tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27043653641244012462024-03-05T21:00:51.021-08:00Zac's Awesome Adventure in SingaporeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-42926096113082658972011-07-27T15:17:00.001-07:002011-07-27T15:31:43.679-07:00Zac is home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbs7Tj_P0AcbbqyIV5sbOT3rWovY0aFgBubb8RJg3zmxf2vCYoMSjDGtrL9CJoWUEOoy_xDBpH8uy2TSwE6RB4PZcxktGRG4VMfclh24kgXmy48thjk0bd2P_kvHOoEliH3pKH2Nthjo/s1600/100_4842.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbs7Tj_P0AcbbqyIV5sbOT3rWovY0aFgBubb8RJg3zmxf2vCYoMSjDGtrL9CJoWUEOoy_xDBpH8uy2TSwE6RB4PZcxktGRG4VMfclh24kgXmy48thjk0bd2P_kvHOoEliH3pKH2Nthjo/s320/100_4842.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634163001832853250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIhyphenhyphenOb92SQt5BbgJwHA0XYyv80URN27t81EjbaS1fuLu_9OQug4dHMTgDit4tCfGekgZZeq1sNR4ARobv5I1ZjNXQneSZ7L4_Ftb-lkVwvE2C_Qm_PZ-EBJkEKtmvrrbh-gFJ2vfAmzE/s1600/100_4843.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIhyphenhyphenOb92SQt5BbgJwHA0XYyv80URN27t81EjbaS1fuLu_9OQug4dHMTgDit4tCfGekgZZeq1sNR4ARobv5I1ZjNXQneSZ7L4_Ftb-lkVwvE2C_Qm_PZ-EBJkEKtmvrrbh-gFJ2vfAmzE/s320/100_4843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634163007994528866" /></a><br />So, we drove to the airport and picked him up. He is in that phase between driven servant of the Lord and "I don't even know what to do with myself." We are very happy to see him, however.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-46848873516774095822011-07-27T15:09:00.000-07:002011-07-27T15:16:40.795-07:00Zac's itineraryJune 13, 2011<br /> <br />Dear Parents,<br /> <br />Your missionary will be released from his mission on Wednesday, July 27th. The Church travel office has made flight arrangements for your missionary to travel home on this date. Please review the itinerary shown below and make sure the name of your missionary is spelled correctly and that we are flying your missionary into the airport that is closest to your home. If you have any questions about this itinerary or would like us to make any changes, please contact us at the mission office at xxx xxxx-xxxx or call the Church travel office at xxx-xxx-xxxx.<br />Flight number and times may change by the time your missionary travels. A current view of your missionary’s flight plans is available on the website: www.checkmytrip.com . The website will ask for the reservation number which is located on this itinerary on the line above the flight information and below the missionary’s name. It is also recommended that you contact the airlines the day of travel to find out if any changes have occurred on the flights your missionary is scheduled to be on.<br />We appreciate you taking the time to review this itinerary and letting us know immediately of any changes we need to make.<br /> <br />Sincerely,<br />Sister Garrett<br />Singapore Mission Secretary<br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________________<br />From: Sara McBride<br />Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 1:20 AM<br />To: Singapore Mission; xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx<br />Subject: Return Travel Itinerary For HILL/ZACHARY ROYDEN - 27Jul - 2PS2G4<br /> <br /> <br />ELECTRONIC TICKET ISSUED, ONLY YOUR PASSPORT WILL BE NEEDED TO CHECK-IN.<br /> <br />CONFIRMATION AND TICKET NUMBERS BELOW:<br /> <br /> <br />CHURCH TRAVEL CWT DATE 10JUNE11<br />50 EAST NORTH TEMPLE ST AGENT VH/SL BOOKING REF 2PS2G4<br />SALT LAKE CITY UT 84150<br />TELEPHONE: xxx xxx-xxxx HILL/ZACHARY ROYDEN 157393-R<br />FAX : xxx-xxx-xxxx<br /> <br /> MISSIONARY TRAVEL<br /> SINGAPORE MISSION<br /> <br />SERVICE DATE FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE<br />_____________________ _____ ______________ ______________ _______ ______<br />DELTA AIR LINES 27JUL SINGAPORE TOKYO 550A 215P<br />DL 280 WEDNESDAY CHANGI NARITA<br />K ECONOMY TERMINAL 1 TERMINAL 1<br /> NON SMOKING BREAKFAST NON STOP<br /> RESERVATION CONFIRMED 7:25 DURATION<br /> AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-200<br /> SEAT 40B NO SMOKING CONFIRMED<br /> <br />DELTA AIR LINES 27JUL TOKYO LOS ANGELES CA 335P 955A<br />DL 284 WEDNESDAY NARITA INTL <br />K ECONOMY TERMINAL 1 TERMINAL 5<br /> NON SMOKING DINNER NON STOP<br /> RESERVATION CONFIRMED 10:20 DURATION<br /> AIRCRAFT: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-300<br /> SEAT 39B NO SMOKING CONFIRMED<br /> <br />DELTA AIR LINES 27JUL LOS ANGELES CA LAS VEGAS NV 1200N 111P<br />DL 4464 WEDNESDAY INTL MCCARRAN INTL<br />K ECONOMY TERMINAL 5 TERMINAL 1<br /> NON SMOKING NON STOP<br /> RESERVATION CONFIRMED 1:11 DURATION<br /> FLIGHT OPERATED BY SKYWEST DBA DELTA CONN<br /> AIRCRAFT OWNER: OO SKYWEST AIRLINES<br /> AIRCRAFT: CANADAIR REGIONAL JET 900<br /> SEAT 15C NO SMOKING CONFIRMED<br /> <br />RESERVATION NUMBER(S) DL/GSIUPJ<br /> <br />HILL/ZACHARY ROYDEN 157393-R<br /> ETKT:DL/006 8640562298<br /> <br />----------------------------------------------- <br />SARA M - EXT 25146<br />.<br />(SL)MISSION PRESIDENT TERRENCE ANDREW CLARK<br />PH xxx xx-xxxx-xxxx OFFICE xxx xx-xxxx-xxxx HOME<br /> * NOTICE * STATE OR FEDERAL PHOTO I.D. REQUIRED AT AIRPORT.<br /> BECAUSE CHECK-IN TIMES AROUND THE WORLD MAY VARY BASED<br /> ON THE INDIVIDUAL AIRPORT AND DAY-TO-DAY SECURITY ISSUES<br /> PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY FOR YOUR FLIGHTS.<br /> IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING AIRPORT SECURITY,<br /> PLEASE CONTACT THE AIRPORT DIRECTLY.<br /> MISSIONARY TRAVEL (xxx) xxx-xxxx OR (xxx) xxx-xxxx<br /> EMPLOYEE TRAVEL (xxx) xxx-xxxx OR (xxx) xxx-xxxx<br /> GENERAL AUTHORITY TRAVEL (xxx)xxx-xxxx OR (xxx)xxx-xxxxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-67775174988742087712011-07-24T19:16:00.001-07:002011-07-24T19:25:07.607-07:00Elder Hill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzNjloTFsrPlLGsvsx5oT9NsHf_zmhshUrq-fK5uI5c722F_Akm-v2EIGSOIP7iz6vwjfW1jDiM4q5P7Irwmh3bgrepLDr1ZwYQoOHUMz1DziIJgIfZ4Czu6YG6g9QahOl5K8EM-co-U/s1600/on+way+home.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzNjloTFsrPlLGsvsx5oT9NsHf_zmhshUrq-fK5uI5c722F_Akm-v2EIGSOIP7iz6vwjfW1jDiM4q5P7Irwmh3bgrepLDr1ZwYQoOHUMz1DziIJgIfZ4Czu6YG6g9QahOl5K8EM-co-U/s320/on+way+home.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633108596135821746" /></a><br />We sent Elder Hill off yesterday on the airplane for Singapore. He will have a few days there before he heads home across the big water. We will miss him here in Bintulu. He is a fine young man and a great Elder and missionary. He did some very good things here as he taught and baptized the folks here in East Malaysia. Their lives will never be the same because of him. We have enjoyed working with him very much. You can be very proud of him and his work and sacrifice in being here. What a blessing he has been to us, the folks here, you as his family, and to his Father in Heaven whose work he has been diligently doing. We wish him the best in life. I am sure he will be successful in all he does. He learned some good things on the mission which I am sure he will share. <br /><br />Sincerely, Sister Orien<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you very much sister Orien, We are looking very much to seeing Zac on Wednesday. Thank you very much for looking after him while he served the Lord.<br /><br />Bro & Sis Hill<br /><br /><br /><br />Bro. Hill,<br /><br />You got the photo already? Email is amazing! <br /><br />Elder Hill and I made some great memories when we took a big time tumble on the gliding walk way in Singapore when he was on his way to Bintulu. You can ask him about it. It was hilarious but could have been disastrous.<br /><br />Elder Hill is a real gentleman. I love that about him. You did good in raising him. I hope we meet up in the future.<br /><br />Sister OrienUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-15961486766634884252011-07-20T13:40:00.001-07:002011-07-20T13:40:44.292-07:00last letterhey mom<br /> <br />so yeah this week was pretty good. things are going well. rabong and lenny got baptized sunday morning which was pretty sweet. we were afraid it wasnt going to happen because saturday night he suddenly wasn't sure if he could get work off or not. and then sunday morning it was time for the baptism to start and he wasnt there, nor was he answering his phone. so that was pretty intense. but he came and got baptized and now that family is complete in membership of the church. it feels pretty good to see. unfortunately i will see them get baptized only and then leave, but i guess what can you do. i already had my last sunday at church. this upcoming sunday i fly into singapore, where i'll wait a few days until i go home.<br /> <br />luckily things look good for the baptism this saturday. already got interviewed and is really good. her name is catherine. she is a daughter of a member who is around 20 years old but until now never wanted to go to church. i dont know exactly what happened, but now she seems really good. her husband is working far away so we havent met him yet. hopefully sometime in the future they'll be able to teach the husband too. but that's the last of my work here. we've been going around getting some refferals, so there are some people that look like they could be baptized in the future. some people that seem really good. too bad i wont be around for most of their teaching.<br /> <br />there's this one family we contacted this week. they are relatives of a member. themother of the family is the member's sister in law. she is really concerned about her children making poor choices and that they have smoking and drinking problems at relatively young ages. so we went to the house for the second time two days ago, and one of the sons she is particularly concerned about was there. we seemed to have a good lesson with him about who jesus christ was and why it is important for us to follow him. whenever we asked questions, the kid (who is around 18) would pause for quite a long time and then answer. it really seemed like he was thinking introspectively and giving good thought to what we were saying, so it was nice. they also said this sunday they would go to church, so we'll see how that goes. i hope the best for them.<br /> <br />there are other families too, but we've only met them once, so not much to talk about.<br /> <br />anyways, no worries about the recipes. i have the email of the members who wanted recipes. i guess i can go home and see what we have and email them something later. well, not much else to say. this time next week i'll be on my way home. i guess i'll let you know what's been going on then. love you mom. take care.<br /> <br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-44400733988718258732011-07-13T09:17:00.000-07:002011-07-13T09:21:03.621-07:00spelunkinghey dad<br /><br />thanks for the pics. i'm so sorry i forgot to wish you a happy birthday last week.. so happy birthday! hope you had a good one. how'd you celebrate it?<br /><br />anyways, this week was pretty cool. jenny kenny and ronaldo got baptized. it was pretty stressful, but way awesome. i'll just explain their story and show you pics of them when i get home. i dont mean to be trunky or anything, but emailing is no good. anyways, rabong and lenny are looking good to be baptized this sunday. and a girl we are teaching, catherine who is the 20 y/o daughter of a member should be baptized next week. that looks like that will be all for me. our pool is looking a little low. we've been doing some contacting. not too much success, but things are still looking good. hopefully within the next little bit we'll be able to meet some good people.<br /><br />so today was pretty fun. we visited some pretty big caves here in sarawak called niah caves. if you want to learn more about the caves, visit wikipedia. anyways, our zone just looked around and climbed to the top of every peak we could and found little caves and climbed through bat poop. it was pretty good. got some good pictures, but i think i'll also show those to you when i get home.<br /><br />well, sorry. dont have much more to say. things are fun and going well. talk to you next week. love you dad.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />hey mom.<br /><br />i kind of gave an update on things to dad, so if you want to know about the area, yo ucan read the email i sent to him. pretty little news. anyways, i had a few questions..<br /><br />did bishop childs mention a subject he wanted me to give a talk on?<br /><br />also, can you send a few american recipes from home? i dont know exactly what, but some members have been asking for some recipes. something with chicken and that has fairly simple ingredients. also if you have any recipes for dessert? maybe a cake like thing.. brownies or something. if you could send those recipes that would be sweet.<br /><br />so speaking of recipes from malaysia, i've been talking to a member family who will hopefully give me a few different recipes. curry, rendang, and maybe fried rice. could be delicious. we'll see.<br /><br />news about investigators: jenny kenny ronaldo baptized. rabong lenny for baptism this week.<br /><br />anyways, out of time, talk to you next week. have a good week. love you mom.<br /><br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-43970413053352833342011-07-05T21:46:00.000-07:002011-07-05T21:47:17.225-07:00a chat with momtuesday, july 05, 2011<br />7:48 PM<br />quilting queen 7:48 PM <br />hey<br />49:03<br />is that you zac?<br />49:27<br />It's Mom<br />49:59<br />I forgot to write you<br />zac 7:50 PM <br />hey mom<br />50:55<br />no problem<br />51:01<br />how's it going?<br />quilting queen 7:51 PM <br />it's great<br />51:24<br />we had a fun 4th of July<br />zac 7:51 PM <br />that's cool<br />quilting queen 7:51 PM <br />I was going to send pics<br />zac 7:51 PM <br /><br />52:02<br />i spent mine without seeing another american<br />quilting queen 7:52 PM <br />Jake and fam and nano and fam were here<br />52:23<br />we barbecued<br />zac 7:52 PM <br />was it delicious?<br />quilting queen 7:52 PM <br />the babies are getting big<br />52:53<br />Izzy is almost walking<br />53:02<br />The food was GREAT<br />53:17<br />dda cooked his dutch oven potatoes<br />53:25<br />dad<br />54:16<br />I discovered I had forgotten to put yeast in the rolls when I went to take the dough out of the bread machine<br />zac 7:54 PM <br />oh no!<br />quilting queen 7:54 PM <br />that was lame<br />54:49<br />so I had to go buy rolls<br />zac 7:55 PM <br />aw man<br />quilting queen 7:55 PM <br />we had teriyaki chicken<br />55:43<br />we barbecued corn on the cob too<br />zac 7:55 PM <br />i hope there's a meal like that coming my way when i get back<br />55:52<br /><br />quilting queen 7:55 PM <br />of course<br />zac 7:56 PM <br />haha<br />quilting queen 7:56 PM <br />do you have your itinerary?<br />56:41<br />I want to be able to go to the airport<br />zac 7:57 PM <br />well, the ofice sent it to dad i believe<br />quilting queen 7:57 PM <br />Izzy's birthday party is on the 31ts<br />zac 7:57 PM <br />i get into vegas around 1pm or so<br />57:36<br />on 27 july<br />quilting queen 7:58 PM <br />you can go to Izzy's b-day party<br />58:26<br />I wonder if you'll be speaking at church? <br />zac 7:58 PM <br />maybe<br />quilting queen 7:59 PM <br />lol<br />zac 7:59 PM <br />i hope they'll let me know more than a day before hand<br />quilting queen 7:59 PM <br />you should be prepared just in case<br />zac 7:59 PM <br />well i do have a very long flight home<br />quilting queen 7:59 PM <br />dad can ask the Bishop<br />zac 7:59 PM <br />i dont know what else ill do besides study the gospel<br />quilting queen 7:59 PM <br />that will give you a wek LOL<br />59:58<br />week<br />zac 8:00 PM <br />haha<br />00:06<br />thanks<br />00:13<br />maybe i can just not speak<br />00:15<br />eh?<br />quilting queen 8:00 PM <br />I doubt that will happen<br />01:12<br />I guess the John Mills and The Anderson boy both spoke on the same Sunday<br />zac 8:01 PM <br />kenyon?<br />quilting queen 8:01 PM <br />john coming home and Kenyon going out<br />01:58<br />lol<br />02:03<br />I missed it<br />02:12<br />I was on the way to Georgia<br />zac 8:02 PM <br />oh too bad<br />quilting queen 8:02 PM <br />yeah<br />zac 8:02 PM <br />but i guess you had fun too yeah?<br />quilting queen 8:02 PM <br />I got to see Jared though<br />zac 8:02 PM <br />do you know when taylin is coming home<br />02:41<br />?<br />quilting queen 8:03 PM <br />I don't know<br />zac 8:03 PM <br />oh well<br />03:14<br />how is jared doing?<br />quilting queen 8:03 PM <br />He's busy<br />zac 8:03 PM <br />with what?<br />quilting queen 8:03 PM <br />they are doing ok though<br />03:45<br />they bought a house<br />03:55<br />It's pretty nice<br />zac 8:03 PM <br />where are they living now?<br />quilting queen 8:04 PM <br />Eagle Mountain<br />04:36<br />They just move closer to the mountains than they did<br />zac 8:05 PM <br />maybe i'll be able to visit him while i'm up at byu<br />quilting queen 8:05 PM <br />same general area<br />05:30<br />I'm sure you will<br />zac 8:05 PM <br />what does he do for work?<br />quilting queen 8:05 PM <br />it takes about 45 min to get to his house though<br />06:05<br />he still works at the boys ranch<br />06:35<br />he bought a motorcycle<br />zac 8:06 PM <br />wow<br />06:43<br />hardcore<br />quilting queen 8:06 PM <br />yeah<br />06:50<br />lol<br />zac 8:07 PM <br />maybe i'll buy one too when i get financially stable<br />07:14<br />then he and i can make a bike gang<br />quilting queen 8:07 PM <br />we played a lot of games<br />07:52<br />they like to play games<br />07:59<br />LOL!<br />08:24<br />I can't see the two of you being a bike gang<br />zac 8:08 PM <br />you dont think i'm hard core enough?<br />quilting queen 8:08 PM <br />LOL!<br />09:18<br />I've never seen you ride anything but a bicycle<br />zac 8:09 PM <br />but i sure looked tough on that bibyble<br />quilting queen 8:09 PM <br />you ride a mean bicycle though<br />zac 8:09 PM <br />bicycle*<br />quilting queen 8:09 PM <br />lol<br />zac 8:09 PM <br />yeah thanks for the encouragement mom<br />10:04<br />i know i'll feel better when io talk to you<br />quilting queen 8:10 PM <br />I couldn't believe how fast you could go<br />zac 8:10 PM <br />these little chicken legs of mine are tough<br />quilting queen 8:10 PM <br />did you smoke your comps?<br />10:49<br />lol<br />zac 8:10 PM <br />well, for most of my mission<br />11:04<br />but when i was in johor, my bike got stolen<br />quilting queen 8:11 PM <br />yeah<br />11:25<br />that's too bad<br />zac 8:11 PM <br />so when i came to bintulu i had to inherit a dying elders bicycle<br />quilting queen 8:11 PM <br />you didn't get soft did you?<br />11:38<br />lol<br />zac 8:11 PM <br />which was basically pulled out of the trash can<br />quilting queen 8:11 PM <br />LOL<br />zac 8:12 PM <br />the bike frame is like 3 inches too smal so i look like a clown<br />quilting queen 8:12 PM <br />LOL<br />zac 8:12 PM <br />and everything is falling apart<br />quilting queen 8:12 PM <br />does it still go?<br />zac 8:12 PM <br />i'm just praying it will last me for 3 more weeks<br />12:43<br />it still goes<br />quilting queen 8:12 PM <br />lol<br />zac 8:12 PM <br />but only at like 2 mph<br />13:11<br />but it's all good<br />13:15<br />i dont mind really<br />quilting queen 8:13 PM <br />you have a good one here<br />zac 8:13 PM <br />i just take life at a nice relaxed pace<br />14:04<br />i'm pretty stressed for school tho<br />quilting queen 8:14 PM <br />I understand but don't stress<br />zac 8:14 PM <br />and then the prophet is telling me to get married<br />14:44<br />sheesh<br />quilting queen 8:15 PM <br />lol<br />15:28<br />he didn't say right away<br />zac 8:15 PM <br />yeah i know<br />15:44<br />i was just kidding<br />quilting queen 8:16 PM <br />although..... when those girls catch sight of you they might not be able to keep their hands off you<br />16:44<br />lol<br />zac 8:16 PM <br />well, you have to remember i have fast little legs<br />quilting queen 8:17 PM <br />LOL!!!!<br />zac 8:17 PM <br />hey i have a question<br />quilting queen 8:17 PM <br />ok<br />zac 8:17 PM <br />after dad graduated with his bachelor's degree, did he go straight into graduate school?<br />quilting queen 8:17 PM <br />pretty much<br />17:59<br />I think he took a semester off<br />zac 8:18 PM <br />haha<br />18:17<br />i think i want to get a master's in engineering<br />quilting queen 8:18 PM <br />dad says he didn't take any time off<br />18:39<br />that's great!<br />zac 8:18 PM <br />did he get both his bachelor's and master's from byu?<br />quilting queen 8:18 PM <br />hopefully you can remember the math<br />19:03<br />yes<br />zac 8:19 PM <br />well i have a month to prepare<br />quilting queen 8:19 PM <br />he had to change majors though<br />zac 8:19 PM <br />i'm confident<br />19:21<br />oh<br />quilting queen 8:19 PM <br />they wouldn't let him get both on the same major<br />zac 8:19 PM <br />i see<br />quilting queen 8:20 PM <br />you have to change schools<br />zac 8:20 PM <br />i just look at other schools and they seem pretty expensive<br />20:20<br />haha<br />quilting queen 8:20 PM <br />I don't know if it is still the same though<br />20:43<br />you can look into it when you get home<br />zac 8:21 PM <br />i imagine it is still like that<br />21:32<br />how did dad pay for school?<br />quilting queen 8:21 PM <br />loans<br />22:03<br />he couldn't get grants for his masters degree<br />zac 8:22 PM <br />i see<br />quilting queen 8:22 PM <br />you can get scholarships though<br />zac 8:22 PM <br />i hope so<br />23:09<br />i hope to not have to get into too much debt for my undergraduate degree<br />23:24<br />i'm hoping to be able to work at the mtc<br />quilting queen 8:23 PM <br />you should be able to get the fasfa for your undergraduate degree<br />24:08<br />fasfa<br />24:15<br />fafsa<br />24:17<br />lol<br />zac 8:24 PM <br />well, i filled out the fafsa aplication<br />quilting queen 8:24 PM <br />I'm having a brain fart<br />24:40<br />good<br />zac 8:24 PM <br />but for my age right now i am still technically dependant on you and dad<br />25:09<br />and since i am the only dependant, they wouldnt give any aid<br />25:42<br />i qualified for a loan for my first semester back, which i have to take to go to school<br />25:57<br />since byu doesnt offer scholarships to transfer students<br />26:12<br />so hopefully next semester i'll be able to try to get some scholarships<br />26:28<br />and maybe in a few years get government aid<br />quilting queen 8:26 PM <br />yeah<br />zac 8:27 PM <br />every p day my mind just thinks and thinks about school<br />27:03<br />it's crazy<br />quilting queen 8:27 PM <br />how are your investigators?<br />zac 8:27 PM <br />doing ok<br />quilting queen 8:28 PM <br />are you going to be able to have any baptisms before you go home?<br />zac 8:28 PM <br />well, i hope so<br />28:58<br />but you can't always predict some things..<br />29:07<br />we have 7 people that could be baptized before i go home<br />29:23<br />as long as they get their act together and just get baptized!<br />quilting queen 8:29 PM <br />that's cool<br />29:34<br />hopefully it will happen<br />zac 8:29 PM <br />we've got two people on date for my last saturday in malaysia<br />30:29<br />and maybe two for this week if the guy can get off work and come to church this sunday to be confirmed<br />quilting queen 8:30 PM <br />that's cool<br />zac 8:30 PM <br />and possibly 3 next week<br />30:54<br />but it's all just possibilities<br />quilting queen 8:31 PM <br />yeah<br />zac 8:31 PM <br />we'll try as hard as we can<br />quilting queen 8:31 PM <br />it's hot here<br />zac 8:31 PM <br />yeah?<br />quilting queen 8:31 PM <br />but relatively dry<br />31:51<br />it's a little humid<br />zac 8:31 PM <br />i imagine it is very dry<br />quilting queen 8:32 PM <br />there have been clouds and therewere thunder showers on the East side of town on Sunday night<br />zac 8:32 PM <br />woah<br />quilting queen 8:32 PM <br />it will feel dry to you though<br />32:46<br />lol<br />zac 8:33 PM <br />i hope my skin doesnt just all fall off<br />quilting queen 8:33 PM <br />there are clouds today and when I left work it was spitting a little<br />33:29<br />you can use lotion<br />zac 8:34 PM <br />yesterday we got poured on<br />34:07<br />for a few hours<br />quilting queen 8:34 PM <br />I wish we would<br />zac 8:34 PM <br />i dont think vegas could handle it<br />quilting queen 8:34 PM <br />Adrienne says she gets poured on a lot<br />34:53<br />I remember rain every afternoon and she says it stil does<br />35:20<br />I don't think we could either<br />35:32<br />there would be flooding everywhere<br />zac 8:35 PM <br />i remember riding my bike<br />36:00<br />and the whole way to school, the road was just a big river<br />quilting queen 8:36 PM <br />yeah<br />zac 8:36 PM <br />and it didnt even rain that much<br />36:37<br />so what's the temperature looking like?<br />quilting queen 8:36 PM <br />I remember going to Aunt Betty's one night and having the road be a big river<br />37:00<br />it was really stressful<br />37:19<br />today it's cooler<br />37:37<br />only 91 to 95 today<br />zac 8:37 PM <br />not too bad<br />quilting queen 8:37 PM <br />I'm sure it will get a lot warmere though<br />38:26<br />it was up to 110 last week<br />zac 8:38 PM <br />aw man<br />38:40<br />i'm heading into the furnace<br />quilting queen 8:38 PM <br />a cold front came through<br />38:53<br />lol<br />zac 8:38 PM <br />ah<br />quilting queen 8:39 PM <br />not like a cold front for Nyssa though<br />zac 8:39 PM <br />yeah haha<br />39:31<br />i'm so glad i didnt get<br /> called to hoth<br />quilting queen 8:39 PM <br />she's not going to be able to handle the heat anymore<br />40:07<br />good thing she comes home in November<br />zac 8:40 PM <br />hot places are way better<br />40:26<br />i think i will die in utha<br />40:28<br />utah<br />quilting queen 8:41 PM <br />lol<br />41:17<br />you just have to dress warmer<br />zac 8:42 PM <br />i dont even own a coat<br />quilting queen 8:42 PM <br />you'll have to get one<br />42:52<br />Nyssa did<br />zac 8:42 PM <br /><br />quilting queen 8:43 PM <br />you'll need to get one up there though<br />zac 8:43 PM <br />can you believe my two year mark was last week?<br />quilting queen 8:43 PM <br />yeah<br />43:53<br />we noted that<br />44:17<br />people at church are asking when you are coming home<br />zac 8:44 PM <br />haha<br />44:56<br />27 july<br />quilting queen 8:46 PM <br />that's what we told them<br />zac 8:46 PM <br />most of the people from my mtc group are flying straight to salt lake<br />46:16<br />from japan<br />quilting queen 8:46 PM <br />they live in Utah?<br />zac 8:46 PM <br />yeah there were only four out of 16 not from utah<br />quilting queen 8:46 PM <br />wow<br />zac 8:46 PM <br />one is wyoming, one is idaho, one ohio and then me<br />quilting queen 8:46 PM <br />why are they flying from Japan?<br />zac 8:47 PM <br />our flight from singapore takes us through japan<br />47:17<br />so we all fly together to japan<br />47:30<br />and then get on separate planes to cross the pacific<br />quilting queen 8:47 PM <br />and then you fly here<br />zac 8:47 PM <br />yep<br />quilting queen 8:48 PM <br />I'll bet the guys from Idaho and Wyoming had never heard of Singapore<br />zac 8:48 PM <br />probably not<br />48:36<br />haha<br />48:51<br />i think it's crazy that i never served once in singapore<br />quilting queen 8:49 PM <br />yeah<br />zac 8:49 PM <br />almost all my mission was in one malaysian state<br />49:16<br />sarawak!<br />49:29<br />and then 2.5 months in johor<br />49:34<br />but hey cool news<br />49:42<br />the branch in johor is splitting<br />quilting queen 8:49 PM <br />I guess that was where you were supposed to go<br />49:52<br />COOL!<br />51:02<br />how is the ward in Sarawak/<br />51:06<br />?<br />zac 8:51 PM <br />well, it's doing ok<br />51:20<br />a lot fo youth<br />quilting queen 8:51 PM <br />well... that's good<br />zac 8:51 PM <br />mostly teenage girls<br />quilting queen 8:52 PM <br />OHHHHHHHH<br />52:03<br />lol<br />zac 8:53 PM <br />so the future as of now is a little bleak<br />53:12<br />we need to get good young men<br />53:15<br />to be future leaders<br />53:23<br />and the husbands of these girls<br />quilting queen 8:53 PM <br />yeah<br />53:33<br />that's too bad<br />zac 8:53 PM <br />i dont know what that ohh was about, but rest assured i'm marrying an american<br />quilting queen 8:54 PM <br />that wasn't what I meant<br />zac 8:54 PM <br />sorry if i'm defensive<br />quilting queen 8:54 PM <br />that's ok<br />zac 8:54 PM <br />all the ibans here tell me to marry an iban<br />54:51<br />lol<br />quilting queen 8:54 PM <br />lol<br />zac 8:55 PM <br />bintulu is a good place tho<br />55:18<br />lots of freindly members<br />quilting queen 8:55 PM <br />the oh was more like I see<br />55:43<br />it 's too bad that it's so far away<br />56:23<br />you probably won't ever be able to go back unless you make a lot of money for the trip<br />56:56<br />That would be cool if we could visit with you<br />zac 8:58 PM <br />yeah that would be awesome<br />58:20<br />maybe someday if i get rich<br />quilting queen 8:58 PM <br />as long as I didn't see any big bugs or spiders<br />58:57<br />Adrienne has already had a run in with a big wolf spider<br />zac 8:59 PM <br />oh no<br />59:39<br />if you came here, you prbably wouldnt see anything<br />59:44<br />that happens when you live here<br />quilting queen 8:59 PM <br />that's one reason why I hated living there<br />00:29<br />lol<br />00:53<br />the bugs don't like tourists huh?<br />zac 9:01 PM <br />well, they are a little shy<br />01:07<br />maybe it's the white skin<br />quilting queen 9:01 PM <br />lol<br />zac 9:02 PM <br />i have no idea how much a plane ticket would cost to get here<br />quilting queen 9:02 PM <br />probably a lot<br />03:20<br />I should research it<br />zac 9:03 PM <br />i hear<br />04:13<br />that there is like an internship thing at byu<br />04:31<br />for return missionaries to go back to the country they served in<br />04:44<br />to teach people about how to get a job<br />quilting queen 9:05 PM <br />that's cool<br />zac 9:05 PM <br />the only thing is you have to pay for airfare<br />05:15<br />yourself<br />05:24<br />it would be cool, but i dont know if i could do it<br />quilting queen 9:05 PM <br />yeah<br />06:34<br />I need to get your room ready<br />06:53<br />take out the baby stuff<br />06:56<br />lol<br />zac 9:08 PM <br />there's baby stuff in my room?<br />quilting queen 9:09 PM <br />Nyssa made your desk up as a changing table and there are toys in there<br />09:29<br />she hung up a Noah's Ark wallhanging<br />zac 9:09 PM <br />well, i dont mind sleeping on the couch<br />quilting queen 9:09 PM <br />your bed is still there<br />09:59<br />and your stuffin the closet<br />zac 9:10 PM <br />i'll only be there a few weeks<br />10:23<br />so no need to move a lot of stuff around<br />quilting queen 9:10 PM <br />the bookcase with games was in yourv room but we took it out<br />11:02<br />I won't be moving much stuff<br />zac 9:11 PM <br />i still cant believe my mssion is almost over<br />11:33<br />it seems so soon<br />quilting queen 9:11 PM <br />yeah<br />11:55<br />it sure went fast<br />zac 9:12 PM <br />i feel a little nervous to continue with life<br />12:47<br />i feel really comfortable with missionary work now<br />quilting queen 9:13 PM <br />yeah<br />13:23<br />all missionaries feel like that<br />zac 9:14 PM <br />how do you guys feel now that all your kids are moved out?<br />quilting queen 9:14 PM <br />lonely<br />zac 9:14 PM <br />aww<br />quilting queen 9:15 PM <br />I'd rather have a few people around<br />zac 9:15 PM <br />yeah<br />15:34<br />but jake and nano still live close by<br />quilting queen 9:15 PM <br />they are busy and don't come over a lot<br />16:27<br />I do babysit Sara on Mondays and Fridays<br />16:38<br />it's pretty fun<br />zac 9:16 PM <br />that's good<br />16:47<br />how is she doing?<br />quilting queen 9:16 PM <br />she's doing great<br />17:04<br />she's so cute<br />17:18<br />I was going to send a pic<br />17:52<br />I took pics of the 3 girls in their July 4th dresses<br />18:07<br />they are all pretty cute<br />zac 9:18 PM <br />aww<br />quilting queen 9:18 PM <br />Sara looks like Nano and Izzy looks like Jake<br />18:36<br />lol<br />19:04<br />Izzy has HUGE blue eyes<br />zac 9:19 PM <br />lol<br />19:49<br />i wonder if they'll look different later<br />quilting queen 9:19 PM <br />maybe<br />zac 9:20 PM <br />i feel like kids look more like the dads early on<br />quilting queen 9:20 PM <br />kids change a lot<br />20:11<br />look at you?<br />20:13<br />lol<br />zac 9:20 PM <br />yeah nobdy thinks i look like either of you<br />quilting queen 9:21 PM <br />lol<br />21:06<br />you look like dad<br />zac 9:21 PM <br />do i?<br />21:39<br />i havent seen a picture of him when he was younger for a long time<br />quilting queen 9:21 PM <br />actually you look Reed<br />21:45<br />lol<br />22:07<br />not as much as Jake though<br />22:40<br />dad looks a lot like grandma Naida<br />zac 9:22 PM <br />well i didnt know reed was this handsome before<br />22:48<br /><br />quilting queen 9:22 PM <br />LOL!!!!!<br />zac 9:23 PM <br />i wonder if girls in america will think im handsome<br />quilting queen 9:23 PM <br />so what are your plans for today?<br />24:11<br />Desiree sure did<br />zac 9:24 PM <br />did she huh?<br />24:47<br />haha<br />25:05<br />well, we'll see what she thinks after she's seen what malaysia has done to me<br />quilting queen 9:25 PM <br />yeah<br />25:08<br />lol<br />25:31<br />what has it done to you?<br />zac 9:26 PM <br />well malaysia is a rough place<br />26:11<br />it just thrashes things<br />26:23<br />like my face<br />quilting queen 9:26 PM <br />yeah<br />zac 9:26 PM <br />anyways, today hopefully we'll have two people interviewed for baptism<br />26:52<br />wee<br />quilting queen 9:27 PM <br />I thought today was P day<br />zac 9:27 PM <br />it is<br />quilting queen 9:28 PM <br />you interview people on P day?<br />zac 9:30 PM <br />we go out at night on pday<br />30:13<br />6:30<br />quilting queen 9:30 PM <br />oh<br />31:09<br />what are you doing before?<br />zac 9:32 PM <br />we are just relaxing today basically<br />32:09<br />buying groceries<br />32:12<br />emailing you guys<br />quilting queen 9:32 PM <br />lol<br />32:25<br />yeah<br />zac 9:32 PM <br />maybe next week we'll go explore some caves<br />quilting queen 9:32 PM <br />REALLY!<br />zac 9:32 PM <br />i'l get some pics<br />32:49<br />but mom i gotta go<br />32:52<br />i love you lots<br />32:58<br />talk to you next week<br />quilting queen 9:32 PM <br />love you too<br />33:01<br />ok<br />zac 9:33 PM <br />have a good week<br />quilting queen 9:33 PM <br />bye<br />zac 9:33 PM <br />bye<br />quilting queen 9:33 PM <br />you tooUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-12990204612414167872011-06-28T22:56:00.000-07:002011-06-28T22:57:13.096-07:00A Journey to the Junglehey mom.<br /><br />it's cool that you got home safely. well, as for me, my week has been going ok. we've been having some problems with our investigators which are not yet resolved. so, i dont really wish to address it. makes me stressed out. needless to say, no baptisms this week. i'll let you know if any progress is made.<br /><br />roy is still doing well. we're working with him to stop smoking. he said he won't be smoking any today, so we're hopeful. he also has been coming to church and is looking good with his progress.<br /><br />we also rode forever away to visit a member who lives out in the jungle. he works in an oil palm plantation. we didnt know where he lived, so we just rode out in the direction it was and kept calling him trying to figure out where his place was. his response every time was "it's much further. so after our journey lasted 1.5 hrs, we figured we mustve gone too far. our phone didnt have any service at that point. was it stupid of us to keep going that far? yes. but.. it was an epic journey. a journey so epic, it depleted all the water in our bodies. luckily, we happened to pass a construction site out in the middle of no where, near to which there was a makeshift store that happened to sell water. so we sat in the shade and drank some water, completely soaked by our sweat and prettty tired (my bike is a piece of junk by the way) and miraculously the member we were trying to visit found us at the store. he said he was scared for us and went to look for us. when he saw the store he said he figured we were there getting water, so he came and found us. he was able to show us where he lived, which was another 40 minute bike ride in the opposite direction. we met with his daughter who is around 20 y/o or so and somehow never got baptized because her heart wasnt "open" yet. when we went there, she was really good and also came to church, so hopefully we can unify that family. the day was so hot that my skin got burned pretty bad. and then on the way home, it started to rain so we got soaked. pretty crazy day, but things seemed to go ok.<br /><br />well, that's all i have to say about my week. hopefully next week goes better. we'll see. anyways, take care. have fun. talk to you next week.<br />love,<br /> zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-89039151210313783482011-06-12T20:11:00.000-07:002011-06-12T20:12:41.144-07:00it's officialJune 13, 2011<br /> <br />Dear Parents,<br /> <br />Your missionary will be released from his mission on Wednesday, July 27th. The Church travel office has made flight arrangements for your missionary to travel home on this date. Please review the itinerary shown below and make sure the name of your missionary is spelled correctly and that we are flying your missionary into the airport that is closest to your home. If you have any questions about this itinerary or would like us to make any changes, please contact us at the mission office at xxx-xxx-xxxx or call the Church travel office at xxx-xxx-xxxx .<br />Flight number and times may change by the time your missionary travels. A current view of your missionary’s flight plans is available on the website: www.checkmytrip.com . The website will ask for the reservation number which is located on this itinerary on the line above the flight information and below the missionary’s name. It is also recommended that you contact the airlines the day of travel to find out if any changes have occurred on the flights your missionary is scheduled to be on.<br />We appreciate you taking the time to review this itinerary and letting us know immediately of any changes we need to make.<br /> <br />Sincerely,<br />Sister Garrett<br />Singapore Mission SecretaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-18343678863239718782011-06-02T17:58:00.000-07:002011-06-02T18:05:36.094-07:00pix, again!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wt7h4LWbOXBY4-bqPHvVuIYIOhfiRA6mnR77vXnlxVuyj2_Y4HDI_jOhNrlYIX1TCBWmw8mCjkI6Qs2ElhFvW3PH3rF9PmAG6PZn0o9K5aHzTa1gLN6H7qxPkRh4yqXr_S2YBAZB4Os/s1600/SDC10173.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wt7h4LWbOXBY4-bqPHvVuIYIOhfiRA6mnR77vXnlxVuyj2_Y4HDI_jOhNrlYIX1TCBWmw8mCjkI6Qs2ElhFvW3PH3rF9PmAG6PZn0o9K5aHzTa1gLN6H7qxPkRh4yqXr_S2YBAZB4Os/s320/SDC10173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613793396539537842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUqfnVGsTbDk1otu2iKPMRAi09iirN26sMln-8zK3sOcdCovqx09nnnTncgeRETz1hu6ZMalzI8rU_kGZj6NWaa_e_O7FvOmkUTGx0TCED1tLH_OxA5iLZ_PBTDYp-BlBWrTdKVMzKa0/s1600/SDC10170.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNkTCgIto0hyphenhyphenSiUUZZ0z516kSPTCz7K-PaULMB8iE5-P7ioTHYGfFDoiftkD2Mrwe3MeUoLFUA0r6nq3MfRCbh4i17I4Dyt1C3gW_MStMrrISGRmSSVYmOVWyQGeSfTu_DtWKp-L3kXs/s320/SDC10163.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613792242261410674" /></a><br />hey mom.<br /> <br />i just sent dad a bunch of pictures. right now i'm sitting next to the coolest member in sungai plan, wong. he wants to know if you eaten already? what's the news? well, since pictures are like a 1000 words, i hope what i sent to dad is enough for the week, because i spent too much time looking at pictures and now everyone else in my zone is leaving me, so i gotta go. i'm sorry :'(. anyways, gota run. the week was fun. ate a ton because of gawai, but didnt have any investigators at church because everyone went back to kampung. take care mom. love you and dad. talk to you next week!!!<br /> <br />love, elder hill<br /><br />1. the pic of rabong's family when we made them enchiladas.<br />2. me and the neighborhood goat<br />3. me and my iban girlfriend. selamat hari gawai!<br />4. my plate after dinner at rabong's house<br />5. all of us at dinner<br />6. me making tortillas<br />7. more tortillas<br /><br /><br />1. me and a member with fish strip mustaches<br />2. me cooking the enchilidas<br />3. cheese!<br />4. more enchiladas<br />5. rabong's cute little girl. all iban kids sleep in those funny hangy things<br />6. me and the coolest dude ever, wong. and of course the lady we call "mak"<br />7. me and mak again along with another lady that i dont know, because she's from the other branch. but we ate at her house anyway because it was gawai! yayUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-40944361361446046972011-05-24T22:19:00.000-07:002011-05-24T22:20:07.532-07:00heyholy moley i can't believe richard is home already. congrats richard.<br /><br />i guess i'll try to shoot him off an email and see how.<br /><br />anyways, my week has been going well. i've got a good amount of pictures to send even, but the elder in our zone that has the memory card reader is in another part of bintulu today, so we didnt get to meet up with him. woops. i guess there's always next week. we got some good pictures from making dinner for some of our investigators. we made enchiladas. pretty delicious too. our investigators seemed to have fun, and we even had a pretty good turn out at church, even with the rain. well, the members didnt show up really, but our investigators did. i'm pretty sure i've told you about the people we're working with already. rabong's family and jeffery's family. they are both doing well, and hopefully next month can be baptized. unfortunately, next week is a holiday called gawai, the iban harvest festival, so everyone pretty much is going back to kampung, or their home town basically, which is pretty tough for missionary work. we'll see how it goes. but the work keeps going.<br /><br />i dont know, i dont really have much else to say. life is good and going well. anyways, love you guys. talk to you next week.<br /><br />love, zac<br />- Show quoted text -Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-30572927632868654662011-05-18T15:15:00.001-07:002011-05-18T15:24:56.705-07:00love you<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiIYsxp5_JlywoBQiQL4j8G5tQ3VsqnN8sYxf0CxGoZzxCyde3k3QDT8NyBZDGYwSZ_Y_x6lu5A-eUpIV34_w1_IvPOQyolHADhR8taDcNHTExMhDMiEEVZcSS5-XAF0GYUz4CQptktE/s1600/SDC18617.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuiO3-XBFzxNkBi1XAUSmA6ZeYr0_khhZY85L6VeRRORswG1wGsVd7ks6bXso-H1FcA0dIg8MpWTLadEFZWmAf9KwSDVAkWaetSm4-z8PELS-jgbCTGDM_rYeAa11sv0Y3j1gIgLtJWU/s320/P1160073.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608183862097652098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AiI5TYTaNGjMCKoF8NMtGe8-_0fmWSiWrY0EcZ1G8Rt3nBYganxdUgT-2CddeKehFAiwHbFau68DJ1eqfaAs2QJ7P_xI6fVnxuiAhps_ZcgQVRUnkQYFu7n7IUKA5Wk017p9B4Es26E/s1600/P1160094.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AiI5TYTaNGjMCKoF8NMtGe8-_0fmWSiWrY0EcZ1G8Rt3nBYganxdUgT-2CddeKehFAiwHbFau68DJ1eqfaAs2QJ7P_xI6fVnxuiAhps_ZcgQVRUnkQYFu7n7IUKA5Wk017p9B4Es26E/s320/P1160094.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608183876404169154" /></a><br />hey mom. yeah i got pictures of sara. pretty crazy how much she looks like nate. poor thing. hopefully she grows out of it. heehee. anyways, hopefully everything keeps going well. i'm glad you guys are having a cold front. i hope it lasts until i get home. not to be trunky or anything. speaking of the word trunky, i never heard it before the mission, but now that i'm out, it seems everyone else has heard it. dad used it in an email to me. maybe i was sleeping under a rock. anyways...<br /> <br />the area is doing really well,. i'm so pumped for missionary work. we just had an awesome zone conference in miri. that was fun. got to see the town a bit. this last sunday, we had rabong and lenny, kenny and jenny come to church. (i sent some pics to dad) they seemed to enjoy it and they seem really good as investigators. they invited us over for dinner tonight and we are cooking for them on saturday. rabong also volunteered to help me teach a dance for the branch party in june. pretty sweet. we have lots of fun when we go over there, and it's seems like they are making good progress. hopefully we'll put them on date for baptism tonight and maybe next month they will be baptized.<br /> <br />we found another family through referral. the man is named jeffery. i think i talked about him last time. they didnt come to church this sunday because they were visiting a relative in the hospital, but they seem way good. the man really wants his family to learn about the churhc, and he told us this sunday he will definitely bring his family to church.<br /> <br />on monday we went around looking for some less actives with the senior couple. that was pretty fun. hopefully we will get some new investigators out of it and bring some less actives back too. that's where the album came from that i forwarded to you guys, entitled 'teaching in hock peng.'<br /> <br />we've got a few other straggling investigators here and there. i'll tell you more about them when they progress more. i'm having a blast here in bintulu, even tho it's pretty darn hot all the time. the people here are awesome. the food is delicious. and we're teaching a lot of people about jesus christ, so that's enough for me. anyways, i think i'm gonna make a move. talk to you guys later. have a good week.<br /> <br />love, zac<br /><br />1. former kuching zone members, reunited again at miri zone conference!<br />2. me and my mtc companion, finishing our missions together in the bintulu zone<br />3. more of my family tree. elder jefferies my uncle, elder mccormies my brother, elder ang my nephew, and me. now all of us except mccormies live in the same house in bintulu<br />4. the former johor elders. we were hard core.<br />5. me in kuching back in the day admiring a well cared for orchard<br />6. a really cute girl from the branch and her mom<br /><br />1. we found a cotton candy stand! wee!<br />2. i guess as part of the process of purifying palm oil, they have to have the huge smoke stacks with even bigger flames shooting out of the top.<br />3. the fire lights up the night sky!<br />4. the miri chapel<br />5. me working hard during language study, courtesy of elder ang<br />6. us celebrating the departure of one of the branch's youth for malaysia's national service. don't worry, she'll be back in 3 months<br />7. ritchie (a recent convert of the previous elders) and rabong and kenny, his sons in law. we finally got them to come to church last week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-48550688951821916942011-05-13T15:50:00.001-07:002011-05-13T15:52:04.054-07:00more pix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OvYnpXEkyKnkPr3yRZ-GAN5vv3ZNWCtWJTnQRF3pHYOQOWfHsEB0BbzQ2O_vK5QbjBJDamMA_G5wtMZ4-DXyQeJ0bCF51kieuGhvKn_obF63HNr8GgxlwCeAD2XxAqGOaTTsjEnfZfo/s1600/SDC18558.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxFMXwl2aJf1Av5_ptAVjUylX_SZlEvPehPjkiYhQTBfwvoJUjCoz5iHB6FfxGKb-eMe_x9HKYZyFjVzb0t0nGIX2qr1nu0BuHfGVZ_L67CKh3qpka7MyMoTc-KN-gXgTTM7FKcoEtmI/s320/SDC18606.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606335972584187058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT3GhVz2Hs2C1vvjiz7oD-KctGFvKr5fcwJ26dxp51sFHeMTPabVb6lrkN5ZQSBy5H5AP2DKU1DlpHoG9K3p9aMQGr7SSxBFmE2jF8XMG5SUvfX8L1NhSF91sydHpID4sr7ERpNptmgQ/s1600/SDC18582.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkT3GhVz2Hs2C1vvjiz7oD-KctGFvKr5fcwJ26dxp51sFHeMTPabVb6lrkN5ZQSBy5H5AP2DKU1DlpHoG9K3p9aMQGr7SSxBFmE2jF8XMG5SUvfX8L1NhSF91sydHpID4sr7ERpNptmgQ/s320/SDC18582.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606335986665289090" /></a><br />1. me cutting my own birthday cake (courtesy of a woman we just call "mom")<br />2. my impressive story telling skills captivates my audience<br />3. so much pizza, only one short lunch hour (my birthday lunch)<br />4. "Excuse me, miss. There seems to be a mistake. I believe I ordered the 'large'. Hello!"<br />5. the beautiful ocean of bintulu. i've never lived so close to the ocean in me life!<br />6. the murky pond filled with giant catfish in our back yard. maybe someday we'll feast..Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-90281309573779357802011-05-04T15:22:00.000-07:002011-05-04T15:26:11.251-07:00à la recherche du temps skypéhey dad this is zac<br />i should be skyping you guys around 6pm on mother's day your time. give or take some time. not exactly sure on the schedule. if for some reason i never skype you and you still want to get ahold of me, you could shoot an email or try calling at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. if i typed in the international codes wrong, i apologize. the actual number is xxxxxxxxxx, and you can figure out the internation codes from there., take care, have fun at work and talk to you on sunday.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />hey mom. thanks so much for the easter package. it was awesome. although.. unfortunately it didnt last me very long. i am still just as big of a candy fiend as i was when i left. but yeah, can you beliebe i'm 21? how fast time flies. thanks for the birthday wishes and money. you're the best mom.<br /><br />anyways, bintulu is pretty sweet. i love being in sarawak so much. it's pretty crazy because everyone here is iban. i guess it took a 2 month stint in west malaysia to help me appreciate the east. we've been having fun this week just trying to meet the members and get some new investigators. the area was pretty rough when i got there. they had had a good amount of success before i came, but they kind of rode the wave of success until there was nothing left, and that's kind of the point we were at on my first day. but things are looking up quite a bit after the first week. we have some good new investigators. the area is all just kampung houses, or basically old rotting wooden houses. the roads are mud and rock soup, which makes travel interesting. the area has had missionaries living close by, so it seems like there are a lot of people who are kind of closed off, but we've been finding some good new people too. i'm having so much fun. this is exactly what i loved about sarawak. i feel like at this point of my mission, my ability to communicate has never been better, so i'm having lots of fun joking around and getting to know the members and investigators. the only thing i feels sad about is only having 3 more months to be in such an awesome area. people seem to like me for the most part. one of my favorite things about ibans is how ridiculously easy it is to make them laugh.<br /><br />so for investigators, there is a dude named rabong, his wife, the wife's sister, and the wife's sister's husband. so two couples living in one house. they seem pretty good. the women's parents are baptized already, so it makes things easy. last lesson, we talked to them about their beliefs and got to know them. they seem pretty open and accepting of what we taught.<br /><br />there is another house with two more couples that have member relatives. they live pretty far, so they've had lots of excuses not to come to church, but we're working with them still. the desire seems to be there, we just need to work to build it into action and progression.<br /><br />there's also this family that we met. there's a 27 year old dude named loui. he's nice enough and seems good, but we learned last night, he is a little crazy. he told us about how he has healing powers and spirits enter his body to help people and all kinds of strange stuff. his brother is really good. wants to learn, promised to go to church, has been keeping commitments and genuinely wants to join.. but he's going back to kampung in a few weeks, to a place where the church has not gone yet. so we're going to load him up on church materials and lessons, and hope and pray the day will come when he can join the church. we're just hoping that if we get loui coming to church, we can sort out all of this "spirit" business.<br /><br />there's a recent convert, andrew, whose baptism i was here for. andrew's family has not yet taken an interest. we committed a cousin to go to church, and we're still hoping to be able to spark interest in his mom and siblings.<br /><br />on top of that, nothing much else. trying to get referrals from the members, so hopefuly that goes well. the members here are way cool. there's some in a different branch even that are making me food for my birthday. i'm excited. next week we'll be going to miri for a zone conference, so that should be way awesome. i've never served there, just visited, and i love it. maybe sometime in the future for a pday we'll be able to go to a place called niah caves. you should look it up on wikipedia. it's a cool place. hopefully i'll make it before i go home.<br /><br />so.. i believe i have skype confirmed with the senior couple here. i believe i should be able to skype you around 6pm your time on mother's day. it will be 9am my time on monday. if i calculated the time difference wrong, i apologize. i'm excited to talk to you guys. anyways, that's all i have for the week. i love it here in bintulu. so much fun. talk to you on mother's day!<br /><br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-36727241122484907512011-04-26T21:36:00.000-07:002011-04-26T21:38:44.549-07:00back to borneohey dad. thanks so much for the help, and thanks for the info. anyways, like i told mom, i have some news. i got transferred. pretty crazy, huh? i was only in johor for 2.5 months. so short. how long was your shortest area? longest? well, now i'm back in sarawak where i belong, in a city called bintulu. it's a pretty tiny place. pretty junky by most poeple's standards, but i think it's heaven. i love it here, and i love the people. we met some investigators yesterday. one is a 22 year old dude who's getting baptized this week. he's really solid. he was just bearing his testimony to his family who have been reluctant to learn. we just had some fun together. and then as we were leaving, the floor caved in a bit. woops. i guess it was our fault for bringing 4 white people. white people are pretty heavy. so we'll go back tomorrow or so to help then fix it. my companion is from the same mtc group as my last companion, so he's pretty new, but he's a cool kid. i like him a lot. i think we're going to have fun together. he seems like a hard worker, so hopefully we can get a lot accomplished in the next few months. it's crazy. in bintulu there are 5 elders from my same mtc group. it was like an mtc reunion when i got here. pretty sweet. i'm excited to be in this zone.<br /><br />also like i told mom, since i changed areas and senior couples, i'm not sure if my current senior couple has skype or what, so i'll talk to them this week and get back to you next week to see how we'll be able to communicate for mother's day. the senior couple here seem really nice, so that's another cool thing about bintulu. anyways, that's all i have for now. thanks again for all the help. talk to you next week dad.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />hey mom.<br /><br />things are going great. anyways, so on saturday, the mission president told us that all the johor elders had to come in on sunday for a meeting with the church history representatives. right after church we left. while i was in the office, i was able to get the package and card you sent. right on easter too. it was a miracle. the meeting with the church history dudes was pretty cool. there was a big fireside where everyone could ask any questions they had about church history. so the crazy part about the trip is that right before, i found out i was getting transferred. i had a night to pack, and then i left. i spent a few days hanging out in singapore with my friend, elder thomas, who was serving there. we met up with a member who is from las vegas and works in singapore. when we got to the place, i recognized him, and later found out he is the son of bishop larsen from meadows 3rd ward. pretty crazy huh? small world. anyways, he took us up to the top of the place where he works, which is really tall. we got some pics. from up there, you could see malaysia and indonesia. so that was fun. on tuesday i finally got on the plane and went to my new area, bintulu. i'm back in sarawak! i just got here yesterday, so i havent done much. but i'm way excited to be here. i'm surrounded by ibans, and i love it. the people i've met so far are awesome. it should be a fun 3 more months.<br /><br />anyways, about skype. since i just got transferred, i dont know if i'll be able to skype anymore. i'll have to talk with the senior couple, and i'll get back to you next week. in the mean time, could you please send me times when you would be available to talk to me? then next week after i figure things out, i'll be able to look at my own schedule, make a decision and let you know what is going on. it may be possible to talk over gmail as well, so i guess you can consider that too. i'll make sure with the senior couple.<br /><br />but yeah, bintulu is awesome. i feel like i'm back home, and i'm excited for the future. we are going to be busy. anyways, i gotta run. talk to you more next week mom. good luck.<br /><br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-1248101623363168392011-04-19T22:55:00.000-07:002011-04-19T22:57:05.022-07:00not much by the way of newshey mom<br /><br />thanks for sharing that story with me. it's pretty cool what can be done with faith and the priesthood. hopefully it will be able to help that family to become happier and accept the gospel.<br /><br />i'm also pretty excited to see elder bednar. this will be the second apostle we've had since i've been here. what an opportunity. also, a man in the asia area presidency came a few months ago to visit the missionaries here, elder carl pratt, and he spoke in conference. it's pretty crazy to see people you've met speaking in conference. makes me appreciate it a little more.<br /><br />so we finally got to watch conference here last week. it was good. unfortunately the turn out here was pretty small. the new members don't realize what an opportunity it is to listen to the prophet. but we had an investigating family come. it was pretty cool. amin and lisa, the one guy on the moto who contacted us. he's doing well and they still seem excited about the gospel. with amin's work, he can only come to church every other work, but he seems to be doing the best he can. we're excited for him. hopefully sometime in may he can be baptized.<br /><br />the area here is doing ok. we've still got some people who have good potential but arent really progressing, so that's a little frustrating. we've been doing some contacting lately and meeting lots of new people. it's fun. not much by the way of news. anyways, i gotta run. talk to you next week mom.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />ps, as far as i know now, i'll skype you on mother's day your time. not sure the exact time, but i'll confirm next week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-72476813222558760722011-04-14T14:57:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:00:49.399-07:00Elder Bednar is coming to Kuala Lampurhey dad<br /><br />thanks so much for helping me out with housing and the fafsa application. you are the best!<br /><br />it's good to hear that things are going well over there. family getting together and all of that. pretty jealous. how is school going? any naughty students? any plans for labor day? i cant believe how fast the summer is coming. <br /><br />so we have some pretty sweet news here. well, firstly elder bednar is coming to kuala lumpur, and my mission president has arranged for all the elders in west malaysia to go see him. he'll give a training and we'll be able to meet him and have dinner with him. that will happen 23 may, so all of us missionaries in west malaysia are pretty excited about that. can't wait.<br /><br />also, on chrsitmas, our mission president gave the elders the option of using skype to talk to their families back home, and i believe it will be available for mother's day as well. anyways, the senior couple has offered to let us use their computer to access skype to talk to you guys if that were possible for you guys. i really don't understand much about how skype works, but if you do and would like to use that to talk to me on mother's day, can. if not, the old fashioned phone call will do. <br /><br />so we just back yesterday from being in kuala lumpur for a missionary leadership training. i got to go since i am a trainer. that was pretty fun to spend the day with the mission president and some other missionaries. i also got to see that one missionary i'll be rooming with which was pretty sweet. we all had fun together, and got to go check out a little bit of kl before going back. we've been trying to get to know the members in the new area we just picked up, so that's been fun. members are the best. hopefully we'll get some referrals coming in. our chinese family that we've been working with said they will be coming to church on sunday, so we're excited. they seem pretty prepared. everyone in jb is still really busy and lots of the time work on sunday, so it's been a bit of a struggle to meet with people, but we're still going. after a meeting with the mission president you always feel more pumped to go out there and get work done, so this week should be good. i feel pretty pumped. <br /><br />we're also hoping that our iban guy can get work off this sunday for church. his boss got pretty mad at him. he also had been having money problems since his brother lost his job, but is living with them. so we had a good lesson on how the lord will provide for us as we follow the commandments. we committed him to pray. so we met with him again a few days later, and he had a pretty cool experience about how he was really stressed, he had been praying and just felt better. and then he had some ideas pop into his head and he talked about how he was able to fix his financial problem. he didnt really tell us what the problem is. when it comes to finances it seems people get pretty embarrassed to be having problems, and as a missionary i dont want to dig too deeply into it. but what was cool is the experience seemed to add to his testimony. so he seems to be doing really well. <br /><br />anyways, thanks again dad for all the help you've given me and for the support. thanks for the emails. i appreciate all you do for me. i gotta run so i'll talk to you next week. until then, take care.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />hey mom<br /><br />yeah our investigators are doing all right. still a struggle to meet people. we had some training about being more effective at following up with people, so hopefullyy this week we'll be able to follow up more effectively and be able to help our investigators progress more. the cool part about a mission is that you never stop learning. <br /><br />but yeah, its pretty cool that i'll be rooming with some elders from my mission. they're pretty cool and i'm excited. we've been friends from the mtc. haha. anyways, yeah i also think itd be pretty cool to teach at the mtc. i feel like it be a good job for while i'm in school, but i'll have to wait to see when i get back. i can't believe i'm signing up for school and all this. it like forces me to think about going home, but i dont want to think about it. time is going by way too fast. i'll be really sad to leave malaysia. it's so far, i dont know when i'll be able to come back. sad. but i just gotta enjoy the time i have here. johor bahru is a lot different from sarawak, but i've been enjoying it. we've got some really cool memebers and ive been making some good friends. i love spending time with these people. i wrote most of my news i nthe letter to dad, so hopefully you can get most of it from there. <br /><br />sorry it's so short. that's for emailing and thanks for thinking about me. i love you mom. talk to you next week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-21829097482443303032011-04-06T15:19:00.000-07:002011-04-06T15:20:10.201-07:00so our area just doubled in sizehey mom.<br /><br />sorry i dont have much time. i have been way busy trying to get things figured out about school. it gives me a headache, but hopefully this fall i'll be attending byu.<br /><br />anyways, since we are so far away and in such a different time zone, we wont be watching conference for at least another two weeks.<br /><br />things here have been going pretty crazy. when i got transferred to johor, my comp and i were the third companionship. we were put there in anticipation of a branch split. the split is looking more distant, and so a companionship is being taken out of johor. my comp and i are staying in johor, but we're taking the area of the elders who are leaving. so our area just doubled in size and we are inheriting their investigators. it's pretty crazy, and i hope everything goes well. we'll continue to work hard.<br /><br />we're still struggling with getting our people to progress even more. everyone that we had is doing about the same as last week. we'll meet amin and lisa tomorrow in hopes that we'll be able to get things worked out with his work schedule and get him to church regularly. our chinese family is doing well, and we've recently been picking up some chinese investigators here and there, which is cool. besides that, not much is going on in the area so far. next week i'll be going to kuala lumpur for some training. that should be pretty fun.<br /><br />anyways, that's all for me. hope you have a good week mom. talk to you next week.<br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-32612031794358638512011-03-29T21:44:00.000-07:002011-03-29T21:45:06.575-07:00so it seems like this family is really preparedhey dad.<br /><br />well thanks for the advice. i'm sure things will all work out.<br /><br />so anything good happen this week? any news? my week has been pretty good so far. we met with amin's brother. he hasn't really been christian before, and he doesn't know anything about christianity. so we were teaching him about god and jesus christ and helping him to understand why it is important to believe in them. he seems pretty good, especially since amin is such good support for him. so we're really hopeful that all of them will be at chruch this sunday. as we were about to leave after our appointment, amin's brother said he still doesnt understand much about christianity, but he asked us to come over more frequently because he feels frequent visits will help him to understand. after so many people dropping us lately, it is really nice to hear.<br /><br />we also had some pretty cool contacting experiences. we were waiting for the bus for like an hour. part way through the wait, a lady came and sat down next to me with her kids. she had three kids that she was watching all on her own, and lots of groceries. i heard her speaking iban to her kids, so i started talking to her. she was going to the same place we were heading to, so we helped her with her groceries and kids on the bus, and also helped her to get to her house. so was really grateful, and invited us back. hopefully we'll be able to meet her and her husband tonight.<br /><br />right after we met that lady, we went to go to an appointment, but we accidentally waited in the wrong spot for like 40 mintutes. while we were waiting, this chinese guy came out and started to talk with us a little bit. he said he wasn't christian yet, but his wife was. we had a pretty good conversation and set up an appointment with him. we met him yesterday, and his family is awesome. what we didnt know the first day, is that this family didn't like the church they were currently attending because they had people speaking in tongues, and it made them feel uncomfortable. the wife said she had been looking for the true chruch for a while. so we taught them about baptism and the apostasy. the lady seemed to really accept the message. she said she was glad that we came to answer her question. so hopefully later this week we'll be able to meet them again. they seemed pretty excited to try church as well. hopefully they come and have a good experience. so after the lesson, they fed us and then gave us a ride home as well. right before we got out of the car, they told us they had seen last week on our bicycles, and the wife said she felt like we were messagers from god. so it seems like this family is really prepared to hear the gospel. the branch leadership is all chinese, so i think they'll be excited that we found a chinese family. we'll see how it goes next week.<br /><br />anyways, i can't really think of anything else that happened. things are going well, and we're excited for our area. also, i don't know if i told you, but my release date from the mission is july 27th. anyways, gotta run. talk to you guys later. have a good week.<br /><br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-57366014696650558442011-03-22T21:46:00.001-07:002011-03-23T15:46:44.095-07:00we have been working extra hardlife as a missionary is going really well. i'm having a lot of fun. my companion and i have been struggling a little bit lately, so we have been working extra hard, and have been contacting a lot. the other day was so hot and for the first time in quite a while i got sunburned. it's funny being a white person in an asian country that so rarely has white people come. i sometimes forget how strange i must look to people here. but on that hot day, my comp and i were taking a brake sitting under some shade and we had quite a few people stop to see if we needed help. they thought we were lost. so we explained what we were doing, got a few phone numbers. hopefully something will come out of it.<br /> <br />i feel like i've been learning lots of good lessons out here as well. to get things done you just gotta get out and get to work. also, i've been learning even more to rely on the lord. we've had a pretty tough month, so we decided to fast a few times to help our area. no huge miracles occurred, but i definitely feel that the people who are suddenly progressing we found and helped through our fasting.<br /> <br />i don't really have much else to write, so i guess i'll just go. have a good day dad. hope everything is going well with school and at home. talk to you next week.<br />love, zac<br /><br />hey mom.<br /> <br />well, i guess it's ok that you dont have much going on over in las vegas. i also don't have much going on. but we had a prety good week this wek, and we're hoping for an even better week this upcoming week.<br /> <br />so we've spent the last month knocking doors and trying to find people without much success. anyways, we recently fasted this last week, and some things started happening in our area, which is pretty sweet. we invited some people to be baptized, and they committed to a date for next month. one is a random chinese dude we contacted into on the street. we were walking kind of aimlessly. i always try to give my trainee an opportunity to lead the companionship so he was walking and i was following. we passed this dude. as soon as he saw us, he said he didn't need to talk to us, because he was already christian. well, this area has tons of muslims, which we can't teach, so we're always excited to run into people who are already christian. so we talked with him for a bit and gave him a pamphlet. the next day, he texted us and asked what the book of mormon was and if we coud give him one. so we did, and he came to church. he seems pretty excited to be baptized, because he never has before. and while we walk with him to go places, he always asks if people are christians, and if they want us to teach them. so he seems genuinely excited. he has some quirks, but over all a nice guy. i may hvae already talked about this guy. his name is mark.<br /> <br />also, like 3 weeks ago we were knocking a flat with no success. on our way out of the flat, we saw this dude on a motorcycle. he came up and talked to us. he asked if we were christian. we said we were, and then he said he also was and wanted us to teach him. so we had an awesoem first lesson with him, and then 3 weeks went by and we couldn't get into contact with him. we called ad no one would answer and eventually his wife answered seemed really angry and hung up on us. i thought that was the end of that. but one nght the other day, all our appointments fell through and we had nothing to do. so we had the idea to try this guy again. his name is amin, by the way. he happened to be home and he let us in. we had an awesome lesson with him and he promised to come to church. then last sunday, he actually came, and he really enjoyed it. he seems really excited. so although we don't have many people that we are teaching, we've got some people that seem really good. amin and his wife also really seem to want to be baptized. they really liked the idea of being able to help their ancestors accept the gospel through temple work. <br /> <br />as always, we've got plenty of other people we're trying to teach, but we're not sure how it's going to go. lots of busy people in johor can't meet regularly.<br /> <br />but just last night we had a talent show for the branch, which was pretty fun. some people in the ward sang and played instruments and various things. we missionaries also sang. we took an indonesian song and we rewrote the words from the prospective of a missionary trying to teach people. it was pretty fun and i think the people from the branch enjoyed it. we did pretty poorly and probably would have been laughed at pretty bad in america, but luckily we're in malaysia and people thought it was good. it's good to see the branch come together and try to get to know the people a little more.<br /> <br />anyways, besides that, nothing. just kicking along still. having fun. take care mom and talk to you next week.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-61635288116322063122011-03-16T15:09:00.001-07:002011-03-16T15:09:28.821-07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!hey mom.<br />sorry i forgot to wish you happy birthday last week mom. i'm a horrible son. but happy birthday. you're the best.<br /> <br />but yeah i heard about the crazy earthquake in japan. lots of people here are talking about it, and it's all over the newspapers. nothing happened here though. malaysia is nice and safe from natural disasters. yay malaysia. so about the pics, right after i sent that email one of the elders in my district let me borrow ihs card reader, so i was able to send the pics. the fish were cleaning our feet. it tickled like crazy. i couldn't stop laughing for like 5 minutes. it was pretty fun. kl was cool, but i'm glad to be back here in johor. life is normal again. we've been getting lots of rain lately. we've been struggling a lot with our investigators. the one family we had that was doing well is currently missing and out of contact, so that is a tough situation. hopefully we'll be able to get ahold on that situation sometime. we found this new guy named mark. he's chinese and he seems pretty good so far. he came to church and seemed to like it. we walked with him to a park one day to teach him and he kept talking to people to see if they wanted to learn from us, or if they wanted to go to our church. it was pretty weird but cool at the same time. the guy definitely has some big quirks. i'm not sure what to think of him completely, but i'm sure we'll be able to help his life improve. all of the other people we've been teaching have eaither dropped us or have been difficult to meet so we haven't met them for a second time. it's been a tough week.<br /> <br />actually, do you remember when i told you about that dude on his moto that asked us if we were christian and if we would teach him? well we finally taught him again. it seemed really good too. he kept saying he wanted to learn more about joseph smith and he wanted to know if it was true. he promised to come to church, so we'll see on sunday. we're pretty excited for him, but i've been disappointed enough times already that i'm really trying not to get my hopes up. elder browne is doing really well. we're having fun together. things will get better. hopefully i'll have a better email next week. hope you have a good week too mom. gotta go. love you.<br /> <br />love zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-20393111654429082962011-03-08T21:45:00.001-08:002011-03-08T21:48:08.352-08:00some pix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvfVEYh0u-J-8M8bDOGI6h4kIFbrUJi0vRh0ZUtqhSd2xvP22ZqQqo7QfVb8kPzzbwHZIJQUiChq9j3syFNeyBb_yYgw8TQXg-CaB3BeXrnyiAJQ9Dj4I1UHmdnJFk2QJKWdWIUalwpk/s1600/kltag.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvfVEYh0u-J-8M8bDOGI6h4kIFbrUJi0vRh0ZUtqhSd2xvP22ZqQqo7QfVb8kPzzbwHZIJQUiChq9j3syFNeyBb_yYgw8TQXg-CaB3BeXrnyiAJQ9Dj4I1UHmdnJFk2QJKWdWIUalwpk/s320/kltag.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581952593988880242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNuFR0U9V3ssDduAd2CY4Rt8AQunBFXf3Zn28AUC4aSd9NQ6195_2KdoIpz0TbnjwKs1KI1gvXTgo1GUzXkDZHpJ28iw-Y_NHmvpj_aI0r33EsGd6mB1LU-SQDtis13zgje4Dtu-y9b4/s1600/fishies.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNuFR0U9V3ssDduAd2CY4Rt8AQunBFXf3Zn28AUC4aSd9NQ6195_2KdoIpz0TbnjwKs1KI1gvXTgo1GUzXkDZHpJ28iw-Y_NHmvpj_aI0r33EsGd6mB1LU-SQDtis13zgje4Dtu-y9b4/s320/fishies.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581952592613493090" /></a><br />hey mom..<br /><br />well not too much going on over here. we didnt actually get to go to singapore for stake conference. we missionaries just stayed in johor while the members went. i'm not exactly sure why, but we weren't given permission to go. but, we just had zone conference in kuala lumpur, so that's where i am right now. i got some pictures of the huge towers. we got to go kind of explore the city and see the shops. didn't have time to see too many places but we still had fun. unfortunately since we're still here in kl, i dont have my camera cord. i know pictures seem like empty promises, but hopefully i'll get some to you next week. yesterday we had an all day training. we were at the church building for like 14 hours. so that was kind of grueling. that's all we've done this week. last week leading up to conference like all our appointments fell through, so we're not sure what things are gonna be like when we get back to johor. we're going to work hard, and hopefully we'll have success.<br /><br />i guess that's about all i got for now. anyways, i love you and i'll talk to you next week.<br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-29411418683809757342011-03-01T21:55:00.000-08:002011-03-01T22:00:22.371-08:00up to date on my mission so farhey mom<br /><br />you asked if i was liking my new area better. did it seem like i dislike my area? sorry if i made it sound like that. i am having a lot of fun here in johor. i really like it. the work has been tough, but i am still having a good time. this last week was a little rough too, just because we went finding a lot, got lots of return appointments, and then when we went back, the people were'nt there or they didnt want. people in johor work all day and have almost no time to meet with us. so those are a few of our challenges. but we do have some good people that we are meeting with.<br /><br />we contacted into a family of indian people (dot, not feather). it was the first time of my whole mission i've ever taught indian people. in sarawak, there are hardly any. but here, there are quite a few. anyways, most are hindu and just reject us at the door, but we found some that are already christian. they seem pretty good, although they have some interesting religious beliefs. we knocked into them once and they let us in right away and cooked us some food. then they invited us back after a pretty good lesson with them, and said they were going to cook some more food! we're going to see them again tonight, so hopefully all goes well with them. we're really hopeful. they are all really nice.<br /><br />we didnt get a chance to meet that guy on a motorcycle again, because he is super busy. he works in singapore and commutes every day. anyways, we should see him again tomorrow. he called us and made the appointment, so he seems genuinely interested in meeting with us again. we're excited to meet with him.<br /><br /> but unfortunately, our branch is considered part of the singapore stake. stake conference is this sunday and will be held in singapore. no church meeting will be held here in johor bahru. most of the members and none of our investigators have passports even, so it looks like the attendance from johor will be minimal. it's pretty tough to go into a week knowing none of the people will be making it to church, but we have a few people committed for next week!<br /><br />we're also teaching a catholic man named joanas and his family. he's really good. asks lots of good questions and seems to understand well. we met him just yesterday and had a good lesson that seemed to help him get over his concerns. he felt like if he went to our church even once, that would mean he had to throw his old church away and he wasnt prepared to do that. so we told him that we wanted him to come to church in order to make his decision and receive revelation from the spirit. so for the first time he gave a solid comitment to come to church (next week, of course)<br /><br />that was pretty much what happened last week. still working hard and trying to find new people. but just last night we had an awesome experience. well, a few days ago we were kncking a flat. we passed a door that looked like no one was home. i was being kind of lazy and didnt knock on the door. but i felt like i really should knock anyway, even though it looked like no one was home. i looked and saw my comp was walking way down the hall and i just left to see what my comp was doing. after about 5 minutes, we were talking to some other guy in the same hall. i looked over and saw a lady walk out of the door i felt i should knock 5 minutes early. i felt pretty bad about not having knocked it. but i know the lord provides. because yesterday, we had plans through the whole night. somehow, the plans got moved to the next night because the people we wanted to see were busy. so we were left with our back up plans, which all fell through as well. i thought of that one door i shouldve knocked, and we went back. the husband had just come back from work, so the whole family was home. they invited us in and we had a lesson. they also happened to be iban, which was really awesome since i spent all my mission working with ibans.<br /><br />so we taught the man a little bit about joseph smith. he seemed to be excited that he could understand us and what we taught him made sense. i guess some jehova's witnesses had come and tried to teach him, and what they said made no sense to him. also, he made a comment about home he wanted to go to church, but couldnt. i asked him about what that meant, and he didnt answer, just kept trying to change the subject. it sounded like to me tho that for some reason the church he used to go to doesnt want him to come or something like that. anyways, he said he was looking for a church that was "good" to take his family to. so that was really exciting for us to hear. they invited us back for saturday, and we'll let you know how it pans out next week.<br /><br />anyways, that's all i have for this week. oh yeah, also, i got accepted into byu. so that's pretty cool. but i'm glad to hear everything is going well at home. tel jake congrats for me. i love you and we'll talk next week.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />hey dad.<br /><br />it's zac. thanks for sending me an email. i'm sorry i haven't had pictures for a long time. i just found out that the computers i'm on can send pictures, but i forgot my camera cord, so i promise i'll send some next week. that should get you up to date on my mission so far. anyways, i sent all my experiences for the week to mom, so i'll just copy what i wrote to her here for your benefit. i'm not neglecting you, i just happened to open her letter and reply first.<br /><br />[long and interesting description of weeks events edited because they were posted ^]<br />zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-91007887178343313152011-02-22T22:01:00.000-08:002011-02-22T22:03:34.569-08:00but just believe me it was hilarioushey dad.<br /><br />well, i really dont have anything to say. not much happened this week. lots of contacting trying to get new people. lots of people who dont want to listen. some who do, but not really anyone progressing yet. that'll come in the next few weeks tho, so dont worry.<br /><br />one cool experience i wrote in mom's letter as well, but i'll include it here as well<br /><br />we had a cool experience the other day. we were knocking doors in some flats and we found two blocks that were entirely muslim. so we couldn't teach anyone. it's kind of tough to just go and not even be able to talk to the people. but as we were leaving those flats, we encountered a man on a motorcycle. he asked us if we were christian teachers. we said we were. he said he also was christian, and that he wanted us to teach him more. so he brought us to his house and we had a lesson. and we will go back tomorrow, so i'm pretty excited for them. not often when we get contacted by people. but i guess the spirit just whispered something to him, because he said he saw us and had a feeling like he really wanted to talk to us.<br /><br />so that was pretty much my spiritual "highlight" for the week.<br /><br />my non-spiritual highlight.. well, there's durian in johor! i havent had durian in over a year. my trainee wanted to try some. so we got a durian and brought it back. i've got some good pics of myself with the durian. unfortunately i took a video instead of pictures when my trainee was eating it, so i can't send you any good ones of his face. but just believe me it was hilarious. needless to say, he didnt like it. it's crazy tho. the more i eat it, the more i seem to like it. we had it two days in a row, and i'm thinking about buying another one next week. it's just something i'm never gonna get back in america, so i gotta take advantage of it now, you know?<br /><br />anyways, hopefully next week we'll have more progressing people, and then i'll have more excitement to tell you about them. thanks for the letter. take care dad.<br /><br />love, zac<br /><br />hey mom.<br /><br />it's ok about not sending me a letter. i also have to apologize. the computers here are hidden so as of yet i still can't send any more pictures.<br /><br />things here have been going pretty well. we've been getting lots of new investigators. work is tougher in johor tho. lots of muslims. not too many christians. and even lots of people that say we can come back tend to just avoid us afterwards. but even so, we have been meeting some good new people.<br /><br />we had a cool experience the other day. we were knocking doors in some flats and we found two blocks that were entirely muslim. so we couldn't teach anyone. it's kind of tough to just go and not even be able to talk to the people. but as we were leaving those flats, we encountered a man on a motorcycle. he asked us if we were christian teachers. we said we were. he said he also was christian, and that he wanted us to teach him more. so he brought us to his house and we had a lesson. and we will go back tomorrow, so i'm pretty excited for them. not often when we get contacted by people. but i guess the spirit just whispered something to him, because he said he saw us and had a feeling like he really wanted to talk to us.<br /><br />also, at church on sunday, we had a good family come. wong and his wife ana. the wife is still really shy. when she is with her friends she acts like she doesn't know us. but the husband is really good and has friends in the church. they've been to church twice so far. hopefully some time in march they will get baptized.<br /><br />my new companion is good. he's pretty awesome actually. i feel bad for him. every day i just realize how horrible of a trainer i am. sometimes it's easier to take most of the lesson instead of watching him struggle through his parts. but i need to help him learn. it's a tough predicament. but he's a sharp kid and has a good attitude about things. he's coming along in the language already, which is good.<br /><br />but about the bus, we are actually mostly on our bicycles. we only ride the bus out to the area where our bicycles are kept, and then we ride around our area on bikes. so we still get exercise. we've been talking to lots of people lately, so things are good that way, but still don't have too much to talk about. maybe when we have some people who are progressing a little more, i'll talk about them.<br /><br />thanks for the pics mom. talk to you next week.<br /><br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704365364124401246.post-52873077846842854572011-02-15T21:39:00.000-08:002011-02-15T21:40:26.710-08:00i picked up my trainee, elder browne.hey dad. it's elder hill here.<br /><br />things are going pretty good. well, i finally left singapore and am back in malaysia, which is a good thing. i picked up my trainee, elder browne. he's a pretty cool kid from utah. he's smart too, so it looks like things won't be too tough. it has been kind of rough so far just because neither of us had been to johor before, so it was basically a "white-wash." but the president just wanted to add another companionship, and we were the lucky ones to come here. on monday we went out by ourselves and got lost a little bit. we ride lots of buses around here. one thing i think is crazy is how huge johor is. our area is kind of far away, so we ride a bus for like 20 minutes to a place where we keep our bicycles, and then we ride from there. we don't have anyone to teach really so far since we just got here, and the past few days that we've been here we've just been contacting. it's been fun, but hopefully in the future we'll have more success. i am actually really enjoying johor. it's a pretty cool city, and the members are pretty cool too. i am really excited to work here and am loving every minute so far. plus, i am in a six elder house which is way fun, one of the elders being elder lang, a former companion of mine when i was in sibu jaya. so it's been pretty fun.<br /><br />anyways, thanks for sending me that letter from elder mabeza. i would love to go meet them, but being in johor bahru, i'm pretty far away from them. if they were ever in johor, i would love to talk to them. or,... we have zone conference in KL, so maybe we could work something out while i am there to see them. i've not yet been to KL before, so i don't know much about getting around, but maybe when i find out when zone conference is we can work something out. that would be so awesome. please thank elder mabeza for the letter. i hope to be able to meet him some day. how long has he been in the ward already? how long has he been a missionary?<br /><br />well, since i'm still so new to johor, i dont really know what else to say. i'll have more to write next week hopefully. thanks for the letters dad. i'm glad you're getting over your cold. feel better.<br /><br />love, zacUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0