kia haal hay

I have a new love for everything Pakistani.  The food is incredible, the people have hearts of gold...did I mention the food is amazing?? I got to visit a member in KL with Sister Jensen last week who is from Pakistan.  It was so nice.  Mom, Dad, we have an invitation to his house when we come back to Malaysia in a few years.  He insisted.  He taught us some Urdu and the guards at our building are from Pakistan, so we've been having a grand old time trying it out on them.  I think it means so much to people when you make an effort to learn their language.  

It's been a long week, lots of bus rides to and from KL last week (with cockroaches on the bus...) and to and from Ipoh yesterday for a zone meeting.  I think I'm done with buses now, thank you.  KL was so great.  It was so good to see Jensen.  I'm so proud of her and the work she's doing there!  It was really inspiring for me and helped me get some fire back, once again.  I think we take turns boosting each other up when we need it.  And zone conference was incredible.  It was tailor-made for me.  Ahh so emotional though, the AP's and President and Sister Clark all gave their "dying testimonies," because this is their last zone conference before they go home next month.  

Here's some other highlights from the past week:

My recent convert, D, gave her testimony in church for the first time on Sunday.  I couldn't believe what I was hearing as she stood up there and encouraged the members in the branch to believe in God and know that He loves them.  Absolute fulfillment right there. I couldn't have had more joy.  Then after church we went to visit J (other recent convert) at her house with some members.  She's almost done with Ether now!!  We both gushed over the story of the brother of Jared and it just completely filled me with light to know that she loves the scriptures and she understands them and applies them to her life.  It's a missionary's dream come true :)

We met with P once we got back from KL and she's still doing well. She said she had shared some of the things we had taught her with her family and they were so happy to hear about it, so we're going to visit them all on Saturday morning!!  This could be the family I've been praying for for seven months.  I'm so excited.

Oh and finally....my Mandarin name tag is on its way!!!!  Meet the first, non-native-Mandarin-speaking-sister in the Singapore Mission! Ever I think.  Anyway, President approved it, so it's done.  I'm still a Malay sister, but now I get a special name tag so the Chinese can notice my name tag and speak to me :)  It's coming along ok I think.  Dax better be there when I call on Mother's Day so I can show off.

I think that's about it.  Sorry, things are getting boring around here it seems.  But it's still good I think.  I'm still happy.  I hope you're all well.  I love you.

Sister Norton

HFI 

Penang.

 The tall building in the background on the right hand side

is where the Butterworth Branch is located.

 Sister Song and Sister Norton with Darla, who is in Mikelle's

grandparents stake in St. George, Utah.

(... such a small world!)

 A glimpse of Sister Norton's world ... downtown Penang,

 ... and more of downtown Penang.