Baptism!

Dear Family,

What an exciting/fast/busy week.  

This past Wednesday, we woke up at the crack of dawn to fly to Singapore.  Usually they fly us out of KLIA airport, but because they wanted to experiment saving costs, they flew us out of a smaller airport (with an ironic super big name: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Airport haha).  We weren't sure how traffic would be, or if it would take a while, so we left our apartment in a taxi at 6:45 for a 9:50 flight.  We got there SO EARLY.  We checked our bags, and as we were looking for breakfast places, we realized that the airport was somewhat nearby Bandar Utama... where there just so happens to be a Cinnabon... We haven't ever had it here, so we were going to try it... but then we chickened out.... President Mains probably wouldn't have been too impressed if we missed MLC for a cinnamon roll... O.o

MLC was fantastic- as always.  There wasn't so much busy work to take care of, so a lot of it was training by President Mains to us.  We are getting so many missionaries in the mission.  When I came in, there were around 100.  By the end of December, we'll have almost 180.  They just split up the Singapore Zone into North and South, and called a second set of Training Sisters.  We always have the MLC in the Singapore High Council Room in the Stake Center (supposed to remind us of our goal to bring a stake to Malaysia), but there just isn't enough room anymore!  We were told that that was the last mission wide MLC, and that from now on, there will be East and West MLCs.  The mission is practically split in half, except for a second Mission President.  I would not be surprised if they make a new mission after President Mains.  It's very exciting.  Also sad that we will have no communication with the East missionaries unless we get transferred over to that side.

President Mains challenged us all to have an increase of faith and love in the work.  Very simple, but his explanations and analysis were so good.  I'm not going to try and retell it.  

We also had a Baptism this week!  Sister *****, or as we call her, Padmah!  She was so nervous for the interview, but she did fine.  We had the baptism on Saturday so that her favorite branch members could attend, and then confirmed her on Sunday.  She kept saying, "I feel like a baby, so pure!"  She was so happy to see everyone there.  What is really sad is that part of her family couldn't be there, and can't be with her, because they are legally Muslim.  Sister Padmah was so excited at church yesterday, and was talking to everybody.  Our Branch President, President Woodford, is soooo good at making sure they are taken care of.  He is awesome.  

It's sad, a really strong couple in the branch (that helped Padmah a lot) are moving to Baku, Azerbaijan next month... :(  They're expats working in oil, and got a new job offer.  Supposedly it's really nice there?  

What else?

For Padmah's baptismal interview, Elder Scott took Elder Stahle (our district Leader) and I took Elder Misa 'alefua on exchanges.  He is my "grandson" in the mission, and he is super funny.  Really good guy, with a ton of drive and willingness to work hard.  He told me all of the college offers to play football he turned down to come on a mission.  He is Eric's age O.o

I got your package in Singapore!  haha I don't know what I'm going to do with the jello molds!  And about those books... we're not supposed to read anything except for the approved list.  I'll hold onto them for post mission.  I think there's another transfer on the 10 of October, and I think we could be affected by it.  Companionships are NEVER together for over 3 months... and here we are...

The Elders from Malacca are coming up tonight to stay over at our house, so we're excited for that.  

I can't think of anything else.  Bai!

Elder Robinson

Dear Family,

Very nice week!  Quite busy (as usual) and full of fun times.  Today is also transfer day, and I found out that neither Elder Scott nor I will be leaving KL as Zone Leaders.  I'm really grateful for that.  It's been a super fast companionship- atleast it has felt that way.  It is super unusual for president mains to keep companionships together for longer than 12 weeks... but I guess he wants us to stay together!  I'm fine with it.  It's a little funny because he made a big deal to everyone about how he was going to be transferred out of KL ^___^

We had the assistants come to KL on Wednesday, as well as two other chinese Elders who had a long layover in KL stay over the night on their way to Sitiawan.  There were 8 elders in our little apartment.... nightmare... but it actually turned out really fun.  We woke up early that morning, and some of us ran to the Petronas Towers.  It was nice to run outside when the sun hadn't completely come up yet.  

I think rainy season is approaching, because it has been super stormy.  KL usually has storm clouds around it, but it has been exceptionally dark and cooler.  I prefer it that way :) it makes walking around the city much more bearable!! 

We spent some time looking for addresses of members that no one in the branch knows about.  It's sad how many people are on the Branch list and NO ONE knows who they are.  A big problem in the past was people baptizing illegal foreigners, and then their sketchy history catches up with them, and then they just disappear.  There are 8 steps that we have to take before we can take them off the KL record, and send them to Salt Lake.  One of which is to find their addresses.  I secretly like playing detective, trying to find them, but it's always a struggle trying to find them.  We went to one this week that is now a muslim Melayu restaurant.  We were running late to an appointment, so we tried to take a short cut by walking alongside of the river.  Bad idea.  We ended up climbing over mountains of garbage, trying to cross rivers (plural) and cutting down small trees.... in KL... haha.

One of our members, on his way to church last week, invited his taxi driver to follow him in.  He had a good experience at church, and gave us his phone number.  We were walking around a random part of town, trying to get home from meeting with an investigator, when a taxi pulled up next to us.  Taxis in KL see white people and have a field day with their horns and lights, so I just looked the other way and shook my hand.  He wouldn't leave, so we looked into the window and it was the same guy that Bro. Lim brought to church the other day!  He gave us a free ride, and asked some great questions about the Book of Mormon.  He came to church yesterday as well.

Sis. Padmah is going to be baptized this Saturday.  She has come  a long way, and it has been great to see the Book of Mormon in her life.  She has a son who recently was talked into converting to islam, and now all her grandkids are islam.  Her son, and his wife, have made some bad life choices as well, and Padmah has been so worried about the well being of her grandkids. We didn't know the full details of just how worried she really was.  On thursday, while we were waiting for our member to show up, I flipped open randomly to 3 Nephi 17:20-25.  As we began to talk with her, I got a prompting to share this scripture with her, that she needed it.  As she read the passage, she cried and cried.  She said that it has been the Lord and His word that has carried her through these hard times.  She said she felt the Lord say the grand kids will be alright.  She then shared with us some other experiences she has had with the Book of Mormon.  It's very humbling to see the power of God's love, as manifested in the Book of Mormon, lighten others' loads and help them find peace.  It leads people to Jesus Christ.

I will be in Singapore on Wednesday for MLC.  I'm excited, as always, to see everyone and hear from President Mains.  It's always a nice time.

Ok good bai!

Elder Robinson

Much Better Week

Dear Family,

It was good to hear from you all.  This week was a very nice week, with lots of cool experiences.  I'll start off with the more secular/funny experiences first

This past Saturday was Hari Merdeka (Independence Day) for Malaysia.  56 years of being independent of Great Britain.  There was a big parade and festivities downtown, especially around Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square).  The funny part about it is that they do fireworks at Midnight the day before... so technically the first minute of Independence Day.  We're on one side of downtown, and the fireworks put on by the city were over at Masjid Jamek, which is on the other side of downtown, so we stayed up and could see a bit of them from our apartment.  The funniest part was that after those fireworks stopped.... the REAL fireworks began.  Even though we live in a nice area (around all the embassies) there is a sketchy set of flats right behind our apartment complex.  All of the tenants their brought their own fireworks.  I've never seen such big fireworks, at such a rapid speed, so close in my life.  It was kind of frightening... some were hitting windows of our apartment haha.  There was so much smoke that our entire complex was covered in a cloud for 10 minutes.  It went on for about 30 minutes.  Definitely illegal in the states.

Elder Scott and I also had an assignment from President Mains as a part of the job with Elder Gong, so we got to travel down to Johor Bahru to deliver some documents.  It was cool to go down there, and we did exchanges with the Melaka Elders on the way back.  The funniest thing happened.  The buses, for long trips like that, usually make two small stops and one 30 min stop.  During the first small stop.... in the middle of nowhere... we were at a small place with one bathroom a ways off, and a small street vendor.  Of course, Elder Scott had to use the restroom.  So we went, and I had to call Elder Stahle, so I was on the phone with him for the duration of Elder Scotts long bathroom visit.  He took a while.  Well, when we leave the bathroom, I looked and..... our bus had left without us!  We quickly tried calling the hotline for the bus company, when all of a sudden, the street vendor says, "why don't you just call the driver?".... -_____- like I have his number... but then she pulls out her phone, and calls him!  He pulls over, wherever he is, and she tells us to start running down the highway.  We did.  It was embarrassing, and uber hot.  As we were running, someone pulled over... and was very confused.... offered us a ride to find the bus.  Long story short, we finally found it, and made it safely to JB. 

We're waiting to hear news about the project that we were working on with the Asia President.  We were supposed to meet him at a fancy hotel on wednesday, and go to dinner with him and a Senator from Washington, but their taxi driver messed things up.  Instead, the senator sent one of his assistants to meet us and gave us $20 US dollars :) after we exchanged it, we got 66 ringgit out of it!

The KL branch is so good.  Everybody.  The investigators, the members, the leadership.... everybody.  I was amazed at how nice church was... despite the crazy things that happened.  I won't explain those, but let's just say fast and testimony meeting was uncensored.. O.o President Woodford handled it very well.  President Woodford also confirmed Alice yesterday during Sacrament meeting.  It was so nice for her.  We met with Padmah last night, and two members of the branch (unexpectedly) showed up with dinner for her.  Talk about people going above and beyond.  I was particularly amazed after church yesterday how everyone, not just the friends and cliques, were talking with each other.  Everyone is helping everyone in so many ways.  One member's son is turning 2 today, and what was supposed to be a small gathering has turned into a branch activity at his house today.  Everyone is so ready to reach out.  It's not even a label of doing missionary work... it's just being Christlike!  That's one of the issues... when people think of it as "I'm just helping the Elders" or "that's the ELder's friend" then nothing happens.  THe KL branch got the memo and thinks about helping their brothers and sisters, and becoming friends with them.

I'm glad to hear you are helping the missionaries where you can.  It's always nice to get free food.  The best help you can give is to always welcome people at church, let them feel at home, and go out of your way to help them/understand where they're coming from. 

We have quite the tricky situations with one of our investigators.  He had a consulting firm in Pakistan, but was forced to close it because of threats from a Muslim Gang.  Supposedly this happens often in Pakistan, but they approached him and told him to convert or shut down his office.  He chose the latter.  He is a very smart man, got his masters degree in Denmark, and thought he could set up something better for his family here.  He stood up in church yesterday and shared his testimony of all the changes the gospel has already made in his life, in only 4 weeks, and how the Book of Mormon, and his power, is keeping him through this hard time.  We honestly don't know what will happen with him.  We are praying that his visa extension goes through. 

It was a very nice week.  I can't think of anything else... I will be in Singapore on September 11, so If you're sending a package... I hope it gets there by then! 

Bai
Elder Robinson

Dear Family,

The title of this email in Bahasa literally translates to "bitter and sweet".  It is an expression used here to describe the ups and downs of life.  I find this title fitting for the past week.  A lot has happened. 

Perhaps I'll start with the "pahit".  Last Wednesday, a bus full of 37 people returning from Genting Highlands (a resort town on top of the mountains surrounding Kuala Lumpur) crashed through a fence and dropped down a cliff, killing all of the passengers.  It has been the talk of the city, and everyone is mourning it. 

A few days ago, an Elder Wiberg was hit by a car in Kuching.  He broke his shoulder, femur, and hip, as well as serious brain trauma.  In efforts to relieve the pressure on his brain, they performed a surgery on his head.  He went into a coma on thursday morning.  All of the Church in Singapore, Malaysia, and several members of the Quorom of the 12 fasted for Elder Wiberg.  When Elder Scott and I were reporting with the Assistants this morning, we found out that he passed away late last night. 

I got to serve with Elder Wiberg for four months here in KL.  He's an awesome Elder- so humble and always happy to be around.  He's a good friend to so many people here.  It has been quite the morning so far.  President Mains spoke with his parents, and emailed us saying that Elder Wiberg's Father said that their son has now been transferred to a new area on the other side of the veil.  Please keep the Wiberg family in your prayers. 

This event has reminded a lot of us, especially me, to thoroughly be grateful for every moment we have been given here.  It is sobering to think that the breath of life that is in us is so fragile.  It has made me reevaluate how blessed I am to be where I am today- to be able to be in such a wonderful place, surrounded by some of the greatest people I've ever met.  Elder Scott and I were just talking last night about how beautiful God's plan is for each of us, especially in regards to the experiences we are able to have, and the unique individuals we get to cross paths with.  I'm grateful to be here today.  I'm thankful that I have another day to live, to enjoy all the blessings this life has to offer.  I'm also grateful and comforted for the message the Gospel brings.  I know attitudes would be much different if we didn't have the assurance and knowledge that we do.   I'm grateful for you all, as well.

Despite these tragic events, this week was also filled with some of the sweetest moments of the mission.  On Friday, Elder Stahle and I got to be reunited to do district leader exchanges.  It was great to be back with him.  He interviewed Alice, and she was baptized yesterday.  She gave such a sweet testimony afterwards, that left all the expats in tears.  President Woodford, our branch president, gave a nice welcome, and included a story where he came early to church, and found Alice sweeping the leaves in front of the entry way-- before she was even a member.  He was amazed at her devotion, and respect for her Father in Heaven. 

We had zone conference in Singapore this week, and it was great to see some old friends, eat some great food, and learn from President Mains.  I always love being with the other missionaries.  It's a refreshing boost. 

Elder Scott and I also had a unique experience.  We got to work with President Gerrit Gong, the Asia Area President and member of the 70, in some official church business here.  He has asked us not to talk about the details until it is official, because it is still in the works, but if it goes through, it would drastically change the mission dynamics here.  We got to go to his hotel room and discuss it with him, as well as learn from what direction he had for us.  It was very exciting, and I'm excited and praying for successful results. 

Hope you have a nice Sabbath day.  Good luck at BYU, Eric.

Elder Robinson

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pahit manis

Dear Family,

The title of this email in Bahasa literally translates to "bitter and sweet".  It is an expression used here to describe the ups and downs of life.  I find this title fitting for the past week.  A lot has happened. 

Perhaps I'll start with the "pahit".  Last Wednesday, a bus full of 37 people returning from Genting Highlands (a resort town on top of the mountains surrounding Kuala Lumpur) crashed through a fence and dropped down a cliff, killing all of the passengers.  It has been the talk of the city, and everyone is mourning it. 

A few days ago, an Elder Wiberg was hit by a car in Kuching.  He broke his shoulder, femur, and hip, as well as serious brain trauma.  In efforts to relieve the pressure on his brain, they performed a surgery on his head.  He went into a coma on thursday morning.  All of the Church in Singapore, Malaysia, and several members of the Quorom of the 12 fasted for Elder Wiberg.  When Elder Scott and I were reporting with the Assistants this morning, we found out that he passed away late last night. 

I got to serve with Elder Wiberg for four months here in KL.  He's an awesome Elder- so humble and always happy to be around.  He's a good friend to so many people here.  It has been quite the morning so far.  President Mains spoke with his parents, and emailed us saying that Elder Wiberg's Father said that their son has now been transferred to a new area on the other side of the veil.  Please keep the Wiberg family in your prayers. 

This event has reminded a lot of us, especially me, to thoroughly be grateful for every moment we have been given here.  It is sobering to think that the breath of life that is in us is so fragile.  It has made me reevaluate how blessed I am to be where I am today- to be able to be in such a wonderful place, surrounded by some of the greatest people I've ever met.  Elder Scott and I were just talking last night about how beautiful God's plan is for each of us, especially in regards to the experiences we are able to have, and the unique individuals we get to cross paths with.  I'm grateful to be here today.  I'm thankful that I have another day to live, to enjoy all the blessings this life has to offer.  I'm also grateful and comforted for the message the Gospel brings.  I know attitudes would be much different if we didn't have the assurance and knowledge that we do.   I'm grateful for you all, as well.

Despite these tragic events, this week was also filled with some of the sweetest moments of the mission.  On Friday, Elder Stahle and I got to be reunited to do district leader exchanges.  It was great to be back with him.  He interviewed Alice, and she was baptized yesterday.  She gave such a sweet testimony afterwards, that left all the expats in tears.  President Woodford, our branch president, gave a nice welcome, and included a story where he came early to church, and found Alice sweeping the leaves in front of the entry way-- before she was even a member.  He was amazed at her devotion, and respect for her Father in Heaven. 

We had zone conference in Singapore this week, and it was great to see some old friends, eat some great food, and learn from President Mains.  I always love being with the other missionaries.  It's a refreshing boost. 

Elder Scott and I also had a unique experience.  We got to work with President Gerrit Gong, the Asia Area President and member of the 70, in some official church business here.  He has asked us not to talk about the details until it is official, because it is still in the works, but if it goes through, it would drastically change the mission dynamics here.  We got to go to his hotel room and discuss it with him, as well as learn from what direction he had for us.  It was very exciting, and I'm excited and praying for successful results. 

Hope you have a nice Sabbath day.  Good luck at BYU, Eric. 

Elder Robinson

Dear Family,

This was just the best week imaginable.  Everything turned out SO WELL.  I don't know if I'll even remember most of it, but I'll give it a try.

Alice, one of our star investigators, introduced us to her sister in law, Padima, a few weeks ago, and we have been meeting with both of them.  Their lives have been changed as they continue to read the Book of Mormon.  Long story short, Padima has been having a hard time leaving her previous congregation (which only has 10 people in it), so she invited us to come to one of their prayer meetings.  We were hesitant, but decided to go.  It was a rather strange evening, but a good experience.  We stood for 35 minutes chanting in tamil.... their way of singing hymns.  I don't want to include too much of the details of what happened, because it was quite strange, but Padima left feeling hurt and empty.  Several days later, we brought a member to her house and watched the restoration video.  She was again touched, and determined to go to church.  

Yesterday, Alice, Padima, and her children came to church.  it was FANTASTIC.  The members were all over them!  People (independent of us asking) had saved seats for them all and brought toys for the little ones to play with.  It was fast and testimony meeting, and BOTH Alice and Padima rose to bear their testimony.  It had the whole branch tearing up.  Both of their testimonies were rooted in the Book of Mormon, in the power it has.  They both mentioned the family that the branch has become, and the nourishing feeling that these new relationships have brought.  After that, members began to bear their testimony towards them, and thanked them for their faith, and diligence in learning.  It makes me feel at ease knowing their testimonies are grounded in the Restoration.  It really is the tool for bringing about a lasting conversion to the Gospel.  After all three hours of church were over, they were beaming.  

Two members of the branch that have been helping us invited them over for dinner, and had us tag along.  Another member scheduled an appointment with them and asked US to follow O.o I think I have already mentioned this, but not only the investigators are being touched, but the members are too!  It's too private to say, but these sisters, and their families, have brought a real healing to several members lives.  It's so visible.  I was on cloud 9 all day yesterday.  

We had a very interesting experience on Wednesday.  We went down to Malacca to conduct a baptismal interview.  This was my first baptismal interview ever (which is odd for a ZL, usually they have that experience...) and it was so nice.  The woman that I interviewed has had such a trying life, and it is so hopeful to see the way she describes the Gospel changing her life.  She talked about the church was different.  She said they are all cheering her on, trying to help her, caring for her, and don't want anything in return.  When I asked if she thought she was ready to be baptized, she whispered, "I think so".  It was a powerful statement, and it was "all in the tone".  I love that even though this woman has spent her life trying to figure things out, even at her age, she can still have the hope expressed in those 3 words.  I love it.

What happened just after the interview is where the story gets weird.  Because she is a single mother with three kids, we had to bring another adult male.  There were four elders, and Elder Jensen (senior couple).  While Elder Scott was interviewing one of the kids, there was a text message received by the teenage daughter, some talk to the mom, and everyone getting nervous.  Apparently her ex was coming back to the house, expecting no one but the kids to be there.  We didn't know, but it turns out her ex is deeply involved with Indian black magic O.o (what even!!) and he shows up with some big tamil man.  He was shocked to see us there.  He was mad, and nervous all at the same time.  It was a very intense 10 minutes.  It scared the living daylights out of this family.  I guess while he was trying to talk to the kids, he had some sort of talisman/stone he was rubbing/chanting some sort of charm.  What even is malaysia.  Thankfully, he left without any real harm.  It's interesting how the Lord places us in the right places, at the right time.  

That's great to hear about *******.  From a missionary perspective, the best ways you can help is to just love her, and make her feel welcome, cared for, and at home.  From all the people we are working with, a conversion to the gospel is something that is done on an individual basis between an investigator and the Lord.  At the same time, the warmth and confidence that comes from the support and concern of others can often be the extra help they need. 

I told Alice and Padima that you sew, and they want you to make them something :D

KL is doing very well.  Elder Stahle is a district leader now, and is training down in Puchong (still in KL Zone)

OH!  Guess who I got to meet the other day?  The Trotters came to KL haha!  It was really good to see Elder Trotter again.  He is still the same.  His parents were very nice, and invited me up to their spread in South Dakota.  May have to take them up on that.

It's nice to see pics of the ranch.  Mom, you might need to delegate the whole picture taking thing to someone else.  

We also received the first wave of english elders/sisters for the mission.  Some missionaries are now getting their calls for english speaking here.  Elder Stahle's trainee is an english speaking one.  

I go to singapore on thursday for MLC.

Ok Bai

Elder Robinson

members, members, members

Dear Family,

Another very long/busy/rewarding week.  Where to start.

As Zone Leaders, we are supposed to go on exchanges with everyone in the zone at least one time per 6 week transfer, so we have been doing one a week.  Well, we planned to do exchanges with the Puchong elders this week.  We got a call late on Tuesday night from the Assistants that they ALSO would be doing exchanges with us for 48 hours!  Oh my word.  It was such a long couple of days.  Terrible idea to do multiple exchanges at the same time..... but we also had a lot of fun because of it!  We had plenty of work to do, and it was nice being able to have extra people there to help teach.  

Elder Parker (the Assistant) and Elder Smith (Puchong District Leader) followed me to KL, and the Elder Scott went with the others down to Puchong.  We had a lot of good talks about deep doctrine stuff-- lot of fun haha!  Elder Parker is leaving this week, as well as Elder Trotter, so it was good to hear his advice and input about the mission and missionary life.  

We also had two sisters transferred to KL, which is SO nice.  They don't have anything to do, so we had to fill them in on the branch, the work, and just about everything else.  It's so nice having them because now, since they don't have any work, they absorb all the busy work that we had to do!  It sounds bad, but they're perfect for it, and are doing some great things.  There are some serious pros to having a set of sisters and elders in a branch.  

As stated in the title, the highlight of this week was the members!  I can't believe how people are assuming position, and stepping up to the plate.  Missionary work takes on a whole new lead when there is a member there who is interested in helping another draw closer to Christ.  We have had several people approach us just this week and tell us, "we want to follow you to an appointment atleast once a week from now on".  It's fantastic.  What is really interesting to see is the effect it has on ALL parties involved.  There is a line in Preach My Gospel that talks about what an investigator needs to know and feel, what the missionaries need to know and feel, and what the members need to know and feel in order to help welcome a person in.  So true!  For example, Sis. Alice (one of our investigators) feels like she has a family because of all the people that come to her home, share their feelings, stories, etc, and also the same people that she sees on Sunday humbly worshiping.  The members have an opportunity to feel the missionary spirit, to get to know others in the area, and, as one of our members put it "it revived something that dulu mati [had died before]".  The missionaries feel the Spirit that sets the groundwork for continuing missionary work, as well as solidifies the work that we are doing.  We have had so many great experiences with the members.  

We had 2 new expat families move in the past two weeks.  The first just came from Seattle Area, and the ones that came yesterday came from the US Embassy in Uzbekistan.  They have 12 kids between the two families.  We have a primary and young women now.  haha.

I just got an email from Elder Crum, he is the new Zone Leader in Sibu Zone (Sarawak)!  I'm super excited to go to MLC in two weeks now.  Elder Mayo, Elder Crum, and me as ZLs... who would have thought!  Fun times ahead!

Do you remember me telling you about the Dr. Bertin in Hong Kong mailing me the iPod for the random chinese guy?  Well, Elder Scott and I tried to find this guy, and spent an entire afternnon looking for his office building... and couldn't.  Well, I have been keeping the iPod in my bag, just in case, and while I was on exchanges with Elder Smith, we just so happened to have an appointment near Bukit bintang.  It finished early, and another appointment fell through, so we had some extra time, so we decided to go give the iPod another try.  This road, Jalan Raja Chulan, is just lined with tall office buildings and hotels... so we were lost.  Btw, no one knows the numbers of the buildings here.  Finally, I saw a DHL man, and literally sprinted to ask him.  Of course, he knew, and pointed us to the building we were right in front of.  We asked the security guy at the front desk, and he took us straight to this man's office.  We walked into this nice office, with a little chinese old man sitting behind a massive desk, sipping on a little cup of tea.  He gave us the funniest look, and asked what we wanted.  I pulled out his iPod, and his demeanor completely changed!  It was a really nice meeting.  We was shocked that so many people would go out of their way to deliver a small iPod to him, and that we wouldn't accept any type of reward!  We talked for about a half hour about what we do, and he was very interested.  He gladly accepted a book of mormon, and really wanted to get in contact with Elder Dr Bertin in Hong Kong.  I'm sending him the email right now.  It's amazing what little ways the Lord uses to spread his work.

Also, just send stuff to Singapore for now.  I keep forgetting to get the address, and I go there every month.  

A lot more happened this week, but I can't remember too much.  Transfers are this morning, so everyone is on edge haha.

Bai

Elder Robinson

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