Dear Family,
Yaay! I'm happy to hear you
received the package and everything was alright. Thanks for the letter
about that.
So, last week I left off by going to
lunch with a billionaire. Yup, that happened. The other Elders met
a beautiful young couple who own an American Chicken wings franchise here, and
they took us to eat tasty food at their restaurant last P-Day. We learned
that they not only have 4 collector's Rolls Royce (s), but more kids than
cars. They have 6 children under the age of 2 years old! (twins and quadruplets!)
The entire outing with them was a lot of fun, and pretty spiritual. After
hearing some of Elder Lallemant's hilarious true stories of his childhood in
Canada, we shared simply with them why we come to serve missions, and the blessings
that the gospel has brought to us. They said they thouroughly enjoyed
meeting us and want to learn more!
Our district helped out at the YWCA
Christmas party on Friday. We presented to lots of children from
various "caring homes" a story including the symbolism of the
Christmas tree, and how we can remember Jesus Christ at Christmas. It was
fun to see these underprivileged kids, some from rough family backgrounds,
having a good time and singing songs together. The best was when Santa
Claus (all the way from Australia) came to give them presents.
In case I haven't mentioned it
previously, Ipoh is famous for members befriending and supporting
missionaries. There are a few amazing members in particular who never
miss an opportunity to let my soul and body "delight in
fatness." We celebrated Thanksgiving with a great big Chinese lunch
this week. One of our favorite members, Sister C. (She's cool enough to go by just
an initial in these emails [I, like you all, also wish I was more
creative]) took us out for a massive lunch, and helped us remember our many
blessings. We all had a great time telling each other what we were
grateful for, and all about the miracles we've seen at the Lord's hand
lately. I'll send you a picture if I have one.
Ipoh is a wonderful place
to serve, but I know that it isn't the place that determines success in this
work. I've been praying each day for more obedience and patience, and for
help to develop Christlike attributes so that I will represent Jesus Christ
better. I have been striving to do my part to help the mission achieve
the baptismal goal, but I feel that my contribution is inadequate. The
Lord has really been helping me to develop faith as I learn to trust his timing
to see miracles.
I was devastated this week when our
one investigator with a baptismal date did not attend church. It was
disappointing because I felt I had done all I could: I had taught as
clearly and plainly as possible, had worked with the branch leaders, stressed
the importance of coming to church in preparation for baptism, and provided the
best path possible for the investigator to walk, and he still chose not to make
the sacrifice necessary to come to church. I'm glad to know that no
effort is wasted, and I definitely haven't utterly lost heart. I pray
that the Lord will bless my investigators with understanding and a desire to
walk the right path, and I pray that I will have the patience and confidence
and perspective to continue to lay the foundation of God's kingdom, one stone
at a time.
I'm so thankful for all of
YOU!! I thank you for the support you constantly are to me, through
emails, and through your prayers. Most of all, I'm grateful for your
fantastic examples to me! Keep on becoming who Heavenly Father wants you
to be, and remember that He loves you and wants to bless you. I love you
all so much, too!!
Love,
Brennan
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