A Melody of Peace: Annabelle’s Violin Performance ️

Annabelle participated in the International Day of Peace Interfaith Music and Dance Festival at the Soka Gakkai Culture Center in Klang. The event brought together people from different faiths and communities to celebrate peace, unity, and mutual understanding.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Malaysia actively participated in the celebration through music. Annabelle, a Church youth, performed the hymn “I Need Thee Every Hour” on her violin, accompanied by Sister Dawn Chow.

I feel grateful that Annabelle had the opportunity to share her musical talent and represent the Church at this meaningful interfaith event. It was a beautiful reminder that, despite our different beliefs and cultures, we can come together through music, kindness, and our shared desire for peace.

As President Russell M. Nelson has encouraged Church members to be peacemakers, may we continue to build bridges of understanding and bring more love into our communities, one small act at a time. ❤️

A Girls’ Camp to Remember September 16–18, 2024 | Batang Kali, Malaysia

Annabelle participated in the Kuala Lumpur District Young Women’s Camp at Summer Summer Farm in Batang Kali, together with 27 other young women and their adult leaders.

With the theme “I Am a Disciple of Christ,” the three-day camp gave the girls an opportunity to enjoy nature, strengthen friendships, develop leadership skills, and grow closer to Jesus Christ.

Despite the heavy afternoon rain, the girls continued to enjoy their camp activities with enthusiasm. They were divided into four teams named Eve, Mary, Sariah, and Abish, and took part in various challenges that encouraged teamwork, creativity, and cooperation.

The activities were not just about having fun. The girls learned to cook over a campfire, navigate a compass course, and build model boats to race against one another. Each activity offered a lesson about working together, following directions, solving problems, and having faith when facing challenges.

They also participated in a blindfold activity that taught them the importance of listening to prophetic counsel and trusting the guidance they receive. Other activities included team games, building a balloon tower, writing secret letters, and sharing scripture-based devotionals and personal testimonies.

These moments allowed the young women to get to know one another better, encourage each other, and build friendships in a supportive environment. Annabelle and Lauren also had the opportunity to conduct a morning devotional, giving them a chance to share spiritual thoughts with their fellow campers.

One of the most meaningful parts of the camp was reflecting on how challenges can help us grow. Annabelle shared a beautiful reminder with her friends: “The trials the Lord has given us are to help us grow… Don’t ever give up your faith, even if it’s one step forward and two steps back, never give up.”

I am glad Annabelle had this opportunity to learn beyond the classroom, enjoy outdoor adventures, serve with others, and strengthen her faith. More than just three days away from home, the camp provided valuable lessons about perseverance, discipleship, friendship, and trusting the Lord through life’s challenges.

I hope the memories she made, the friendships she built, and the spiritual lessons she learned will continue to guide her as she grows into a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. ❤️

Messenger Video Call with Elder Yu 16 Sep 2024

Even when we are miles apart, a family Messenger video call brings us a little closer. Four faces, four smiles, and a few precious moments shared through a screen. We may not always be together physically, but these little connections remind me that family bonds can still bring warmth and happiness across the distance. ❤️

Holy Ghost, Scriptures & Revelations

September 16, 2024

Holy Ghost, Scriptures & Revelations

Dear Elder Yu,

It has been some time since I wrote to you. I hope I can keep up with my words to you in replying to every letter you email. Guess what? Now I am sitting in the newly opened Burger King at the Caltex petrol station near our Puchong Permai roundabout there! It is quite a nice and chill place to hang out aside from McDonald’s at the Shell petrol station just behind! So this Burger King would be my new hangout place for the next 2 years, hope Annabelle will bear with me! Haha :p!

Today is a national holiday as today is Malaysia Day and Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday, 2 public holidays coincidentally fall into 1 day. Some private sector companies declared Monday, 16/9/2024, and Tuesday, 17/9/2024 public holidays, but not in my case. Mommy is going to work tomorrow because my company follows the government as our Prime Minister had declared for the government sectors.

Today also is the first day of the BYU-Idaho Fall Semester. Well, as usual, I registered 2 subjects and I just dropped 1 subject yesterday after considering my work, calling, study, and some other kinds of stuff that I would like to do. I am taking a Maths subject, Social Science Statistics this semester. Let’s see how bad and difficult this subject is for me.

After talking about my desire to go to the temple for some time, I finally paid for the flight tickets and booked the temple patron house at Bangkok Temple at the end of November with the assistance of sister E Chin. We will go together on this trip. I will be going from 28^th – 30^th November 2024. I am going on a Thursday when the flight will be around noon time, so at least I am still able to fetch Annabelle to go to school first, she will come back home alone. Then she might need to skip school the next day, Friday 29^th November 2024. I will be back on Saturday, 30^th November 2024 night. So, that’s the plan.

I think you and Annabelle can know the purpose of this temple trip. Besides doing the initiatory and endowment session for my great-grandmother, I want to seek the Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ’s strength, courage, and wisdom I need to end this marriage relationship. Your daddy’s request for divorce has kept hovering in my mind for the past few months. These are the things that are hard for me to accept. I tried very hard to clear and free my mind to think carefully about our relationship. This is not to say I do not believe in the Savior’s power to do the impossible, but as you know He would not interfere with an individual’s agency to choose.

Elder Yu, I must confess to you that I did not have any idea at all when I read your letter as I was eagerly searching between the lines to find the answers to my questions posted a few weeks back. Eventually, I only knew I was looking for the comfort and peace I needed for my current situation.

The first question I asked was:

How can I know what Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want me to do now, as it seems as if everything I see is either pointing me to let go and keep on continuing to work on my marriage? It seems to me the message hinted me to just let go, somedays hinted me to work on it. I am confused by the things and thoughts that came into my mind. And, that is the reason why I have the urge to go to the temple.

Now, as I reflect on my question to you back then, I only came to realize your insights into this question in your email. So, I need the Holy Ghost or Spirit’s guidance to do the Lord’s will. Yesterday, I was teaching the younger children in the Primary Sunday School about Samuel the Lamanite story in Helaman 13:2-5 that, God can speak to me in my heart. How can I know that God can speak to our hearts, as He did for Samuel? God communicates with us in different ways. If it is I was the one who revised all the homework that I should have known a long time ago when I taught the children about how God speaks to us.

Earlier last week, I came to read an article on the LDS Living website about how sister Sheri Dew shared her experiences seeking divine help in learning the language of the Holy Ghost. A friend asked her:

“Have you asked the Lord to teach you how He communicates with you?” She replied that she hadn’t.

Her friend said,

“That’s a great prayer to offer, … and you are probably going to have to offer it for the rest of your life,”

Sister Sheri explained,

“So, I started asking that question, … and then I started noticing things in the scriptures.” Each time sister Sheri found an instance of the Lord communicating directly with His children here on earth, she added a little red X to the margin of her scriptures. Many years later, she can tell more often, more clearly what the Spirit is trying to teach her. She shared that some of the clearest promptings she has ever received have come while being immersed in the scriptures. Sister Sheri testified, “The scriptures are a conduit for revelation. They teach us the language of the Spirit.”

And, these are the things that are exactly what you shared in your email the other day on Seek for My Word. Allow me to list the scriptures you shared at below:

1. Doctrine and Covenants 10: 5

5 Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work.

2. Doctrine and Covenants 88: 62 - 64

62 And again, verily I say unto you, my friends, I leave these sayings with you to ponder in your hearts, with this commandment which I give unto you, that ye shall call upon me while I am near—

63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

64 Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name it shall be given unto you, that is expedient for you;

3. Alma 37: 36 – 37

36 Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.

37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

4. 2 Nephi 32: 8 – 9

8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.

9 But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.

Sister Sheri Dew shared,

“I think the scriptures are in part designed to say, ‘You actually can communicate with heaven,’” Sheri says. “The Lord wants to talk to us. … And we let so much stuff get in the way. … But when we ask and are sincerely prayerful and listening and trying to figure it out, I think we get helped.”

“Line upon line, precept upon precept, we receive not immediate illumination, but gradual and subtle illumination by the power of the Holy Ghost,” Elder Bednar has taught. “As we study, as we ponder, as we wrestle, … into our mind and into our heart comes, through the power of the Holy Ghost, increased understanding.”

After giving myself some time to think about that, it has become clearer that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want me to know all these truths – All these additional promptings will help me to look back and see the Lord’s pattern of revelation—not only in the scriptures but also throughout our personal lives.

I will spare the second part of my question about forgiveness later – if I can find something that resonates with Elder Yu’s teaching throughout my week. It is a challenging task to do, and I know it is all about my grudges to your daddy after being with him for about 22 years, end up with this outcome or results! I am not harvesting a sweet fruit in my marriage, and still have a lot to learn and work on my relationship with people.

Hmmm.. and there was an embarrassing moment that happened yesterday! Annabelle and I were deciding that we would have our lunch at AEON Supermarket after church. Well, to be honest, it is always your mummy who wants to eat there on the Sabbath. I only came to realize that I did not bring my purse out after I ordered a Rojak and Asam Laksa, in the end, Annabelle had to pay first with her only twenty-plus ringgits in her purse. You can imagine how your sister looked at me! And, we ate our lunch joyfully and sparingly! (Haha) That was the fastest shopping we ever had on a Sabbath!

To chill you up, here are some photos taken at the Burger King at the Caltex petrol station where we had our dinner last Friday night, 13^th September 2024. As usual, we had our going-out dinner on every Friday night.

Lastly, words cannot express my gratitude to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for both you and Annabelle being in my life.

Love,
Mommy

TRANSFERR WEEEK!!

Well this week is AWESOME! And I got to learn a lot about how I can do better to teach others, guide them and love them. I am soo glad and thankful for the many blessings The Lord gave to all of us

Well today have a new comp ELDER DUBRUEIL, he is Awesome and it's his first week too We were able to meet with soo many people and even had the Mid Autumn Festival activity for the chinese branch. I love my area❤️

Now it's sad though, cause I will be leaving my baby area and head to a new place down in Ogden. However I'll be comp with an Asian Elder, Elder Teng and things are going to be exciting from there. I will miss my trainer a lot, however I want to cherish each and every single moment of my mission service time as well. I want to do all I can and try my very best as well, and I found a line between diligence and charity. I love that. ❤️

Here are some things that I learned during the week.

Adaptability 

When Elder Dubreuil came in the field, it was a Monday night after our preparation time as we were about to knock on a contact door. Our AP's called Elder Fleshman and told him. Do you think you can train another missionary, he is Elder Dutrey (He pronounced it incorrectly) And my trainer was left dumbfounded.  Like WOW what just happened . Best part his single line posterity line is branching and there is a probability that my trainer might dominate teh chinese posterity line

Nonetheless as Elder Dubreuil came, we started to be a bit wonky with our lesson. However, gradually I found several strengths that this new Elder has and gradually we morph our lesson skills together as one I was able to gain new knowledge and insights to improve on myself. I am grateful for all the blessing and humility I gained to improve each day.

Over all I think having a new comp like being in a new area with a new comp and not a single person I know is going to be tough. But I want to get to know my new comp on my own. Gott improve on my communication skill, but more than that showing charity to him and just getting to know him in his heart and background. And yeah if ya'll got some tips to get to know someone, or certain question that would help I would love to learn some!!

Learning How To Learn

Well often as I ponder about how I learn in life. I always thought of comments to be a hard pill to swallow. Like it's just hard to hear, discouraging, make one feel pointless and just sorrowful. And that's how I've been taking comments every moment in my mission. I took many comment really hard to myself and wanted to improve much better than th previous lesson, door knocking and contacting. Like it just hits me like a truck as I hear the critical comments and being rejected.

Something I learned was humility truly is a crucial part in our learning progress. It makes the advises, weaknesses point out and goals to set much more easier. Nonetheless it's so true in Ether 12:27. And I have come to see how the grace of the Lord is there to help us and guide us in improving ourselves each day. I am SOO GRATEFULL FOR THAT EXPERIENCE. I realised that with humility and meekness, learning opportunities become much more fun, the gradual slope of achievements becomes much more appreciated, lastly the love that the Savior has for me becomes ever more visible in life.

I came to realise humility leads us to trust that Heavenly Father is there to help us, with confidence. And that the love and support we all have is always beyond our imagination. Whether it be in this side or the other side of the veil. You are loved and appreciated with each mountain we climb. The Lord will guide you as you go through a learning process, with the Holy Ghost's guidance learning becomes quicker, changes becomes more welcoming and understanding becomes more comforting. I love that soo much❤️

Preparation 

A talk that I had to give yesterday was...

"By faith, all things are fulfilled through Christ"

As I was preparing that talk, I learned about how we can prepare ourselves and with faith let all things be fulfilled after all out efforts. After all that we can do, it's to trust in the Lord. like

Enos: That he had to wrestle in spirit, to increase and strengthen his faith as his soul was hungry. Which as he added the effort and wrestled all night to strengthen his faith. He was made whole, by his faith and is forgiven.

Alma and Amulek: As they were thrown in prison and were abused by the high priest and high authorities. They waited in patients. To actively wait and do all they can to allow the Lord to deliver them out of their bondage. Through increasing faith, suffering long with the Lord's help and obedient in the Lord's prompting. And eventually they are delivered.

Nephi and his people: IN 2 Nephi 25 it talks about how Nephi and his people obeyed the law of Moses with so much obedience, with soo much exactness. The law is fulfilled and made dead to them. And even so they are still saved by the Savior's grace. More than that but by their faith in Christ they were made alive, physically and spiritually ✨️.

By Wrestle (Effort), Long-suffering (Patience) and Exactness (Obedience). We make it possible for us to prepare with all our effort having the Lord's help. We can also leave the rest of our short-comings and uncontrollable factors to the Lord to help us by our faith.

Likewise in our lives we can do the same thing as well. To prepare ourselves and overcome the challenges we face from our effort and the Lord's help. Trust Him✨️

Also one more thought, my comp mentioned this.

"You know we can be so much more quicker to be an equal with the many prophets in the scripture. Like we have so much more spiritual resources than the past, as well as how fast we can find the resources we need with just a few taps on the phone. So use your resources wisely."

So we can do so much more better right now. Nonetheless also remember to take a rest.

Purpose 

As we went door contacting I realised how much I could do so much better especially with contacting people. Our purpose is to Bring others to COME UNTO CHRIST. Not getting to know them, not serving them but to bring these people to come unto Christ. That's our ultimate goal. And I am trying and learning how to center everything I do to help others to Learn about Jesus Christ.

So I am still learning and to help others to Come unto Christ with each interaction I have with every child of God.

Conclusion

It's soo fun with learning the gospel and even being a missionary not a single regret. I know God loves all of us and wants to help us even more in our lives. I'm grateful for his love and support. Alright Gotta goo BYEEEE

Dear Elder Yu: Growing in Faith, Serving with Love, and Learning to Be a Disciple ❤️

Hi hi! It's been a while since I have written an email again, but I wanted to let you know that this email has helped me during the week in preparing for YW camp, which surprise surprise, is today!!! And I'm doing a devotional on the second day! There is a lot of pressure, especially as a person who doesn't know how to do a devotional... But I was doing the first part of the YW Theme, as a fraction of the YW camp will be based on the YW Theme! One of the parts talked about being a disciple of Christ, I thought of it as living as a disciple of Christ and representing Him in our daily lives. I mentioned the difficulty of communicating or socialising, which I think many YW might relate to. Also, I included the part of the Lord making us strong when we are weak! (Ether 12:27) Cool thing too, it's a seminary doctrinal mastery!

Speaking of socialising, the YW are now assigned to welcome the members into the church! Which was counselled by an apostle? And now the Puchong branch is including it! Though, I have been tasked to assign and pair the YW  together to do it, cause I feel it would be encouraging for them to do it together, you know? Thinking of including it in my devotional to get some suggestions from other branches, inform our YW and make a good ministering approach. 3 pajaros, uno stone!

Also, when I read about root nurturing in Alma 32:37-39, it reminded me of a video I saw regarding an apostle's experience in planting a tree when he was younger, though I can't find it anymore. But it had something to do with nurturing the tree, and when neglected, the tree grew sideways and was so hardened that it could not be pulled back. So the apostle cut it off and nurtured it back again until the tree was still growing at his children's home. That's all I remember, there were so many things that happened during the last two weeks, especially one with the ✨✨ZESTY BOY✨✨ two Saturdays ago Well, I won't see you today, but I do wish you luck on your missionary and help me say thanks to Elder Fleshman and you for the comforting words on the 3rd-week email! Surprisingly, I felt the same on that same day I wanted to open it

P.S. I'm gonna give Lauren and Leah their letters during YW camp! I'm thinking of waiting to read mine on my birthday if that's alright.

Sincerely,
Annabelle

A Saturday of Music and Good Food @ Cafe UAK Central USJ8

Saturday afternoons are sometimes busier than we expect, but they can also bring some of the sweetest memories. Annabelle and I spent the afternoon in Klang for violin practice in preparation for the upcoming Interfaith Music and Dance Festival.

After the practice session, we headed back towards USJ 8 for a late dinner at Cafe UAK  Central USJ8. By then, we were probably more than ready to sit down, relax, and enjoy some good food!

The cafe had a cosy atmosphere, with warm lights, colourful decorations, and a lively evening crowd. We ordered a grilled meat platter served with salad, corn, a sausage, and sauce, along with a pizza topped with cheese, vegetables, mushrooms, and other delicious ingredients. We also enjoyed our refreshing drinks while taking our time over dinner.

Of course, a meal together would not be complete without a few photographs! Annabelle and I took pictures of our food, posed for some silly shots, and captured moments that might seem ordinary to someone else but are precious to me. Looking at the pictures, I can almost hear our laughter and remember the simple happiness of being together.

One of the lovely moments was making a video call and sharing a little part of our evening with someone who was not physically there with us – my husband Alvin and my daughter’s daddy. Even when people are far away, technology can help us feel connected and included in each other's lives. A quick call, a familiar face on the screen, and a shared smile can make an ordinary evening feel a little more special.

I realise that the day was not only about violin practice or having a late dinner. It was about accompanying Annabelle as she prepared for something important, enjoying a meal together after a busy afternoon, and preserving little moments through photographs.

It was just an ordinary Saturday afternoon followed by a late dinner, but it became another memory worth keeping. And sometimes, that is more than enough.