Sounds Conference was amazing! I can't wait. I'll watch it in English. There's no way I would get much in Cantonese. my brain would be mush. I'm at the point where I can pick out a lot of words they use, so my vocab's is ok. But they talk so fast, and the structures are just different enough and takes some process time that I don't catch full sentences. So I get general ideas just fine...but I'm still working on really starting to understand haha.The language is hard haha. Our first night here President Hawks told us no missionary will ever become fluent on their mission. And I'm learning he's right haha. There's no way. We can get by, but probably like a kindergartner haha.
And I love that they talked a lot about prophets! We have a lot friends coming to listen to gain a testimony if God really has a prophet on earth today or not. So that's a score. I love Camilla's picture.
I want to send my love to Aunt Maxine and her family. I was telling dad that I feel blessed to be connected to her and her family in any way. She is amazing and loved, and I know her goodness has reached out and influenced a lot of people, and will continue to do so through her amazing family.
Hong Kong is good from my end. You guys probably know more about what's going on than I do. From here, it seems like such a small part of the population is involved in it, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Every once in a while we'll see blue or yellow ribbons representing the two different sides. And now there are green ones to blend the two together. The only personal interaction I've had with anything was the bus lines that go through Kwun Tong have gotten really big at the end of the night, because it's a popular transfer bus stop for alot of people coming back from Hong Kong Island where the demonstrations are taking place. They're like 6 or 7 people wide and probably go down the street for a quarter of a mile. I've had the thought that you know, we could really try to take the strategy of publishing freedom and get them all wound up about freedom and than hit them with commandments or how obeying Heavenly Father can make us truly free. That could be a really hit or miss sermon I think haha. But lots of people!
But we had a huge success yesterday! Lam Jimuih, my companion, talked to a man when we were out finding about the book of mormon. He wasn't interested, but I was so proud! We've been working with two less actives in our ward named sam and elaine. They are the only members of their families, both got baptized last summer and just kind of disappeared. (That happens a lot here). They are in what is equivalent to our senior year of high school, and they're preparing for university. The universities here are ridiculously competitive, so byu hawaii is a good option for a lot of youth here. But we got them coming back to church this past august and they're growing so much. Elaine actually helps us teach lessons 1 or 2 times every week. She is set on going to Byu-H for a year and then serving a mission. She makes me miss abbey :) same age. Just a fun, cute, mature, girl who has a natural way of influencing a lot of those around her. But anyway, Sam blessed the sacrament yesterday, and it inspired Lam Jimuih to find more men to hold the priesthood. Because they're not all evil. haha. She had a bad break up before the mission, so we're still working on that. But big step. I was so happy.
What else....alright, I'm convinced that Americans are missing out when it comes to barbecues. We had a ward bbq, and it was so fun. I have never seen or eaten so much meat. We had like 12 different fire pits going, and every picnic table had 3 or 4 raley's size bags full of raw meat... chicken wings or ribs, or pork chop things. And then fish balls and beef balls and cheese balls. And everyone has a stick and you cook them, and halfway through you smother it with this special honey sauce. Messy, but pretty dang fun. And I got a good tan on my neck and the lower half of my arms. Oh but this is sweet...Our investigator Wendy brought me a litre of boxed milk to share for a drink. It had sat in her bag in the hot sun all day, so it was kind of gross. But really, it was really sweet of her. She lives off of rice and owns maybe 3 shirts and 2 pairs of ripped pants. She was so grateful for us teaching her and helping her change her life, and wanted to give us a gift. Can you believe that? I love her. If she is the only reason I came out here, I would be happy.
Alright, I love you all! Have a great week!
Love hannah
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