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Still in Bintulu, and Still Alive
By Leighton | March 13, 2007
Well, I am pretty sure that I am still alive. We had another good week here in Bintulu. We had a family get baptized this week, the third week in a row we’ve had baptisms. We probably won’t have any this week, but we have another one next week. We are running out of investigators though, so we will have to start finding new people to teach. Our goal is to baptize everyone in our area who is not Islam. So we’re working hard at it. But we are also trying to keep all the less active families active. It is a lot of work, and are always busy.
Things are going well though. I am still improving on my Malay, and I am also learning Iban. I got a dictionary last week, so I made some flash cards, but I never have time to quiz myself on them. But I’ve probably memorized about 200 words so far, so I can at least say a few things. Iban is actually a lot like Malay. If I had to explain it, I would probably liken it unto the relationship between Spanish and Italian. Similar, and some of the words are the same, but not all. If any of you want to try to read malay, I’ll give ya some:
Minggu ini sangat bagus! Saya masih sihat, dan sekarang saya lebih gemuk daripada minggu lepas, sebab saya selalu makan banyak makanan, dan segala anggota gereja selalu bagi kami banyak makanan dan Milo juga. Tapi saya bersenar setiap pagi, jadi saya juga sedang menjadi kuat sikit. Apa boleh buat? Ok, habis sekarang. Cuba membaca itu.
Yep. That’s a sample. Malay has a lot more syllables than English does. You should record yourselves reading it and then send it to my email so I can get a good laugh. Haha. Well, I got to go now. Next week is Zone Conference, so we are all flying to Kuching again. I am excited. Miss you all!
I took some pics for this week, so here they are:
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| Bintulu Still |
PS I added captions to the pics last week, so check them out again:
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| Niah Caves |
And here is a test video I’m uploading. I want to upload more in the future if it works:
Topics: Bintulu | 4 Comments »
March 14th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Dear Leighton,
I eagerly look forward to reading your new posting each week! I love all the photos, and the video! This is a great idea you have had to be able to share so much of what you are doing with so many of us. Take care, and keep up the good work! We love you, Granny & Granpa Allen
March 18th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Elder Whiting!! Enjoyed your updates. And your bahasa is getting pretty good too. Keep it up and you’ll probably be better than me.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
“Wake me up when September ends”
yours,
Axxxxx
March 25th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Dear Elder Whiting,
Keep up your good job as missionary! We all missing you so much!!! Come back to visit us someday,k?
sister A,from KL Malaysia.