Books and Baptisms

hi family,

as you probably heard from my subject line, there is big news in the Indonesian language department. there is a new Indonesian book of Mormon! it doesn't sound like much, but it is big big news. the old book of Mormon is good, but a really hard translation, it uses tons of deep Indonesian words that even Indonesians don't understand. and as people here speak Malay, it was hard for them to understand scriptures in lessons and chapters they would read on their own. so now there is a brand new one, and it looks super nice, it has cross references and an index and an introduction, all of which the old one didn't have. we will have copies of it maybe in a month. and news on the Malay translation of the book of Mormon, they are in second nephi, hooray! so maybe in about a million more years they will be done. i don't understand why there is no rush to get materials in Malay, it is super frustrating. but this book of Mormon is enough for me, i really think people will really like it and be able to understand it.

in other news, we are having two baptisms this Saturday! one is a girl who is eleven and one is a really old man. he was supposed to get baptized last week, but he smoked one cigarette last Wednesday, so it is this Saturday. we bought grandpa (the old man) these really strong candy lozenge things to eat when he wants to smoke. we took him over to the house, and the family started to eat them, i hope he has enough left to last to his baptism.

i just got the family letters yesterday, thank you Kim, i think that was the best idea ever. it sounds like everyone is doing good and has cool things happening in their lives. I'm super jealous about the Jamie/lance bike trip, and about all the swimming lessons the nieces and nephews are getting.. (its been a long time since i went swimming, but i have been biking, so i can't complain) and i heard Kim and Byron found a house.. does it have a pool? because i have a sneaking suspicion that there are going to be a lot of road trips next year..

anywho, things are going good here. its still hot here, but i really think I'm getting used to it. i hardly even notice it anymore. do you know what that means? I'm going to die the next time I'm in Utah for winter. before i always prided myself on my thick blood, but now my blood is as thin as they come. when i get out of bed to say my prayers in the morning, the air con freezes me to the max. what am i going to do?

so family, i love you tons. have a good week, I'll see you on the flip side

love, sister Harrison