Sorry this is late! I am sure you all have already fallen asleep for the night. But I hope this finds you Monday morning at the start of a good brand new week.
This weeks weather has been a little weird. I still have not been caught in the rain. But it definitely rains. At one point we had just sat down in a persons house and it had been thundering, but as soon as we finished the opening prayer, it just POURED. The house we were in had a tin roof, and it was like we were in a drum. It was so loud we couldn't hear anything, so we sat there for five minutes waiting for the rain to slow. In about 5 minutes it stopped as suddenly as it had begun. They say Utah weather is weird.
The wind has also been crazy this week. So you can ride a bike in a skirt huh? Well, how bout riding a bike, in a skirt, in high speed winds? Try that. I only flashed a few cars. I also got hit in the face by multiple palm tree leaves. The Lord is watching out for us. There is no other way that we could have the safety that we do. It is always an adventure though!
I really was a crazy week. There is a kid we have been teaching almost every other day since I got here, his name is Edmund. He is SUPER ready for baptism. But when he interviewed with the district leader, he froze up. His baptism was supposed to be this last Saturday. And we even met with him almost every day this week to make sure he was ready. But there was a relief society activity, so we were not able to do it. But we think everything will work out for this coming weekend. Whoot whoot! I am so excited for him!
Another reason we just couldn't fit in Edmund is because it was zone conference this week! So we casually hopped on to a plane, and flew to Kuching for two days.
So, Kuching is the capital of Sarawak. The two things you need to know about it, is that one, Kuching means cat in Malay, which is my favorite thing about the city. And two Kuching is big! It's a lot bigger than Miri. When we landed we were greeted by senior missionaries. They were amazing! We don't have senior couple missionaries in Miri. But they are basically like grandparent. It was so nice. How cool that they leave behind kids, grandkids to come serve the Lord, and adopt all of us missionaries for a while! I'm planning my senior mission right now.
That night I went on exchanges with none other than Sister Taha herself! The missionary who was in Miri for FIVE exchanges before I came in. It was an amazing experience. I learned so much from her. She basically took me in like an older sister would. We taught three lessons, and at the end of one, taught a girl to read. She taught me a lot about teaching, and how to show love in lessons.
That night we stayed on the 13th floor in the Sisters apartment. It was an amazing view of city mixed with jungle. I even got to eat cereal in the morning! You have no idea how much I miss cereal! Cereal is so expensive here, and it comes in super small boxes. I hope you all go enjoy a big bowl of cereal for me this week. Just savor it.
That next day of zone conference was amazing though. We learned a lot about top secret effective missionary hacks, we set awesome missionary goals, and learned how to inspire the people in our branches to be missionaries. It was great. I even got to see my MTC Malay family. Everyone was there besides Sister Dayley (the most important one). It was an amazing meeting, and I learned SO MUCH.
Not that much else happened this week. Just getting back to work!
I just want to testify again to all of you, God knows you. He knows your victories, he knows your defeats. Turn to him and let him help you. I have found that I can either get frustrated, or feel like I am not progressing, or I can pray. I can ask for his help with every little thing. Ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you. I am praying more than I have at any other point in my life. I think my goal is to get to heaven and for God to tell me that I prayed too much. I am definitely am trying my hardest to achieve that goal.
I love you all. Have an outstanding week!
Sister Skinner
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