Merry Christmas Family!
I hope everyone maded it home safely despite the storms. Oh the blessed snow storms. How jealous I am.
Business first, I beleive we are about 15 hours apart so call me at 5:00pm-5:30pm your time and it will be around 8:00-8:30am Christmas morning here. Thanks your guys. You're the best. I've been debating whether or not to tell you this but I guess I will, we have been given permission to Skype or use any other form of web video cam to talk to our families on Christmas, but I don't want to. Don't hate me, but with it getting closer to 2 months left I don't think I can handle it. For sure,your voices are going to trunk me outa my mind enough.... :-). So, that said, I'll be awaiting your call.
This week I flew to singapore for my very last VISA chop. They flew me in Monday morning and I was back in Miri Tuesday night about 5:00pm. It was a very quick trip, but I still had time to see my favorite person, Yong Yong. (Also known as the late Sister Lim, my old companion). We met up in Singapore and went to dinner. She took me to a great Japanese restaurant. It was so hard to call her Yong Yong. I kep calling her sister Lim all night long. It was so so so so good to see her again. Now that her mission is over she is working for Micron in Singapore and serving as the Ward Young Women's President; which she says is way harder than missionary work. Sister Lim looks so good. I couldn't believe it. This mission truly turns girls frumpy. Not that Sister Lim was ugly but seeing her Singapore was like seeing a totally different person. Her torn skirts and faded button up tops were traded for black skinnies and an adorable top. The mud-stained back pack was replaced with a huge white leather purse. And the farmer tan that comes from being in the not sun all day was gone; she was looking as pale and beautiful as ever. She definitely fit in with all the beautiful Singaporians. It's wierd how people love the pale here, my mindset has even changed. Every time I look at my dark arms I think, oh how sad, if only they were pale again. I'm sure that will change once I get back into American society.
It was great to spend the night with her. Also with us was Sister Goodwin and Wing, my old MTC companions, coming in for their last chop too. We had a good time. Singpapore during Christmas time is incredible. The decorations are awesome. This city is truly amazing. I love Singapore.
Now back in Miri I feel like I'm kinda in a final stretch. After talking with the Assistants in Singapore for a while about numbers I have realized that Sister Wong and I have been blessed with a lot of success. I really don't want it to stop. When I got back we talked and I expressed my desires to work hard until the very very end. I have seen a lot of missionaries slack the last few months and I really don't want that to be me. So, we set some goals and we are going to rock Miri. I love love love being a missionary.
Christmas in this culture is interesting. It's going to be a little like Hari Raya I think. Everyone, has an open house and everyone visits everyone. I think I already mentioned this. So all day long we are going from house to house to house. We're going to visit everybody. And I am sure they are all going to want us to eat, and I know I am going to be so sick by the end of the day. Missionaries who served in sarawak last christmas have said they threw up a couple times on Christmas. Everybody loves to feed the missionaries. It is really messing up my attempts to diet that last few months before home. I can't resist their pleas, and if I say no they look so very sad that I won't eat their food. Oh well.
This letter is short, but I'll talk to you all on Christmas. If its going to be a conference call get everyone else on first before me, last year was a little confusing.
Love you guys
Merry christmas
sister viehweg
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