Friday we went to Kuching for the missionary Christmas
conf. it was pretty lengthy, but we heard some good talks about the many
different names that our Lord has been given. we helped with a service
project, putting together hygiene bags for local children, and then
watched the Christmas devotional. the best part of course was getting to
see my missionary pals, and also a man, Kelvin, whom i contacted
before i was transferred to bintulu, who has since been baptized with
his wife. They are super strong, and have plans to go to the salt lake
city temple in 2015! (see picture) also got to see some other members i
knew from before.
Then on saturday we flew back early in the morning,
then went over to the church to help set up for the party. we may or may
not have been there from 1 until 10pm.... but it was a blast and pretty much everything came together, even though there was very little planning done haha.
Not a lot of "missionary work" in the usual sense
was done. and this upcoming week may also be a bit tough, but we
certainly look forward to how much food and fun there will be!
Dad thats really cool about referring her to the
missionaries! certainly a unique way to strat the lessons, but it sounds
like an opportune time to bring the Gospel into her life.
the youth conference was in kuching, and i believe it was
4 days long. i got the card that kevin scanned for me. excellent. not a
whole lot of christmas spirit here unfortunately...
ya takraw was a blast, annd we're gonna play again today. you
usually go with your head and legs, but if you have to you can bounce
it off your chest. just no arms/hands. pretty fun. since im tall i have a
significant advantage on the short net they paly it on. th net is
probly only about 4.5 feet tall.
as for e tyler. thats a tough call. i know he would
love just kind of seeing minneapolis. but probly a nice burger place for
food. or pizza. or maybe you could just throw him in the snow haha. but
speaking of that youll definitely want to bring him my nice big coat
and probly a hat haha. he will REALLY freeze. he said, "im really
looking forward to seeing your family. it'll turnh 7 hours of hell into 7
hours of fun." haha so needless to say he's highly looking forward to
it. i take it you'll be bringing the boys along? or will they be back in
school already? i know thatd make it more fun for all if they came.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Elder Giblette
PS mom i just now had a chance to watch that "what shall we give" video. really nice.
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