ON OUR WAY TO BINTULU

We have left our home at the MTC. We spent 18 hours in the longest night ever. It was dark when we left Utah Friday night at 9:30 pm and it was never light again until we landed in Tiawan at 6 am on Sunday. It was a very nice ride. Large comfy seats, movies or music on demand and two full course meals. Everything went very smooth, made all connections and no problems with customs.

We did suffer a little jet lag. We went to bed Sunday night 8 pm Singapore time which was 6 am Saturday there and I woke up at what I thought was 10 am Monday thinking we missed our appointments with the mission office. Went downstairs and asked the missionaries who's apartments are all together only to find out it was really only 10 pm. We were messed up and still are having missed Saturday all together.

We are now here for two days waiting for our next flight to Bintulu on Wednesday pm. So the only thing to do is sight see, tough duty but someone has to do it.

ELLEN INSIDE THE SINGAPORE FLYER, LISTENING TO OUR 'GUIDE'

We went up in the world's highest observation ferris wheel, probably the only one. I think it is about 15 to 20 stories high. As you can see you ride inside of a glass tube. I will include more picutres latter of the sites.

SINGAPORE FLYER FROM THE GROUND

SINGAPORE STAKE CENTER

MISSION OFFICES RIGHT BEHIND THE STAKE CENTER

Very little parking as very few have cars? Why? Not because they're poor. One has to pay $10,000 to $12000 for the right to own and drive a car for 10 years plus another 40,000 for a small compact car. Then you can only keep the car for 10 years then submit it for salvage.

By the way the church is just taking off over here. In the last 10 years they have had 8000 baptisms. The reason i s that we are now allowed to speak Malay as we weren't because of the Muslim connection.

ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE FLYER.  THAT IS A FLOATING SOCCER FIELD.

The city has huge building projects going on all over. Lots of cranes across the city sky line.  Right beneath the flyer and encircling many hotels is a grand prix race track.  Unbelievable.

Well I need to hit the sack.