Hey all of you (orang yang cantik), <<beautiful people>>
My Malay is getting rusty. I still manage to find at least one person to talk to in bahasa Melayu (sometimes bahasa Indonesia but it works) every day, but it's not the same as it was back in East Malaysia. And sorry my email last week was such a bummer, I promise I was happy and I'll be sure to keep my emails upbeat from now on. This week was one of my favorite on the mission. Well, not even the whole week, but the last half made up for it. Man do miracles exist.
Last week we played frisbee again for P-Day, it was pouring rain and I fell on my butt in front of everyone. But by the end of it we were all covered in mud. I loved it. Today, Sister Hansen and I just want to check out Little India and Chinatown with our roommates and buy more souvenirs we don't need. On Tuesday, we were at the right place at the right time and ran into a church member from Utah who was having a horrible day because she left her phone in a taxi and couldn't reach her husband and was in the middle of moving back to the States and had two little kids in tow. After making lots of calls for her, it turned out we had her husband's number in our phone so she got a hold of him. She was still crying a little, so I did what I had to do and talked to her about my Elder crushes, and how she dealt with them because she served a mission a few years ago. And lo and behold, talking about boys cheered her up. Works every time. But she also gave me lots of good advice, haha. Still working on the whole locking-my-heart thing.
Zone conference was this week. I really needed it because I was still feeling pretty discouraged at the beginning of the week and seeing old mission friends always gives us missionaries a boost. I think this last week was tough for most of the Singapore missionaries. This zone conference was nice because we had ours combined with the KL zone, so I got to see everyone there and from JB. We had an activity the night before where we cleaned the chapel and learned about how to be cleaner in our homes and apartments. It was pretty fun. I got to see Elders Trudo, Stowell, O'Bryant, and Hobbs from the MTC, plus Elders Jackson and Cook again from JB. I've officially seen all of my homeboys from the MTC, which is incredible because there's a lot of us.
Zone conference was amazing. I sang in the choir and the pieces Sister Mains chose were "Come Thou Fount" and "Savior Redeemer of My Soul" (the version everyone is in love with). President Wilson, from the area seventy, addressed us and he said a lot of things I needed to hear. He said we're all doing better than we think we're doing, and he felt like he was a successful missionary because at the end of the day, he always felt like there was more he could do. My favorite thing Sister Wilson said was "Closed hearts don't let in light, but broken hearts do." I still felt sad at zone conference, I don't know why. I just felt a little heart achy but I'm better now.
I bore my testimony about how as I've been in Singapore, I've become more bold and fearless in talking to people and testifying of Christ, in everything I do and say. The spirit is the perfect teacher, and I love the Lord's promise that as we have the spirit, we will NOT be confounded before men. I've seen that in my work. Missionary work is so easy when we do what our leaders ask us to do and have the spirit.
I saw all of my Elders from East Malaysia that night because they had just flown in for their zone conference. Everyone from the MTC and everyone from Miri. I was so, so happy. The next morning, I texted the APs and asked if they wanted me to take the group picture for East Malaysia because we literally live right behind the chapel. I took it and got to see everyone, like Sisters Caballa and Anderson and everyone else. I stood up on a ladder and yelled "Satu, dua, tiga! Ah, kamu semua cantik dan kacak!" <<One, Two, Three! You are all beautiful and handsome!>> I tried not to fall off as Sister Hansen shook the ladder, haha. Sister LeBaron stayed in our apartment with Sister Blauer. it was SO good to see her. I miss her tons.
Oh, I also ran into a group of students from Whitworth. We saw a guy with a Seattle Seahawks shirt and said, "America?" and he said "America." I explained what I was doing here and gave them a list of fun things to do while they were here. They were all on some international business trip thing but it felt a little bit like being home because they live so close to Oregon.
Dang, I'm out of time but I had an incredible week. Ask my dad about it. Prayer works. Working smart works. I'll get back to you later.
-Sister Wynn
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