First off transfers.
I am eternally condemned to Kuching except that it’s good so I’m not sure that
condemned is the right word. I am staying here in Kota Samarahan with Elder
Lafontaine. We are also getting two more Elders here. An Elder Capener and an
Elder Allen. We moved this morning into a new house. It is across the road from
our old one in a new housing development. Anyway, I’m happy I’m staying here
but I have mixed feelings about splitting the area, have to decide where the
boundary should be and which half we want...
Last week was also
Zone conference. It was by and far the best I have yet attended. All of the
trainings and talks were spot on. They addressed the problems and challenges
that we (as a mission) have been struggling with and also gave us clear insight
into President Mains' goals and direction for the mission and missionaries.
We were able to meet
with a few less active members last week and also met some new ones. We are
still working on meeting all of those potential investigators, they have been
hard to get a hold of and get appointments with.
Every month the
mission focuses its studies on one chapter of Preach My Gospel. This month is
chapter 3, the lessons. You would think that I would know everything by now, so
I decided to read it in Bahasa and I have been surprised at what I have
learned. That’s something that I think is really cool. I have noticed as I
study in 2 languages, in both English and Malay, different things stand out to
me as I study and read them. In English I might read a verse or paragraph and
just breeze over because nothing stands out or seems important, I then read the
same thing in Malay and it might blow my mind and vice versa. I guess this is
because words have different meanings and such associated with them.
Funny Story.
Because Kota
Samarahan meetings are a mix of Malay and Iban, I have been working on my Iban
a bit. Anyway I recently obtained a "Bup Kudus" or bible in Iban. The
first day I was using it I passed it across the room for someone to read from. And
of course, guess what happened??? A Chechat (gecko) pooped on it...... ugh. Anyway
the Bup Kudus wasn’t too bad off when I got done cleaning it.
Mom, bamboo pork is
pork cooked in a section of green bamboo. They use some sort of leaf to plug
the top and just stick it in some coals or over a fire. It is VERY delicious. Also
speaking of food, I tried Sushi for the first time today. It is almost Elder
Lafontaine’s birthday and he loves sushi. It’s pretty good, mostly I just have
to get over the fact that I’m eating raw fish and it’s alright.
Anyway,
Love you guys all.
Elder Halpin
Forgot my picture
adapter again... next week :)
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