but just believe me it was hilarious

hey dad.

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.

one cool experience i wrote in mom's letter as well, but i'll include it here as well

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.

so that was pretty much my spiritual "highlight" for the week.

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?

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.

love, zac

hey mom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

thanks for the pics mom. talk to you next week.

love, zac