We have had our Second Senior Missionary Conference in Singapore!! What an enlightening experience and also a lot of fun. We went a few days early and stayed at the Pasir Panjang House this time. Our friends, Barry and Linda Johnson, came early also because E. Larson needed to help them with their wheelchair project. They are the Humanitarian couple in West Malaysia. We have come to love them greatly. We arrived in Singapore on Tuesday evening and they worked on their projects most of the day. Later in the day we went to the Asian Civilization Museum for a special exhibit of the Terracotta Warriors. They had about one hundred artifacts from Shaanxi province in China. Before we went into the exhibition, we had a drink at an outdoor restaurant at the museum. I had a strawberry milkshake and it was just that--milk with some strawberry flavoring, shaken up!! NO Ice Cream!!! On well........
The exhibition was awesome!! I would love to see all of these warriors in China. To think how old they are and they were only discovered in 1974 outside Xi'an.
The museum is located on the Singapore River in the city. Afterwards, we walked along the river and made some goofy pictures with some of the bronze statues along the river walk.
E. Larson wanted me to sit on this fellow's lap. I'm so happy that he is bronze!!! After this, we found a Mexican restaurant. YEA!!!! Haven't had any since we left the states. It was so yummy. We sat at a table right on the waterfront and were able to sit and chat. The Johnsons and we usually take the MRT, but this time we just took cabs--easier and faster.
The next day we went to some places with the Smiths who are the new Public Relations seniors for the mission. They are stationed in KL. They were so fun and I loved getting to know them. E/S Brown also in KL went with us. We all bought these special made Nativity scenes. They are being made for us and we will pick them up when we return to Singapore in January. They are made of ground cinnamon and some paste. Next we took the Smiths and Browns to Mustapha's in Little India. They had never been and wanted to buy some things that they could not find anywhere else. The streets of Little India were decorated as far as the eye could see. The Indian holiday, Deepavali, is celebrated on October 26. That's one thing I love about Malaysia and Singapore. They are so diverse, so many cultures, and so many holidays!!!
This is one of our new missionary couples, the Hodders. They are from Canada. They are simply just delightful!!! We loved getting acquainted with them. The Hodders and the other couples from Sarawak(the other state in East Malaysia) decided to take a trip to Kuching for a few days on their way to the conference in Singapore. President Clark granted permission and they left. They invited us to go, but we have been 3 times and are going back tomorrow. We have vision and wheelchair projects there. They had such a fun time that they decided to perform a silly little skit for our senior conference. The picture below is one of them performing for the rest of us. Lots of laughs!!
The next day was our 13 hour long conference. It was all a discussion format. So helpful and informative. There was so much knowledge and information in that one room!! For dinner that evening, we had a special surprise in that Elder Subandriyo, one of the Area Seventy, came unexpected and had dinner and spoke to us. He is such a nice man. We had the privelege of spending a whole day with him when he came to KK.
Sebastion picked us up at the airport when we returned and I asked him for a picture of him with his BYU hat that E. Larson gave him for Christmas. He is very proud of his new taxi!!
The exhibition was awesome!! I would love to see all of these warriors in China. To think how old they are and they were only discovered in 1974 outside Xi'an.
The museum is located on the Singapore River in the city. Afterwards, we walked along the river and made some goofy pictures with some of the bronze statues along the river walk.
E. Larson wanted me to sit on this fellow's lap. I'm so happy that he is bronze!!! After this, we found a Mexican restaurant. YEA!!!! Haven't had any since we left the states. It was so yummy. We sat at a table right on the waterfront and were able to sit and chat. The Johnsons and we usually take the MRT, but this time we just took cabs--easier and faster.
The next day we went to some places with the Smiths who are the new Public Relations seniors for the mission. They are stationed in KL. They were so fun and I loved getting to know them. E/S Brown also in KL went with us. We all bought these special made Nativity scenes. They are being made for us and we will pick them up when we return to Singapore in January. They are made of ground cinnamon and some paste. Next we took the Smiths and Browns to Mustapha's in Little India. They had never been and wanted to buy some things that they could not find anywhere else. The streets of Little India were decorated as far as the eye could see. The Indian holiday, Deepavali, is celebrated on October 26. That's one thing I love about Malaysia and Singapore. They are so diverse, so many cultures, and so many holidays!!!
This is one of our new missionary couples, the Hodders. They are from Canada. They are simply just delightful!!! We loved getting acquainted with them. The Hodders and the other couples from Sarawak(the other state in East Malaysia) decided to take a trip to Kuching for a few days on their way to the conference in Singapore. President Clark granted permission and they left. They invited us to go, but we have been 3 times and are going back tomorrow. We have vision and wheelchair projects there. They had such a fun time that they decided to perform a silly little skit for our senior conference. The picture below is one of them performing for the rest of us. Lots of laughs!!The next day was our 13 hour long conference. It was all a discussion format. So helpful and informative. There was so much knowledge and information in that one room!! For dinner that evening, we had a special surprise in that Elder Subandriyo, one of the Area Seventy, came unexpected and had dinner and spoke to us. He is such a nice man. We had the privelege of spending a whole day with him when he came to KK.
Sebastion picked us up at the airport when we returned and I asked him for a picture of him with his BYU hat that E. Larson gave him for Christmas. He is very proud of his new taxi!!Senior missions are just the best!!! I would love to serve another one again. It's the best that I have ever felt in my life. So rewarding and so humbling. I would wish this experience for all of our children one day. We can skype with our grandchildren and watch them grow. Jakey is now old enough that he skypes with us on his own sometimes. We love it--he's getting so big. I miss my sisters and brother, but I will see them soon also.
I love the Savior, his Plan of Salvation, and His blessings to us!!
DAD/MOM
Love you too mom and dad and can't wait to see you soon!!!!
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