SECOND ANNUAL KK DISTRICT VALENTINE'S BALL

This is Elder Larson goofing around with our center piece at the ball. The YSAs decorated on Friday night. Many of them have to work on Saturdays.

These are the KK kids doing their Cha cha cha that they practiced about four times to perform. They were GREAT!!!! The young gal in the floral dress on the right is Ebony who is Sis. Dorcas' daughter--she has great rhythm. She is dancing with Curdy Money who is our former branch president. In the middle is Flora in the red dress dancing with Peter Wong who will soon be on a mission in Dallas, Texas!! They work together at abx. Flora is a new convert of about a month. Peter baptized her. They are both amazing. On their right is David Choong dancing with Tiffany Teo. Tiffany is a Laurel--but we invited the seventeen years old. She is just so precious. David was the emcee for the evening.

This table has some of the YSAs from Tawau. They rode a bus for about eight to ten hours just to come to the dance!!!! The girls sang a really pretty song. I think that they had lots of fun.

We had cake and ice cream for dessert. I bought this at my favorite bakery in Damai. It was so yummy!! We served about 90 people with this cake and had leftovers!!! We had about 70+ YSAs at the dance, but other branch members were there and we fed them also. We were so excited by the numbers who came. Last year we had about 30.

This is Cecie and Findley who were voted "Best Dressed". All the girls were beautiful and the guys were handsome. We love Cecie who has"blossomed like a rose" since we have been in Malaysia. She rides to and from FHE with us because she lives near us in a apartment with some other girls. Findley has recently moved home from KL. He's a very nice young man, knowledgeable in gospel principles, and so cheerful. The fellow in the red shirt is President Fausto. He is a counselor in the District Presidency and he is a fabulous dancer. He cooked all of the dinner for the dance except the spaghetti sauce, which I made.

This is Mr. and Miss Valentine, selected by popular vote. They are Eder Wong and Laura Harun--two of my favorites. Eder is a return missionary and Laura leaves in a few weeks for her mission to London, England!!! The little guy taking their picture is Findley's little brother and we could not get rid of him all night!!!! I thought that he was cute!

This is our chapel and our cultural hall. Some of the older members there told us later that we were too loud--but we weren't. They were just 70+ people having a fun time. Some of the new converts need to understand that it's okay to have fun at church!!!

I loved doing this and I hope that our precious YSAs continue to grow in the gospel and in their personal lives. I love each one of them and will miss them terribly!! But I'm so excited to be coming home-- just three more weeks.

Love you

MOM