Hey everyone! If you love the feeling of boiling hot water on your face, you would love being in Hong Kong right now! They never let you drink cold water because they think its too big of a shock to the system. All we want is cold water. Weve started telling people we want to get sick so we can get cold water!
My language is very slowly but surely improving. So is my attitude and outlook ;) Since Sister Johnson and I are fairly new its a little tricky when we go together. It's doable just because we're talking about church and the Restoration and so I know that kind of stuff, but if they get into anything else it's a huge struggle. Honestly I usually just nod and move on or guess what they are saying or just straight up tell them I don't understand and then move on. Haha it's super awkward. Understanding is just a huge issue. I still get very little, but Im noticing I can pull out small tidbits here and there, just enough to survive. But it's all right because when we go finding we know enough to get by. Also the last time we brought Christa a member with us and so she was a huge help. Also Sister Adams and Villisan aren't summer missionaries, they are just regular missionaries. They live with us and serve in the same church building as us so we are with them a lot. They each had a summer missionary who was a native for two weeks. Their names were Sister Lui and Lee and they went home today. I'm sad they are gone but also I get to sleep in my bed now so also pretty happy. Everyone's obsessed with sea food which is super fun for me. But actually I'm getting use to it. I just eat those little shrimps and the fishes and it's fine. On Saturday Fiona from the TST sisters ward took us out to dinner. She has this group of unmarried friends who love the missionaries. We went to an indonesian food place and it was awesome. Also update on Korean class it is just becoming more and more of a hit. The Chinese have officially rejected our American class and only want to learn Korean. Who knew? We actually had three people who we found on our own show up! Since the time I've been here we've never scheduled a new investigator and had them actually show up, but this little girl and her brother and Mom came to Korean class on Saturday. I was so happy. They said they'd come back next week and let us teach them lesson after. I really cant tell you the level of joy this has filled me with.
I want you guys to know that I am glad I am here, and am filled with hope and love for the chinese people every day. They are gentle and truly good people. The women are soft and kind in their manner and I really feel drawn to them. I feel braver as we go looking for people and feel like if not me then who will go looking for them. God loves people. I know this to be true. He understands the reason we are where we are, because he knows the entire life circumstance and has complete love and compassion for us. I want to represent him fairly. The only way I can do that is to love and show compassion to everyone. I know God hears and loves people. We are his treasures.
So I bought a fan. For real! Its a beautiful chinese fan and I fan myself on the brutal hot streets . I hope you have a good image of me and all the Chinese people fanning themselves on the street. Have a great week!
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