A Really Good Week

This week was a much better week than last week because Karen was feeling much better. The antibiotic given to her by Elder Sellers finally kicked in and she was “up and at um” like she had never been sick a day in her life. She completed a couple of her newsbriefs  to the Area Presidency and attended her Institute Class.

We had a video call this week with the Hubbard’s and Montague’s. The Hubbard’s are serving in India and the Montague’s in Malaysia. The Montague’s stayed on the video call after the group call and shared with us that they have been asked to keep a low profile by the Mission President for a while because of some political issues in the Country. It was sad because they have recently arrived and are so eager to bring the Church out of obscurity and to have to sit still for the foreseeable future is very disappointing and difficult. It will be interesting to observe the windows that will open for them in the next few weeks through patience and obedience.

We had multiple video calls with Elder and Sister Dowd this week. We were able to help her post some pictures in a Newsroom article and reviewed with her a second article. Their departure date moved up a week, so they will be leaving the end of December. They are a lot of fun and we enjoy visiting with them a lot. Their home is in Houston but they have children in Utah so we are hoping that we will be able to spend time with them after our Mission.

We attended a concert at the Hong Kong Concert Hall this week featuring the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and a world-famous pianist named Luganski. Review: Nikolai Lugnaski/HK Phil/Charles Dutoit-masterful Rachmaninov, effortless Stravinsky, restrained Ravel. I enjoyed it and was particularly emotionally moved by the last number, as I listened to it I felt like I was musically being led through the Temple Endowment. It was a remarkable experience to see Luganski play the piano, Karen and I talked about it and are agreed that he wore out the piano by the of the program.

Sister Lee’s replacements arrived Saturday, Karen and  I took them to church on Sunday. We attended a Cantonese Ward because we wanted to see a primary program in Chinese. Elder and Sister Whidden were great sports and enjoyed the experience as much as we did. It is so fun to participate in a Sacrament Meeting in China and know that the same program is being held all over the world this month by primary children of most every nation, kindred, and tongue.

Lynn had fun flying Elder Yan's droan this week.  Boys will be boys,  even if they're boys in men's bodies!

Sister Norman (left) and Sister Cory didn't have to work too hard to persuade Lynn to help them with preparations for our Senior Missionary Thanksgiving!

I love that wherever you are in the world,  this is the time of year for the Primary Presentation!  We attended a Cantonese Ward having theirs today.    Afterwards I snapped this photo of the poster they used to help the kids with the program!   We are all so different,  but at the same time,  we are so much the same!