Zone Conference

Hey Everyone!

From Monday to Thursday night, I was in Singapore! So not a ton happened those days except trainings. A missionary pulled the fire alarm (claimed it was on accident), we set the mission office security alarm off, served up ice cream and enchilada casserole, and learned a lot. It was lots of fun, and I got to meet every missionary in East Malaysia finally! That was cool. I had never met most of the missionaries in the Kuching zone, so that was kind of weird. BUT. Lots of good trainings, lots of good ideas!  I'm excited to use the ideas now!

Friday... let's see. Oh, we did our studies, weekly planning, had English Class, and called a ton of PI's to try and get some new investigators for this week.  We didn't have a ton of time to do anything, so it was mainly a planning day! English class was good, because I gave a baptismal interview while Elder Johnson taught English in the other room, so I didn't have to teach! And the guy passed his interview!

Saturday was great! We had two baptisms! I actually got to baptize one! His name is Johnny. He's the sister's investigator, but he started learning right when I got in the area, and we became friends really fast. He's trying to teach me Chinese. Anyway, that was cool! We also met with Ivy and tried to teach her daughter, Christina, but she wasn't home. After her, we stopped by the bro's. Lee Kok Hong was the only one home, so we just read the Book of Mormon a bit with him.  Then we went over to the house with all the girls to see if we could find Nelly, our investigator. She was there, and she forced one of her friends to come out and talk with us. They said they'd do their best to come to church, but they didn't make it.  We'll get them next time... We also made a killer stir fry. It was great.

Sunday, we were told about a member that used to always help the missionaries a ton, but she had gone inactive a while ago.  We went out on a quest to find her! We took David Chong with us, and we made the long bus ride/hike to this place where we thought she lived. We met a lot of cool people on the way, and when we arrived, we knocked on the door, and a little girl answered, closed the door, followed by a girl that was a little older answer then shut the door, followed by a girl that was a little older.   The third time, the door didn't shut. They just said, "One second elders" then closed the door.  I asked David who they were, and they were her nieces. We finally went in and met them all, and it turned out they were inactive members that I had tried to find a month ago or so, and couldn't. So that was cool! They were super funny. They wer arguing back and forth the entire time. One was 17, the other 19, then two super little girls. Malaysians... Getting married when they're like 16... PRETTY WEIRD. Anyway, we had a good lesson, and I think they'll come to church this week!  So that'll be good! We also visited other members, investigators, and potential investigators, but didn't see a ton come out of that besides talking with people. But it's ok. We'll get them next time!

I really enjoyed the week! We didn't have a ton of time in our area, BUT. On Sunday evening, we realized that our on-date number was really low.  We started talking, and then Elder Johnson asked if we were allowed to put people on date over the phone. I said I thought we were, so we did it! We put two people on date over the phone! One was Inday! She didn't have a solid date yet, but we called her and asked if she had prayed to know when she should be baptized.  She said she had, and just the night before she got her answer.  We asked what the answer was. She said she had a dream where she heard a voice calling from the sky, and it said her name.  We asked what it meant, and she said she was ready to get baptized!  We put her on date for November 4th! With Andrew!  We're mega excited for that! I love it in KK, and we're about to have roti canai eating contest with David Chong! So that'll be awesome too! Elder Schellenberg versus David. It'll be awesome. Oh, forgot to mention. Elder Johnson's neck was wrecked when he woke up Friday morning, and he couldn't even move it. It's still super bad, and he always walks with his head turned sideways now. It’s super funny, but I feel kind of bad for him too. AND. Jim (an investigator I taught in Puchong) got baptized! So that was awesome! I think I might've mentioned that in my last letter, but I’m not sure. I'm just glad he got baptized. So that was cool!

Have a great week!

Love,

Elder Ben Mullins