Wednesday, May 29, 2013

 Here are two unrelated activities from our Singapore Mission in Malaysia. 
Without notice, a company comes around and "fogs" the entire area to protect the people from "dengue fever" and "malaria", carried by mosquitoes (nyamuk).







 One man walks around our apartment complex and blows the chemicals out of this "ray gun" looking device, to kill the "nyamuk".  I went outside to take a picture of him and started gagging on the smell.  I guess that's why he is wearing a gas mask.
 Here is another picture of him blowing the fog.  He was backing up to me as I was walking closer to him to get a good picture, and we almost ran into each other.  I quickly ran into our apartment to get out of the fog.
 Most mornings, Linda and I go for a swim in our pool.  We are just a few feet from it, going out our sliding glass door and through a small gate.  We get up at 7 AM, have our companion study of the scriptures and our companion prayers, then we get into the pool for about 30 minutes. 
 We had a family over this morning to swim with us.  We are allowed to have 4 visitors at one time.  We made some brownies and drink and they brought rice (nasi) and chicken (ayam) and some very hot spicy pork (babi).  I ate a plate of the food at 8:30 AM, not the normal kind of food we eat for breakfast. 

 Linda uses a "water noodle" to stay above the water.  I can reach the bottom and the water comes to my chest.  Linda tries to stand and the water is up to her mouth.  People walking by us, on their way to work, always stop and stare at the "water noodle" and wonder why the 2 "great white
whales" are in the pool with their white shirts on.
 Here's another picture of the guy fogging for mosquitoes.  A few weeks ago, we went to an appointment and got a phone call just as we were going into the home.  The elders proceeded in and we stayed in the car to take the call.  Out of nowhere, the fogger man came and blew the smoke all around the car.  We were completely surrounded with the fog and quickly began closing the car vents, hoping to keep it outside.  As it began to disperse, my drivers side door (on the right side, mind you) opened suddenly and it scared the drawers right off me.  It was one of the elders wondering where we were.  We made our way through the smoke and entered the home, mosquito free!




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