Ups and Downs

Hello hello!
What a fun week! Everyone looks so great! :)

Camilla's photobomb made me laugh. and yes, we need to get that dannyboy's face to look normal again. its going to go permanent! thanks for the pictures :) Congrats to Uncle Mark and Tracy! What a beautiful wedding. Uncle Mark looks buff and tan :)

And darn...you knew!? Isn't that awesome though! Conference speakers in their native languages?! I cant wait. ahhh so excited :)

Things here are good! like normal haha. Hong Kong is a very special city. It would be so awesome to come here as a visitor. It's such a fun place. This week it has cooled down a bit. mostly due to the increased level of typhoons haha. Last night was pretty fun. Once it reaches level 8, President Hawks will instruct us to stay home. So yesterday we were doing our normal thing...we had 2 lessons scheduled that night that I was really looking forward to, but until then we were out finding. I forgot my umbrella though (whoops). but we only had about 45 minutes of finding scheduled, and the rain wasn't too bad, so no problem.  Then on the street we ran into a member who informed us it was a level 8 and we should go home. But really, the rain was light, and we hadn't gotten a text yet, so we kept on. Then both of our lessons called and cancelled on us. The natives really just dont like rain, so they all run for cover at any sign haha. So we kept finding all night, and it was fun! Rain finding isn't always the most productive since everybody goes inside, but we went around the chyuns or apartment areas and we found a new investigator! So it was worth it!

But it's been the same kind of week as usually haha. full of ups and downs :) We are still teaching taahm taitaih. She's incredible. Everytime we visit she hugs the book of mormon and cries and thanks us over and over again. She still only finds time to see us once a week, so things are progressing slower than we like, but it's incredible to see the spirit work in her. She knows what we talk about is true and she sincerely feels it. Before, she knew about God, but not much. But she loves learning about the Savior so much and reading scriptures so much, she found more and more Christian churches and people to talk to...I think she thought that would make us proud and excited haha. So we need to try to help her understand the restoration a little bit better. Its hard, because there really isnt any foundation and it's so foreign to her. But it's been amazing to see her learn.

And I dont know, it's been an adjustment with my companion. She's great. We just think and teach and do a lot of things very differently haha. But I think we're both learning a lot. She refuses to talk to men though. Or talk about the book of mormon...which is kind of important ha. But we're doing better :) And she wants to improve her English, so we mostly speak english, but I've been tweaking how I study the language, and I'm excited for it. I dont think I'll ever be fluent, but I'm getting better!

Alright, times up. sorry, I spent most of the time just thinking about what to say. I hope you're doing well. I love you guys! The pictures made my day!

Love hannah