Hi again!
Greetings from the mosquito-infested suburbs of Yuen Long! Everyday, Sister Thompson and I look at our legs in mourning. We each have so many bites that our legs look diseased. We are buying mosquito repellent today or something.
We're so happy because we got to watch General Conference last weekend! It was so good to hear the choir sing and listen to the talks by our prophet and apostles . . . in ENGLISH! All the missionaries from my zone in New Territories gathered in a room in the Yuen Long chapel to watch it together. We had four investigators come to watch too! They were Heui Siu Je (who loved it!), Psyche (14 years old with LOTS of questions), Psyche's friend Karen (also 14 and very humble), and Amy (lived in England for a long time and I'm afraid was scared away by Conference). I loved Elder Anderson's talk. He said something like, "You don't know everything, but you know enough!" That just gave me encouragement and reminded me that I already have come a long way since I've arrived in HK! Oh and before one of the sessions, I randomly met Claire Chow's (well now Bertin!) mom who went to school with Dad and Mom. She said that my smile is like Mom's so that's how she recognized me. I have no idea haha!
I had a miracle last Monday because I'd been coughing a lot and that morning, I had no pain at all! I still coughed some but it made the day a lot easier. One of Dad's older brother's wife called me the night before. It was so nice that she thought of me! She talked super fast, though, so I didn't quite know what to say to her. And I was coughing a lot. And, I couldn't really tell who she was because I haven't memorized family relationship vocabulary yet! Oh well! Hopefully I will have more to say the next time she calls! And no worries . . . my cough is now nearly gone.
We have a member in Yuen Long 2 Ward named Michael who is AMAZING! He just got baptized last July, but is one of the best members I've ever met! He has such dedication and enthusiasm in doing the Lord's work, and he just radiates happiness to everyone he meets! He invited us over for dinner to meet his friend, whom he hoped we could share a message with but then she didn't want to listen. Still, he has great hopes for her and such a huge testimony. He is 27 and single so he goes with the elders all the time to go street contacting and knock on doors. He says he wishes he could serve full-time mission but since he can't, he likes serving as a member missionary. How awesome! He makes me want to do better. I just wonder how to help the other ward members be like him.
As I said last week, I went over to Amanda Chan's home last night for dinner. She used to live in Tsuen Wan and said she used to be good friends with Mom because they're about the same age and joined the Church around the same age (she was 15, I think?). Amanda also invited Szeto Wai Ling and her husband because she knew that they also knew Mom and Dad back in the day. Apparently, they haven't kept in contact with Mom and Dad very well, but they all have good memories of them! Sister Szeto has a 16 year old daughter now studying in mainland China. As soon as I walked in the door, she was so happy and kept patting my face, saying that I looked a lot like Dad, which is funny because other people say I look like Mom. Whatever makes them happy! Amanda and Sister Szeto said that Dad was like their older brother, and I can tell that they looked up to him when they knew him. They also said that they used to have a nickname for Dad, something with our last name cause it means "pig" in Canto! Haha! I gave her Mom and Dad's email addresses so hopefully you can email or something.
This afternoon, we are going with an investigator Sister Dahng to go to the hospital. I'm not sure what we're going to do for about 2 hours, but I hope we can help her!
I love you all!
Sister Chu :)
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