BAPTISM!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOÔOOOOOOOOÓOOOOOOOÖOO0OOOO!!!!!!I!!i!!

Sister Lee got baptized!! 

So that was in Sheung Shui, and I am now serving in West Point. those two are on OPPOSITE SIDES OF HONG KONG. North East to South West. The only father combination would be North West to South East. And because baptisms happen on Sunday, I still had to go to church in West Point. all of that means that after taking the subway, bus, mini bus, and running, I missed the actual ordinance of baptism by less than 60 seconds. BUT the more important part was just being able to show her my support. I cried. More than once. 

One of the times was just when everyone there sang a hymn to use up time while Lee Yin was getting changed.  Everyone sang so loud, and so joyfully, and so wonderfully off-key. I don't know, I just think that there is something magical about a group of people who know they aren't good singers, but who really don't care. And they all sing loudly together, and there are always a few people always changing keys, but all together it is just magical. Especially, when It's a a hymn.

But I digress.

I'm running out of time, so long story short, the baptism was magic. My camera ran out of battery, but members sent pics to my parents who might eventually post them to the blog (sorry other missionaries who just get the email, I love you too)

ALSO BIG NEWS!! I picked up my trainee! She's waiting for a visa to go serve in the Hawaii Visitors Center. She's amazing! No pictures this week (my camera ran out of battery, remember?) but she's awesome. SHe's a HongKonger aka. A Hong Kong person. We have an evil master plan so that by the end of our 3 months together, my chinese and her english will be perfect. Part of that means learning all of the weird words (microwave, rotor, Totoro, Hufflepuff). Yes. I am so excited.

Out of time again, but I love you all!!!

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Sister Hugo

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Drumroll please!!!

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^this is my visual representation of what a drumroll looks like^

I AM TRAINING!!!!

Wow. That was a serious plot twist. 

I am SOOO EXCITED THOUGH!! Also, with this new change from 9 to 6 weeks transfers, I have enough time that I could train TWO PEOPLE!!!!

I've only been in West Point for 6 weeks, and now I'm training here, which doesn't normally happen in Hong Kong these days, but maybe things are starting to change. So what this means is that Thursday I'll go up to the mission home office, drop off Sister Percival with Sister Shiffert (sorry Sister Shiffert, I don't know how to spell your name) and pick up a greenie! Straight from the MTC!! Then for the next 12 weeks I have to try and teach her everything she needs to know about missionary work, so that for the rest of the mission they can teach themselves all the bonus stuff. I am a little stressed about having to be a 24/7 example, but also it's what I should be doing always. 

Let's see, what else happened this week.....

We had a return missionary who served in West Point ~2 years ago come back! It was so cool! The Relief Society was so excited to see her, that they threw an impromptu potluck, that had a HUGE turnout. Basically, anyone that had ever shook her hand came. It was amazing! 

We were going to sing a hymn to start studies, I leaned back a little bit, and there was a GIANT crack. My chair broke. BADLY! If you look closely, you can see that the chair has COMPLETELY detached from the base. #MyMostDangerousMomentInHongKong 

We took a selfie in an elevator, because sometimes that is the ONLY down time you have all day. #PerfectDay #SisMissLife 

Next week will bring LOTS of pics with my new trainee.

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Sister Hugo

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SORRYSORRYSORRY

I ran out of time for a group email, but I love you all!!

We are having march madness!! with emails!

Locked out of the apartment with my STL companion means personal study in the stair well!!

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Sister Hugo

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I finally have PICTURES!!

So in chinese, every syllable has a character (most of the time) which means that every syllable also has a meaning. Repent is regret and change, baptism is water ceremony, and Hong Kong is fragrant harbor. In any case, sometimes to help us remember a word with more than 1 syllable, we break it up into it's individual parts. This week we figured out that peanut butter is "flower-life-juice" which is funny enough, but then we realized that in tangled, the mom didn't really need the magic flower tea, she just needed  🥜 PEANUT BUTTER!! 🥜 

#ChineseIsTheBest

We had a stake activity about missionary work, sharing our light, and they tied it into this awesome art project. Everyone had to draw three circles with a (1) blessing (2) spiritual gift (3) scripture. Then  they pieced them all together like a quilt . 

This is the one I drew ^^ 

And this is what it looked like at the end^ They are going to piece them together and hung them somewhere (maybe a museum??? Can't be too sure, they announced it in Cantonese)

We also had a stake activity that was like a giant carnival, and I used the Klutz ballon book I got for christmas to make me this viking helmet #WhyDoesNoOneInHongKongKnowWhatAVikingIs? #IEvenSaidItInChinese

^These^ are the things you do to make sure your investigator's kids have a good time at activities, even if they steal your camera  

These are Sister Yuen's kids. The boy is Jan, and the girl is Vilian (don't question Hong Kong English names). Jan is my new best friend :D 

DC 123:17 Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.

I (re)found this scripture this week, and I LOVE it! Let's look at it for a second. First, we need to be CHEERFULL! If we're not happy, then we're doing something wrong! I love this especially in light of Elder Nelson's talk on Joy last General Conference (I highly recommend it). Next, we need to work hard. That's the first lesson of life, to work hard for all of our goals. The last part is my favorite bit. We need to stand still. After all that we can do, we stand still, in peace. We hand it over in faith to God. And the promise of the scripture is that we will see the hand of God in our lives. What promises of God's hand in your life do you see? As for me

• I'm learning CHINESE!
• God answered my prayer and helped my investigator see a baptism on Sunday
• I feel the love of the people around me
• I find answered to prayers at church and in scripture study
• I am blessed to be here, in such a special place, helping the elect of God find their way back :) What more could I want? Not much 

Love y'all! See you next week!

I realize that the second half of this is in bigger print, it's from when I copied and pasted the scripture. But I think it's fitting :D Also I'm lazy and out of time! See you next week!

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Sister Hugo

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