An amazing historic time for the sweet people of Malaysia.  The Book of Mormon just arrived in August of 2013 in "bahasa Melayu" (language of Malay).  It is the greatest honor to actually be here in the country of Malaysia, in the Singapore Mission, and hold our very own copy of the Book in Mormon in Malay.  We have been using the Book of Mormon in Indonesian for many years here in Malaysia and it's a much larger book and the Iban and Malaysian people have a difficult time reading it and understanding it. 

 Just as the scriptures prophecy, that every nation, tongue and people will hear the gospel in their own language, it has come to pass in this humble country. We had the privilege of taking the first 3 copies to our bahasa speaking families and they were so excited and thrilled.  They held it to their breasts and hugged it and we all went around the room and bore testimonies of the great importance of the Book of Mormon.  I was able to share my testimony in bahasa.  What a wonderful blessing.

 

This is the picture on August 20, 2013, with the entire Singapore and West Malaysian areas, holding a copy of the Malay Book of Mormon.  We are sitting next to Pres. and Sister Mains in the front row.  All the seniors got to sit in chairs. There is also another picture similar to this one with all the elders, sister and senior couples from East Malaysia.  Their conference was on Aug. 22nd.  We are so honored and amazed to live in the day and actually be right here in Malaysia when this sacred volume came to the people and we got the opportunity to give them out and share the message of the Book of Mormon.