Gak ada kebetulan dalam rencana Allah!
hey hey heeeyyyy!!!
OK WOW! I do not know where to start. Hahahaha. this week was CRAZY! Filled with miracles, that's for sure. Moving, and baptism, and moving again- comp to phillipines and me to surabaya!
FIRST- BAYU GOT BAPTIZED! My favorite 9 year old on planet Earth became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am so so so thankful for him, and his example of pure love and pure intent to follow our Savior Jesus Christ. At the end of his service we sang, "Ku Mau jadi Seperti Yesus" (I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus), and I was conducting (or in other words, writing my name in cursive with my hand;)) ) and I couldn't help but feel my heart burst out in joy when I looked into the congregation to see Bayu singing with a big smile on his face, along with his family, along with the members. It was a simple reminder to me of how Heavenly Father's love for us, that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to stand as the perfect example for us, and that only through HIM, we are able to pulang to our Heavnly father's HOME for us :)
SECOND- I MET MY OM AND MY COUSINS AND TANTE THAT LIVE IN MALANG! So about two weeks ago, kakaku yg terkasih, Yesica, sent me an email saying "Hey, you know you have fam in malang right?? Here's their info. Go visit them!" AND IM LIKE "HOLD UP, WAIT WHAT?! I HAVE FAMILY HERE!?!?!" I had NO IDEA! Anywho, on Tuesday right after DTM, homecomp and I bike on over to Universitas Negeri Malang. My Om is a director there.. and I show up and to reference Buddy the Elf again.. I began to sing.. "I',m here... with my Om (Uncle) and we've never met.. and he wants me to sing him a song.. and I'm Indonesian.. but I moved to America.. so I'm here now, I found you.. Uncle.. AND, GUESS WHAT, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!"
Hahaha. No, I actually didn't sing that. But YOU KNOW I THOUGHT IT!
Anyways- We meet and we are freaking out! Smiling and crying! It was way happy! He continues to tell me stories of my dad and my dad's twin (Merchi and Maxy) and how my Om used to take care of them when he was 7, and they were born. They grew up together in Bali, and did everything together. SO CRAZY! And then, on SUNDAY, I had the opportunity to meet the rest of the fam. Sepupus & all! We also had the chance to introduce the Church of Jesus Christ to them, and as I bore testimony of God's Plan and how this is clearly no coincidence, I felt the Spirit testify so strongly to me, that indeed, His Plan is in action, and that one day, my family will be able to live together forever with our Father in Heaven. My Om gave me a huge fam tree rundown too. LEGIT! So sweet to get to know my Bali roots hahaha!
There's a talk from Conference- "Divine Design" By Elder Rasband. And it just made me think of how God truly is in the very details of our lives. There is no such thing as 'coincidence' in His Plan. It clearly was not a coincidence that I happened to be assigned to Malang and happened to have family here I haven't met yet either. In his words, "What are God's miracles that remind you that He is close, saying "i am right here?" It is clear that the Lord's hand is in our lives, and I invite you all to look for those miracles- our "divine coincidences"- that testify to us of His knowlege of all things from the start till the eternities! He is here!
This is His work! I love Indonesia!
dengan kasih,
Sister Ratu <3
1,2,3- BAYU!
4- happier i am, the less i can see :)
5&6- prof nyoman, tante yanti, dian, dan mega :) KELUARGAKU!
7- comp<34
8- hope your week is as great as this monyet HAHA
9- SNOOPY my oms dog, 1/5 of their dogs hahahhaa
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