Week 13 - Guess What?

Tried chicken butt for the first time this week! It is really good!

(10 points to anyone who can figure out how the title of my email connects to this)

Apa Khabar!

This week I was in a trio with a sister from Singapore! Since we are all on 90 day visa passes in this misison, sometimes, missionaries just need to leave their area, and the country they are in to go for a 'visa run'. So, Sister Ouk, the sister that joined Sister Ray and I this week, had to leave the area she was serving in Singapore, so she could get another 90 day visa pass when she returned to Singapore.

Sister Ouk has been out 9 months, she is from Australia, and she is awesome! I learned so much from her, and it was nice mixing things up a bit.She also takes A LOT of pictures. So I think I will keep this email shorter and just send more pictures.

This sister also wanted to re-experience all the things that East Malaysia has to offer! And that included a lot of this that Sister Ray hadn't shown me yet! This week I tried a lot of new food, found the best places to drink Milo, and found a new Pasar Malam (Muslim food area thing?) It was a good week from the food, to the experiences, to the bold new ways of contacting.

For this email though, I thought that maybe I would just share about some of the people here in Malaysia. They are amazing and they are what I love the most about Malaysia. 

The first family I would like to tell you about is the B Joli family. They have a family of 7 girls. Remind you of another family? The father used to be branch president, but when his wife fell away, they all sort of all fell away. They are less active now, but they are starting to return to church. Walking into their home makes me feel like I am walking into my home! There is just that big family feeling, and with all girls too! I like to sit by the two youngest in the family in sacrament meeting. I hope that we can help them remember why they love the church.

The next person is a seventeen year old investigator who actually called us first. He just had the wrong number, and we thought that he was a less active because he said he had been baptized. When we came to visit him though, he said he had been baptized into another church. We have started to teach him, and I have never seen anyone so eager to learn. He has prayed and felt Gods love for him, and I can't imagine giving some one a gift more precious. As he goes to seminary (only once a week on Friday nights) he learns about the Book of Mormon. One day we were walking back with him and he said, "When I read I feel so happy, the Book of Mormon keeps getting more and more exciting!" I cant even describe how happy I am for this guy!

The last family I would like to describe to you is our BRAND NEW Branch Mission Leader. Miri 2 has never had one of these before! His name is Brother Eric, and he is only 22. He has been a member since he was in his teens, but was less active. When he got married at 19 though, and his wife was not a member, he remembered the church and wanted to raise his family in it. His wife was baptized this last April, and his two kids come with them to church every Sunday. This week he invited us over, we sang songs while he played the guitar. Since he never had a chance to serve a mission, he is so excited to help us. I love him and his family so much!

Hey! I love all of you so much too! I hope you have a good week! Here are the LOADS of pictures from this week!

Sister Skinner

This Picture is for my Grandpa Gazdik who told me

I needed to send him a picture of me holding something cool.

This massive lizard is called a Bayowak.(Not sure how to spell it)