Every Day is interesting in Hong Kong

                                   The Trolley cars here are called the "Ding Ding"

                         It can get crazy just trying to walk anywhere, it's always busy

Different,  but interesting

             This is right outside of our apartment -  it's fun to see the little kiddos running around

                                                     We live in a beautiful place!

In the mornings when we start our walk,  there are always older people who have been out exercising earlier than us.  Always,  and there are lots of them up and down the harbor each morning!

Heading home after a nice walk.   We  walk along the harbor  (known as the Promenade).  This is behind our apartment.   It's  a beautiful way to start the day!  It's a beautiful way to end the way too!

After a long day!

I took this picture when we were taking the ferry home right at dusk.  We live on the Peninsula,  so we cross the harbor every day to Hong Kong Island where the Asia Area Office is.  There are several ways to cross,  but using the Ferry is my favorite.

                                        It's a beautiful commute any time,  day or night

                                                            Happy Halloween!

Yay!  A really yummy hamburger place (The Big Bite) in Hong Kong!  Juicy hamburgers,  french fries,  and root beer floats!   We have made some wonderful friends here!

We had a great week here in Hong Kong as Area Public Affairs Missionaries. Annie gave us our first hour of training on Corus, which is the software package templet used by PA Missionaries to write articles for Mormon Newsroom. Unfortunately for Annie,  it will take some patience on her part, because we will need several more hours of training,  as we are old and technological neophytes!  Fortunately for us this is a good case study of Ether 12: 27, “And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. "

We also met with the Area Presidency in a district meeting and were taught by President Funk the many blessings we and our family will receive as we serve missions as outlined in the thirty-first section of the Doctrine and Covenants. It gave a lot of comfort, and was an emotional experience to the Sister Missionaries serving here in Hong Kong.  This section is a great witness that the Lord watches over his Missionaries and their families.

We also had a great video call this week with the Public Affairs Missionaries serving in the Area. Elder and Sister Dowd reported that they had over 600 people attend an open house in Cambodia this week. The Patterson’s were called in to help with the funeral of Elder Chan,  a long time devout member and revered saint in Malaysia. Elder and Sister Pollmann are in Thailand experiencing the mourning of the death of the King. All scheduled church events in Thailand have either been postponed or cancelled as we show respect to the royal family.

We are becoming more familiar with our area and learning our way around.  We had an interesting afternoon at Immigration applying for our Hong Kong I.D. cards.   Mine was hard to get in as much as I was issued one when I served here in 1973.  They won’t  issue a new one,  you have to apply for a replacement,  and that was an experience.  Finally,  after 1 and ½ hours they found a copy of my old card.  Without letting me look at it,  they handed me a paper and wanted me to sign it to verify it was my signature!  This was a challenge,  my signature has been just a scribble for many years!  Then they looked at my old card,  then up at me,  then back at my card,  and informed me that it didn’t look like me!  Ummmmm

We have really enjoyed exploring so many restaurants,  imagine that!  My favorite is the “Big Bite”, Karen’s favorite is the Shanghai 369.     We have found more markets and places to shop for our kitchen at home.   Shopping here is different.  We are approximately a 15 minute walk to a market.  We take a little hand cart with a bag attached,  (looks like a back pack on wheels).  We purchase only what we can fit in the bag for the  hot,  and humid walk home.   Once we have filled it,  we hurry home to get our food in the fridge!  Last week Karen filled our bag and needed more groceries.  She sent me all the way back to our apartment where I emptied the bag,  and met up with her at a different store,  where we finished our shopping and filled up the bag a second time.  I