Ni(ca) Hao, Hong Kong!: I Think That Was Duck's Feet...

Well this week was pretty "boring"...LOL...Sister Chi had a lot of meetings to prepare for zone training so we spent a lot of time just at the chapel. So, it is really interesting, the chapel is 11 total floors and has 3 "chapels" because Mandarin, Cantonese, and English all meet in this chapel. There is church every day except for Monday. The reason is they meet every day because everyone in HK has a “helper” that is Filipino, and because they all have different days off, there is a sacrament meeting for them at 1PM daily so they can come to church and take the sacrament.

It was really neat because we had the opportunity to go on splits with the Filipino dedicated sisters and go to church with them on Wednesday to teach. I have never had that opportunity and as a result we were able to take the sacrament twice this week which was really cool J

We also had 2 walk-ins this week, which means people randomly come into the chapel wanting to know more and since we literally live within walking distance away we are always called and have to run to the chapel. (it’s like 4 minutes away from our apartment).

Walk ins are more frequent during Christmas because of the decorations we put up. Both of them were amazing and So interested! We taught them both the first lesson and gave them Book of Mormons. They were both from mainland China and because it is so strict over there we have no way to contact them. So all we can do is give them the pamphlets to the lessons and a Book of Mormon. One of them even said they were already planning on coming back to get baptized because they just really enjoyed the people and the church feeling!!! It was so cool and we are so lucky to live so close and get this opportunity. The Lord really is preparing people to accept and receive the wonderful blessings this gospel brings.

Also this week is transfers. It is hard for Mandarin work because President will literally just send an email that it is time to change randomly. We have no clue when it is going to happen. So Sister Grover is headed to Kowloon Bay. Sister Chi and I will still be companions, but it will definitely be different. I will definitely have to start speaking more as there will be more than just two of us so I am excited and nervous. I will miss sister Grover, but she and I are convinced we will be companions again since there is so few Mandarin sisters!

And lastly…let’s talk about food! Last week we visited a really wealthy recent convert and he took us out to eat. We had this thing where you put duck and a tortilla-ish things and celery and onions and some sauce. It was the best thing I have ever had in my life. Oh my gosh it was so good! Then this morning I had duck feet.. well I think that is what it was. It was a foot that was webbed soooo exciting hahaha! That one was not as good and again I had a hard time getting myself to eat it, but it is very rude if you don't accept and eat what they hand you. And let me tell you as soon as you finish what you have they hand you something else. So I think I have had a lot of food that I am not necessarily sure what it is…hahaha…oh the joy. Who would have thought me!!

Well that is about it! Oopsies seems like a lot. I am so excited that it is almost Christmas! There are tons of activities coming up. Unfortunately, in HK there is not a lot of service opportunities, but we are desperately trying to find some! Serving others is the best cure for unhappiness. If we are constantly looking to serve others there is not enough time to think about our own problems :) I would challenge you all to look for opportunities to serve this week as well as this Christmas season.

Fun fact, college life and missionary life eating wise is very much the same. Saimin all the way hahaha.

Wo ai nimen,

Sister Loo