Hallo from Hong Kong!
This week has gone by super fast! Almost every night, Sister Thompson and I have been making calls and scheduling till our bedtime at 11. I still have phone anxiety, not because of speaking Cantonese, but because I don't like talking on the phone in the first place! Sister Thompson laughs at me everytime because I pretty much slam the phone down in relief as soon as the conversation is over LOL! I'm doing better though hehehe. If we don't make phone calls, then we don't have appointments for the next day, and if we don't have appointments, we're going finding ALL DAY LOOONNNGG!!! So. That's pretty good motivation to like the phone. We are going to get a new phone today!
I've learned that I need more patience. We teach an English class every Friday night as you know, and since it's in the evening when I'm pretty much tired and some of the kids are kind-of rowdy, I pretty much almost lose my temper. Pretty much like that! I really love the kids though! Next time, I'm going to teach them about Halloween and bring candy!
Last Sunday, Yuen Long 2 Ward had a sihk pun choi activity for all the new members of the ward. Pun choi is like this humongous bowl full of all sorts of yummy stuff like chicken, tofu, fish balls, and all sorts of yummy stuff I don't know the name of layered together. They told me that they eat this at huge gatherings and everyone just crowds around the table with their rice bowls. Then we just eat and eat and eat till it's all gone! Love it! Our one investigator So Fanny (pronounced So Funny heee) came with her blind husband. She is quite the character! Her parents are from Hong Kong but she grew up in Brazil so her first language is Portuguese, second is English, and third is Cantonese. Amazing!!! We found her in the "past investigator" section of our area book. So far, she's been telling us her super long life story, and we hope that after the story is out, we can continue teaching her. She really wants to come to church so she is figuring out a plan to get her husband interested so that they both can come. Yaya!
Yesterday, we visited a lady named Dang Tai and her son. The elders came with us to get to know the son. Dang Tai is such a trooper! She has so many health problems and has to wash her kidneys four times a day. She just connects these two bags in an opening in her side and waits for all the fluid to flush out. All of her treatments has caused her voice to become super deep. Still, she never complains and has a strong testimony and prays and wants to come to church! We are all praying that she can overcome her health issues so that she can come with her son. Whenever we come, she always asks us to sing hymns to her and read scriptures. We're still working on reading characters so eheheh that doesn't go so well! She cried because she was so happy to see us. She is very lonely. I am discovering more and more every day that there are many many lonely people in this world.
Last week, Sister Thompson and I walked through this park by Yuen Long Theater, and we saw the saddest scene I've ever seen in Hong Kong so far. There were a huge group of students drinking, smoking, and just romping around wasting their lives away. It made me feel so sad that there were so many adults around walking by and none of them said anything to stop them! If my kids were with them, I would hope that someone would say something. We felt so sorrowful and Sister Thompson tried to talk with them. Later, we talked to a couple who has three grown sons. They had been watching us in the park with the kids and we bore testimony and explained to them why we would even take the time to talk to those students. The Spirit was so strong as we shared with them. I hope they will come to Church someday!
Time's up!
I love you all!
Sister Chu :)
P.S. Thank you HK Club for the letter! I just got it a couple minutes ago! :)
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