This week has been pretty good. Really humbling for me, but we all need that every now and then. I'm been humbling myself a bit, but Heavenly Father has been helping me to become humble as well.... So my spirits have been up and down this week--a roller coaster ride, but overall I'd say that it's been pretty good! Just a nice growing experience.
Mom, it's super legit that The Amazing Race was filmed in Malaysia. I swear my mission is the most legit adventure ever! So now you know what kampungs really look like, right? Do you know if they were in Sarawak at all or if they went really far inland? I'm on the coast. We're actually going to have a P-Day activity and the beach today!
So, here's my Spirit Stride: We were teaching a less-active and her son, M. E, M's dad, had to go back to work in Brunei, but they're super prepared. Anyways, as we were teaching, we were obviously teaching in Malay. And I'm not sure what happened, but I didn't even comprehend that I was speaking in Malay until we had been there for about half of the lesson. It was the weirdest experience, but I understood literally every single word that she said, even if I'd never heard it before. It's crazy! I think I'm becoming more fluent-lah! haha!
So yeah, all of our investigators are doing well. D went to the hospital but when we went to see how his family was doing, some of his relatives said that he returned to Kampung.... Hmmm.... Well, we're going to give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he got sick or hurt at Kampung? Everybody else is doing well and progressing.
We taught a very good lesson to Brother D. We made a promise with him and gave him a promise rock. So here's the concept: We told him if he prayed, read the scriptures daily, and attended Church, his desire for his addiction would end. Potong. Tiada lagi. So, we gave him a rock that he puts in his pocket to remind him to do that. And before he falls asleep, he puts it on his back to remember if he did. When he does, he's allowed to take off the rock. It's not too big, just a stone about the half the size of an iPhone.
We went to the beach and contacted some people flying sport kites. They allowed us to try. That was really cool! I'll send pics. We also played with some legit Iban kids, so I'll send some more pics if possible, and then we also got a new bike for Elder Trudo, because he's been using Elder Christensen's old bike.
Also, I wish that I would've played Lacrosse in High School. Elder Trudo did, and we found these lacrosse sticks in our apartment, so we just throw around a tennis ball with them just for fun before we plan at night for like 10-15 minutes, after the day is done. It's so fun! Dang!
Anywho, that's about all that happened this week. Here's by Testimony Tidbit.
Testimony Tidbit: Faith is essential in this life. Without faith, nothing can happen. It is faith that gives us hope and allows us to progress and become better. This week I was pondering a lot about how I'll provide financially for my family when I get home and after I get married and all of that stuff. I just realized that with faith and hard work, everything will work out the way that it's supposed to. "Faith without works is dead". That is a true statement. As long as we believe and work hard, do our best, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will make up the difference. I've seen it time and time again on my mission, and I know that they are aware of us.
I love you all! CTR! PLEASE!
Dengan sayang yang ikhlas,
Elder Joshua H. Griffin
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