Friday, December 26, 2014


 Our beautiful Christmas ham.  This is a real Christmas miracle, here in Malaysia, to find anything made from a pig.  It is very forbidden in the Muslim culture, but we finally located one.  You can see the cost on the sticker.  A small ham, like this one, cost us $105.28.  It was so worth it.  We fed all 8 of our elders, we took some to the next dinner appointment and gave some away to one of our members who didn't have any food in his house.  We ate at 3 different homes and enjoyed our 2nd Christmas in Malaysia.
 The amazing Christmas Eve miracle was being able to baptize this young lady, standing next to me, in Mandarin.  I worked for about a month trying to memorize and pronounce the baptism prayer and did just fine.  Her name is Chan Yi Rin, and after stating her name, I began the prayer in Mandarin.  All the members, about 30 or so, just gasped and couldn't believe it.  So now, as our mission comes to a close soon, I have been blessed to baptize 2 Malay sisters and 1 Chinese sister, in their native language.
This is Sis. Rosita's Christmas tree.  She went outside and cut down some tree limbs and stuck them in a vase and then decorated them like a Christmas tree.  Whatever works.  The tree leaves were all dead, but she was so proud of her "make shift" Christmas tree.  There are no Christmas trees here, no Christmas lights, no Christmas music, no gift giving, or TV shows or even Christmas songs and programs at church.  You say Merry Christmas to people that we pass and they don't know what to say back.  We are very grateful to celebrate the birth of our Savior during this time of the year and also, very grateful that we don't need all the things that come with Christmas to still worship Him and remember Him every day of our lives.  We have a wonderful family and dear friends that warm our hearts during this beautiful time of the year.

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    1. I hope my little sis, Sister Sara Callor runs into you and Linda before you leave. It's so neat she's serving in the same mission. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy the new year!

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    2. We have not run into Sis. Callor, but will send her an email and tell her that her big sister is thinking about her. Thanks for the heads-up. We love our mission and have 1 more month before we return home to Utah.

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  2. Greetings from Ireland!

    Congrats on a wonderful Blog! Great reading about your travels, and the variety of food.

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  3. We have a wonderful family and dear friends that warm our hearts during this beautiful time of the year.


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