Written by Elder Joshua Avery, serving in the Singapore Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaking Mandarin Chinese.
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| My grandma took me to eat at a restaurant called The Banana Leaf before I left for my mission. This week I got to eat at the REAL Banana Leaf, haha! |
This week was good. K** got baptized on Saturday.
That was so awesome. Seeing the change that has happened in her life is
just so amazing. I wish that her son would follow her example, but he
is not in that place right now.
So, this week a lot of appointments fell through, but somehow we
still managed to reach a lot of our goals. It is so amazing what God can
do! One of the English elders' investigators brought some of their
friend's kids to meet with us. We taught them about the Restoration and
they were so receptive. One of them even asked to be baptized. It was so
awesome. Sadly, they texted us Saturday
and they said that their dad doesn't want them to meet with us anymore.
It seems like kids are dependent on their parents here until they are
25 years old! For cooking, housing, pretty much their entire livelihood.
So
that was too bad.
I
don't have anymore big news. I
know you're worried, but I'm doing good. I wish I could type better.
You were right about that! I should have taken a few days to get that
down better before I left. I go through hard times, but nothing like I
did in
the MTC (Missionary Training Center). Learning the language is the main
source of my stress. Every missionary in Ipoh gains weight because the
members here are so generous and feed us so well....but not me. I have
gone down 2 belt notches. If I lose any more weight, I will have to poke
more holes in my belt. I'm sure it's just the stress of learning the
language.
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| The highlight of our week! K**'s baptism! |
Love You!
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