Today was fitting day for John's suit. We wandered around trying to find the tailor shop. Got off at Jordan MTR and wandered. Decided it wasn't there then went back on MTR to go to Yau Ma Tei. Up and down the streets...finally found it. Suit looks good, it will be finished on Sept. 21.
FHE was at the Bodily's. We watched "Ephram's Rescue". It was a wonderful movie based on the journal writings of some of the early pioneers. Very moving and faith promoting. Home made apple pie made by Shirley Ngai. Great evening of socializing.
September 8 (Tuesday)
A pretty uneventful day. Probably the nicest thing that happened today was that a young couple, they seemed like boyfriend and girlfriend, stood up to give John and I their seats on the MTR. It was such a sweet gesture, but does that mean we're old now, that someone gives up their seat for us? Once in awhile, you see that happen, but most of the time, it's a mad rush to get a seat before someone else. Then they sit there on their mobile device and not even look up to consider an old person may be more in need of sitting than they.Then there's the guy that sits at an angle and sprawls out taking up 2 seats so no one can or wants to sit next to him. So selfish! rude! and down right inconsiderate!
I see a lot of cute little kids and I just want to give them a squeeze and a hug. Sure am missing all our grandkids,,,boohoo!
September 9 (Wednesday)
I might wake up early and go running. I also might wake up and win the lottery. The odds are about the same. haha
Thoughts from lds_lovin:
7 days without prayer makes one weak.
If God is all you have, then you have all you need.
How to have a lovely day: smile at strangers; slow down; give compliments; say thank you; laugh.
September 10 (Thursday)
Our day started off with a very exciting unexpected announcement that our long time friend, Barry Salmon, is getting married. He wrote, "8 years alone is enough." We are ecstatic for him and his wife to be, Carol Stewart. She truly must be special to get him to the alter.
September 11 (Friday)
Today is officially our "other assignment day" AKA day off. So we took a ferry ride over to Park Island to check out Noah's Arc. It's the world's only full-sized replica of Noah's Ark and overlooks the magnificent Tsing Ma Bridge. It features 67 pairs of life-sized animal sculptures around the grounds. The inside was rather disappointing as I expected that it would have the animals in the arc, and would show what it might have been like inside. Instead it was more like an aquarium with tanks of small critters and bugs. I was not impressed and would place it low on my list of priorities of places to visit.
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| John at Tsing Ma Bridge |
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| Entrance to Noah's Arc Park |
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| No line up. That should have been our first red flag. |
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| Noah's Arc - Camouflaged against the Tsing Ma Bridge |
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| According to this chart, the Chinese race are descendants of Shem. |
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| Shem - eldest son of Noah - Father of the Tawny Olive or Mongolian Race. |
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| The best part of the park. |
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| Two by Two |
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| View from the front |
Went out to dinner at Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill (real American style restaurant). It was great! Too anxious to dig in and eat, that we forgot to take a picture of our meal. Probably one of the best meals we've had since we've been here in Hong Kong. There were 6 senior couple missionaries, Bodily, Chamberlain, Orton, Whitman, Powell, and Chan. We dined before going to the theatre to see Cirque de la Symphonie featuring the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and a variety of acrobatic acts.
September 13 (Sunday)
John left early for his presidency meeting. If I go with John, we have to leave at 11:30 and our meeting doesn't start till 2:00. I just sit and waste away time till our sacrament meeting starts, but I don't want to go on the MTR by myself. I'm paranoid of getting lost. Because today is pot luck Sunday, I will catch the taxi with the Balls since I have my pot luck stuff to carry and we won't leave until 1:30.
Today we sat in on the Missionary Prep class. Jane Mondragon is planning on going on a mission soon. She is filling out her papers to submit and is the only student in this class, so John and are are also in the class as contributors. It's so exciting that these young Filipino sisters are so willing to serve a mission. This young lady is so well prepared and mature with a super strong testimony. She'll be an awesome missionary.
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