Hong Kong

Day two and part of day three! Kimee was supposed to do this blog post since I did the last one, but she didn't want to so I will!


Yesterday morning, (Saturday) we went to the Hong Kong Temple to do baptisms and sessions. There were 25 of us total and all the guys with us are endowed so they took turns helping in the font. The font itself is so beautiful. Mirrors everywhere and gold designs. The room was pretty small and the dressing room even smaller, but the spirit was the same. Kimee did baptisms once and two or three confirmation sets. I did baptisms and confirmation sets twice. We had lots of time.

After the temple, we went to Victoria Peak. In order to get there, you have to ride the tram. It's really steep and it's a huge tourist attraction so it was so crowded. We waited in a line for two hours. The ride is right near the US Embacy so there were all these weird signs around against the CIA. Stuff about mind control and electromagnetic scissors.

The smaller words say "I'm 80% moron now due to surgery by CIA on Nov. 4, 2011." What the what!?

We also went to the Festival Walk mall here and had lunch. It was interesting since you can't read any of the signs. Luckily they have English underneath for us foriegners. That won't be the case in the rest of China. Kimee and I both got a noodle soup with shrimp and some sort of green plant in it. Couldn't ask what it was since we don't speak Mandarin. :)

This mall was really cool because it has an ice skating rink in it and tons and tons of escalators like everywhere. There was also an import grocery store that we visited. We found some good American stuff and lots of really weird other things. The meat section smelled SO bad. I almost threw up my lunch. It didn't bother Kimee though.

Back to Victoria Peak. Sorry. :) So we rode the tram to the top and then you ride 80 more escaltors to the top of the building where the look out is. It wasn't super clear so you can't see the whole view in our pictures, but it was still really cool and just as we left, the city lights went on as it got dark. 

After that, we returned home for bed. Poor Kimee had to deal with me being tired and ornery. Haha! Lucky for me, I have a great friend who puts up with me. :) We went to bed at about ten o'clock and I have never fallen asleep so fast in my entire life. I closed my eyes and seriously, that was it. Regardless of the hard foam mattress, I slept straight through the night until it was time for Church this morning. Kimee didn't sleep well last night though. :( It's hard to adjust to things here and we are all experiencing different discomforts). If you were wondering though, McDonald's in Hong Kong tastes the same as at home.

We went to Sacrament in one of the Hong Kong wards and it was an interesting experience. We were given these small translator head sets that the translator talked into so we could understand what was being said. One of the speakers talked about visiting Utah and that made us excited since we live there usually. It was fun to hear everyone singing in Chinese (we sang in English with our English Hymn books). The Gospel is true no matter where you go and what language is spoken. It's a beautiful thing.

Up next: Big Buddah and the Cable Car ride! We love you all very much! Be safe while we are gone!