Last Monday was super cool! We went to a Guan Yin monastery. It is this
supper cool one made by the richest person in Hong Kong. The main attraction is
a huge statue of the goddess Guan Yin. It is actually just about the same size as
the statue of liberty. It was just the coolest thing ever! I took a lot of
pictures so you can see those. It was also near Buddha 的 birthday. So that was
cool. There was a lot of people there so that was not the best but that is ok.
There was also a few cool statues of baby Buddha that one could bathe. I did
that. It was interesting. I got in trouble because I did not know that there was
a procedure but I finally did it correctly. There was also this place where we
went in the monastery to copy Buddhist scripture as a form of meditation. That
was a mistake it took about an hour and a half. My hand hurt super bad
afterword.
After that on Tuesday we had a combined district meeting as a zone to
start and the 3 sisters that went home gave their "words of wisdom" (Things they
learned on their mission) It was super good. I also was able to say goodbye to
everyone. I was really sad to leave.
Here I am though in Tin Sui Wai it is the smallest proselyting area
in the world right behind temple square. I Live in Yuen Long and go to church in
Hung Shui Kiu. The whole place has a completely different feel to it. We all get
the West rail pass and after that travel is free on the Light rail (We take that
a lot) the MTR and MTR buses. I get really lost a lot but it should be fine. My
companion Elder Cox and I get along great. I will kill him at the end of our 6
weeks together (He will go home) Then 9 weeks and I will go home. Super, Super
weird!
We had church yesterday and the Chapel is so nice! It is huge and feels
way better than the one in Tai Po. The benches have padding too! It was actually
really hard to not fall asleep. The Bishop asked me to speak so I did. I am much
more comfortable doing that in Cantonese now.
Next week we get to skype home!!! I am so excited! It will be my last
one in the field though so that will have a strange feel to it. But yes Life is
Hot!
Next week I will send home a video of the new house. We Live on the 28th
floor but they don't count the 4, 14, or 24 floor. Chinese people are not a fan
of the number 4. Good thing I am elder 5!
Love,
Elder Walker
伍長老
There are too many pictures to explain. Sorry. The people are Jeremy
(Member I was friends with) Elder Harding. Elder Chen (Former Companion)
"Quick" video of the Tai Po Chapel. (The one he went to before his transfer)
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