tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59113851905526242912024-03-12T22:08:06.854-07:00here's my heartMikellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123041661184005393noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-23377964958869031952013-12-31T06:20:00.002-08:002013-12-31T06:20:27.390-08:00my other blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
thanks to everyone who followed this blog while i was serving a mission. i'm still writing at mikelledionne.blogspot.com.</div>
Mikellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123041661184005393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-40260244231705892672012-09-24T15:29:00.001-07:002012-09-24T15:29:18.896-07:00find me here...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
hi everyone. it's been a while. i'm still alive, although i wasn't too sure about it for a few weeks there. i'm back writing on my <a href="http://mikelledionne.blogspot.com/">other blog</a> now. it's things of much less importance, but i'm trying to make it the same. that's the biggest challenge i'm finding right now. when i left malaysia, i was like this ----------- and then it was like this____________and now it's more like this..............(see what i did there? it's a little bit higher). but the outlook is on the up. i'm finding things to make everything feel right again. trying to not be a stranger in my own life.</div>
Mikellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01123041661184005393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-48507764474951622182012-08-01T11:21:00.000-07:002012-08-01T11:22:34.673-07:00tamat lah<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surprise! I just couldn't miss
writing about this awesome week we've had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We’re in Bintulu now and there's
nothing else to do in this town for pday, so email it is! I think I’m
kind of in a twilight zone right now. It all started setting in on Monday.
I cried a lot. I think the part that's killing me is just leaving our
investigators and the members here. I’m so scared I’ll never see some of
them again. On Monday we were teaching the plan of salvation to Acha's
family, the part that's not yet baptized and I just started crying when we were
talking about the spirit world. They weren't sure if relationships from
this life would be remembered in the next, like we wouldn't recognize each
other. I bawled like a baby as I told them that's the one thing that's
bringing me comfort when I think about the possibility of never seeing them
again, I know that we will meet again after this life and that we'll still be
brothers and sisters. I mean it too. I trust in that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw the last baptism of my mission
last Friday. Jong, Shoony, and Josie were baptized that night and it was
flawless. But first, contrast it to the baptism the night before to see
just how smooth it ran. Thursday night was Chris, Amanda, Shalinna, and Kapi's
baptism. We got the water heater going two hours before, right on time,
then started filling the font on time...but the stupid part was we left to
early to notice that the electric plug or whatever you call it wasn't
closing. So the font wasn't filled. And it wouldn't fill because
the water just kept going down the drain that wouldn't close. So we got
crafty and made our own plug out of plastic and a rock. Success. Then
the problem was no one was on time. But I guess that worked well with the
whole empty font situation. The baptism had to be pushed back about 45
minutes, and we were fretting the whole time, watching the water level slowly
rise. It doesn't sound to stressful I guess, but it was. So Friday
night we were smart early on and got the plastic stopper in on time. The
font was full on time. The baptismal candidates were on time. They
bore beautiful and doctrinally sound testimonies. The spirit was strong
lah. It was the perfect baptism to end on for sure. Plus, that day I
was buying an apom for dinner from a street cart we always pass. The lady
that sells them has been contacted by countless missionaries and is usually
pretty cold towards us. This day <i>she </i>started talking to us. She
told us that she's friends with sister Acha, and she wants to come to
church. What?! So we're going to visit her next week…or I guess
Sister Parker and her new companion will. I keep forgetting that I won't
be at the appointments we’re scheduling now. Weird.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday was one of those days where
the Lord just takes apart your plans and puts them back together the way He
wants them. We went for an appointment with Emma and she wasn't home, but
her housemate was and we ended up talking to her for a while and got her as a
new investigator. That opened up a big chunk in our schedule because we
were in the outer limit of our area, so it seemed out of the way and our next appointment
was going to be close by, but we felt like we should go back to Tabuan Dayak,
the area near the church where we are basically every day. We got to the
church and didn't really know what we were doing, so we started going around to
confirm some appointments for later in the evening. On the way, we
remembered Endaya and Nika, two less-active members we met almost two weeks
ago, and went over to see them. Only Endaya was home but she invited us
in and while talking we found out that only her husband was a member, she
hasn't been baptized yet, even though she wanted to a few years ago before they
moved back to their village. So we invited her to start learning again
and to be baptized and she said yes! It was awesome, she was so excited!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we went to our appointment with
Suzilin. We were nervous that she doesn't understand the need to be
baptized again, but before we could even teach restoration again, she told us
she needs to be baptized the right way and put herself on date! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-82116233211913537952012-07-24T21:28:00.000-07:002012-07-24T21:28:15.605-07:00it's official<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... almost. This will be her last email to us. She has zone conference next week and the following Tuesday ... well, we've received her flight itinerary and in exactly two weeks we will be standing at the bottom of "that" elevator at the Salt Lake airport! I get so excited ... I get all teary eyed. Really. What an incredible experience it has been for Mikelle. Lots and lots of good stuff ... really good stuff! Heck, great stuff! Incredible stuff! And I can't wait to hear all about it! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Which brings to mind, Mikelle's sacrament meeting report will be at our ward, the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forest Bend Ward, at 7784 South 2000 East (Highland Drive), on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sunday, August 12th at 9:00 a.m.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come early to get a good seat :) And please stop by our home for some chit chat and a bite to eat afterwards (7674 S Caballero Drive) ... she'll be so excited to see you! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And can I just say one thing about my incredible husband for just a minute here please? During both Dax and Mikelle's missions he has sent them the most incredible letters and weekly emails. Seriously. I think my husband should write a book of letters for parents who would like a little help in that area. He always seems to say just the right thing or share just the perfect experience or scripture that they needed to hear at that particular time while serving the Lord ... to lift them up and keep them going. Everyone of them (well, ok, almost every one of them) has been just what they needed at that time. I am so grateful for such a wonderfully inspired husband who has always honored his priesthood and been an incredible example to our children and to me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will share with you the ending to all of his letters and emails because I think it is so sweet and perfect ~ </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">"<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Remember to report for work every morning on your knees and ask Heavenly Father what He would have you do. Then listen real close and the miracles will start!" </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> -- </span></span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for your prayers for all of our incredible missionaries out there serving the Lord around the world. </span></div>
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</div>Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-35025550367469595632012-07-24T20:08:00.001-07:002012-07-24T20:08:33.622-07:00bye bye cinta<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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you get from Malaysia. Next week we have no pday because it's zone
conference and then my next pday after that will be in the land of endless
pdays....I’m tripping out just a little bit, yes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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didn't say it last week, but HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY, MOMMY AND DADDY!! I
promise I didn't forget it, I just didn't process that when I emailed about it
this week, it would already be too late. One week at a time is how my
brain is working these days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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right now, of course just in time for me to leave it soon. Chris, Amanda,
Shalinna, and Kapi are getting baptized on Thursday night and then Jong, Shoony,
and Josie on Friday night. Jong put her friend on date to be baptized for
us basically. Acha's husband has also started learning with everyone else
at the house and asked to be baptized with the next batch on 1 September.
Richmond cut his hair to a decent length. All the seminary and
institute aged ones came to class this past week. Kapeli just got married
and his new wife who doesn't have a religion yet wants to begin following
Christ and be baptized with him and the rest of the family. Josie's fiancé
is also coming to church and wants to be baptized with the group on 1 September.
Chris helped us teach his cousins, dang the kid needs to go on a
mission!! Pretty much things just couldn't be any better.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Society last weekend and they were talking about which kinds of rice were
healthiest; I caught myself practically taking notes then realized I’m going
back to a life where I don't really eat rice....that threw me for a loop. </span> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">The elders keep asking me how
"dead" I am and remarking at how surprised they are that I seem to be
very much alive still. Of course lah, I’m not wasting my time at the end
of the best year and a half of my life. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">I’m trying to tie-up loose ends and
figure out what it is that I’ve really learned here, that's a goal I made at
the beginning of the mission, learn something from every companion, every area. Here, it's been a lesson about how good for us our struggles are meant to
be. I’ve always known that blessings come from God, but I’m learning more
that trials do too. They're hand-picked for us, pretty much like a personal
trainer handing you a 20lb weight once the 10lb isn't enough anymore. I’ve
learned a lot from Nephi who probably had a little bit of whining cross his
mind while his brothers were moaning, but had the self-control to keep it in
and show his faith. I’ve been moaning and trying to bide my time, get
through the hard stuff, but missing my lesson. I like how Brigham Young
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">I hope to do that always. Not
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get home! I love you so much and am so grateful for the support you've
given me over the past year and a half. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Malaysian kids have such attitude.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Not a full week since last Wednesday,
but a good week! We switched pday to today so we could go to the Sarawak
Cultural Village with a visiting senior couple from Hong Kong. It was way
cool. There were traditional houses for all the different tribes that you
could walk through, and then a show showcasing all their native dances and all
that. I felt pretty cool knowing which dance belonged to who because I’ve
got friends in the church here who can dance them. Towards the end of the
show, this guy comes out on the stage in traditional warrior clothes (basically
a loin cloth with a pelt on his back and a peacock feather on his head) and
does his dance and blows a dart gun and all that. He was looking around
the audience from the stage and I got a little nervous noticing that he kept
looking at me. Sure enough, he jumps off the stage and comes over to get
me to go up on the stage with him. So...I went up of course. Then
he had me try to use the dart gun also, missed the first time, dang. So
then he lead me across the stage by my hand....you can just imagine how loud
the 10 elders watching were at that point. So uncomfortable! I have
definitely been a missionary for a while. It was hilarious. I’ll
try to send a picture and get the video from one of the elders. Anyway, I
hit the target in the end! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">Hey, remember how I’m on a mission?
No hand-holding business yah. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We taught Eva’s parents for the first time
together this past week. She was just baptized with Acha's family, and
her mom was learning, but her dad hadn't really been open yet. Well he's
open now…and wants to get baptized with his wife on 1 September.</span></span></div>
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awesome. They came to a branch activity on Friday night (bowling) and
Jong was even teaching another one of our investigators in Sunday School
yesterday. And Shony? Went from 20 sticks to ZERO in two days.
HE DID IT!! So the baptism is still on for next week. He was
so proud of himself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the second crew from Acha's family is still on for their baptism next week
also. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with Acha and her family and Acha told us she wants to let every one know about
the church, she wants to serve a mission with her husband later too…and so does
Chris! Not too late, he's just barely 19. Best.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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led by the spirit this week. We had an unexpected opening in our schedule
one day and our back up plans were to visit a few less-active members in the
neighbourhood where we were working that day. We wanted to go see Valerie
and then take her with us to go see Sylvia. So, we went to Valerie's
house and it turned out Sylvia was already there pretty much waiting for us.
Then, we were walking to a member's house for dinner last night but we
were early so we were taking our time and seeing if there were any people to
talk to along the way. We passed some shacks on the side of the road and
some guys who seemed a little less-than-sober started calling out to us.
Now don't worry, usually I am much smarter than this, but I turned to
Sister Parker and told her we should go talk to them and see who lived in this
group of shacks. Bad-a-bing! A family who's already members but
haven't been to church in over four years! They haven't been to the new
church building literally just down the street from them, so we invited them
and they said they'd come! No one knew they were there because they lived
in a different part of town when they were baptized and then moved without
transferring their records. So...now we can at least do all we can to
make them feel welcome in Stampin Branch. Plus one of the girls is
recently married and her husband isn't a member yet. Love the potential
there. Then one more: the spirit led someone straight to us. Mida
walked into church yesterday, thinking it was an Anglican church (herself being
anglican). We explained what it actually was and she decided to stay for
the service. Turns out she knows Acha who was just baptized, they used to
be best friends but haven't seen each other since she moved to KL almost 20
years ago! So, now she wants to know more about the church and we're
meeting her on Thursday. Crazy how the Lord keeps track of us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you all have a great week, I
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tiga minggu lagi,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's our week of helping people quit
smoking apparently. Sony started with a pack a day (20 sticks he says...)
and yesterday only smoked 5! We called this morning to tell him not to
smoke and he hadn't had one yet and it was already 11! Then we got an sms
an hour later saying he still hadn't smoked one! He was so excited about
it. He and Jong are doing great, they're going to make it for the 28th :)
Then Chris, one of the members of Acha's family (her nephew-getting
baptized on the 28th also) was smoking 5-10 a day and when I called him about
an hour ago (4 in the afternoon) he hadn't smoked any! Anyone else want
to quit smoking??? We’re glad to help :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other members of Acha's family are
still doing great, still excited for their baptism. It’s just the word of
wisdom push week so it's a hurdle for a few of them, but I know they can do it.
Chris, Amanda, and Shalinna were all working on Sundays so they've missed
the past few weeks of church and we told them they should try to find different
jobs that don't work on Sunday. They quit their jobs! Without even
having a new one yet! I was kind of shocked when Chris told me that...asked him why he quit, and he said, "Sister, you told me to quit so I
could come to church if I want to get baptized, so I quit!" I was
floored. I think they're doing ok on their faith if they could take that
step. I’ll be praying that they can find other work now that they've done
what they need to to keep the sabbath day holy. Your prayers are welcome as
well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's about it. I guess I only
have a few more times to email kamu orang. I’ll try to get something good in
one of these times. I love you! I hope you're having a nice time in
that dry heat. I had to wring out my hair after walking in the monsoon
today. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it sounds like you're having a bit
of a drought there in Utah? We are too! In fact, some of the
kampungs ran out of water last week and they had to bring around trucks full of
water for people to come fill up buckets. We helped Acha's family get their
water. We were all running around like mad with everyone else in the
kampung. I think they were shocked to see the orang putih in line at the
water truck with a bucket also.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acha & co. (round one) were
baptized last Friday and confirmed on Sunday! It was a loooong baptism
with eight people, but so good! We’re continuing to teach about 7 others
in the family, hopefully getting them baptized at the end of this month. So
things are good. The most amazing thing to see was the confirmation.
One of the daughters is a bit of a rebel to say the least, but a complete
physical change came over her when she was confirmed and received the gift of
the Holy Ghost. It was a privilege to witness it. I love that I get
that chance to see the progress in people as they come closer to the Saviour.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jong is doing awesome also, we met
with her husband, Sony (Shony? Shonny? not sure) for a full lesson
last week and he wants to be baptized with her at the end of this month. We
invited him to say the prayer at the end of the lesson and he said he didn't
know how, to which Jong responded by smacking him and saying, "I already
taught you how!" hah they're such a cute couple. Still in
their 20's and all flirtatious with each other…you can tell they have a good
friendship. Anyway, when we taught about the Book of Mormon, Jong shared
her testimony of how she feels when she reads the book. It was out of
this world amazing! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this next week. It’s really weird to think about. We’re so lucky
though, President Clark's last Sunday in the mission was spent in
kuching. What can I say…we're a big deal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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probably going to keep disappointing with my emails....I’m just tired,
mommy. I don't have too many words left to explain all of this :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on the bike last night and we were in the hospital till pretty late. That’s
4x in 3 months of bike riding for her. I’ve been on the bike for 8 months
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baptism on Friday of this week. We had to get two different people to
baptize them all because eight might make one man too tired. I love them
so much and am so excited to see their faces as they come out of the waters of
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a really sad lesson with
Asen. Something happened, maybe he heard some anti-stuff, he wouldn't
say, but basically we had our last lesson with him last week. He said he
doesn't want to be baptized or follow Christ, he wants to continue following
his family in praying to Buddha. It was heart breaking. Hopefully
he'll get another chance sometime in the future and his heart will be able to
open again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was a big party at the church
to send off the Clark’s, lots of traditional dancing and eating :) I love
the iban and bidayuh cultures. Then w</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">e had an awesome Sunday for
church. It was district conference with President Clark, and we had more
investigators at church than I’ve had in my whole mission. It was an
awesome experience for each of them. </span></div>
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now. SHE invited her husband to be baptized with her...beat us to
the punch. He wants to. They both loved church on Sunday and
recognized that it was different than any other church they've ever been
to. We taught her about the Sabbath day and she quit her job because
they wouldn't give her Sundays off to go to church. It’s no wonder
she's feeling the change the gospel is bringing to her, sacrifice brings
forth the blessings of heaven :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started teaching the second
half of Acha's family this past week also. We watched the video Finding Faith
in Christ and it was awesome to see a full room of people, sitting and gaining
a better understanding of who Christ is. The next day, while we were
teaching Jung, I heard a really familiar movie playing from one of the other
rooms (she lives in a longhouse, so there are other rooms with other
families that just have doors from the outside), and then I realized it was
Kapi watching FFIC again. He lives right next to her and had been
at Acha's the night before watching the movie with us. It was pretty
funny trying to figure out how I knew that song coming from the other
room....oh duh...it's a church movie I’ve seen over a fifty times in
the past year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Everything keeps going. We inherited a second branch this weekend,
the newly formed Kuching International Branch. Basically it's for
all English and Chinese speaking members in all of Kuching. So.....where's
my Chinese??? I forgot how to speak it again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s been a long week with lots of
good, busy days, and a few days when everything cancelled and I felt like I was
back in Penang or Singapore or something. Yesterday was the worst.
ALL appointments fell through and an investigator called and dropped us over
the phone. (Plus I was just tired. I’ve been so tired lately.
Constantly. I couldn't figure out why, and then I realized it might just
be the whole "oh I’ve been on a mission for almost 16 months. Maybe
that's why" deal.) But, law of compensation....we got a new
investigator at the end of the night without even doing anything. He just
walked up to us and said he wants to learn and be baptized. So not so
much a rugi afterall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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She’s coming to church this week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a lesson on the plan of
salvation at Acha's house and almost 20 people were there in the room, sitting
and listening. It was awesome. It’s been cool to see the changes
in that family and to see that other members of the family notice it
too. That’s the reason we continue to get more members of the family just
coming up to us and saying they want to learn too and be baptized also
now. It’s amazing how the light of the gospel literally shines and brings
others in like that. Seven of them will be getting baptized next
weekend. Then another group in July. Asen is having problems getting work off to come to church,
so we've had to push his date to July also.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the other cool experiences we've had this week. Ok…ok maybe have
time for one. So we were faith finding and planning on going to another
neighbourhood, but then I felt like we should pray and start before we got
there, and find on the way too. So we prayed and told Heavenly
Father our plans. We turned down the street and started talking to this
lady. She wasn't budging but as we kept getting to know her, she
invited us inside. We were looking at pictures on her book shelf and what
do you know, a Book of Mormon was sitting by her bible. She didn't
remember where she got it, but she reads from it
occasionally. We shared a verse with her and she liked it!
So we're headed back at the end of the week to explain more about
the book :) Miracles all around.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love you all and hope you're doing well. Cheers!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My companion died on Monday.
One of them at least. It was so weird to be at the airport seeing her off
because I was realizing it will be me soon. Sister Parker was so sad to
see her go and I was just like, "see you in a few months!" So
it wasn't that big of a deal I guess. Sister Parker and I had an area
cleanse :) We went through
our apartment and area books and figured out a lot of stuff that missionaries
have just been pushing off for the next companionship for years. We both
like organization I think. So it's working well and we've got a good
platform now. I plan on dying strong :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They had a big party at the church
for Sister Lor on Saturday. Man they love sister missionaries here.
It was so good because Acha and her whole family came and they got some good
fellowshipping time with the members, and they're following the word of wisdom
now! We stopped by their place last night to follow-up and Acha came out
to the door and said, "sister, I’m following the word of wisdom. I
want to go to the temple. We need to pay our tithing right?"
So good lah!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 7 of
them for sure getting baptized on June 30th and another 4-6 of them set for the
end of July. What an amazing family. I know that this has been a crucial
time for them. Acha's son-in-law passed away last week and at a time when
they could be shutting everything out, they're opening their hearts to the
gospel and letting it heal the pain they're feeling. Her daughter who
just became a widow told us she wants to be baptized and then said that her
husband was never baptized, is there a way for people who have already passed
on to be baptized also? Wow! It was amazing to be able to provide
restored gospel truths about ordinances for the dead in a time when it was
needed. We had a funeral basically at their house on Monday night and the
branch presidency came along to conduct it. It was a really amazing
experience for everyone that was there I think, even the ones who aren't open
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this weekend but he's having to work overtime so it's been pushed to the 30th
also, with Acha's family…but he's still doing great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been flying kind of low on the radar, Jung. Maybe I’ve spoken of her
before, I can’t remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway,
we had a neat lesson with her yesterday when we talked more about Christ and
His life. She understands things extremely well, which isn't always the
case with a lot of people here. So it looks like she's really progressing
towards her July baptism also. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rojous and co. We're frustrated I guess. They’re potential kingdom
builders and such a close-knit family and we can feel the spirit so strong
while teaching them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rojous and
his sister are getting it I think, but the dad still doesn't see the need to
search for authority, and we're having a hard time helping him open his mind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have I mentioned anything about the
fear of dogs that I've developed over the past year or so? They're
terrifying. I had three try to attack me while we were biking
yesterday. I lost my nametag in one of the scrambles to get away :(<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I think that's about it.
I’m reading in proverbs right now and am learning a lot about how much
controlling your words affects your ability to follow the Lord and His
commands. Just thought I’d mention that :) I love you all and hope
you have a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">… Oh, and before I go I want to remind you all that Sunday
is Father's Day! And I have the best dad in the world! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DADDY!!! I’m sorry I’m not there to cook or do something
for you this Sunday and I’m sorry even more that I didn't know what I could
send for Father's Day. But I do want to thank you for the constant example
you set for me with your love and reverence for the Lord, your honesty and
charity for others, your sense of humour and positive attitude for life...the
list goes on. Values you've taught me my whole life have become so
meaningful to me during this time on my mission. Thank you so much for
that. I love you to pieces, forever, and too much!! </span></div>
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my blog? Flying into Kuching looks
just like that! I’m SO not in the
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little boys in Acha's family can't say sister like the rest of the kids, so
when we're leaving the house and they're all shouting, "Bye sister!"
you hear a little voice yelling, "bye bye cinta!" which means
love in bahasa. It kills me it's so cute. So yes, I am Cinta Norton
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week!! And his mom came to church the next day and for the baptism!
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week! And he brought a friend to church on Sunday. Because his date
was moved up, we had to speed up the lessons and get Word of Wisdom in time
last weekend...thankfully he has no problems with it and things are still looking
good for the 16th :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We met an incredible family
yesterday. Last week we were faith finding at Waterfront and there was a
boy about our age sitting in front of one of the shoppings carving some masks
and stuff. Rojous. We talked to him and asked if we could come
visit this week. When we got there yesterday, they had prepared food for
us and the whole family sat down in the living room and turned off the tv, then
they pulled out a Book of Mormon!! I think they think it's just a different
version of the Bible. One of the sisters is almost half way through with
it. We had an awesome lesson about what the book really was and where it
came from and invited them to be baptized. Rojous and Mollin (the sister)
said yes and the others nodded their heads, but the dad didn't get it and said
no need because he can't be baptized twice (he's already baptized into the RC
church) and told us that his family will follow him. He was so nice
though, just doesn’t understand yet. They're coming to church this Sunday
and we're meeting with all of them again next week. We felt so good about
it when we walked into their house, so I'm still hopeful that it will go
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">My companion is dying on Monday! I can't believe it. Other than that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">all is good...except I’m missing Sister Song and Penang food and Jenny. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I love it here though...I feel so
comfortable! I love Ibans! The branch is about the same size as Penang’s, but
the members help SO much, like a real branch! And we have a beautiful new chapel that was just dedicated
last month. It’s like a church in
the U.S.! There’s so much work
here too, we teach all day. We just
walk through the kampung and the people know us as “the sisters” and you can
just walk from “house” to “house.”
I say “house” because they’re more like huts. It’s crazy. Some houses don’t even have electricity. You sit on the wood/dirt floor around
one light bulb (sometimes the floor feels like it will break under you because the
houses are on stilts). I love it though!
And my bahasa is fine! No problems! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">I feel so comfortable around Asians.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">White people actually make me slightly uncomfortable, so family, please...try not to be too white when I come home.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a;">Really…dye your skin yellow and get rid of all the chairs and silverware in the house. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Previously posted but we had no idea it had a name.)</span></div>Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-45606856626968614452012-05-29T23:09:00.004-07:002012-05-29T23:09:50.219-07:00gawai!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I had just escaped holidays
that kill missionary work when I left Penang (aka Chinese New Year, Vesak Day,
Thaipussam...) then I come here to Gawai. It's a big deal. It's the
festival to celebrate the harvest in Iban and Bidayuh cultures and it means a
lot of eating, drinking, and balik-ing kampung (going back to the village where
you were born). What does that mean for us? No one to teach and a
lot of Word of Wisdom problems for our investigators and members. We
visited a family last night and when we walked in, there was a man passed out
in the middle of the floor. After
he woke up, he just laughed and said, "Mabuk mabuk. Gawai!" Translation...."I'm drunk.
It's Gawai!" Apoooo. The Branch President chewed him out
pretty much and reminded him that we wouldn't even have Gawai if it wasn't for
the Lord, so the guy reached down to show him the cross hanging around his neck
and President basically told him not to use that as an excuse. He
listened attentively for the rest of the lesson :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a lot of floods in the kampungs. It's not so fun to ride bikes in.
But better than being stuck in the traffic when it's raining like we had
to do last week with the senior couple. Two hours in the car to go about
5 km. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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right now, Acha and her kids, then her sister and kids, and their dad.
We'll just call them Acha and co. because it's 7 plus all together and I'm
still trying to get down all the names. They are getting ready to be
baptized at the end of June, just working on some Word of Wisdom stuff now. They're so good though! I love going to their house. We pull
up and all the kids run out yelling, "Sister!!" So I'm in love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We found a girl last week (Jong) who
is part Iban part Chinese and we've taught her a few times. Yesterday
while teaching her about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and baptism, she remembered
that she was baptized when she was 12. (When we first met, she said she
was Buddhist, not Christian.) Apparently one night, a guy came through
her kampung calling out for people to follow him and be cleansed...so yeah.
All she remembers is she was cold and didn't know who Jesus Christ was.
So we invited her to get baptized again the same way Christ did and she's
on date for the end of July! Same day as Jessica...a girl we found a few
days after I got here, who is already half-way through 1 Nephi!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In other news, my companion got hit
by a car! And I was behind her so I watched it all happen. It was so
scary! I looked up and saw a car hit a bike and the girl on it going
tumbling across the road. I thought it was some random lady on a moto and
freaked out, thinking, "Oh my gosh that lady just got hit!"
Then I realized that lady was a white girl...not too many of those around
here....and that's when it set in that it was my companion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She's ok…miraculously, just a bruised
butt, which isn't so good when we sit on the ground for all of our teaching
appts. But she'll be ok.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love you all and hope you're well. Selamat Gawai!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There's an elder serving here who is from Butterworth (near Penang), so
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in almost five months. And I thought I was dying. Hopefully that
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I LOVE KUCHING! I already feel so comfortable here. And I have two
great companions, Sister Lor and Sister Parker. Sister Lor is Hmong and
Sister Parker is from Salt Lake. Sister Lor was trained by Sister Wong who I lived with in Singapore so
I'm happy every time she does something to remind me of her :) I just
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in our area (Stampin). We're teaching a lot of people and I can't believe
how many new people we find to teach every single day. People are so easy
to talk to here. So nice and friendly. And everyone is Christian! Or at least it seems like it's the majority. Everyone is Iban.
I'm still not so good with speaking Iban....because I can't really speak
any at all. But my Malay is finally to the point that I've been waiting
for for my whole mission, I don't really need to think much about what I'm
saying, just talk. So I'm grateful that I got the help right when I
finally needed it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appointment to appointment in the kampung (village) and stop and talk to
everyone on the way. Senang saja! I can't believe the kampungs
though, I've never seen people live in conditions like these. In some
parts, they don't even have electricity. But they have such good hearts!
So yeah, things are going well here. Hopefully I can give you some
more details or stories when I write next week. I hope you're all doing
well! Enjoy the pictures of my newest area.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it's been a <i>crazy </i>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.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">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.</span></div>
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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
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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
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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 :)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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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
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<o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ... and more of downtown Penang.</span></o:p></div>Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-21981254557496317752012-05-03T21:39:00.000-07:002012-05-03T22:23:13.279-07:00kena pick-pocket<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday was a rough day for us.
A member in the branch wanted us to meet her friend who cuts hair, so the
logical thing was apparently to have her cut our hair. As I was sitting
in the chair, she and Sister Song were conversing in Mandarin and
I overheard her telling her that she learned how to cut hair from a book.
She reassured me that her hair was "curly" also. (The
ponytail twisted a little bit.) So things didn't go so well. Sorry,
Amy. I'll need a haircut again when I get home. A year of growing
out my hair (it was more than half-way down my back when it was curly!), down
the drown. Or more like all over the floor of her "salon" in
her flat. I was maybe a little bit down.</span><br />
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stolen. How? Let me share with you the usual procedure for getting
on a bus in Penang. The bus pulls up and hoards of people gather around
the door in a clump. The door opens and the shoving begins. I'm not
afraid to make my way through as long as it's not an old auntie or uncle.
There's no concept of a queue so you have to act fast and don't mind if
your personal space is invaded. So there you go. We had the phone
before we got on the bus, we didn't have it after. It was so awful of
them. We needed all those numbers, this is peoples' salvation we're
talking about! The worst is MS's number had just changed and we hadn't
updated it in our area book, so now we have to wait for him to contact us
(hopefully before his scheduled baptism next weekend), because we have no way
to contact him. I was so bummed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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biasa week. Oh, except that the whole island of Penang is now ours and we
have two apartments from which we can choose to stay in. The elders are
gone. There's a shortage of missionaries right now so they pulled them
out and put them in different areas. Twice the workload for us, but we're
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will still be on for 12 May. We met an awesome potential on Monday, L.
He was in an elevator with us and saw our name tags so he took us to get
a drink real quick and talk. He's been on a journey lately "finding
God," so we're going to meet with him once we get back from KL.
Sounds promising I think. We met with another Jehovah's Witness
yesterday and I think we scared her to death because all of the stuff she
usually uses to tell Christians they're on the wrong track we agreed with, then
taught her the Restoration. There was a look of, "Shoot, what if
they're right?" on her face. Hopefully she'll let us meet again.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were at the bus depot in Georgetown the other day and had some time to kill waiting for our next appointment, so we decided to just blitz the whole station and talk to as many people as possible. After talking to a few people, I sat down next to an older gentlemen who turned out to be from Japan. His English was not so good. His Malay also not so good. He retired here because it's cheaper than Japan and he lives up in fancy fancy Batu Ferringhi. I spoke the few Japanese phrases that I know and broke the ice a little bit. Maybe a bit too much though....he told me I was oishi (delicious) and tried to bite my arm. Sister Song saw from the next bench over and I could see the look of panic on her face. Turns out he's not so interested in God. Oh well, I tried.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sister Song had to go into Singapore for a couple days, so I'm staying with the senior couple here in Penang in their sweet condo. Stunning views of the ocean. It was a peaceful personal study indeed this morning out in the open-air living room. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;">Such a hard life... Anyway, the second we dropped Sister Song off at the airport last night I felt like I was in a vacuum. So weird to be companion-less! I keep feeling like I need to go run around and find her because she must be lost. I don't like the feeling. That might be a hard one to overcome in a few months. I love Sister Song so much. We had such a cool experience this past week while reading the Book of Mormon together. We had just gotten to Jacob 5. Now in the past I have dreaded this chapter, but I just studied it about a month or so ago and fell in love with it. Sister Song was feeling the same way I used to but I promised her we'd spend as much time as we needed to understand it and I'd try to explain some things that I've learned. She started reading in her annoyed voice (I know it well...) but by about verse 47 it had all melted away and I saw she had tears in her eyes as she read, "Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?" She looked up at me and said, "Sister, He loves His trees so much!" I couldn't help laugh because she was crying and the way she said it was just so pathetic, but it was such a sweet moment. We were both in tears in verse 75 when we read the Master's words,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> "...he called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning. And blessed art thou; for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and have brought unto me again the natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard."</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;">It made us both agree that we want to be those servants who He can look on and say "Blessed art thou." I love Jacob 5! It's such an incredible insight into the Saviour's long-suffering and diligence to bring us home.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We met with one of our new investigators on Sunday and talked a little about the purpose of life and baptism. She wants to learn from us so badly, but when it comes to converting to Christianity, she says, "God made me Indian, so I can't not be Hindu." Uhhh ok, "So if you found out that these things that we're teaching you are true and felt that God would want you to be baptized and follow Jesus Christ, would you do that?" "No, I'm Hindu." Apoooo, woman! Culture getting confused as religion is a real problem here sometimes. We had a second repeat that same day when we met with two Buddhist teenagers. They rehearsed a nice spiel I'm sure they're heard their parents say a million times: "We are Buddhist but we believe in all gods and all religions, so it's no problem to learn, it's good to know. But we don't get too serious on religion." Sister Song had some bold questions for them that ended up with them admitting they don't really know anything about Buddhism either. Again...culture, not religion. So difficult. I'm praying for patience :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then there's our dear B...(apparently I'm still not going to use their full names), who is Buddhist but is totally willing to follow Christ because he feels good when he prays and wants more of that feeling. He called us distraught a few nights ago because he told his parents (who are in Nepal....and he's 24....) that he was going to be baptized and they flipped out. His mom started crying. So now the poor guy doesn't know what to do. We're still going to be meeting with him though. There's got to be a way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We met with H again also, he's so good! He has such well-thought-out questions for us. It's good to know some people listen and are involved when we teach. He still hasn't accepted the invitation to be baptized yet, but we're getting there.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was reading the Book of Mormon this morning and wanted to share one of my favourite promises in scripture. (I've been focusing on things that are promised to us if we do certain things...whether good or bad). It's in Mosiah 4:11-12. So we're told that we should always remember that God is great and we're nothing, but he's still so good and patient to us even though we're nothing, humble ourselves by remembering that and call on Him daily in sincere prayer, stand steadfastly in our faith, and then we get this in return ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"</span><span style="color: #2f393a;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ye shall always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true."</span> </span></span>It's so good! I love that. We can always rejoice if we just remember God and our relationship with Him, plus we can keep learning more about Him and everything that He is. I know that that will fill us with His love.</span></div>
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</div>Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-4520578950501411192012-04-19T06:31:00.003-07:002012-04-19T22:41:07.354-07:00change to private blog ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Hi Everyone,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I received an email from Mikelle this morning that told me her mission president has asked that all of their mission blogs go private. It seems that their visa runs are getting increasingly more and more difficult and they believe the government there has been monitoring their blogs. So as of today her blog will be private. If you know someone who has been following this blog and they would like to continue, please leave me a message and their email and I will add them to the "ok" list. You can also email me at chrissynorton2001@gmail.com .</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Thank you! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Chris</span></div>Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-19896035029057896332012-04-11T12:02:00.002-07:002012-04-11T12:06:59.672-07:00kena earthquake<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>360</o:Words> <o:characters>2056</o:Characters> <o:company>Norton Household</o:Company> <o:lines>17</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>4</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>2524</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">So about an hour ago we were in a less-active members home visiting when the building started to shake. At first I thought maybe I was just dizzy, but then I looked at Sister Song and by the look on her face knew she felt it too. So then we sheepishly asked them, "Hey, do you guys feel that shaking?" Hoping we weren't just crazy. They did too. Then car alarms started to go off and we looked out the window to see a bunch of people looking up at the building we were in, we then realized everyone was walking down the stairs, exiting the building. So we got out too. We've had a billion phone calls from zone leaders and district leaders and ap's and President and members and we're ok :) Still don't really know what's going on, but they said there's a tsunami warning so we're going to go get to some higher ground :) We will be totally fine where we are in Penang, we live in BUKIT Gambir. Bukit=hill. So don't worry about us. We'll email again tomorrow just to let you know we're safe and everything is ok. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Can skip all the other stuff but I just have to write about this real quick because it was an awesome weekend with Conference. It was also Easter memang, but no one really knew about it...(again...Muslim country here.). While we were watching one of the Saturday sessions I had a really cool experience. While Elder Bednar was speaking and I just got this overwhelming feeling that, "Wow. He is a prophet of God. He is speaking things that are authorized by Jesus Christ for him to speak." Duhh...I know I've realized this a million times, but it was so cool to be sitting there realizing it again. The scripture "This is life eternal," just popped into my head as I was hoping that I could feel that feeling forever. It makes sense, we can know the one true God and His Son through their prophets, seers, and revelators. It was so beautiful to have such a quiet Easter compared to many of the churches here in Penang. While they were celebrating on Easter Sunday, we were listening to President Monson, the living prophet. What better way to celebrate that Christ lives than to listen to His living words? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I love this gospel. And I love The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that provides the structure and organization for it. I know that Christ himself leads it. Go listen to those words again. Study them. For this is life eternal :) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I love you all and hope you have a good week! And stop worrying, Mom. We're ok :) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Dengan kasih,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sister Norton<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">HFI</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-26380613000726779902012-04-04T21:21:00.003-07:002012-04-05T17:17:36.441-07:00black out<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>973</o:Words> <o:characters>5547</o:Characters> <o:company>Norton Household</o:Company> <o:lines>46</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>11</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>6812</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Yesterday we were sitting in the apartment doing our language study and the fan went off. We tried the lights and they wouldn't turn on. Everything out. We don't have a fax machine to send our energy bill to the mission office right when we get it; we have to wait till we meet with the elders and they can send it for us, so our bill was a little late last month and that was the first thing that ran through my head. We freaked out for a few seconds thinking about trying to get everything done and get ready for bed that night when we'd get home to a pitch-black and HOT apartment, but then it came back on. Prayers work. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">So transfers came and I'm still here in Penang! I think I'll still be here for a while. Maybe it will be my last area. But I'm happier knowing that than <i>waiting</i> to find out if I'm staying or going. So that news came with a strengthened resolve to pick up the pace and finish strong. Obviously something isn't masuk-ing my akal here. So I need to figure it out, more to learn. More work to be done. I'm happy though. I love the branch here, I love Sister Song, and I love our investigators. So it's not bad lah. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Speaking of investigators...MS brought two friends to church on Sunday! He's awesome. The least flaky person I've ever taught. He reads what we ask him to read, he keeps all of his commitments, he comes to church, he tells us when he needs to reschedule appointments (ohhh how many hours would be saved if everyone did the same...), and I'm pretty sure it's all because he sincerely wants what we're teaching him about. It's awesome to see that motivation. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">N is still so sweet but not as reliable. Didn't come to church on Sunday, but her friend did. We taught her about the Plan of Salvation last week and the spirit was so strong, I know she felt it too. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">J is still doing awesome! Her little one wasn't so bad on Sunday. She even made it to Sunday School for about 10 minutes and then tried Relief Society for about 5 before he had a meltdown and had to leave. Sikit sikit lama lama.... </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">We finally met with A&K again! They're the Indian brother and sister who we were teaching a while ago who were on date to be baptized but we fell out of contact with them. They're doing good, reading the Book of Mormon, and back on date. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">D is the golden new of the week. She's incredible. She's about 18 years old and was baptized as a Christian about 6 months ago. She has a mixed background with culture and religion, her dad is Chinese and her mom Indian, but she speaks Mandarin better than anything else, so we teach her in Mandarin/Malay. The first lesson with her was so awesome, hearing about all the miracles in her life that have led her to believe in Jesus Christ. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She's a very independent girl. Like she intimidates me a lot. She doesn't take anything from anyone. It was so refreshing to hear her response when we invited her to be baptized by someone holding the priesthood power from God. She said, "Yes, I'll do whatever to follow Him the right way." When we warned her that she might hear different things about The Church of Jesus Christ, she said, "I only trust God, not other people. Even my friends ask me if I love them and I tell them, 'I only love the Lord.'" So we're pretty excited for her. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">A member of the church from California comes to Penang on business trips every 4-6 months and always takes the missionaries out to eat at this fancy sushi place. I was here last time he came so he was surprised to see me again also. The food was sooooooooooo good! So much fun to spend some time with him and the elders. Sister Song had a little bit of a stark realization though. We left the restaurant and she looked bothered by something so I asked her what was the matter and she said, "I just realized back there that you're white." We both started laughing so hard. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Apparently I don't act too "white" until I'm around other white people. I don't know. It took her a month to realize this... </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">We have some new goals coming up for the month of April and May that I'm so excited about. During April, we're doing mission fasts and studying Christ-like attributes to help us develop a better relationship with our Saviour. This is one thing I've actually been thinking about lately. I feel like I have such great access to my Heavenly Father because I pray to Him, but how do I draw closer to the Saviour? It made me think about how often He beckons us to follow Him. I love this quote by Elder Oaks:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">“The Final Judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts—what we have done. It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts—'what we have become'. It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions.“<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Christ has told us what we need to become, even as He is. I think that is how we draw closer to our Saviour, become like Him. Study about Him and follow His ways so that we will recognize Him when we see Him again, and He will recognize us because we will be like Him. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Second, we have a challenge to read the Book of Mormon between next Monday and 31 May. He gave us the option to read it on our own or as a companionship, so Sister Song and I chose to read it together. I am so excited for this opportunity to grow closer to the people that need to be the most important in my daily life right now, my Heavenly Father and Saviour, and my companion. I love Sister Song and the faith that she brings to our companionship. Just yesterday she was writing a letter to our Elder's Quorum President for his birthday and needed a nice pen to write with. I was using the only nice one I had, but had another one that had stop working because it didn't have ink left. She took it and started writing and I warned her it might stop at any point. I thought it was so little and cheesy, but she stopped right then and prayed about it silently, then I watched her write the whole letter without any problem. Her every action shows faith. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It's <i>such </i>a small thing to pray about, but it made me question how often I involve the Lord in my every action like that. I need to, even the small things. Even if that pen would have worked without the prayer, she still showed faith and an eye single to the glory of God. I'm grateful that I get her example for this part of my mission, however short or long it's going to be. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I hope you all loved conference. I can't wait to see it this weekend! And Happy Easter to you all! Thanks for letting me know it is this Sunday, Dad. I would have had no idea otherwise. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don't think the members of the church here know either. Shoot, they were Buddhist four years ago, can't blame them. I love you all and hope you have a great week. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sister Norton<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">HFI</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-40395011833369503072012-03-28T19:55:00.002-07:002012-03-28T20:20:48.543-07:00hard-boired eggs<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>19</o:Words> <o:characters>113</o:Characters> <o:company>Norton Household</o:Company> <o:lines>1</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>138</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Fourteen hours on a bus = hard-boired eggs...man r's are so hard to say. <span> </span>Oh, that's an L huh?"<span> </span>Sorry. Too many languages in our heads.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sister Song and I had to go to Singapore this past week! She only gets 30 days at a time here in Malaysia, and there's nowhere for me to go if she isn't here, so I got to tag along. I always love Singapore of course, but it turned out to be such a headache. We left Sunday night around 10:30 on a bus that was not so clean, had the coldest night of our lives, got harassed at the border and told we'd never be let into Malaysia again, got into Singapore around 10 in the morning, went out working with the sisters there on Monday, slept on rug in their apartment Monday night, then took a bus back across the border with SO MANY PRAYERS they'd let us in. And they did. It was the first time they haven't even said one word to me at the border. I believe in prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>President and the AP's were praying for us too, so I guess Heavenly Father wanted both of us to get back here to Penang. It was good for me. I owe more than I've been giving for the help I'm getting back. I'm glad I still have time to try and correct that. After we made it through, we got on a bus bound for Penang. It should have been about 9 hours from that point, but 7 hours later we were stuck in KL on a broken bus (it should only take 4 or so to get there). So we ended up being on that bus for 14 hours. BUT we did get to teach two lessons to a loan shark and a tour guide. Can.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"> <p></p><span class="Apple-style-span">So J (not the one that just got baptized....different one) has been meeting with us for about two months and has just been so reluctant about everything. She met with us last week and after we taught the lesson, we talked more about the Book of Mormon and her reading. She told us that she had planned on dropping us that day (she was going to tell us she didn't want to meet anymore), but I think she must have felt something different and I am almost positive it's the Book of Mormon that's keeping her. She is still so confused by things she hears from people at her work and church, but she's hanging in there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That's the power of the Book of Mormon. She's going to try to come to see what church is like this Sunday and we're meeting with her again tomorrow.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Our branch president introduced us to one of his friends last week, Ms. S, and we were able to meet with both of them. Ms. S then gave us two referrals and we're planning on meeting with all of them! The lesson was awesome, in Mandarin so I couldn't contribute much, but I could understand her questions and see the things she was understanding. Ahhh I love when members help us :)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">J (Nigerian J) is gone...we don't know if she'll be coming back. We went over for an appointment and her roommate told us she'd left for KL. Bummer.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">MS is still doing great but we're having trouble with the fact that he's a teenage boy and wants to stay up late playing computer games so then he sleeps in and misses church. What to do with this boy!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I don't remember if I've talked about N before, she's a friend of a member in the Butterworth Branch from Indonesia. She came to church three weeks ago and we invited her to be baptized and she accepted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Well....we went to go teach her again two weeks ago and she wasn't at home for the confirmed time. We thought we had lost her because she maybe felt shy or in the wrong for not being there and she wouldn't answer our calls or SMS's for the next week. On Saturday we were on our way home and I thought it was time to try calling again and she answered!! Everything is fine now and we went to teach her this morning. After we taught about the Book of Mormon, she got this huge smile on her face and almost started laughing like a little kid does when they're excited about something so I asked her how she felt about what we had taught. She hugged the book and said, "I can't wait to start reading this book." Ahh the feeling in the room was so great. I love the Book of Mormon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Church on Sunday was awesome. We had two inactive families we've been working with come, one of them hasn't been for years. AND one of our investigator's sons came to church too. M is waiting for him to be baptized with him but he hasn't been making any progress. I think there's still hope!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I hope you all enjoy conference this weekend! Don't spoil it for me...I won't see it till next weekend. Maybe longer if I get transferred next week. It's such an awesome opportunity we have twice a year to hear from living prophets and apostles. I've been reading the Old Testament lately and it's given me such a greater appreciation of the Lord's chosen leaders and what a big deal it is to have them leading us once again. I hope we can all have the humility and faith to listen to them and heed their counsel. I love you all! Have a great week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sister Norton</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">HFI</span><span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-family:";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:#1a1a1a;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--><p></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:17px;"><!--EndFragment--></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;color:#1a1a1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:17px;"><!--EndFragment--></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;color:#1A1A1A;"> <!--EndFragment--></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-86415873671550296512012-03-20T23:00:00.003-07:002012-03-23T08:10:50.586-07:00demam<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:documentproperties> <o:template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:revision>0</o:Revision> <o:totaltime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:pages>1</o:Pages> <o:words>154</o:Words> <o:characters>882</o:Characters> <o:company>Norton Household</o:Company> <o:lines>7</o:Lines> <o:paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:characterswithspaces>1083</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I got to see a Penang hospital on Saturday night because I was sick. While waiting for my turn with the doctor I saw that the door I was about to go through said, "ambil darah" ... or "take blood". I almost fainted. Luckily they didn't. I think I'll be ok, not going back there though...there was definitely urine on the floor. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">J GOT BAPTIZED!! Everything went through after we fasted for her on Friday. She's awesome. Already has such a strong testimony of the restored gospel. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Things are going just ok with everyone else...it's been a frustrating week with people wanting to build their faith and follow Christ ... better, but not willing to do anything to help that desire. There's nothing more frustrating than when people you are teaching and you love are no longer progressing simply because they're lazy. And I mean that in the nicest way possible, of course. But still lazy. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sorry I don't know what else to write and I'm out of time! I love you all and appreciate the letters and emails and comments. Sorry so lame this week! Still recovering. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Jaga diri baik baik,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sister Norton<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">HFI </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911385190552624291.post-75016446308987684992012-03-14T21:24:00.005-07:002012-03-16T15:51:25.761-07:00ji pi gu<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I ate chicken butt. You know what? I have had much worse things. Not bad lah.</span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">This week has been a roller coaster. Here's a surprise...J is getting baptized on Saturday!! As long as there isn't too much opposition from her husband. Ohh I want her to have this so badly. She's a kingdom builder. As we taught her the law of tithing this week, she asked how she can still pay it even though she doesn't have an income. We explained it's only a tithe on her increase and she said she needs the blessings that come from it. She is going to be ok for a long long time. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">We met with J&S and had such a sickening conversation with S about the weakness of the flesh and basically his indesire (uhh I don't know the opposite of desire) to repent and let the gospel change him. It sounded exactly like 2 Nephi 28:8. Such a misunderstanding of the Atonement and what our Saviour really suffered for. He gave us the freedom and power to change, not to be ruled by the flesh and other circumstances around us. Sure, we still will fail sometimes, but we have to at least try. <span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">We visited a less-active family that we've been seeing a few times and shared the Restoration with them again. THEY CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY. The first time in years. My heart almost jumped out of my body.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">MS is a new investigator who we met on a bus. Sister Song sat next to him and talked a little bit about the gospel and invited him to church. He came! And brought a friend! The amazing part is the SMS that we got from his mom after she picked him up from church. She told us that he came from a broken family and needed love and she was grateful for what we were trying to share with him. Then she asked us to save him. This from his Buddhist mother. WOW. We met with him on Monday and taught about Heavenly Father and as we were talking about how he felt about it, he said, "Great. That means I do have a father." Oh my heart. I love being a missionary.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">A friend of a member in Butterworth also came to church on Sunday. N. She's from Indonesia and she's adorable. We sat down with her before church and before we even taught her anything really, we felt like she just needed to hear about baptism. So...she's on date for 5 May and excited to meet with us every Wednesday night to prepare for that. <span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">The not-so-fun parts of this week...I was attacked by a Buddhist monk from Brooklyn yesterday. We were talking to people in a mall and he came up and just started verbally abusing us. To the point that Sister Song sms'd the elders to get someone to call us so we could get out. He caught that part and was so awful about it. I just stood there through it all. Man I felt so sad for him. Obviously hasn't found nirvana yet. He even shouted something about my mother as we walked away after telling him we weren't looking to argue. Grow up, man. Then today...as we were teaching our investigator on her break at work...same thing happened, this time coming from her boss. Man he had some crazy anti-Mormon stuff. I think the annoying part about him and the monk both was that they told me I didn't know my own beliefs and I needed to re-evaluate my decisions. It felt so good to just stand my ground and calmly tell them I knew exactly what I'm doing and I know what I believe and I hope they can come to understand it also someday. I really do believe it all. I know it's true. It was fine. Just annoying. Some people...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">I don't have time for anymore. I love you all and hope you have a great week! Happy half-birthday to me on Saturday! :) You all can celebrate if you want. <span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">So much love,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sister Norton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></p><div style=" text-align: center; font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGssSPGjNFSoN6AoFWTimCzoyIOAXKHw-gwWOuPZ3Ez0x6uPVcj3xie7b-emYKIGGwCdoKeKrPkb6jsjwNPlhCR8VYCoNc2JO4L_4nHLmsSE93lzA0eb423BAGkyArbWgppRZbtO4Z4y0/s400/P1030976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719976655744937906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" >He really does.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Rp4Lq5gX_Kk4VcmRkGwNyZH4dlfmn144t-WTKo0VXdRgMFCeofEYSnExOo4mREAgGfELvdzDB2BOrmPGJv9zm8R57GFYqp_wmRYszhkl9z5glvfBT4bnznuWV0QM7gj8cEFsu1k87Q/s1600/P1030995.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97Rp4Lq5gX_Kk4VcmRkGwNyZH4dlfmn144t-WTKo0VXdRgMFCeofEYSnExOo4mREAgGfELvdzDB2BOrmPGJv9zm8R57GFYqp_wmRYszhkl9z5glvfBT4bnznuWV0QM7gj8cEFsu1k87Q/s400/P1030995.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719976662667221538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Stuck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGssSPGjNFSoN6AoFWTimCzoyIOAXKHw-gwWOuPZ3Ez0x6uPVcj3xie7b-emYKIGGwCdoKeKrPkb6jsjwNPlhCR8VYCoNc2JO4L_4nHLmsSE93lzA0eb423BAGkyArbWgppRZbtO4Z4y0/s1600/P1030976.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecsjFFhET0tve2RheLDKQdG8mRR1DiIhsymjTRhCGUQ6CC5lWJR70IAgswtAV-JGIeDfQZfsoAthep7eTcK-a3ca1xSMVPhEMxhbHCfFT5Cya_6quHT9BPhpz8eZgMfU6BzSw3wucaXA/s1600/P1030982.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhecsjFFhET0tve2RheLDKQdG8mRR1DiIhsymjTRhCGUQ6CC5lWJR70IAgswtAV-JGIeDfQZfsoAthep7eTcK-a3ca1xSMVPhEMxhbHCfFT5Cya_6quHT9BPhpz8eZgMfU6BzSw3wucaXA/s400/P1030982.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719976648393964482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;">Sister Norton & Sister Song</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->Chrissy Nortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11840323369200491853noreply@blogger.com0