HELLLLLLLLLLLOOOOO,
(funny thing real quick, I was typing the above and accidentally hit the P key instead of the O key = HEEEELLLPPP hahahah, I don't know why but I think that is funny.)
Anyway, Sounds like a party at home! I miss you all terribly.
So I've heard a number of times from a number of people that I write like I talk... I'm not sure that is a good thing, it definitely means I'm not a grammatically correct writer that is for certain. But, as long as you're all entertained...
Be informed, next week is Zone Conference again for the Kuala Lumpur Zone. This means our P-day is going to fall on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. So if you want me to get your emails next week WRITE A DAY EARLY. And I want me to get your emails next week so don't forget. Promise? I have a feeling you're going to forget. I am a little upset Zone Conference came again so fast. They are supposed to be six weeks apart and this one is only four. The reason I am upset is because we had a little wager with the Elders serving 6 hours south in Johor Baru regarding baptisms. The companionship with the most gets free dinner. We are tied right now and we have one set up that would ensure us the win, but it is set for the Sunday after Zone Conference. We were banking on those six weeks! oh well. Chances are the Elders wont let us buy them dinner anyway, it's great being a sister :-).
On Sunday Paul was baptized. He was the guy who left a note in the church mailbox saying he wanted to learn. Guess who baptized him. The one and only Brother Kong. It was awesome. The baptism was after church so we got them changed and in their white jump suits but then had to wait until the Presidency was finished counting tithing. While we were waiting I realized Paul and Kong weren't with everyone else on the couches. I went to see where they were and found them in the Relief Society room practicing. It was so cute! For the baptism I knelt by the glass and held up a piece of paper of the prayer for Kong to read, he hadn't quite memorized it yet. But he did a fabulous job. I was very proud.
Other big news is Moses. Two weeks ago we got a call on Sunday from a girl asking directions to the church. When they arrived Sister Lim recognized her as a member for Miri East Malaysia, her area before KL. Ketrien, the girl, walked in with a guy saying, "dia mau dibaptiskan, dia mau dibaptiskan" = "he wants to be baptized, he wants to be baptized". He lives about an hour away by bus so we have been going once a week to teach him. It's amazing how far someone will travel to go to church with a pretty face. they are a cute couple. The big news is this is the first time I have taught someone completely in Malay. Ya, six months here in Malaysia and this is the first time I'm teaching in the language. I'm still terrible, but sister Lim is fabulous at Malay so it works. We trade off teaching sections of the lesson. Mine are always pretty short because I run out of things I know how to say, but Sister lim's are quite long and she usually recaps what I teach anyway. We invited him to be baptized yesterday and Sister lim made me do it. I didn't know exactly how to phrase it and I'm sure it came out sounding something like, "you can prepare receive baptism nine may?" but he replied
"boleh" which means "can" so he understood. It's funny, here to answer a question, instead of saying ok or yes, people just repeat back the question word.
EX: "can you meet us today? "can", Do you have a pen? have. except they don't know the word "have" its usually "got a pen?" "got". Anyway, we are excited for Moses.
We are also teaching two women from Japan right now. Yoko and Eiko. Yoko I met on the train, she overheard me talking on the phone to someone and she recognized my English as American English. She had just returned from living a few years in San Francisco so she was excited to meet me. I was standing waiting for the train and I noticed she kept looking at me and smiling so I walked up and said "how are you" She kind of freaked out a little bit and was very excited to speak english. She even asked if she could take my picture on her phone. It was awkward. But she is nice, we met her again yesterday and tried to convince her to come to church. She has never been before so she was a little aprehensive but she said she would come next week. Eiko, we met through a member in the branch. She was renting from them and they brought her to church. she is kind of crazy but nice, and willing to meet with us. When I went to Singapore a few weeks ago I brought back a Book of Mormon in Japanese for her. She was very excited when I gave it to her. The only difficult thing is she lives about two hours away from church. We really have to help her see how important church attendance is so she will be willing to make the sacrifice to come.
That's about all for this week. It's still hot, it still rains, although not as much it seems, we may have just finished rainy season, I'm not sure.
Guess what, mother's day is coming. get pumped.
love,
sis v
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