We ate a weird preserved egg that apparently is pretty popular snack in
mainland. It was black on the outside and pretty dense, not my favorite Chinese
treat.
Water fountain near where we live in Macau.
Nativity near the waterfountain. . .
The inside of the MGM, I felt like I was in Whoville!!!
All of us with Turon
Turon
The view from our apartment
The bridge we take to Taipa
The famous Macau Tower
Hi Mom, Dad, Kelli,
Nathanael and Savanna!!!
Yeah so where on earth
did the time go?!!!! Remember in May when I called and you said, "Well,
talk to you at Christmas!" and now it is Christmas!!!!!!!!
I got your package
yesterday!!! President and Sister Hawks came down yesterday and brought the
mail too! Can you believe they lugged a package all the way down here, when I'm
going there next week anyway? They are so sweet!! Thank you
sooooooooooooooooooo much! I'm excited to open it! Actually, I kind of opened
part of it already, I saw that you wrote "towels" on the front so I
figured it was towels like last year so I opened it so I can give them away as
gifts before Christmas. I already have several people in mind so thank you
soooooo much!!
One of those people is
Sister L. from Ma On Shan. She is the one who made the shoes for me. She and
her husband, President Hawks' counselor, came yesterday too. She and
Sister Hawks came to our apartment to drop off the packages. She gave me a big
hug and told me, "When I found I was coming to Macau I was so excited
because I hoped I could see you!" She is awesome. I feel like each of my
areas has had some of those sisters who I've been able to click with and I
especially love and consider my friends. I don't really realize it until I've
left and then I get to see them again. They are such great Sisters and
examples. I was soooo happy I got to see her! Funny thing though, her son is
our zone leader right now and he serves in the branch they visited!!!
So, if you haven't
figured it out yet, I'm still in MACAU!!!! With Sister Law!!! (Sister Lier's
baby!) We're having a lot of fun and I'm so excited to serve with her! She is
such a great missionary! Sister Cook is with Sister Heaton who was trained by
Sister Kiene and came in the same time as Sister Lin! Such a good apartment!
Unfortunately, it's not for long, my 20-day visa is up on Christmas, so I'll
most likely only get another 10 days after that. Yesterday President Hawks said
something to me like, "well it looks like we're going to have to take you
out of here pretty soon huh?" nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! It's
freaking me out a bit because it's occurred to me that wherever I get moved to
is mostly likely where I will finish my mission!!! Every move is important and
impactful, but that makes it even more daunting!!
I had the neatest
opportunity this week! While we were waiting for our new Companions, I got to
be Sister Cook's companion for a few hours. (That alone was awesome!) But I got
to go with her to visit the neatest lady. She lives alone and she is
blind and going deaf. She wears a machine around her neck that amplifies sounds
into her earphones, so when we talk to her, we often have to direct our voices
to the microphone. When we came, she was so excited and even remembered my
name because Sister Cook told her over the phone. I really enjoyed talking to
her. Not many people visit her, so she really loves our visits. Sister Cook
said that after one lesson, she said, "I didn't understand anything you
just said, but I've been praying and it makes me feel better so I'll keep doing
it!" We asked who cared for her and she said she cared for herself. We
asked if she couldn't do it, who would?
She said us. From what she said it sounds like she has someone bring her
food and take her to the doctor, but we had only seen her twice and she said
that! She has other health problems in addition to her ears and eyes so it's
hard for her to walk, and sleep. However, we asked her to say a prayer for us
and all she did was thank Heavenly Father that we could come visit and that she
could pray and a few other things. That was a lesson to me that I need to thank
Heavenly Father more in my prayers. She had sooooo much to ask for and we had
just taught her that she could ask for help through prayer and all she did was
Thank Heavenly Father.
Yesterday was our ward
Christmas party. We spread sheets down in the basement and sat on them like
people in the time of Christ, wore scarves on our heads and ate food with our
hands. Everyone wrote down one thing they wanted to change and give as a
"gift to the Savior" this year and put it in a box that they will
open next year. The Elders Quorum was in charge and they did a great job!
(Well, except for when they handed us 2 bath towels and a cardboard box and
told us to make a nice (not cardboard box looking) manger hahahaha). They asked
us to do it because they "weren't any good at these table arranging types
of things." We found few pretty pieces of cloth and a table cloth
and that worked out ok. hahaha!!
Monday, a couple in the
ward invited us to dinner. He works at the MGM casino managing decor for all
the events that happen in the main atrium of the building. A few weeks ago it
was glass bubble that had butterflies in it, so you could walk into a room of
butterflies. I sent a picture of the Christmas decorations, it was ridiculous!!
Complete with a mini performance of the Nutcracker every hour. Apparently their
next project is to build an aquarium in there! They took us to this amazing
Buffet! It was really fun to be there and I enjoyed getting to know them
better, they're a cute family.
I love you all so much
and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Kasey
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