Thomas' flight just took off from Salt Lake City and is on his way to Singapore. With layovers in LA and Hong Kong, it will be 9:30 PM San Francisco time on Tuesday (12:30 PM Singapore time on Wednesday) when he arrives in Singapore. The total travel time is about 25 hours. With the 16-hour time difference (between Mountain Daylight Time and Singapore time), he will have quite a bit of jet lag. He is expected to head out to his first assigned area (probably in Malaysia within a day or two).
In the latest letter he sent home, he included a few pictures:
With his friends Whitney and Douglas from South Pasadena
With Sister Ith from Singapore
With Elder Denies from Penang, Malaysia
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| Portrait drawn by Sister Wong |
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| The pose for the portrait |
