Hey Everybody!
December 24th in the morning, you can
picture: Two Elders riding their bikes in the blazing hot and humid sun. There
is not a drop of snow on the ground and the only precipitation is the
sweat coming off my face. But there is a familiar tune being sung by
the Elders as they ride to the church to fill up the font... "I'm dreaming
of a white Christmas...." Yes, the looks on some peoples faces were
priceless and yes we were belting the song out. Oh and yes, we got ourselves a
baptism! It was a white Christmas here in the middle of Sarawak, Malaysia on
the island of Borneo, and it was a very Merry Christmas.
It has been such a humbling and amazing experience seeing
these families that we have taught come so far. When we doubted them they
showed us differently, when they and we needed miracles we saw them, when the
challenges came they overcame them, and when it was all said an done, they had
become the families and the people they wanted to become. More importantly,
they have become the families and people God wants. From the first day I met
them to where they are now, I am completely humbled and amazed, and I give all
glory to God for the blessings showered upon them as well as us.
My comp and I got to bake all the baking in ingredients and
stuff that I have gotten from packages from home. (Shout out to Mom and Jaydra
for hitting me up with the cookie stuff!) So we headed to the senior couples
house to bake in their oven because we don't have one. If I were to say so,
they were pretty dang good. We had like a 50-60% success rate, which is pretty
good for me haha!
Christmas day here was great and nuts at the same time. I
will just say that every day around Christmas is nuts. I went to all three
branches Christmas parties and ate food. SO MUCH FOOD. The culture here for
Christmas is called "open house" which basically means walk in
anywhere you are invited and eat. EAT. That is all we did is was painful. We
went to so many houses and we just ate, and kept eating....I have never been so
full in my life, but it was so great haha.
I'll finish up with this, Skyping the Fam back home was way fun! It was good to see everyone's faces and hear everyone! I was pretty jealous everyone was in sweatshirts and it was snowing outside but whatever, I'll hit that up when I get home haha. For now I just get my SWEET missionary tan on!
Love everyone and thanks for all the support and Christmas
wishes! Happy New Year!
(Senior Couple, Bro Bodell is Santa ; Parker narrating Christmas Nativity in Malay)
(Senior Couple, Bro Bodell is Santa ; Parker narrating Christmas Nativity in Malay)
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