Kota Kinabalu
Aug. 3, 2011
Hello family!!!!
Wow....where to begin with this week? Things are just picking up here and we are starting to fill into our roles in working in an area-based city. In the past times, it was really "teach who you find" but now we are giving over to the sisters those whom reside in their branch and they are doing the same for us. Because so, I feel the work is going to increase. In fact it already has. :D.
Our first Sunday with two branches was interesting too. :D Elder Watkins was visiting with his family after completing his mission, so there was an additional 6 white people at church. However, by the time the second session started (our branch) the translation equipment had run out of battery, and so we had to all split up and translate for his family. Then in walks our 5 Filipino investigators, only one of white can speak Malay, and they sit down and we then had to add even more to our translating. The pressure was building, as these investigators church experience and knowledge and insight gained was hinging upon our ability to translate for them, and doing so on the fly, with no printed out talks! Then to add to it, the power shut off right in the middle of one of the talks! Oh No! But amazingly Bro. Harun kept right on talking, and did not even miss a beat. :D It was incredible. He just simply raised his voice a bit more :) However, if you have ever been to Malaysia, you know just how fast you miss AC in a building which normally has one. The insulation on all the buildings here is pretty poor, so the cold air escapes very easy. So they then just opened the windows to survive the rest of sacrament meeting, and then cancelled the rest of church. Never mind that most classes have not been organized with teachers yet, so perhaps the power outage was a blessing in disguise. :D
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| Road clean-up workers |
We also had another really fun road cleanup project. :D Not as many attended, but we tackled a lot less road this time too, but still got some good publicity for the church in a country where we can't do any advertising.
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| Elders Kampenhout & Hawkins |
There are so many more miracles to write and tell about, but only so much time. I guess you have to stick to the important things, much like they do in the Book of Mormon, with only writing a 100th of what actually happened. But it satisfies me to say this. Listen to those little promptings, and the Lord will lead you to do great things, meet great people, and become a great person :D It really is a small little whisper. :D But it leads you in the greatest ways imaginable :D
I love you all, and hope your life is laced with joy and peace. :D
Your Loving Friend, Brother, and Son,
Elder Willem Kampenhout
P.S. I attached a picture of me eating something called Dragon Fruit. Soooo yummy :D
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| Willem eating Dragon Fruit |
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