Fast Sunday

For this Fast Sunday we have a special fast for the up coming FSY conference.  It is so difficult to get a venue here to accommodate 250 people, most of FSY started planning at least 14 months ago, we only have 9 months left on our planning!!  The earliest we could apply for a venue is December 1 so the committee has decided to fast for Heavenly Father's help!!

We were busy at the beginning of the week, making organizational chart and timeline to tract what needs to be done in order for FSY to happen in both Hong Kong and Taiwan.  Amazingly, I was able to remember how to write a lot of the Chinese characters, using google translate and Chinese character app, then cut and paste the character onto the timeline chart and emails sending to Taiwan. The hardest part is that we have not heard from the 70's in Taiwan.  We were told that Taiwan had done a lot of big events so they should be okay, however, FSY is a little different because is it exclusively run by YSA counselors and it will need a lot of training to get thing going. Adults are only in the back ground!!!  I hope we can get that moving ... I am learning a lot of patience in this mission!!!

We had temple session and testimony meeting with the Area Presidency on Thursday, it felt so good to be in the temple.  The Hong Kong temple is small but it has all the saving ordinances required to save souls!!  The new Temple President, President and Sister Richard Lee arrived last week and began their mission, We also ran into Nora.  She just came in the evening before and we were able to visit with her for a little bit.  We will see her again on Sunday before she starts her tour to China.  The temple will be closed after this weekend for 6 weeks and will not open until 12/20; we are expecting an assignment to work at least one shift a week in the temple once it is opened.

On P-day, a few of us senior missionary decided to watch a movie:  Dr. Strange  We went to this old theater in Hung Hom, only 15 mins walk from our condo.  The tickets were only HK$50 each, stadium seats, They did it the old fashion way, paper tickets with assigned tickets.  We were able to take some pictures of the old equipment on display.  It was truly a relaxing day!

We visited the Kowloon City ward today.  This is the same Homantin chapel that I served 30 plus years ago.  I brought my old mission pictures with me and one of the member was able to identify one of the member I had taught and baptized.  She texted his wife via whatspp, hopefully I can meet up with him.  He was one that I wasn't sure how active he would be. He was a Goldsmith and I was told he still is today.  It would be great to visit with him and his family!

We finally got a new slower cooker and made chinese beef stew for Sunday dinner.  It was so much better, only took 6 hours and the stew was done!  We invited Elder and Sister Thong and Elder & Sister Beckstead over for dinner.  For desert I make the taro tapioca desert and the Thong brought over some red rice desert.

This group of new missionaries came in from MTC this week, we are so excited for them!! Most of them are from England!!

Picture at the outside Hong Kong Temple.

Watch Dr. Strange, we enjoyed the movie, there are some good dialogue about the "dark side" and eternal life!!!

This one we hope to watch in a few week!  Can't wait!

Old movie projector on display at Lux Theater in Hung Hom, Kowloon.

This is how they keep tab on seat assignment, we took 6 seat on isle O.

Paper ticket on the lower left corner, Abacus used to do calculation.

Guess what this is?  You are right, that is a red bean ice ... done the right way, how I remember them!!!