Rabbit!!! (I think it's safe to say
because I'm closer to tomorrow than ya'll are!!)
Guess what?!! Yesterday was my 6
months in Hong Kong Birthday!!!! The funny thing is I didn't even know until Sister
F., one of my roommates dropped a Maxims Cakes box on my desk and said,
"Happy 6 months in Hong Kong
Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Considering I was getting a
bit down on myself and had a bit of a break down earlier, it was probably the
best thing she could have done. The cheesecake tasted American too!!! As in
cream cheese with a graham cracker crust, not a sponge-type cake that tastes
like cheese (the Chinese style).
I had an interview with President
Chan on Monday, this time it wasn't a surprise, and it was at the church, not
our apartment. It was really good to be able to talk to him and ask some of my
questions. He reminded me that every missionary is assigned to their area by
inspiration for a specific purpose and there is someone I need to bless here.
That helped me a lot. Honestly, it is hard serving three areas and I get tired
and I don't want to do it, but that really puts perspective on things, I think
with that attitude I can do a lot more.
I've started choosing one Christ-like
attribute to work on each move. This has been good because I can try to build
longer-lasting habits. I have a "Mission Plan" with my goals for each
of my moves written out. When I decide on an attribute I write it on my plan.
It has been amazing to see how Heavenly Father has blessed me with
opportunities and experiences to teach me this attribute without a whole lot of
special effort on my part besides a few personal studies to study that
attribute. My Second move I focused on Faith, during that time I had a lot of
special experiences with prayer, our apartment was such that I could find time
to pray alone in the bedroom or office. My third move, I focused on Charity and I was
companions with Sister H. who is the most charitable and serving person I have
ever met, I was constantly looking for ways to serve and help her and other missionaries.
Then I decided even before moves calls that last move I would work on diligence.
Then I got called to an area with 3 wards and we live in a 4th area. That
taught me diligence FAST!!! because now every minute means soooooo much more.
This move I've decided to focus on Humility.
That scares me every time I pray for it, but at the same time I'm excited
to see what I can learn this move and how I can improve and come closer to
Christ.
Questions:
1 - Did Y. from your previous area get
baptized?
No, but I talked to her the other day and she said her plan was: Get
baptized, go to BYU Hawaii, go on a mission (to Chicago so she can serve in our
ward), come home, finish college, get married to a priesthood holder (I said in
the temple? and she was like YES!!!!). That made me soooooooooooo happy!!! She
is just waiting for her parents to come around, but they are changing. Her aunt
commented the other day on how well behaved she was and her mom said it was
because she was going to church. Pray for her.
2 – You mentioned Park & Shop
and Mannings in a letter what kind of stores are they?
Park and Shop is a grocery store.
It's all over Hong Kong!! The Super Park
and Shop is smaller than Kroger though.. . funny huh? Mannings is like a
Walgreens.
3 - What is Gai sih?
The Gai Sih is the Wet market. We go
there for our veggis and fruit. It's sooooo fun. There are soooo many different
kinds of fruits I don't know the names of all of what I've tried, but when I
have money I try to branch out from the easy apple orange and banana options
and try the pink fruits with green hair, the things that look like plums with
oranges on the inside and dragon fruit!!
4 - What is a bundae?
Bundae is pinyam for the Cantonese
word for "Native" so someone from Hong Kong. Obviously very valuable
when it comes to reading writing and speaking Chinese, but we don't have one in
our area, Heavenly Father is blessing us!!
5 -
Have your Communication Disorders classes helped you with Cantonese? I just
wonder if knowing the anatomy of the mouth has helped you with the new sounds
that you need to make.
Well.
. . I think it would it I remembered more, it took Sister K. and I a good half
hour to remember what Alveolar meant, so it's not great. . . If I remembered
the part of speech anatomy where we talked about sounds in different languages
it would help a lot. It will definitely be interesting after my mission!
6 –
In several pictures, you and the other missionaries are holding two fingers up
by your cheeks, like a peace sign. Does that have any special meaning? Just an Asian thing.. . I'm not actually sure other than they all do it.
Oh no!!
Time's up!!! I love you!!!
Kasey
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