Mom: The Book of Mormon musical is coming to
Spokane. It does not treat the church or
missionaries kindly. Anyway...there is a
big PR push by the local Stakes to use this negative publicity to get
non-members and members talking about the church, especially missionary work,
and turn the negative into a positive.
Part of the plan is to do a social media blitz and share your own or
family missionary experiences via facebook, etc. They did this in other cities where the
musical was playing and it was very successful.
Anyway....if we posted about your missionary experience, WHAT IS
SOMETHING you would want us to SHARE?
Elder Halpin: As for
the Book of Mormon thing you can share anything I’ve shared and I will think
about it and send a maybe a better response next week.
Way sick Adam about
the Japeechen camp out. Also how do you manage to break 3 iPods?.
The chocolate was
sedap. Also I wear the 40s. The 38s must be older than I thought because I know
for a fact that I am smaller than when I left on my mission...
Also on a different
note, if I wanted to extend (it would be for 1 transfer (6 weeks)) would you
guys be alright with that? It would mean I would come home the first week of June
instead of the last week of April.
So. transfers...
I am going to Sibu
Jaya, it’s an area next to the city Sibu. My new companion is Elder Chan, he is from Kuala Lumpur. Should be fun! A
bunch of the YSA here going to school are from Sibu Jaya. From what I hear the
branch mostly consists of a set of large flats in the middle of the jungle an
hour from Sibu proper. Anyway, I hear the branch has about 80-90 people coming
to church.
Samarahan has been
fun I’m going to miss it. Elder Lafontaine is going to Bintulu to train. Elder Capener and Elder Allen are going to
continue on alone here in Samarahan.
This week was kind
of pell-nell. On Wednesday, the Jarrau family ended up being too busy to meet
and we haven’t been able to get back over there. Instead we went to visit Sister
Merina. We met her son Jackie who was on vacation from work in west Malaysia as
a welder. He seems pretty interested and said he would read the Book of Mormon.
There is no church where he works but he said when it comes there then he would
learn. Way cool guy.
Went to Kampong
Rembus with the other Elders to meet the members there on Thursday and also went
to visit Brother Niga, he is preparing to receive the Melchezedek Priesthood.
Saturday we had a
closing Gawai party with the whole branch, lots of food and ngajating and poco
pocoing and jogeting and such. Also a Gawai tree that we set up in the foyer. Great
fun.
Sunday everybody was
sick. Literally everyone. I mean that everybody who came to the party and ate
the food was sick. All 50 of them. There was a line for the bathroom the entire
meeting. When I had to go I just walked to our house...
Sunday evening we
met with Sister Lucy’s parents they are way good reading and praying, and are
on date for the ninth of August.
Overall good week. We
have a group family home evening tonight at the church most of branch should be
there, it will be a good way to say goodbye to everyone.
My time in Samarahan
has been good. We actually have found "good" (progressing ones who
have a somewhat strong desire to learn) investigators and have done a lot of
good with the less active and recent convert members here. We have managed to
raise attendance from 25-35 to 40-50. In the next transfer anywhere from 2 up
to 15 people should be getting baptized including both our and the other Elders
investigators. I am going to miss all the great members here transferring
sucks.
Also last Sunday was
district conference and President Mains came to Kuching. It was rather funny
because he asked who was present that had been present at the June one last
year and I was able to raise my hand. I have been labeled the "King of
Kuching" and it has been predicted that after 1 transfer in Sibu Jaya I
will be transferred back to Kuching..... Anyway whenever there is a district
event here it’s way nice because I get to see a bunch of members from Matang,
at district conference 5 families invited me back to visit, it kind of sucks
because I have no time to.
Anyway I guess I
should send you guys some pictures... I’ve been kind of bad at it.
Love
Elder Halpin
Pictures:
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This Morning we went
to an Orangutan reserve. Way cool. They come around to eat fruit that the park
puts out.
Closing Gawai Branch Party
This Morning we went to an Orangutan reserve.
Way cool!
They come around to eat fruit that the park puts out.
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