where did may go? Hey I'm really sorry about the random snow fall you guys had, that blows. I always remember hating it when the snow would come when I thought it was finally summer time. That's Idaho for ya... seems to happen like that every year. I really cannot believe the school year is coming to a close over there. Life goes on as normal doesn't it.
Life is still good in Malaysia, still in KL. I'm enjoying it thoroughly though. This branch is like family, they are the best. And I have been able to witness those I teach morph in to full fledged serving members in the church, whether they are ready or not :-).
Can I tell you how hysterical Paul is. He makes me laugh so so so so hard. Funniest man ever. He had me laughing on Sunday for a long time. The branch had a big clothes swap on Saturday and Sunday. Anyone who wanted could bring unwanted clothes to the church and it was all free for the taking. Paul showed up on Sunday, saw the clothes, and went crazy. I wish you could have seen him. It was the happiest day of his life. I found a suit that fit him, he put it on over the pants he was already wearing, and wore it for the rest of church. I sat by him in Sunday school and he kept telling me "wow sistew wee, God has really blessed me today, He blessed me with a new suit today. No other church in the world would have given me a new suit today, this church is true..". it was hysterical. He came away from that clothes swap with so much junk. Paul is not the best dresser in the world, in fact he looks terrible every day. At church all the sudden Paul would disappear and I would find him in the room with all clothes stuffing hideous, old, torn pollos into a bag. It was like Christmas for him, I'm not sure I have every seen him so happy haha.
Also, in Sunday school we were being taught about Ruth and Paul was making funny comments throughout the lesson. I especially like the famous verse that says "your god, my god" you know the one... When we read it Paul punches a fist in the air and says " whoa, thats powerful! sistew wee's God, MY GOD" Sistew wee you know what it sounds like? It sounds like 'you jump I jump jack' (from titanic)" He is so weird. I probably shouldn't laugh as hard as I do because i think it only encourages him, but I can't help it.
We have been doing FHE on Monday nights at the church for all the single adults and it was been a lot of fun. This week was the best. Recently I got UNO cards and on Monday I taught everyone how to play UNO. That was no easy task. We had a good time though. I discovered something new about sister lim that night. She truly believes if we do not bless the food, we cannot eat it. At the end of FHE we asked a member to give the closing prayer and to bless the refreshments. Well, this member forgot to bless the refreshments. I didn't think anything of it but sister lim rushes over to me and whispers urgently "He didn't bless the food!" The look she was giving me was like, "what do we do! we can't eat the food now! OH NOOOOOO". I told her I think they will be ok to eat, God knows we meant to bless them... and that seemed to put her heart at ease. I laughed inside of myself, she was really worried about it.
I don't know if I have mentioned Jastin yet. We have been teaching a boy named Jastin for a few weeks now and he is great. Jastin is from Punjab India. He came here to Malaysia only about a month ago. In Punjab he studied to become a catholic priest for 4 years, but then his mom died and I think some other things happened, and he decided he did not want to follow that path anymore. Like so many other foreign people have done, he hired an agent to help him come to Malaysia and get a job and working VISA. AND, like so many other foreigners, Jastin fell victim to a dishonest agent who took his money and left him here in Malaysia with nothing. I hear stories like this happening all the time. It is very sad. Through talking to people on the street he was able to find a place to stay, and by meeting and talking to some other people, somehow he was given our card, called us, and came to church. Since that time he called us and showed up at church we have been teaching him and he is getting baptized on Saturday. Yesterday after his baptismal interview we were talking to him for a while and he said in a way, he felt like he should thank that agent who brought him here to Malaysia and cheated him. He said if it wasn't for that man, he would never have come here, and he would never have met us of learned about the church. It's amazing the Jastin can see the good that has come from his trials. He says he really has felt led and he said he thinks there was some divine aid given him. I assured him I knew that a loving Heavenly Father was aware of him and leading him to find the truth. Heavenly Father really watches out for us. Jastin desperately wants to serve a mission but he is already 26 and we told him usually 25 years old is the cut off for boys to go on missions. I think he is still going to try and ask the branch president to see if he can go. He is a smart kid, very humble to. I remember when we first taught him about baptism and authority. He said, "you mean you're telling me, that I since I was baptized in a different church you could say I have not yet been baptized?" I said, "that's exactly what we're telling you". He accepted that without any doubts or arguments, I was amazed.
We are still teaching all men. WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE WOMEN. This branch is all men. This is great, future priesthood leaders, but if there is no women, the men don't have as much incentive to continue coming. Even in the youth, there is one young woman, and about 20 young men. It is so strange. Sister Lim and I started teaching these two young girls last week, they aren't really progressing that well, but we are desperate to keep them because we want more girls in the branch. FHE is always all boys. A young girl from Korea has been here on business for a few weeks and has been attending our branch during her stay here. She came to FHE and you should have seen these boys, they were so excited to have a girl there! I don't blame them. I would hate it too if every church activity I went to was all boys, that would be lame. Hopefully we will be able to find some girls...
anyway, I better get this off to you.
I love you all so much
sister viehweg
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