Monday, June 24, 2013

 Linda and I organized a Young Men / Young Women Activity, playing "Minute to Win It".  We had a lot of fun.  We held the activity at Brother Jimmy and Sister Minang's home. 
In this first game, Helena and Leonard had to stack 6 dice on a popsicle stick. 
 We got 3 new elders in our area.  This is Elder Meister from Australia and Elder Gaultier from Logan, Utah.  They had to bounce 3 ping pong balls on the floor and land them in the bowl on their heads.  They were pitiful.
 We had these two girls unwrap an entire roll of toilet paper spinning around and looking like mummies.  The one young lady in the yellow fell over.  She was so dizzy. 
 The big favorite was for everyone to participate in moving their Oreo cookie down from their forehead to their mouth, only using their face to move the cookie.  The sad part was it is so hot and humid in Malaysia, that the cookies stuck fast and didn't move so easily.  We eventually had a winner.
 Stanly had to keep 3 balloons up in the air for one minute.  He was really good at it.  The only drawback was to do this activity, we had to turn off the ceiling fan and it was even more hot and humid than before.  Right after he won, we all ran to turn the fan back on.
In the white long sleeved shirt is Presley.  He is a wonderful 20 year old kid who will be a member for 1 year in September.  He wants to go on a mission right away.  He is currently the Young Men's President and is one amazing young man.
 Two of the kids had to stack 5 apples on top of each other.  We were sure it would be impossible to do in one minute, but one of them made it and gave another point to their team.
 Here is Elder Meister again, sucking up
M & M's with a straw and moving ten of them from one plate to another.  He beat his opponent by just one M & M.  Whichever team won the most points, they were the team who was able to eat first.  But, of course, tradition over road that as they always serve the senior couple first and then the elders.  Until each of us begins eating, no one else eats and everyone watches to see if we like the food.
 These 2 little guys are not in the Young Men or Young Women, but we allowed them to play this game.  Everyone cheered them on.  They had a hard spaghetti in their mouth and had to get 6 "penne" noodles on their spaghetti.  The little guy in red, wearing one of the elders name badge, won.  He was so proud.
Helena had to keep a green feather up in the air for one minute.  Again, no ceiling fan and lots of hot air with 12 kids, 4 elders, 3 other adults who cooked the food and both of us in this small living room.  This is the average size of the homes in Malaysia.  Pepto Bismol pink is a very popular color.  Off from this living room, to the right, is a small bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom.  That is the entire house.  Sitting on the sofa is the other new elder, Elder Tan.  He is from Malaysia and speaks Chinese.  We sure can use him in our JB Branch with the Chinese members.

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