Wow I can't believe it's already September. August 2013 will forever be the month I spent in a two mile radius at the MTC, stressing out wondering if I'd ever be a good little missionary or be able to speak this language, and August 2014, biasa sahaja. Tapi masih seranok. Dan anang erau, saya pandai sikit-sikit saja dan aku namuh jakuh bahasa lain mimit mimit. Also, August 31st was Malaysia's independence day, so selamat hari kemerdekaan to all my Malaysians out there. I love you so much. Thanks for being so good to me.
Well I was expecting this email to be melancholy, but I worked things out and I found my sparkle again. It took some honest introspection, reevaluating why I came out on a mission, prayer, LOTS of prayer, haha, and getting up and seeing tons of people and bringing them closer to Christ, even though I wasn't a hundred percent at the start of the week. I came out here because the Atonement is real. And people need to know that.
While I was biking a few days ago, I randomly started singing "Be Here Now," one of my favorite songs back home. Leave it to Mason Jennings to pick me up. Be here now/ no other place to be/ or just sit there dreaming of how life could be/ if we were somewhere better, somewhere far.
I forget most of the lyrics but it reminded me of how for most of my life, I've always worried about the future, or dwelt too much on the things I did before. I've spent a lot of my mission reflecting back on my life, and lately I've been missing my family a lot, and it's kind of a bummer. So I decided to focus on now. What am I gonna do today? What am I gonna do this next hour? It's been good for me.
Sun comes up and we start again.
Sister Callor and I had a really good week. I can't really remember what we did because I'm sunburned and tired, but we have some incredible investigators and we've been trying to help them have personal spiritual experiences. There's this one guy in a part member family who's met with missionaries for a long time, so we gave him a break but visited him last night and asked if we could help him develop a personal relationship with the Savior. We emphasized that he needs to read and pray to understand everything and to be truly converted, and he's down to change. Then there's a 16 year old boy who I think originally came to church because he's friends with all the cute Remaja Puteri haha, but as we've met with him, he's introduced us to his family and wept in front of us because he just wants to be a good kid and follow Christ.
Also, I got punched in the face by a mentally handicapped girl during a lesson. She nailed me right in the eye and then proceeded to tackle me. Then she decked Sister Callor and I was pretty sakit but then I couldn't stop laughing during the lesson because of it. We're terrified to go back, but we have tons of investigators who live there who we need to teach. Day in the life.
I went to Bako today with my homies. Google image "Bako National Park" and it will take your breath away. We met up with the elders after a really indah hike through the jungle and played some good old capture the flag right there on the beach. My claim to fame is tagging Elder Yang, who's super speedy, and by not getting tagged by Elder Pierce. And he played basketball at MIT so you know he's quick. Sister Hansen tackled me though but it was all good. It reminded me of our ultimate frisbee days in Singapore. It was fun to goof off and be kids for a day (while still being dignified of course). This place is beautiful.
Life has been very kind to me indeed.
Aku nyalau kinde simua (that means "I love you all" in Bidayu).
-Sister Wynn
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