Oh man! Mom!! Thanks so much for the letter! Thanks all of you really...you all said stuff that I really needed to hear :) I love being able to hear about your week! Dad, oh man! I can't wait to come back and play tennis with you guys, and golf. I'm glad that I have so many people supporting me...let them know I'm good, and that being a missionary is so great! The Mains are so cute! They love and care about the missionaries so much, especially the sisters. They want us to call if we need help, and President cries when something sad or bad happens. They truly care about us and are incredible! President Mains just knows so much about the gospel, and wants us to be the best missionaries we can be.
A couple random thoughts, I get told all the time that I am so tall! It's funny! And, people say they like that I'm happy, so that's good! Thanks for your prayers, I know that we are going to get investigators, it's going to happen! I get invited to do stuff all the time because Singaporeans are so friendly. I got asked this week to go on a day trip to Malaysia, and to be a full time teacher at a Christian Primary School. Also, I saw Malaysia from a member's window, so yes, Dad, I am very close to Malaysia!!! Also!! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY NEXT WEEK DAD!!! I will send you a nice e-mail next week.
On to our week.....first, I guess, I have a few questions to answer!
-Can I mail letters or packages to your apartment? Or do they have to go to the mission office?
No...I go to the address that you have ALL the time though. It's where our church is, and I get the mail there frequently. So, that address is good!
-How's laundry going? Where do you do it?
So good! I have a washer and dryer in our apartment. I'm spoiled!
-Which Chinese language do they speak over there - mandarin? I've had a number of people ask me that question.
They usually speak Mandarin, but there are some people that speak Cantonese. There are so many languages here! Most people speak English, though some people just have really broken English. So, some people are hard to communicate with.
-Did it rain there this week? It looked like it might have from the forecasts I saw (I like to watch the Singapore weather:) ).
YES! It POURS here. You come in drenched from head to foot without an umbrella.
-How is S doing?
Pretty good! She is still having a hard time with commitments, but she told us that part of the reason she doesn't read the Book of Mormon is that she doesn't understand it. So, we are going to read it with her a couple times this week, and hopefully get her to be more committed that way!
-What did you do on P-Day?
We went shopping last p-day! June is the month of the Great Singapore Sale, so it's packed in the malls and there are lots of good deals. I got some really cute shoes for when I get home! Also, I hit my month mark!
So, this week? It was incredible! For starters, we were able to get a new investigator! His name is N and Sister Kryvanec and I met him at a grocery store our first night here. He believes in messengers, so that is really good. However, he believes in a lot of gods and religions, so it's hard to get him to realize that there is one God. But, he was really receptive and we really hope that he is a good investigator! It was so fun to teach him and see the spirit working in him as we taught. It really makes it all worth it when you have a lesson like that. It makes me so happy and excited!! It's the best part about being a missionary.
I contacted a lot on the MRT. Basically, since there are so many places we travel here in Singapore, and it takes us a lot of time to get places, we contact as we travel. So, I talk to people on the MRT and at the station all the time. I can't talk to people in the mall, but I'm pretty sure everywhere else is okay. Some people are friendly, others look at me like I'm crazy and don't want to say anything.
The other part of this week was that we got to go meet more of the members! It was so great to be able to get into their homes. We had a crazy experience this week with one of our members almost committing suicide. We got to go talk to her family about how they were doing, and talk to her and try and help her out with her situation. It was hard to see her so upset! We shared a scripture with her, and sang a hymn with her, and hope it helped. I even was able to use the spirit and flip open to the exact scripture I felt like I should share, even though I had no idea where in Mosiah it was. The church is true that way...and I know that it is truly God's work, and I am just the instrument.
I also got to go the Methodist Church with an investigator named A on Saturday night. Investigator is a loose term, I feel like she really just wants to talk to us and drill us with questions. We got to sit in on their church though, and it was a good experience. Every church has their truth, but it's interesting that every time I go to another church, my testimony is just strengthened. Funny moment of being at her church though, is that me and Sister Kryvanec were the only white people there! We were trying to hide when the pastor asked for any new people to stand up, but our investigator wanted us to stand and pointed us out. They had us stand, and about 100 people clapped for us. It was really strange! But, also good, and A's family took us out to dinner after, and it was REALLY good. I got to eat so well this week. Friday, I got to eat American food!! It was hot dogs, and potato salad, and all the good barbeque stuff! I wanted to cry I was so happy :). The members that fed us (it was a YSA BBQ) said that they had never seen someone get more excited over hot dogs than I did! It was just so nice to know what I was eating!
Also, on Sunday, I had the most delicious curry ever. It was Japanese Curry, and it tasted like heaven. I got fed so well! The members are so nice, and on Sunday, the P family even got us Doritos because they knew I was homesick. The members really look our for us! They're like our second family :).
I got to focus my spiritual studies this week on the prayer of faith in Chapter 4 of Preach my Gospel. It was nice to be able to have a coin in my shoe all week to remind me to pray always! It was so good and needed. Also, study the character of Christ. Read about His life, and how He reached out. It's really exciting, and it makes you want to focus less on yourself and more on others.
Thanks for all your prayers and love! I miss you, but know this is where I need to be. I can't wait to e-mail and send pictures home next week...I'll spend the majority of the time writing you:). I wish I could tell you more about life here! I feel like you can't ever write or explain missionary life in a letter, and that I only get 1/100 in of what I wish I could tell you about what I'm doing! But, just know that I'm fine, just keep praying for me to not be too homesick! I'll tell you more about some of the members in our ward next week and send you lots of pictures.. Love you all!!
Sister Crabb
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