Happy New Year 2016 (Chinese New Year too!)
Hello again to everyone and Happy New Year!
I think I'll start this email off with just giving everyone
an inside look on what a New Year is like here in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Well, first, in the morning you get calls from all the members who invite you
to their house to basically eat food and what not. That's all they want you to
do, come to their house, and eat. They won't let you stop eating. Anyways we
have to pick only a couple of house to go to so we ended up at our recent
converts house for the night. We went out to the back and started the fire in their
oil drum which was cut half-way. Once the fire was about high enough we slap
the wire fencing on the top, and then you throw whatever you have on the
"BBQ" and you cook it up. In this case, the father came home with bag fulls of chicken heads. So yeah slap
those one and fry 'em up! Simple and easy right? I know, it's awesome. Then
after eating and relaxing and visiting, us missionaries have to be home so we
head home.
As the sun sets you can here and see fireworks going off all
over the city and across the river. We get home and we get all ready for bed
with background music of, fireworks. Then as you are falling asleep
and thinking about the day, the clock hits 12:00 am in the New Year. At exactly
that time, EVERY Sibu gangster in the entire city lights off their arsenal, and
every other house that wasn't previously lighting off fireworks, joins in.
(Word of advice: Chinese LOVE fireworks...) It honestly was like a war-zone
haha. We are talking Chinese gangsters who can get things off the black market
and that includes fireworks that are more like bombs. So needless to say all of
us missionaries hop out of bed and watch the sky get lit up. It was way cool!
Even better, Chinese New Year is even more insane, and they celebrate that for
a month straight here haha. Can't wait until February!
Well, other than that this week wasn't too exciting in regards to highlights happening. Missionary work is on-going. I still get my mind blown like everyday with something new. I should probably take note of these things so I can tell you all when email time comes around everyday haha. I guess for now, one cool cultural thing I can share with you this week is this: When you have guests over for any reason, even for like 5 minutes, you must bring out some drinks and crackers. Or some sort of cake. It's like "mali" if you don't. "Mali" being Taboo. So every house we go to we at least get some flavored water and some cake or crackers. Culture update for everyone!
That's it! Love all you guys and thanks for all the support!
Elder Thompson
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