Things have been
going really good. Our investigators are almost all progressing. Angel’s
husband, KC, finally sat in on a lesson. The trick was to get them out of their
house to the Church. Anyway we watched the restoration video and then talked
about it and the plan of salvation a little. KC was pretty interested and they
said that they would read together every day!!
We got to meet the
2nd Myanmar family yesterday. It was an interesting lesson. The father was there
for the first time. He was very skeptical but we got them to commit to read
together. Achung and Tinting are very interested and they explained a lot of
things to Akam (the father) in Chin. Next lesson we will probably try to put
them on date. They are a very fun family to teach. At the end of the lesson Brother
Akam said (literally translated) "so, I must read it" referring to
the Book Of Mormon (super exited)! The other Myanmar family was in Kuala Lumpur
this week so we could not meet with them.
Xavier is doing
good. If you remember the only thing holding him back is that he now has school
on Sunday 11:30-1:00. This week his father gets back from “I’m not sure where”
and will be able to take him to school instead of his friends. So he will be
able to come to the first 30 minutes of Sacrament meeting anyway. We also talked
to him to see if maybe he could switch class times or something. He has a
strong testimony and has a desire to be baptized so I’m not worried about him. We
just have to find some way to get him to church.
I don’t remember if I
told you about Raj last week. He is an old Indian man living in a nursing home
that one of our members works at. He is very smart, just a little slow. He has
a sincere desire to learn and said on Saturday night that he wants to be
baptized once he understands everything a little better. He said "no man
in his right mind wouldn’t want to be baptized." It was a very big shock
to us since we thought that he would be very slow. We will be visiting him more
often now to read with him and such.
We met with one of
the many pastors that we met at the Christmas party on Saturday too. His name
was Bother Gabriel. He used to be Anglican but started his own church recently.
It was kind of a weird meeting, he was trying to convert us pretty hard. Anyway,
he said that he would read the Book Of Mormon and that he would come to church
this coming week, (his church services are held in the evenings).
We met with Ken
again this week. He is solid. The only reasons he isn’t baptized yet is because
he is worried about his family and school situation. He doesn’t think he has
enough time to go to church and finish his assignments. Also his parents just
got divorced and he worried about that as well. God doesn't give us trials we
can’t overcome nor commandments we can’t keep. We invited him to pray and ask
if he should be baptized now or wait. The Holy Ghost could help him so much in
school and with his family problems, I hope that he recognizes that.
Sounds like you guys
are having a lot of fun at home. Micaela, I told you geology would be fun!
Sounds like Hawaii was fun. Too bad you didn’t get to try durian! Gladys and
Bright it’s glad to hear you are doing all right. Dad is reading Les
Misrebles????
Life is good ... Still
waiting for transfers... Ugh, they are late... I’ll send some pictures.
Mom: Any news on transfers? Also....just reread your email....so excited
for your investigators! And a
question...how will Brother Akam (sp) (the Myanmar dad) read the Book Of Mormon
if he only understands Chin? Awesome
that he committed to doing that...
Elder Halpin: His Son and Daughter (Achung and Tinting)
will read with him. Transfers just came in. I’m going to Kuching again, this
time in the Kota Samarahan Branch (opposite corner of Kuching). My new companion
will be Elder Poppleton, he’s been out 3 months.
Love
Elder Halpin
Here are some
pictures.
Me, and from left to right, Brother Cristopher (really good member missionary), President Yap (District President, awesome guy) Sister Patricia (aweome recent convert).
Xavier and me
Sister Loh (family history guru and really good missionary) and Joshua (Sister Patricia's Son, really good artist) and me.
Me and Kit (Sister Chris' Son, epic at badminton, really just toys with everone else, going on mission to Hong kong end of march)
Dylan (only member in his family, really good at tracting, hopefully he will be turning in his mission papers soon)
Jun (Sister Chris' other Son, going on mission to San Jose at the same time)
Sister Chris (epicest member ever) and Sandra (Sister Chris' niece, going to Australia soon to work).
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