The best way I feel I should share is by typing up a few entries from my journal that I kept while in Malaysia. The first entry is from Saturday June 26. The missionary we worked with in Kuala Lumpur does student outreach. In order to have a place for students to come and hang out he transformed a regular house into a community hangout that he calls Connection Point. Connection Point is just minutes from a major university and a shopping mall. Students are invited to come and hang out and also learn about the gospel. On certain days the missionary has teaching times for all who are interested. This entry is about one of these teaching times:


This afternoon with the teachings was really good. Some nonbelievers were there and I know that Dr. Merkle and Chris presented well. I'm really glad I was able to meet some of the girls. E, from Malaysia who is a believer, J, from China who I think is also a believer, and K, from Iran who is not a believer. E was very encouraging to talk to. She has a huge hear for her country. Talking to K was very interesting. We talked a lot about Southeastern and what it teaches and also what I want to do in the future. That one conversation with her helped me. I don't remember exactly what I said because I know that God was speaking.


Some of the other seminary students talked with some of the males there and later I was told that they had some really good conversations as well. This was one of our most encouraging days with the students because we had lots of time to talk with them about the gospel in a safe setting.


This next entry is from Monday June 28. We left Kuala Lumpur and went to the island of Penang. There we helped out another missionary. On this particular day we went with this missionary to a Buddhist temple then to a village in the mountains. Here is the (edited) entry from that day:


Today was long but probably one of the best days. We went back on to the mainland and first stopped at a Buddhist temple. The temples here are very different from the ones I went to in Japan and Thailand. Lots of colored statues. The only thing that was the same was the incense. Dr. Merkle said that even though the temple was build in the caves the reason was not because of a reverence of nature but because of the cooler breeze. That is interesting to me because the temples are so well kept and the environment so important in Japan. I didn't really like being there so I'm glad we didn't stay long. After lunch we headed to the village but got a little lost for an hour or more in all the bumpy half-dirt roads. The people in that area were helpful so we eventually found it. The village was smaller than I expected. It was right off the road and about 15-20 adults lived there. There were 3 homes and one open structure. I didn't really know what to do but the missionary introduced me to one lady and from that moment the ladies welcomed me. I sat with them and held one of their babies and drank some milk tea. I tried to smile a lot to let them know that I enjoyed being there with them and they seemed to not be bothered by me. After awhile they called everyone together and performed a welcome dance for us. Everyone was welcome to join after a few minutes so we did. There was a team from Singapore with us and a few of them shared their testimony while the missionary translated. Then he talked about Adam and Eve and their sin then shared about Jesus. He asked if anyone wanted to receive the gospel and about 6-8 people raised their hands. The missionary prayed for them, then we all gathered together and prayed out loud all at the same time...


Later I learned that the village chief was one of those who received the gospel and by him accepted Christ, the whole village accepted. Also, I learned that the missionary and a local pastor had been working with this village for about 6 months, sharing with them stories from the Bible. The day that we joined them just happened to be the day of harvest! Praise God! I have further thoughts to share but I'll leave it at this for know. Thank you so much for your prayers and support! Below is a clip from the welcome dance performed for us.