Linda and I put on a RS "sewing workshop" for the sisters in the JB Branch.  We had tons of fun.  We bought 2 new Brother Sewing Machines and had an older Singer machine and taught the sisters how to make bed pillow cases and throw pillow cases.  Linda taught the bed pillow cases and I did the throw pillows.  One sister wanted to do a bed pillow case and everyone else did the throw pillow cases.  They thought if I could make one, anyone could do it.  We had Sis. Jessie start, then Sis. Meera, then Sis. Ng and Sis. Lily, Sis. Rachel, Sis. Amy and Sis. Ilene.

 Here is Sis. Ng creating her throw pillow.  She didn't want anyone helping her.  She wanted to do it on her own after watching.  We had a youtube video showing how to make each pillow case, but no one wanted to waste their time watching them.  So we just showed them, stitched up all four sides and usually, had to sew up one or two of the sides again, since the sister missed some of the material.  When we were all finished, these ladies had huge smiles of accomplishment.  Now, they can check out the machines to try sewing in their own homes.

This is the sweetest Muslim lady that we met in Johor Bahru.  She has been with us for the past 21 months of our mission.  Her name is Noor Shaidah.  She is the office assistant at the Molek Pine Apartment Offices.  Whenever we got a parcel in the mail, she would ring us and ask for "Mr. Elder".  When we went over to visit her, she would help us practice our "bahasa" and speak to us in Malay.  She would tell us about her little boy, Ash.  The new owners of the apartments have let her, all the old staff, go and hired new people.  We will miss her sweet smile and always being concerned for us.

Today, Monday, Nov. 24th, we got delivered to our door a 24 lb. Butterball turkey for Thanksgiving.  This is Sis. Davies and her husband from Singapore.  They are the mission housing directors.  We begged them to try to get us a turkey for Thanksgiving and they found one for us and made the arrangement to come over to JB and do some elders apartment inspections and drop off our turkey at the same time.  This year, our turkey cost us 220 ringgit or about $65.  Now we are almost ready for feeding 10 of our elders for Thanksgiving.  We are so excited.