is the ground moving?

another earthquake?  nope, just a delirious companion.

it's been a crazy week.  now i understand why they don't tell you transfer news until just a few days before you're moved.  rewind real quick to last week....i knew there was a transfer coming up this week, but it was just an elder transfer so none of the sisters expected anything.  i felt like i was going to be moved though.  i told sister song about it and told her i thought i'd be going to kuching to join sister lor and sister parker and that sister wilson would be coming to be with her in penang.  friday night, we get a call from our district leader and it wasn't even a surprise.  exactly as i had predicted.  freaky.  so i was all stressed friday night thinking about leaving (turns out i really love penang and the people here), then the next morning the ap's called to tell me i wouldn't be leaving on tuesday as is the norm, but i would leave on friday so sister wilson could stay in singapore long enough for zone conference.  it's been twilight zone all week knowing i'm leaving but not leaving yet...i wish i wouldn't have known a week before i'm actually leaving.  torture.  but it's given me a lot of time to spend saying goodbye to members and recent converts and investigators.  we've had to eat unreal amounts of food this week.  unreal i tell you.  i think they maybe liked me here.

it was so good to talk to you, family!  sorry the microphone wouldn't work and it was a crappy camera.  but i'll see you soon anyway.

i'll just tell a story real quick and then i need to hurry off to run some more errands.  i think maybe i told you all a week or so ago about L, the guy we met in the elevator who was so interested in hearing our message.  we finally met with him last thursday night.  we had dinner and the conversation started out nice and hopeful with him talking about all these grand life and religious questions he has.  then he started talking about all the things he knew about mormons, turned and attacked us and our "naive faith," then went on to counsel us, because "he too used to be young and confused like us."  goodness it was a long hour of a lack of faith.  i was crushed when i got home that night.  i mean crushed.  i don't know why, i just felt so sad for him.  but i went to bed thinking about how grateful i am for eyes that see the light when it's right in front of me.  i was grateful for yet another opportunity to stand up for what i believe in, testify of it, and feel the calm assurance that it is true as the words are still coming out of my mouth.  it reminded me of president monson's talk from last fall, "dare to stand alone."  i know this is the right path.

i am excited to send you some updates from kuching next week!  i'll try to get some good pictures for you all.  i love you and hope you have a good week!

sayang,

sister norton
hfi 

 jenny and her kitab that she just finished reading!

 me and shobina, meethra & treesha,

daughters of our newest family on date to be baptized in penang!

me and iswari with her girls, hillary & danielle. 

wonderful members who are excited to meet my family

and make sedap curry when we come back! 

me and ming sin (ms) who will be baptized on the 26th!