parrish, you're 6'3"...get it over the net!

We were working on zone unity today, so we all went to west coast and had a zipline relay and played volleyball....obviously it brought us really close together, no competition there :)

Sister Howard and I are the lucky new recipients of a second ward (and area) here in Singapore, the Toa Payoh ward! So, just as we thought things were picking up and getting pretty busy with just one area, we get a new one (in addition to the expat ward). I don't think we'll be trying too hard to fill our time anymore. I'm so excited to be able to work with a local ward too. It's going to be awesome.

The bad news first: NG still won't answer SMS or calls :( All we can do is wait and pray that she'll come back now. The other bad news, we have to stop teaching N pretty soon. It's so hard because he just keeps trying to turn it into a religion bash and proving that his church is right. That's not what we're there to do. There's no point to our meetings if we can't have the Spirit there with us and trying to prove truth is never going to do that.

The good news: We met with all of our investigators from China last week! The Chinese is not coming along so great on my part...I do have a goal to be able to pray in Mandarin by the end of the week though. Good thing they can tahan in English for the most part.

The big lesson I learned this week: Prayer. We always pray before we leave the apartment, but we've gotten lazy at praying during the day before appointments and contacting. We were at Harbour Front the other night and decided to say a prayer before we tried talking to people. It was crazy, everyone was listening to us after that. People would just have us sit down and tell their whole past history with God and really just open up. We picked up a new investigator from it even, she met with us the very next day. It was just such an apparent tender mercy and pointing us in the right direction, like, "Of course you're supposed to be praying! Keep that up." I always prefer learning by incentive. Just another great reminder that God is in this work with His missionaries. It's His work.

Y and I are still facing a lot of opposition. It's so amazing to meet with them and know without a doubt that we had nothing to do with them coming to learn about the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That's exactly how it should be. The Spirit should always be the one teaching. I know you're both on the right track, just be patient. Terus berdoa, terus membaca firman Tuhan yang ditulis untuk membantu kamu. And check this out http://lds.org/general-conference/2003/04/the-sustaining-power-of-faith-in-times-of-uncertainty-and-testing?lang=eng&query=tribulation+patience

Sorry it's a short one today. We still have to make it to Malaysia before pday ends. Hopefully we'll have lots more to tell about our new area next week! I love you all so much and hope you're doing well! Thank you for the letter and pictures of Jenna's final show, Wendy! I loved it! I'll write back soon.

Dengan kasih,

Sister Norton

HFI