Oh my goodness. I just skimmed all y'all's emails. wow you guys are busy. April must be insane over there. It sounds like the rents have gone to provo every week for a month. You should buy a jet, i think you would get your money's worth. Bryson, shannon, natalie, one of you look into becoming a pilot. Speaking of Bryson, he's in choir? That's tight, I didn't know. And Shannon, your LAX team sounds boss. Remember, "what's winning without the losers" -tank evans (surf's up, one of our approved movies at the moment.)
Britt, are you sure you want to go to Houstan? The weather sounds worse there than here in Malaysia! If that's where you end up going get ready to wear your hair in a bun every day, because it is SO HOT. That's what I do....i'm so frumpy.
Weird that I have already missed a year of school. I'm not missing finals that is for sure. That's a week of torture. I'm pretty sure the only thing that got my through finals was dance parties at night with Ashley Gooch haha. Excellent stress reliever.
Let's review this week:
We spent a lot of time talking to people on the trains trying to find new investigators. Funny story: The other day we were traveling the trains around 6:00pm near the Petronas Towers. This is the time everyone goes home from work so the trains are insanely packed. The doors open at the train stop and you just see a wall of bodies smashed inside. Sister Lim and I were going into separate doors (when contacting we each cover one end of the train, so we can talk to more people) and she got in, but at the door I was going into there was absolutely no more room for anyone else to get in. I realized I wasn't getting on this train and would have to wait for the next one. So, I ran over to where Sister Lim got on and yelled for her. She was stuck inside amidst a mass of people and by the time I got her attention the doors of the train closed. haha her face when she saw that I wasn't on was priceless. Throughthe glass windows I managed, with hand signals, to tell her to get off at the next stop and I would meet her there. And then I was alone.... So, I did what any sister missionary would do, I started talking to the handsome guy next to me. We chatted, got on the train, I gave him our card with a map of where the church was, invited him to come, and then got off at the next stop where Sister Lim was waiting for me. Those trains are crazy.
Turns out, talking to him was not the best idea because the next day he kept messaging our phone asking if I was married and how old I was. I didn't reply because we were in appointments. He messaged again asking, "can you teach me? are you married? I'm looking for a girlfriend who loves God." ...awesome. Looks like I won't be messaging him back. We'll pass him to the Elders haha, he will love that.
Want to know something I have learned on my mission? Cold water kills. People here think you are insane if you drink cold water or iced drinks. I have heard all of the following; "cold water is bad for health", "cold water will give you cancer", "ice water makes you fat", "cold water harms your digestive tract" etc. It's so funny. I think that's the case in other countries too. Is the US the only place that likes cold water?
We watched a movie today because it is P-day and I started laughing so hard as I was putting in the DVD. This is why: When i pressed "open" a female voice said "Prrease inserrr disc" I chuckled at the accent and put the dvd in. When I pressed "close" the voice came again saying "Rroading disc, prrease wait". I laughed out loud and yelled, "Sister Lim! they recorded you inside the player!" She started laughing really hard and then started hitting me. It was awesome.
Our investigators are doing pretty well. Vasugi is our eternal investigator. She has been taught all the lessons, she sings in the branch choir, she attends institute, she comes to church every sunday, she goes to all the Relief Society parties, yet she still refuses to set a date to be baptized! I think there are some underlying issues that we can't seem to get to the bottom of. She told us yesterday that she wants to talk with the Branch Pres about some things. She says she has some things she doesn't want to talk to us about. I hope it is nothing too drastic. I have found that she is really concerned with her own retention. She told us in one of our lessons that she sees people get baptized and then she sees them do things that they shouldn't be doing and quit coming to church. She doesn't want to be like that. Also, in her other church she knew the pastor was doing things he shouldn't, and wasn't following all the commandments. She's just skeptical right now but she believes everything. I dunno, maybe the Branch Pres will be able to resolve some of her concerns. We'll see. Last night we had our lesson with her at one of our member's homes. The member's name is Jenny and it is just her and her husband. Her kids are all at either BYU or BYUH. She just got back from visiting her sister who married an American and lives in Utah. She went to visit because it was her nephew's funeral. Tragic story actually, he was serving in Romania and he and his companion both died from CO poisoning I think. You might have heard of that story. Anyway, Jenny just got back and I am so glad. I love this lady, she is so nice and invites us over a lot. She cooked dinner for us and then helped us teach Vasugi. It is always so nice to have members there when we teach, the testimonies they share with our investigators are priceless.
Well, my time is running out. I love you guys
sis v
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