ParkerLeeThompson

New Adventure! : Bintulu

Hey everyone! This week was a good week with some great memories and especially with the members. We got to spend a lot of time with them and it was especially great and sentimental because it will be the last time I see many of them. That might be just the saddest thing to think about, but that is just how this mission is! Yep, I will be moving out from Matang. My time has been far spent here and man am I going to miss these people. It's time for the final stretch!

I am moving to Bintulu, Sarawak! So still in East Malaysia, but just one more city up from Sibu, where I started. Even more crazy, I have been called to be apart of the Branch Presidency there to help train and lift leaders to higher callings and expectations. It is another typical East Malaysian Sarawak branch full of Ibans and whole lot of less actives. (Well, that will change.) But nothing that I am not totally used to. They need some unity and we are going to get callings fulfilled, and people brought back! Bintulu actually has some bad connotation when it is said among missionaries...but that will also change. The same way that Sibu wasn't a desirable place when I first started, and now it's a hot spot. The same way my perspective on Matang has changed so much and I have grown to love it here. I am grateful for the Lord having all power and being able to change my stubborn, prideful self into what I am today. I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve where the Lord would have me serve. Attitude over area.

On a completely different note, highlights for this week were these. P-day last week was way fun as we met up with the whole zone and we rented out a stadium to play volleyball in. It was so much fun haha. It cost literally RM 20 which is the equivalent of under $5 USD. Yes, in Malaysia you can rent out a stadium for 2 hours for less than $5 USD.

I also got to go eat at 2 buffets this week with some members. Those are just fun times to relax and enjoy the members company. Yes, I repeat, even Malaysia has 'buffets.'

That's all I got for this week, Love you all!

Elder Thompson