Just Another Week

August 24, (Monday)

P-day activity:  Got my hair cut and coloured. I found a great hair stylist, Mark. Got a great new cut and colour. Love it when people comment to me that they like my hair...it made my day. Went grocery shopping in the afternoon. Worked all night on the September schedule. Looks easy but it takes lots of juggling to make sure everyone gets balanced shifts and time off.

August 25, (Tuesday)

Financially, it seems like the world is in crisis. China has been devaluing their currency. Speculation- will Wall Street crash? Went to the ATM to withdraw money to build up our cash supply. Our poor Canadian dollar is only 5.84308. The last time we were in HK it was at 7.75+.

Tonight we invited Elder and Sister Inouye to dinner with us (Dwight and Jeannie). He is the mission doctor. Jeannie is a "Lee" and her family is also from Taisan. She will introduce us to her brother and wife so we can connect and hopefully tie into our family line. He lives in Hong Kong. Dwight and Jeannie live in Utah and are finished their mission next Thursday. I'm so sad they're leaving. We just connected so well and had a wonderful evening together. I will certainly miss them, but hope to connect in the future.

Dwight and Jeannie Inouye with us at Hunan Garden Restaurant.

August 26 (Wednesday)

Gary and Deborah came over this afternoon to help me with my blog. We finally were able to down load our pictures from John's new ipod onto my computer so I could get them into my blog. Nice to have pictures again. The Bodily's are the co-ordinators for our special statutory opening and we are the assistant co-ordinators. Basically, they do the work, we watch, still learning new ropes.

I can honestly say, today was the first day since we have been in HK that I was not sweating...the first day... no sweat! What a great feeling. Maybe autumn is on the way.


August 27 (Thursday)

Busy day. Got up at 6:00, caught the shuttle at 7:00, transferred to the MTR, caught the bus to work at 7:45. Off at 2:45 headed over to Central by MTR to pick up our "business cards".Wandered around for a bit then caught the taxi to Wan Chai. Had a quick bite to eat then headed to our PR meeting in the Church Office at 6:30. Meeting over about 9:00. Walked to catch the Star Ferry then the shuttle back to our condo. Got home around 10:00.

We saw people burning incense and other offering along side of a very busy street. We found out that there had been an accident there and someone died. I suspect the burning of incense was either for respect for the departed or to ward off evil spirits from the area since it was such a tragedy.

The Wan Chai Church Office Building is the red building in
the background - angel Moroni on top.

I was excited to be invited to participate in the Public Relations meeting for the planning of their Christmas event. This was the first meeting and we just did a lot of brain storming. Lots of work ahead. Looking forward to having Wayne Burton as our guest artist to kick off the Christmas season.


August 28 (Friday) 

Can't believe the week is almost over. John has been slightly under the weather lately, Hope it all clears up soon.

Happy Birthday to our niece Hannah who is living in our house while we're on our mission. She is currently in Norway of a bike riding tour to raise money for libraries. She is the librarian in Coaldale. Happy Peddling!


August 29 (Saturday)

John decided he had better stay home today to nurse his cold and tummy issues. This will be the first time that I'm on my own. Fortunately, the other missionaries are all going in at the same time today, so I guess I won't be going alone.

I tried contacting Phoenix and Constance to no avail. The phone number she gave us is to her cell. I think she has it turned off all the time except when she wants to use it. So this is what missionary life is like. Excitement, then hopes dashed. If only people could realize how much better their lives would be with the gospel to guide their way.


August 30 (Sunday) 

People hurt people. That's how pain patterns gets passed on, generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, cruelty with kindness. greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault. Love is the weapon of the future.