On Thursday night, August 15, 2013, we were invited to 2 homes for Family Home Evening.  Notice that Monday's are not always FHE here in Malaysia.  It is whenever you can get everyone together.  Anyway,  we went to Brother Jimmy and Sister Minang's outside gathering.  Good food and lots of mosquitoes.  This picture is the 2nd home.  We visited Sister Madeline's home with her new baby girl.  The FHE was for a missionary that went home back in May, Elder Rasmussen.  He is in the orange striped shirt and his mom is standing in the background with the white pants on. 

 This is Sister Madeline's little girl.  Back in May, Sister Madeline asked me to give her a blessing, since she was sick through much of her pregnancy.  Then, in August, she delivered prematurely.  The baby was only 4 1/2 pounds and the cord was wrapped around her neck.  I gave another blessing to Sister Madeline and through her, blessed her little girl, since the baby was in ICU and no one could enter.  She came home a few weeks later and is doing fine.  Now Sister Madeline has 4 daughters. 

 THIS IS OUR FIRST BAPTISM!  I interviewed Sister Vennesa for her baptism, as District President.  She read the questions in bahasa as I read them to her in English.  She did well.  Then, I asked her who she wanted to baptize her.  She said that she prayed about it for some time and Heavenly Father told her that I was suppose to do the baptism.  I was shocked.  Senior couples very rarely get to perform any baptism while serving on a mission.  It was a great honor.

This is Sister Vennesa's family.  Her mom in the orange, her husband next to her, and little Eddie in my arms.  As a younger teenager, Sister Vennesa was kidnapped, raped and got pregnant.  All by herself, she brought Eddie into the world.  Later, she married Brother Mike and now, she is expecting another baby.  Brother Mike is taking the missionary lessons, but has a few things to overcome yet.  He is a great young man.  President Joe, the 1st Counselor in the Masai Branch Presidency, is Sister Vennesa's brother.  Sister Vennesa was the one that introduced all her family to the church and is the last one to get baptized.  What a wonderful Sabbath day!