October 28, 2013

WELL HELLO MUMSIE AND POPS!

SO MUCH HAPPENED THIS WEEK! haha hmm where to start...... well last monday we somehow locked ourselves out of our bedroom. I really have no clue how we did it because it has a hook lock and there was really no way we could have done it. So it was 11 o clock (the time we are supposed to be in bed) and we were calling the housing elders and our ap's and our land lord to try to help us out. Finally president Hawks called us and asked if we had any sheets...yes? then he said "lay them on the floor and try to get some sleep". So there we were. 4 sisters all crunched up on the wood floor on a couple sheets. We decided to get some clothes out of the closet and out towels to sleep on haha. What a crazy night. Sister Lee was grinding her teeth like a mad man, sister escabarte just screams in her sleep, and sister Palmer and i woke up just snuggling with our cheeks together haha it was an awkward morning. Anyway, president Hawks then came over with some elders and just broke our door.... no he wont stop making fun of me for locking myself out. President hawks is so funny. But when he was in our house it was just such an amazing feeling. He really is a man of the Lord and his presence is so calming and motivation. Anyway i love president Hawks, what more can i say?

Then we got to teach some "lost sheep" that we found! It was a family who got baptized a year ago and then moved and no one knew where they had gone to. Found them finding and we have been reactivating them! they are so cute. We also got with the elders and taught them a FHE and played games and just had a great time with this little Lauh family :) Then we went home and were getting ready for bed and we got another random call. they told me that i would be moving to ABERDEEN!!!! It was just a random move. Sister Lee's old companion is coming back to be with her in Kwun Tong and i am going to a new area. I was soooooooooooooooooooooooo sad. I didnt want to leave Sister Lee or Ashley or Karen or Wendy or my ward or my district. But here i am in Aberdeen. Ill tell you a little more about that later.

then we had a relief society broadcast in Wan Chai and we walked in and in another big room to the side there was a groom just freaking out. Turns out that some people took down all the wedding reception decorations because they wanted to have a funeral in that room. So as you can imagine aeveryone was just scrambling around trying to get everything set up because the reception was in an hour. So thats where missionary work comes in. We got all the sister missionaries and boy did we set that wedding reception back up! It was so fun! and while we were there i met my future new compaion! SISTER JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!!

She came up to me and gave me that biggest hug and said that i was an answer to her prayers. She was so so so excited! she said that right before she got the call she was talking to another sister about me and said that she wanted to be my companion because hers was having a loooooot of problems. Then 5 minutes later she got the call that i would be her companion! what a miracle for her. Heavenly Father really does listen to every single one of His childrens' prayers.

So today we went to kowloon tong and exchanged! Now i am on hong kong island with the insanely rich people! it is so different from Kwun Tong. I am in a billion dollar building right now just looking out at the ocean with cruise ships and the famous building from the Bat Man movie haha. But i absolutly love sister johnson. She is so sweet. she is just a move above me so we both dont speak cantonese. WE NEED THE GIFT OF TONGUES! I also saw president Hawks today and he told me that he was so excited tht sister johnson and i would be companions and that aberdeen was the next ward he wanted to split! I am soooooooooo grateful that i could serve in kwun tong but i already love aberdeen. It is a huuggeee finding area so mom your prayers were also answered haha. we will see how it goes! Pray for the people in aberdeen. and as with ashley, she bought me a birthday cake and then gave me the sweetest note. Our goodbye was not pretty but i know she will do well!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BIRTHDAY PACKAGE!!!!! peanut butter and reeses and suuuper cute clothes and money! (ps sorry again for losing my camera. THANK YOU), the super fun cards, halloween decorations, and pictures, and the paralized father of mine. I love love loved it! thank you mumsie and pops!

Oh and there is a lady in kwun Tong that looks exactly like granny carol but thai. She is so sweet and makes me feel at home :)

The weather is AMAZING!!! like so perfect i am loving it. Dragon beard candy......uhhh not sure. you will have to search it! and i will not be with sister lee for christmas! I WILL BE WITH SISTER JOHNSON! i have such a great feeling about her and the miracles that are going to happen in Aberdeen! it is such a beautiful place (disneyland and ocean park area) haha and it is knowno for the best sea food in hong kong! so i am glad i am loving fish right now! It is so good to hear that granny is doing a little better. and i pray for her. Take care of her for all of us cousins. I love you so much and pray for you! I want to invite you this week to invite 2 less actives or innactives to come to church! WE NEED TO BRING THEM BACK!
LOVES AND KISSES FROM ABERDEEN!
-sister hambreeen