This week was very nice!!
Finishing up from my last email, Singapore was so fun! There are a lot of cool places to visit.
In the mall, there was a river going through it and a whirlpool at the end! How crazy is that??
China town was also fun. There are so many cultures to appreciate in the world! Singapore is basically New York but a lot cleaner :) Really fun!
During Zone Conference (training for missionaries), President Simmons gave a great talk. He said: "The Lord gives us challenges that He knows we can overcome. The mission (or our lives) will use our strengths to test our weaknesses, and our weaknesses will test our strengths." That is so true! We do not know the meaning of all things. But we MUST love God enough to trust Him. Trust Him that when bad things happen, its not His fault. Trust Him enough to say, "Thy will be done, oh Lord not mine."
While I was also in Singapore, I discovered something that impacted the rest of my mission...more physically than spiritually. I walked into the Singapore Mission office to see Matt Dyer standing there with a 51 lb suitcase full of sweets from the US!! I was in Heaven!!! Take a look in the pictures below! The suitcase was filled with so many amazing things! From Spits (sun flower seeds) to Cadbury Eggs!
Thank you so much to all those who contributed!! I will thank each and everyone of you individually next week!! My mom has been concerned with how skinny I am becoming. So, this was a wonderful idea to fatten me up. Look mom, our dinners are so healthy now!
Seriously though, other than reading scriptures and bring people closer to Christ, a missionaries favorite thing is to receive a package or letter from home!!
We had the privilege and opportunity to fly to Kuching to be in the presence of a member of the Seventy (Elder Meurs) and the Church Historian, Elder Snow! Elder Snow expanded my mind of the history of the Church, and how sacred some of the early records are!
He expressed with fervent testimony of the reality of the Restoration and First Vision. "We are not moving away from Joseph Smith. Stay anchored to the reality of the Restoration." Every single person who has come in contact with the church can know for themselves of the reality of the Restoration. "No one can go around the bar of faith that demands of them to ask God if the Restoration is true." Really great thoughts!
Also had some traumatic experiences this week. Some advice for the kids. Don't wear band-aids in Malaysia. It doesn't work the same as America. The humidity is the killer. Look at my finger! Crazy.
Also, a very long time ago my mommy made a little salad for Elder McKayd LaRose. It was from our garden, so she was very excited. Turns out there was a caterpillar in my salad. I was scared for the rest of my life. It took me YEARS to finally eat a salad again. Well turns out, October 21st, 2017, there was a bug in my curry. It wasn't a little bug. It was a really big bug. I refused to take a picture. It was a great memory of the tragedy of my childhood :)
I hope everyone is doing well!!! Thanks for everyone and all their support!!! See ya next week!!
Love, Elder McKayd LaRose
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