Elder Ben Mullins: Quick Week!

Hey Everyone!

I can't believe it's already Monday again... We went sight-seeing all Monday until 6:30. I think it's the first time I've realized how tall all of the buildings in Singapore actually are. Later in the week, I was talking to a new senior couple from LA, and they were telling me about how impressive Singapore is compared to LA. I started looking, and it really is impressive... SO. That was cool! We watched a super good talk by Elder Holland and talked about it, along with a training during our opening session of zone conference that night. It was really fun. I also got to see my two trainers, Elder Ng and Forsyth in Singapore. They're companions right now, so it was fun to see them. I also got to see Elder Tennant and McCusker! It was like Puchong was reuniting. Haha! It was great to see them for a few minutes.

Tuesday was zone conference all day long. I learned a lot of stuff, but it's not too interesting to read about, so I'll just skip to our activity at night. We went to Marina Bay (coolest bay in the world I think), and watched this AWESOME light show. It was INCREDIBLE. I couldn't believe it. The music was wayyyyyyy good up until the last 2 minutes. Then it was kind of weird. The music was mega good, the lights were way cool, and everything was just so awesome. If anyone ever goes to Singapore, DEFINITELY have to go check that out. It was amazing. Elder Asah went and got his Patriarchal blessing, so he didn't get to come along, but President Simmons said I could go with all the other missionaries to the light show. I'm really glad I got to go. Elder Asah loved his night too. He was so happy about his blessing, and definitely satisfied with it. so that's good.

Wednesday, we traveled home. I got to talk with Elder Allred for a bit in the mission office before we had to go home, so that was cool. We hopped on the plane, and then Elder Asah got a fever. Sooooooo he was suffering for a long time. We had to transfer planes half way, so he was freezing and feeling terrible for a long time. We got home, and he rested up for the rest of the night! We got home pretty late, so we didn't miss out on much time. So that was good. I just unpacked got ready for Thursday!

Thursday, we went to the dentist to schedule an appointment for Elder Asah to get his teeth out, and guess what? They said they need a specialist to take out his teeth, and she only comes in once a month. Sooooo the next time she comes in is the first day of next transfer. Our goal was to get them out before next transfer so that his trainee wouldn't have to sit inside for the first week or two of his mission. Buuuuut it's gonna be perfectly timed so that he has to stay in. We called President, and he said that we should still get them taken out that day, and then I'll just take turns taking my trainee out and his trainee out until he's good enough to go out and work. That'll be a little crazy, but it'll be fun! We met with Sayu and tried to get her to start preparing her neighbor to learn about the gospel, buuuut I'm not sure if she's convinced to share it yet. After that, we met with Samsul. He ate up our lesson this week, so that was good. After we taught him the Plan of Salvation, Elder Asah found a bible in the house we were meeting in (it was Samsul's neighbor’s house we were meeting in. Don't know why we met there. They just told us to meet there). It was COVERED with notes and markings, so we asked about it, and it was a girl's that lived in the house. We called her over and talked to her about the Book of Mormon. I don't think she was too interested to learn about the Book of Mormon, but I couldn't believe how well she had marked her bible. She had to have just copied her pastor’s notes. We'll work on her. She'll be a great reader of the Book of Mormon soon...

Friday, we went less active hunting all day. We didn't have much success. It was still fun, because we brought a member named Patrick with us. He's getting ready for his mission call. He doesn't do anything all day, so he always helps out the missionaries, and it was our companionship's turn! So that was fun. He even did our to do list for us while we watched a bunch of people fight kites. It was fun to see them fighting the kites, and it was fun to help Patrick out with the to do list. At night, we met with Brother Brian, the Elders Quorum president. He's way cool. His wife is from Sabah, and I can't understand a word she says when she speaks Malay--different accent. They have two super cute kids. The little girl kept trying to get me and Elder Asah to brush her hair for her. It was so funny. We played with her a bunch while Elder Childs trained Brian on how to be a better Elders Quorum president. We would translate every now and then, but Brian understood most of what was said, so we just sat and listened.

Saturday, we tried meeting with Cika again, but she jumped in the shower right before we got there, and took FOREVER. We just met with her aunt, Jasmine, again. We taught the Restoration, and it went really well. So that was good. We met with a bunch of other people, but the day is kind of a blur. It went by really fast.

Yesterday, after church, we visited Miri first's branch president. He and his family were eating snail, so I decided I'd try a few. I ate some snails, and it wasn't too bad. I had two of them. There are definitely better meats, but snail isn't too bad…just tastes like meat. After that, we taught some people, found some less actives, did studies... Oh, we went to Pana's and taught about family history, then had a barbecue with the members of the church in that kampung! It was tons of fun! BUT. I thought there'd be chicken or something, but literally the only thing they cooked was pig intestine. I got to eat intestine for dinner. Not even rice. Not even chicken. Soooo that was a trial. But I made it!

That was my week! I ran out of time, so I gotta go! Love you all!

Love,

Elder Ben Mullins