Some of the emails this week answered questions from emails, so where needed, I will include the questions.
Troy would probably ask you if you would cheer for the
Jamaican bobsled team if you were watching the Olympics
I would definitely cheer for the Jamacian bobsled team
We were wondering if you have gotten sick from any food at
all, or had any sick days?
I refuse to take a sick day :P and have not gotten sick yet cause I have lots of faith and a family praying for me back home.
I have made a decision that I have to throw up twice in the morning before I'll ever stay in.
and I haven't gotten sick yet, cause I pray a lot :P
And any other close calls on your bike?
Not since I got hit by the car.
Does being district leader add much work to your week?
DL doesn't add too much, I
report twice a week, but I still try to keep in contact every day.
I also have to teach my district on Tuesday's (tomorrow! Hopefully I don't look
like an idiot :P )
My new companions name is Elder
Reynolds, and he is freaking awesome! He is from Houston Texas, and he is 20
years old (I am still the youngest Malay speaking missionary in the world)
(...cause this is the only mission with Malay... but there is probably
Indonesian missionaries younger...) He loves to talk to everyone! He has greeny
fire :P which is really fun, and we have already had a lot of success this week,
even with a short week because of transfers.
I have thought about taking a
video of traffic here, that would be really funny, showing you guys my
"daily commute"
TROY GO FREAKING LEARN HOW TO
SWIM :P Swimming is awesome and I want to swim, but I can't swim cause I am a
missionary :P
Keep me updated on stake things
ok :P
I wish I could go to the temple :( but the temple is so far
:( I want to come back to the Kuching temple one day. But that is still like
20-30 years away...
cause it would be cool to get
to go to the temple in Malay instead of English :P and cause you know... this
is my kampung :P
Well I love you all, and you are probably emailing me right
now... so I should go answer that
Who are you teaching these days?
We had 5 investagtors at sacrament this week! There is this
one family (unfortunately the dad isn't interested, but we fasted that his heart
would be softened) and then also another guy named R, and he is super
awesome. One of the kids in the family, P, is so awesome, he is on date,
and says he wants to start preparing for a mission after he is baptized (he
turns 18 in August)
How many people attend church? Does everyone have to get up and speak at testimony meeting?
Pretty much like that, but
actually it is really good, like there isn't awkward pauses. And everyone knows
and loves the missionaries :P
One of the families actually
gave me a letter (Sister K, don't know if I told you guys about them) the
only kinda active full family in our area (the branch has more but they are all
in the sisters area) but there daughter B wrote me a letter thanking me
for helping their family to start to read and pray together, and she is so happy
now, it was a great letter (I think I'll send a copy home (English letter)
cause it was really cool, really made my month)
Also Training is so hard, I thought I knew what I was doing
:P and do not :P
Did my other packages
ever get there?
I got the Canada one
And is there anything from home that you really miss (besides people)?
ummm, not really, I think I am going
to move to Malaysia :P
I miss like, music :P Don't
hear much Billy Talent as a missionary.
Honestly the only thing I want
from home is for the young men to all leave on missions (or
at least have their calls) before I get home...
There really isn't anything
else that I want from home for than that.
Money :P that is nice, (just
kidding I'm fine do not need) Milk shakes, but we go to McDonalds every now and
then and have ice cream... really just like things I don't know, I love
letters, ummm... idk like, I go home in 18 months or whatever it is now... like
can you have more people know Malay when I go home so I can speak it?
I don't really need anything :P
Well I'm on my way out :)
Talk to you next week :)
Jumpa Lagi,
Elder Bester
Get those YM out!
His email from Dad was just, do you have some words of wisdom to share with me, so this is what he sent:
Well dad, I have many words of
wisdom, but I am expecting to receive words of wisdom back :P and also stories
from your mission, cause all I know about your mission is that you served in
England, something about some kings ring, and that you can speak a little bit
of Welsh.
My word of advice is that if
some one is to read the book of mormon, and study it every day, feasting upon
the words in the pages, they never fall away.
It is so simple, if the book of
mormon is true, Joseph Smith was a prophet, Thomas Monson is a prophet, and
this church is true, and we need to dedicate our lives to it.
Read pray go to church.
If you make that your focus for
people you help, they will grow in faith.
Joseph Smith taught when asked
about how he governs the church: "I teach them correct principles, and
they govern themselves."
Let our family be a strong hold
for zion in the north stake of Calgary.
Stress temple worship, and get
as many people as possible to be worthy of a temple recommend.
Remember that your loyalty is
first to the lord (and also to mom), then to stake president, and then to your
people you are helping.
Be an example, take notes of
miracles in your day. Take notes of the scriptures.
Read alone, read with the
family.
Work with missionaries, bring
new members into the church so that the stake can truly see that the field is
white, and that the lords hand is in all.
Send Young Man AND Young Women
on missions.
Have active members
read the book of mormon with inactives
