we had to change out p day this week. no big deal. But thats why my letter is a few days late. You probably didnt even notice anyway. haha
Anyway, this last week has been pretty crazy. I have just been running around like crazy and doing missionary work as usual. This area is quite a bit different than my last one. The language, the culture. Everything. In my old area, i pretty much taught people from indonesia or the philipeans. I actually didnt really teach any native malaysians. But here, is not the same at all. The only people we teach are Iban. And Iban is a native tribe here. They have their own language. And their own culture. And its gonna take me a little to get used to. They are pretty much just jungle people. And their language is not anything close to what i learned in the MTC. But they can all speak malay too. So we still teach them in malay. But sometimes they do not understand. So i have been learning iban lately. Ya, just some weird, native, jungle dialect that they speak. But its pretty cool. And they really like it when you try to speak it with them.
anyway, i really miss tawau. A lot. seriously. I know that i will be able to have a lot of cool new experiences in my new area, but i still miss everyone so much from my old area. I feel like i will always view that as the best time in my mission. I became so close to my recent converts and members. Its gonna be really hard to get over them. They became my family while i was there. And it turns out that i actually counted on them a whole lot more than i thought. everyone there was my suppost system. i felt at home there. to be honest, if i had the choice to get on a plane right now and come home to america, or get on a plane and go to tawau, i would choose to go to tawau. Im not really quite sure what else to say....
But, i just gotta move on, and keep spreadin the gospel. This new area has brought some new experiences for me. I taught my first lesson by candlelight. a lot of people here dont have electricty. They just live in a little village that doesnt really have electricty. and so they just use candles. Also, i met a super old chinese guy with a very stereotypical looking beard. haha. So i had to get a picture with him. Also, i went to a pretty cool zoo with just a bunch of crocadiles. and i got to feed the crocadiles some chicken! and it was pretty cool. Anyway, ill write some more later
Catch ya next week
Elder Trotter
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