We just picked up our new summer missionaries!!! Here in Hong Kong the Laurels and the Priests can do what they call a summer missionary. They come and spend two weeks with us and are full time missionaries for 2 whole weeks. So for the next two weeks we will have 4 sisters in Cheung Sha Wan! 3 natives and 1 white person. I think my Chinese is going to pick up alot in the next 2 weeks. Chinese 24/7. FINALLY! i think that it will be fun and I am excited for the weeks work. Right now though... we are making them sit outside will we email. :)
I love getting everyones emails... sometimes when the week feels really long it is nice to get something familiar and nice. It always makes me feel happy every time I read about how everyone is doing.
Brother Hon died on Tuesday. It was awful. It make the rest of the week seem forever long. We were at the hospital for several hours with the family and were there for Hon Hingdaaihs last breath. The only thing that we could do was comfort the family. They didnt answer any of their phones for the rest of the week so we didnt get to see them again. Brother Hon's older brother and sister came to our ward on Sunday. The whole thing has been really hard on the entire family. We had met with a former investigator the same day after brother Hon died and had a super awesome lesson and rescheduled her. She then called us the next day and went off on how disrespectful we were to Chinese culture, coming over to her house after someone had died.... she talked to Sister Choi so I dont know everything that she said but I just know that it was really mean. So she doesnt like us at all anymore.... but it is ok... we are going to write her a note and tell her all about the plan of salvation and how death is not the end, but really the beginning.
But this week we did alot of finding... like usual... :)
Yesterday one of the Elders investigators along with her daughter got baptized! Emily, the daughter, invited a bunch of her friends and they all came along with their moms! As soon as a saw a bunch of kids come into the chapel along with their moms, I leeched onto them. The kids are awesome and super funny... I talked with all the moms about like what a baptism is... none of them had really been to church before so it was super good for them to come and watch a baptism. 3 of them seemed really interested in learning more about church and we actually taught one of them right after the baptism! It was so awesome! I went and started talking to them without even thinking. The spirit was helping me so much. I am still trying to overcome my social awkwardness with people and Chinese. But yesterday the spirit was truly guiding my words. Hopefully we can continue to meet with them. :)
Things are still moving along. I cant believe I have already been on my mission for 6 months. Gross. I feel like I should be a much better missionary, but alas, I am not. I will just need to keep working on it. Sister Choi teaches me alot. I am happy that I will get to be with her for at least one more transfer, I still have so much to learn!
Pictures:
1. Us, with Sister Choi's family and LA Sister Lam. Both sister Choi's mom and sister lam are from Indonesia. Sister Choi gets so see her family quite often... it cant really be helped since she is serving so close to home... but it does make me miss all of you a bit more.
2. LA Brother Luk took us to yam chah and Sister Choi ordered SO MUCH FOOD!!! My skirt was extremely tight that day. Just a couple hours after the yam chah, sister Yeung from our ward also made dinner for us. Ah.... no wonder I am getting so fat. :)
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