Leih Hou!
Yeeaaahh I'm in Hong Kong! Good bye fake world of the MTC haha! It's fun to see how everyone's reacted to this transfer now that we're not in Provo. The first couple hours out, Sister Bostwick and I got to talk to several people about the Church and even gave away a couple copies of the Book of Mormon! I was in Cali when I tried calling Dar a kazillion times but she never picked up till the last try. And then we met Helen from Taiwan, her husband from Hong Kong, and David who is ABC like me! We were busy telling them about the Church so sorry I didn't call you back Darilyn! Helen is seriously golden because she kept telling us how wonderful she thought we were to dedicate this time to tell others about the gospel, and she says she now has more time to investigate a church. She's a doctor and goes on so many volunteer trips. Amazing! I also talked to a man named Sam from Cambodia in the Taiwan airport (which is super colorful and decked out with Hello Kitty EVERYWHERE hahaha!). He's this small, cute, old man who was just so humble! I shared with him the first vision and I hope he really calls in for a Book of Mormon and prays about it like he said he would! Another was one from Afghanistan I met right before I left the last plane. I can't BELIEVE how diverse Hong Kong is! There's people from ALL OVER like Indonesia, Europe, . . . basically everywhere except for South America.
My district and I arrived yesterday around 10 a.m. Hong Kong time. This place is just amazingly crazy! The flight was pretty nice . . . we flew during the time when we normally would have slept anyway so some of us got some sleep. We rode with EVA Airlines (which I'd never heard of before) for the big flight across the Pacific and that airplane is seriously the biggest plane I've ever been on! It defies the laws of gravity LOL! They fed us so much (yaya for real Chinese food!) which was good because I was always hungry. It was fun watching the elders and my companion try the rice soup and noodles hehehe because it's all foreign stuff to them except for Elder Ling and Elder Lindsey. By the time we landed, we all felt really gross and the humidity here is something else! I haven't really felt dry this whole time! President and Sister Van Dam along with the AP missionaries and others came to pick us up. The APs are Elder Chen and Elder Williams, who are both just amazing missionaries! EVERYONE here is amazing and they have really set the bar for the rest of my mission.
I rode with the Van Dam's back to the Hong Kong Temple where they live to drop off our luggage (ahhhh the airplane people BROKE my luggage! One wheel is broken on one and the zipper is halfway ripped off the other . . . it was mummified with tons of plastic wrap when I picked it up LOL! Good thing nothing's missing, but I think I'll have to buy some new ones sometime), and then we went to the Peak. The Peak is this really touristy area so they handed us all copies of the Book of Mormon with pass-along cards to give away during our trip. Several of us were seriously wondering how we were going to give them away after our first experience on the MTR, the public transportation system. There were SO MANY people crammed together and NONE of them talk to each other so it was just all of us trying to get them to even look at us. Good grief I'm not gonna lie--it's pretty daunting! It's hard to read the people because they don't really smile or show emotion (haha when we see random people who wave to us and smile, it's because they are members of the Church hahaha!) Elder Chen is a pro and just showed us all how it's done. I learned that I just have to open my mouth and not get scared! I can barely communicate but I do my best. Those Chu siblings at home--LEARN CANTONESE NOW while you can! Make Mom and Dad speak the Canto cause you might find yourself in China one day trying to bear your testimony, but you've gotta know how to first! You won't regret it! So, I'm learning that regection isn't the funnest, although the most people have done to me is not respond. Drives me nuts! So back to the going-to-the-Peak story, I prayed on the plane that God would give me a miracle so that I could find someone who is ready to hear the gospel. On the peak, there's a guy whose job is to take pictures of people on the peak cause the view is AMAZING! He was so patient with me cause my Canto is NOT GOOD but he was all encouraging and listened to me tell him about the plan of salvation. He didn't want the Book of Mormon at first but then I told him that it would help him to know what his purpose in life is. More tourists came by so I had to go. BUT I saw him reading it as I left! Hurrah!!! Later, Sister Van Dam told me that so many missionaries have tried to give him the book. I am so happy that God let me have this miracle!
There are seriously so many people here who are waiting to know the gospel and I just have to put myself out there. It kind of helps that so many speak English! I try to speak as much Canto as possible. It will just take some time!
This morning, we ate breakfast at the Van Dam's and had yummy buns! Soo good! The elders were in pretty high spirits because I think they were all bracing themselves for chicken feet all this time! Well now they know they will actually like some Chinese food. :) I just got assigned to my first companion, Taahm Jimuih! She's super nice, is from Canada, has been here for seven months, and we're assigned to serve the people of Yuen Long. Who knows where that is but I'm there now! My companion has never been here before so we are going to learn a lot together! Like how to cook or something. Our apartment is pretty nice! The Church provides all missionaries with water filters so no worries, Dad! I'm glad I won't be drinking too much boiled water!
I'm in this computer-game room or something. Justin would just LOVE this place! There are boys EVERYWHERE gaming to their hearts desire. We're going to buy food for the first time next and I'm trying to stay awake. I still can't believe I'm here!
To the Hong Kong Club and the Chan Family: Thank you so much for the letters! Thanks for the support and I miss you!
The Church is true!
I love and miss you all!
Love,
Sister Chu :)
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