So this week was so
going so good, I should have known it was too good to last...
Katherine: How are
you doing? I really miss you what did
you have for breakfast today? I had rice
krispies.
Elder Halpin: Katherine,
this morning for breakfast I had Sarawak Laksa with Milo ice and a BBQ Pork
Pow. Very delicious. Rice Krispies sound very nice, cold cereal here is more
expensive than in the US and is not very good.... The milk is also overpriced
and pretty gross.
Dad: So, when you
want to say something in Malay, you think of it in English and then translate
it… What about when you hear something
in Malay, do you translate it to English before you respond?
Elder Halpin: First
off I will clarify some things. I only
think of stuff in English first when it’s very complicated or when I need to
use big words. Usually when speaking or being spoken to and such I just think
in Malay. For myself and most missionaries I have talked to have said that the
language comes in jumps. Really slow, not getting any better followed by a
large jump in skill level. One of the biggest is when you stop thinking in English
before you speak.
Concerning Hobbits
(no actually seran wrap). In the beginning of 2013 Brother Phillip got very
sick. He was in a coma for a week or so. In that coma he said he had a vision
in which an angel came to him and told him that he needed to bring his family
closer to God. In about June/August of 2013 year Sister Kat introduced the Elders
to Brother Phillip and Sister Serawa's family. Brother Phillip realized that
this was the path that they should take. So Brother Phillips family was baptized
at the end of last year/beginning of this year. He however, was working in Kapit
so couldn’t really learn. About a week or two after I was transferred here he
stopped working in Kapit and moved back to here. Elder Chan and I taught him
the lessons and he was ready to go but had to wait because he had a something
such that couldn’t get wet and was pretty delicate at the time. So had to wait.
Anyway 2 weeks ago we were at their house and he said he thought his side was
healed enough that he could try it. So we gave them serarn wrap and duct tape
and we baptized him. It was way cool.
We started off the
week by visiting Kenneth’s family. He had cut down to one cigarette per day and
seemed ready to stop. He was way psyched and was going to do it.
We also helped Sister
Kat make banana chips. Sliced green bananas for like 2 hours.....
Pira was excited to
be baptized.
Jennifer and Daren
passed their baptismal interviews and were way excited. We were working on
getting Amerol, Darens older brother to baptize him.
On Wednesday we met
with President Clement and got the MLS database up to date and sorted out the
branch directory. Many if not all branches in East Malaysia suffer from a lack
of good clerks. Tithing usually gets done (not always, sometimes the Elders
have to help) but the membership side of things is usually neglected. So
anyway, he was way happy to get it under control.
also on wednesday we
met with Sis Lulongs daughter and Sis Taluts grandaughter. they are both
somewhat intrested. should meet them again this week.
Then it all hit the
fan...
Thursday we met with
President Clement to help do an audit or something such. Anyway, our MLS wasn’t
the right version or something and the automatic updater wasn’t working. This
audit thing was supposed to be done by the end of June by the way. Anyway we
thought it would be a good idea to uninstall MLS and reinstall it. Not the best
move. You see, uninstalling it also deleted the installer exe..... Apparently
there is only one man in Malaysia who can reinstall MLS and he lives in West Malaysia...
Why did I get dragged into clerk work???? It’s just headaches.
Then Sister Enchin (Daren’s
mother) decided to go to Kampung until January.....
Then Sister Mengan
(Jennifer’s mother) got sick/lazy because it was raining.....
Then Sister Pira
decided to go to Miri for school break, (end of this week until January) and
wanted the Elders who found her to baptize her (they both so happen to be in Miri),
(no hard feelings on this one for sure).
So anyway, we filled
the baptismal font for nothing....
We can’t get a hold
of Kenneth, we think he and his family are in Bintulu or something such, so no
clue on how he’s doing.
Some punk took a
hammer or something to Elder Blackwelder’s bike and in the process of trying to
steal the front gear bent it. Now the poor guy gets about 300 feet and his
chain comes off. He has to get off put it back on and go again....
So yeah.
It’s alright though.
Next week will be better.
Looking forward to
the package.
Sincerely,
Elder Halpin
The biggest ants I have ever seen in my life.
They are an inch and a half long, no joke.
Sis mengans younger daughter. pretty cute.
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