A Little Bit of Everything!

So, i've decided these emails need some sort of structure every week, so i don't waste time blabbing about stuff. And you are all so good at writing me that i have no time to write back! ahhh! the blessings of a large family are just overwhelming sometimes!...:) so, i've decided to do a list of "somethings" for every week to cover all the stuff going on here. here goes:

Something cool:
Hong Kong has something called sky bridges that are all over the place. instead of having scary intersections to cross and get killed by flyinh by taxis and double-decker muses, they have these sky bridges for mass amounts of people to walk on that go up and over the roads and intersections. they are covered and even have escalators and stuff because they go so high. they have ramps back down to the sidewalks. pretty cool, and keeps walking traffic flowing without having to wait for cars and stuff. chinese people are so smart!

Something funny:
Lots of people know who we are before we get to them or see us talking to other people and want to avoid us. This is funny because something they go to great lengths not to talk to us. like walk in the bike lane and almost get run over or try to cross the road to early and almost get hit by cars. some people even run in the opposite direction as us and accidently run into trees or trip and stuff. i think it's hilarious! just think when they get to heaven and someone asks, "so how did you die?" and they have to say, "i was running away from the missionaries and got hit by a bus."...:) ok, maybe, that's not funny. sorry mom....:)

Something worth quoting:
"for every brainfart, there is a blessing." -my comp sister vance

Something exciting:
Our TALL BOOK IS HERE!!! Matthew will know what I'm talking about. It is the missionary vocab and phrases book that every language gets when they go to the MTC. It helps us learn the phrases and vocab, especially religious vocab to teach lessons, etc. they haven't had one for Cantonese and it made it so hard to learn stuff, because cantonese is not a written language in romanized form. the ping yam is all invented to help english people learn it. it arrived yesterday and they gave it to us in mission conference! we all celebrated and it will make learning the language for me go so much faster! wahoo! such a blessing! this is actually a really big deal and just shows how much the work here is progressing and getting better every day!

Something food:
So, here in the wonderful land of hong kong they have everything you could imagine. yes, even marshmallows filled with chocolate. my friend Cary Plocher always wanted to invent them because she really likes s’mores and there they were in our fridge at the church...marshmallows with chocolate already in them! they are called "snowiz" i think. i roasted them over the burner yesterday and made a s’mores, it was amazing!

Something spiritual:
We are all familiar with the song and story of the intsy-wintsy spider. we sing it with children and do all the actions and have a great time. BUT, do we stop to think of the meaning of the song? we disregard the fact that after the rain washes the spider down, the sun comes up and dries up all the rain and the intsy-wintsy-spider goes up the spout AGAIN! Like that little spider, i am a bug in this big city and many times i get washed out and rejected, But I will not give up and i will not let the rain get me down! out comes the sun, and back up the spout i go!!!

Something language:
The other day when we were contacting some people i told them that "kidneys love you so much!" if you say "God" wrong, it means kidneys. yea for me!

Something miracle:
My companion Sister Vance and I have been praying for miracles and more people to teach! We found a family! they are special and the mother and daughter especially are prepared for the gospel. the dad is too, he just doesn't know it yet. at the MTC we were told that people with problems are exactly what we are looking for. he is unemployed right now and very concerned about keeping face and providing for his family. we are focusing on prayer and ways they can pull together as a family and rely on God to bless them and strengthen them in this hard time. There are so many people out there that are struggling just like they are and need this gospel! it will help them so much not to worry about the worldly pressures, but to know that their heavenly father is watching out for them and wants them to have peace in their lives. there are miracles around every corner here in Hong Kong!

Remember, you are all something special to me!