Dambar. It is crazy to finally meet and teach a Nepali women,
I didn't know they existed... She is adorable. Unfortunately, she doesn't
read Hindi or English. So there is no way for her to really read the Book
of Mormon. We gave her a Hindi copy anyway and she said she would try to
figure it out. Nepalese and Hindi speaking are very similar, their writing
is different though. Her husband Prem is a dream. He loves church. They
have two kids at boarding school in Nepal right now. He asked for the
church's address in Nepal so he could send their kids to the church there.
He and Maya were going to be baptized into the Baptist church a couple of
months ago but decided not to at the last minute, "it just didn't feel
right". I am glad :-).

Naveen brought a friend for us to teach last night. It excites me so much
that Naveen is already sharing the gospel with friends. His friend's name
is Amarjit, he is from Punjab also. Amarjit joined Christianity a couple
months ago but doesn't go to church because all the different teachings in
all the different churches confuse him. Hmmmm, I think we can help this
guy... He said he will come to church on Sunday and we are seeing him again
on Friday. His English is not very good but he understands a lot and Naveen
helps with translating, so it works.

Hey I love you guys. Sure miss you.
I love america

sister v