Friday, October 21, 2011

Arrived Safely in SINGAPORE!!!!!

Hey. Ive been in singapore for a couple days now. Its crazy. Im in the airport now heading out to east malaysia for my first area!!!! im going to Sibu. im so excited. My companions name is Elder Polley, and it seems like we are going to get along great!! Sibu is exactly the place i wanted to be. its going to be awesome. no one speaks a word of english there. We were largely with a native tribe called the Ibons. They speak a little  bit of a different dialect than just regular Malay, so it should be really interesting. I guess they are very receptive to the gospel, so i am excited to be able to teach them. The area i am going has been an area that only zone leaders can go. Im the first Elder to be in this area that is  not  zone leader, let alone a greenie, in 3 years. How cool is that? i guess the lord has a lot planned for me, and trusts in me a lot. Im just glad to be here.
Ive been sweating since i walked off th plane. thats no lie. You walk outside, and its like walking in to a sauna. but im doing alright. I will be able to manage. Sibu is pretty much just surrounded my jungle, and there are a lot of poor people that live in shacks. There are a lot of people that live in Kampungs. (villages) and dont really have anything. Im super excited to get out there. haha.
Go ahead an look up Sibu on google maps so you can get a pretty good idea of where i am at.
So there is a couple of natives Elders that i have met. Ive had full of conversations with them in Malay, and understood them almost as if it were english. That makes me feel a lot better. I hope my language is good enough to be able to teach adequately enough. But im sure the Lord will bless me, and give me any help or strength that i need. Anyway, gotta catch my flight now. Love you all!!!  I will be able to write a lot more about everything on P-day. love you!

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