Good week. So first
off my wrist. It is doing good, no pain, I assume it’s healing. The name of the
bone I broke is called the scaphoid bone. It’s one of the small bones in the
wrist. It usually heals up fine depending on where it is broken and if the
parts have separated. My particular fracture isn’t separated yet. Basically I
will go back to the Doctor in 1 more week to get more x-rays and see how it’s
doing. If it’s good should be 4-6 more weeks of the cast. If it is
"bad" then they may need to do surgery and hook them together with a
screw.... if that happens it’s almost certain I will get transferred to Singapore
and depending on things I guess there is a chance I could get sent home for
medical (highly doubt it though)... Anyway don’t dwell on it, the doctor said
the chance of that happening is only 10%-15% percent, not too likely. Already
had a blessing too, so I should be good!
Showering with one
hand up is way annoying...
Typing with one hand
is so slow!!!!! The above paragraph took like 10 minutes, I’m sure!!!
A couple things that
I have just generally forgotten to tell you.
I am the district
leader here. Basically means nothing but every Sunday night I report ours and
the other Sibu Jaya companionship’s numbers to the zone leaders. It also means
that on Tuesday I conduct district meeting and give some training.
My bike is a boss!
It’s a 5 year old one I picked up in Ipoh! It was purchased back in the day
when the mission paid for bicycles, (would have been nice, right?). So there
was no budget and this 7 foot tall Elder got one custom shipped from America because
he couldn't find one tall enough. It’s got the old style equipment so
maintenance is way cheap. Also it’s tall (duh). Way nice on the knees. Basically
goes to show the crappiness of Chinese stuff. The bike that I bought off the
missionary when he went home was falling apart when I got to Ipoh. It was going
to need several hundred ringgit worth of repairs. Anyway there was this 5 year
old bike sitting there that nobody owned. It was basically just ridden by
random Elders around Ipoh for 5 years. So I took it and ditched my piece of
junk Chinese bicycle. Only a few problems since, replacing a broken quick
release with a bolt, the brake pads and a tire. Best decision I ever made
concerning transportation. American made stuff for life!
So this week!
Had both the good
and the bad. First off Roseline got anti’d by her in-laws. Although her husband
works in Kapit we have met him a couple times and he is way cool, really wants
to learn when he stops working in Kapit. So maybe then we will try again.
We went and taught
John again, it was ok, I have a lot of hope that his family will come back and
John will be baptized. Also his nephew who lives there is super cool. His name
is Kevin, he is 9. Anyway, saw him looking at my Book of Mormon over dinner, so
gave him one. the next time we visited (2 days later) he had taken it upon
himself to read the title page, introduction, the testimonies of the 3 and 8
witnesses and Joseph Smith’s testimony! Pretty cool kid!
We also got a
referral this week from Sister Seleha. Basically it’s two of her friends that
live in her Kampung five minutes down the highway. They live in a miniature 3
door longhouse. First time in a longhouse. They are named Lulong and Ida. They
are SIB but are pretty interested in learning.
We are meeting with
a lot of people.
Everyone is talking
about MH 17... Saying that the number 7 is unlucky and that Malaysian Airlines
is going to be bankrupt. Then there will be nothing left but Air Asia (that
would be awful, they would make you pay for your parachute on the spot if there
was an evacuation at altitude, all jokes aside its true).
We get fed a lot
here, more than any other area so far. I am really beginning to like Iban food.
We are trying to get
Home Teaching started. On my mission I have come to realize its importance. I
didn’t put much stock in it before. I will be 100% after my mission for sure. I
feel that if we could get it started solid in Sarawak it would solve and
prevent a lot of problems.
Always looking for
investigators. The cast is actually a way good contacting tool. Just walk
through the flats and inevitably someone asks what’s wrong with my hand, bam,
ice broken!
Speaking of ice, I
am addicted to Malaysian otter pops. Sister Kat makes Limau (lime) ones from
fresh limes from her tree that are ridiculously good. Too good, and cheap.
Elder Chan and I ordered 50 about 4 days ago, I think 20ish are left... Killed
my immune system and caught a cold. Serves me right....
This morning went
into the jungle with Sister Kat, to gather Sayur and Buah (vegetables and
fruit). Not much luck with the fruit as none was ripe. But we did gather a lot
of sayur, a rice bag’s worth of 3 main types. Also sampled a few others. I am
confident now that if I was lost in the jungle here I could at least find
enough food to comfortably survive. Water would be a different picture. Drank 3
liters in 5 hours...
Love,
Elder Halpin
Pictures this week:
A "ningit."
Basically a large variety of fly that Iban's sometimes eat.
It’s the size of my thumb.
At Brother John’s house, Sister Sutia, his wife, is in the door and Kevin is wearing the red shirt.
The cat is probably the biggest house cat I have seen in my life.
At Brother Tabor and Sister Jelitas house.
One of my favorite families here. Brother Tabor is way cool.
Lunch in the jungle, Elder Strathearn is the other Elder.
His comp is Elder Hill from my MTC group.
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