The first 2 pictures are the beginning of one of our rain storms, here in Malaysia.  The second 2 pictures were taken just 10 minutes later.  In the month of November, we begin our Monsoonal Rainy Season.  It just pours everyday for a number of hours, and then the humidity is so staggering, you can barely breathe.  This is part of the river overflowing, right along side of the Masai Branch.  I was taking pictures out the window of the second story of our branch building. 

 Here is the same picture, just without the zoom on it.  As we were driving up to Masai, on the freeway, we encountered two really hard lightning strikes that we actually felt inside the car.  It must have been the sound waves from the lightning strike that was close to us.  For the past 5 days in a row, our windshield wipers could not go fast enough to see out the front window, it rains that hard and strong.  In just a few minutes, all the streets are flooded and you are constantly hitting big puddles of water that splash up next to your car as your trying to drive.

 Here is the "after" picture, just about 10 minutes later from the first 2 pictures.  If you look right in the middle of the fast flowing river, you can see the overflow that was quite evident in the top picture, but now, the river has swelled so large that it just about covers it.  Totally amazing to see the river swell so quickly in just a few minutes and be so muddy.  I pulled our car up to the parking space to let my wife out and we were sitting in a puddle about 8 to 10 inches deep.  I had to back out of the parking space and drop her off at another open area without puddles.

 This last picture is looking down the river.  You can see how much it has swelled and began to flow over the side of its banks.  The amazing thing is this is just a common occurrence, all through the month of November here and no one seems too concerned about it.  People just continue to drive quite fast through the puddles and no one worries that the water comes up to the side of your car when you open your car door.  Bizarre!  It is a real project, trying to drive and see out the front window though.

 This morning, Nov. 3, 2013, we had two more children baptisms.  This is our wonderful President John and his sweet family of girls.  Pres. John is the Masai Branch President and quite an amazing man, with his delightful wife, Sister Alan.  Joanna Jessy anak John Korea is his little girl being baptized.  Genealogy is quite difficult here in Malaysia, because the child takes on the name of the father as their new last name.  Pres. John's name is John Korea anak Bahak (Bahak being his father's first name).  So Joanna Jessy takes on the last name of John Korea as part of her name now.  Very confusing.

Our other child baptism, this morning at 8:30 am, was the other sibling to Presly.  He baptized his sister a few weeks ago, (Winnie) and finally, Wesley turned 8 in October, so he could be baptized also.  The missionaries had both kids ready for baptism a few weeks ago, and then found out that Wesley was not 8 years old yet.  So they had to wait and we put both baptisms into one program.  Wesley Mudah anak Ngerantar is his full name.  Cute kid, but a bit wild.  His mom and dad are not members, but they like what the church has done for their kids, so they gave their permission.  Presly is an amazing young man who is currently the branch clerk and the Young Men's President and is preparing for a mission in a few more months.