Getting close to Sing Daan Jit (Christmas)
Dim a!
This past week has
been pretty busy for us! During this time of the year it is super busy
for the mission! We started off the week by going to some history
museums last Sing keih yat. It was super cool and I learned a ton about
Hong Kong. For example, for fun sometimes they would make 6000 little
buns (bread) or baau in Cantonese and then they would make like a 15
foot tall tower with the baau on it and then they would fight each other
for the baau that was on the very top. Very funny and cool!
After
that we had a normal rest of the week a lot of our investigators were
busy in Mainland China this week so we only met with one this week ( Lam
Sing Sang or Mr. Lam aka Thomas) and he is super good! He says that the
only reason he is still so healthy is because of God and he is doing
amazing! We are going to try to extend the baptismal invitation this
week!
On Sing keih Saam we went to a wedding
of this girl in our ward. She is only 19 years old and her husband is 20
years old but he looks younger than me! But that was super fun because
it was a Chinese wedding so it was super cool to she the different
traditions!
Then on Sunday
we met with a blind person in our ward! she loves the missionaries and
has the strongest faith I have ever seen! it is amazing to see her every Sunday!
In our Yuen Long ward there are also around 10 people who are deaf and
they also love the missionaries so I have had the chance to learn a few Chinese sign language words to communicate with them. they are honestly
some of the sweetest people you will ever meet even though they can't
speak. It is also really cool to see them in sacrament meeting because
they all just sign to each other.
Here are some cultural things:
1)
here you call can call elderly males "Suhk suhk" which means uncle and
elderly women "pouh pou" which means grandma and you can call the little
children "sailouh" which means little brother and the little girls
"muih muih" which means little sister. It is super cool because it is
like everyone is one big family.
2) It is
impolite when you are eating to ask someone to pass the food so you just
have to reach over all of the people. and when you are eating you can
just spit onto the table. So if there is a bone in the chicken you just
eat it and spit it right on to the table haha.
That is all for this week! i would love to hear how all of you guys are doing!!
Love you all!
Gu Jeunglouh
This is Mong Kok. In this city you can bargain for pretty nice items. My
companion bought a tech wear backpack where you can charge your
electronics and has all these super cool electronic gear for 200 HK
dollars which is super cheap for American money.
This is what a street looks like. There are always all these farmer's market things set up everywhere.
Some of the traditional Chinese clothing.
This is in the history museum.
This is a beautiful park in Tin Sau.
The wedding that I had mentioned.
Some of the different ranges in wealth.
Elder Gubler and his companions on Christmas Eve (photo courtesy of Brother Tam).
Josh having a little one on one with Abram on Christmas Eve. 
