Hello Everyone!!!!
Hello from Hong Kong!!! How is everyone!?!?! Want to Lean a little bit of Chinese Culture? The Chinese are crazy about healthy... in fact most people i ask " What is the purpose of life" they will mostly answer " Healthy body"... family falls around #4 or so... pretty sad... Anyway! So they actually have their own thing about eating healthy... there is no real translation, but they call it "yiht hei" which means hot air... so if something is yiht hei, that means that it is unhealthy, for one reason or another.
My hypothesis about yiht hei is actually that Chinese people just don't like some food, so they will call it yiht hei.
Finally!, after months of being told that its ligit, i found evidence!... so along the list of some yiht hei food (that i think is totally crazy) are : pinapples, strawberries, most drinks (like gatorade) ice cream, pizza, and a ton of other stuff. maybe some of that really is unhealthy... BUT... i proved the yiht hei theory to be totally crazy! Because the other day i asked a person if smoking or drinking is yiht hei (ctually i said it was) and they corrected me and said it isnt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!I!?!?!...
Anyway! moving on to the week! this week was really cool! a little slow, but I still have some things so say! first off!!! We taught the family ( the family of Dennis Chan, the former i called a few weeks ago.) and when we went, his aunt just happened to be over with her family. Who are All members!!!!:) it was so cool! we taught them a simple restoration lesson and talked mostly about prophets. They were all very accepting and the lesson went SO well. at the end we gave a baptismal invitation, and Dennis (the son) took it! his family said they were'nt quite ready,but Dennis wants to! and told his Dad that he has to bring him to church! :) Yes! so great. We also had the chance to see Franky
Thank you so much everyone for the prayers in her behalf, please continue, she is still recieving so much pressure. its quite scary. Well, the rest of the story for this week is we dropped almost every other investegator we had, because they won't schedule anymore, except for 1... named William, He quite loves bible bashing!!!! Yikes!!!! We will keep trying a little longer... but we might have to just let him go to... i think he might just be trying to prove we are wrong. . . Ha!... anyway! thats about it as far as teaching goes!
This week has been pretty... interesting outside of lessons... we had a lot of people show us up, and since our church is 30 minutes away from our area... we had so much maah faahn this week. it was hard to get there for a considerable amount of time. Anyway, were still doing finding,and have found the best bread shop... maybe on earth!!!! :)
Today we went to (in my opinion) the most beautiful place in Hong Kong. The place is called Sai Kung... it is out away from everything, probably the one place to go for quiet in all of Hong Kong, and its SO cool! It is a chain of very pretty beaches and scenery... and... yeah... wow... :) we played some frisbee, found a random restauraunt and ate some amazing seafood, chased a cow along the beach and into a forest... yes, a cow in a forest :) We built the most epic sand kingdom ever... hoping it would get taken out by a sweet wave but we built it to high up... so we destroyed it... by rocks poles... and an Anchor!!!! ( i totaly swung an anchor around and threw it at a sand castle... i bet not many people can say they've done that! especially not in China!!!!:)ha ) then took a Super relaxing nap on the beach :) it was SO ... great... aaah...
Thats about it for this week!. it was pretty random, pretty awsome, and i still LOVE being a missionary :) I love my mission. Thank all of you who have helped me :) send letters of encouragement and have been my friend :) love all of you :)
Elder Mckay Wright
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Everything is going great in Hong Kong!
Hello Everyone!!
How are you!? Have you eaten rice yet? ;)
Everything is going great here in Hong Kong! Every day is so... special, in a special way. There are just so many random everyday experiences that I just don’t know where to start!!!
Like just a few days ago me and Elder Davis met a monk guy on the street... and gave us these cool little amulet things... that were in Chinese and we didn’t know what they said... we just thought it was funny that he would walk over and give us one... so then... we take it home and ask the native in our apartment... he laughed... I don’t know what it means... but apparently it’s funny? I’ll see if I can find out this week!... for now it is safely in my journal!
We went finding so much this week... Elder Davis and I came up with this genius plan... we live about 30 minutes outside our area, by bus, and recently when we’ve been contacting the only people that will talk to us are Ivy students.... and they are all coming from the same school... so the past two days we have been on a quest to find this school! Because as far as we know all those students are pretty willing to talk to us! We’ve found some pretty funny things (like a middle school called: Precious Blood Middle school... we were a little worried... but it’s SO funny!... and a big sign... I’ll send a picture home :) somehow when you become a missionary; it seems like all the things that made you laugh when you were 5... make you laugh again! hahah! ) and some pretty cool things and places too. FINALLY! Yesterday we found it! We talked to a kid who said he just got off school and that was his school!... and secretly found out when the school gets out!!! Aha! Yes!!!! Anyway... things stay pretty entertaining around here.
Our investigators are really good, they are all so cool! Frankie is doing great; next time we see her we are going to try to give her a baptismal goal for next month on the 13th. Her faith is so strong. I don’t know if I have said, but, before i really knew people didn’t like us, or our church for whatever reason ( none of them know anything about it... pretty dumb) anyway, here on the island people Really Really don’t like our church... they will say anything to get kids here to hate us! grr... makes me so mad! Teachers mostly... agh... Anyway... Franky is receiving SO much anti right now... to the point that its making her afraid of losing friends and last time we saw her she cried... it was so sad... but she says she knows that she is making the right choice, because of the feelings she gets when she prays and comes to church... she is pushing on so strong... keep her in your prayers, please!
Now Story of the week! This week has been pretty special, because all the mission presidents and seventy are here in Hong Kong and in the Wan Chai building that I’m in. so I see them all the time! It’s so cool! President (Elder?) Watson in the quorum of the seventy has been checking missionaries’ missionary stuff all week (planners, area books, member books, former books, all kinds of records) and he checked an elder’s former book in my apartment... as he was looking through it he said “if missionaries only knew the power in these books... “Then he made a promise “Every missionary in this mission has at least one person in their former records that is waiting to be baptized." ... wow... so later that day when I hear from that missionary that President Watson said that... I went straight to our former book and started calling... I came across a record of a boy who was 8 years old about 4 years ago... and I called him... he answered the phone and i talked to him for a minute about who I am and things... then I asked if he had time and interest to meet with us... he told me to wait and I heard him ask his mom in the background (normally all parents know about us... so I had basically given up... ) then I heard the mom respond "Yes! Can you come over on Sunday nights?" I was totally in shock!!!! So we scheduled them and then i went with Elder Davis on Sunday to meet them... we ended up teaching the Whole Family!!!!! (.... YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) SO HAPPY! They are so amazing! so happy! after talking to them we found out so much... like how a few months ago the boy's cousin ( dads, sisters, son) Rocky... went on a mission to Australia!!!! And Rocky's whole family is members! so the dad knows a lot about the church and almost committed Dennis to baptism for us!!!! ... Almost... ha :) ... they are a great family! And we get to see them again on Sunday!!! I’m so excited.
The whole experience has strengthened my testimony so much... in following the promises of God’s servants on the earth... I know that the promises that the make to all of us... are 100% real, and true. It is so happy and so comforting to know that we have a prophet who guides and directs us :) when we follow him. we will be blessed. I’m so happy to be a missionary called by a prophet of God to share this gospel to everyone who will hear... :) it’s amazing.
Thank all of you for your love encouragement and support :) talk to you next week.
Elder McKay Wright
How are you!? Have you eaten rice yet? ;)
Everything is going great here in Hong Kong! Every day is so... special, in a special way. There are just so many random everyday experiences that I just don’t know where to start!!!
Like just a few days ago me and Elder Davis met a monk guy on the street... and gave us these cool little amulet things... that were in Chinese and we didn’t know what they said... we just thought it was funny that he would walk over and give us one... so then... we take it home and ask the native in our apartment... he laughed... I don’t know what it means... but apparently it’s funny? I’ll see if I can find out this week!... for now it is safely in my journal!
We went finding so much this week... Elder Davis and I came up with this genius plan... we live about 30 minutes outside our area, by bus, and recently when we’ve been contacting the only people that will talk to us are Ivy students.... and they are all coming from the same school... so the past two days we have been on a quest to find this school! Because as far as we know all those students are pretty willing to talk to us! We’ve found some pretty funny things (like a middle school called: Precious Blood Middle school... we were a little worried... but it’s SO funny!... and a big sign... I’ll send a picture home :) somehow when you become a missionary; it seems like all the things that made you laugh when you were 5... make you laugh again! hahah! ) and some pretty cool things and places too. FINALLY! Yesterday we found it! We talked to a kid who said he just got off school and that was his school!... and secretly found out when the school gets out!!! Aha! Yes!!!! Anyway... things stay pretty entertaining around here.
Our investigators are really good, they are all so cool! Frankie is doing great; next time we see her we are going to try to give her a baptismal goal for next month on the 13th. Her faith is so strong. I don’t know if I have said, but, before i really knew people didn’t like us, or our church for whatever reason ( none of them know anything about it... pretty dumb) anyway, here on the island people Really Really don’t like our church... they will say anything to get kids here to hate us! grr... makes me so mad! Teachers mostly... agh... Anyway... Franky is receiving SO much anti right now... to the point that its making her afraid of losing friends and last time we saw her she cried... it was so sad... but she says she knows that she is making the right choice, because of the feelings she gets when she prays and comes to church... she is pushing on so strong... keep her in your prayers, please!
Now Story of the week! This week has been pretty special, because all the mission presidents and seventy are here in Hong Kong and in the Wan Chai building that I’m in. so I see them all the time! It’s so cool! President (Elder?) Watson in the quorum of the seventy has been checking missionaries’ missionary stuff all week (planners, area books, member books, former books, all kinds of records) and he checked an elder’s former book in my apartment... as he was looking through it he said “if missionaries only knew the power in these books... “Then he made a promise “Every missionary in this mission has at least one person in their former records that is waiting to be baptized." ... wow... so later that day when I hear from that missionary that President Watson said that... I went straight to our former book and started calling... I came across a record of a boy who was 8 years old about 4 years ago... and I called him... he answered the phone and i talked to him for a minute about who I am and things... then I asked if he had time and interest to meet with us... he told me to wait and I heard him ask his mom in the background (normally all parents know about us... so I had basically given up... ) then I heard the mom respond "Yes! Can you come over on Sunday nights?" I was totally in shock!!!! So we scheduled them and then i went with Elder Davis on Sunday to meet them... we ended up teaching the Whole Family!!!!! (.... YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ) SO HAPPY! They are so amazing! so happy! after talking to them we found out so much... like how a few months ago the boy's cousin ( dads, sisters, son) Rocky... went on a mission to Australia!!!! And Rocky's whole family is members! so the dad knows a lot about the church and almost committed Dennis to baptism for us!!!! ... Almost... ha :) ... they are a great family! And we get to see them again on Sunday!!! I’m so excited.
The whole experience has strengthened my testimony so much... in following the promises of God’s servants on the earth... I know that the promises that the make to all of us... are 100% real, and true. It is so happy and so comforting to know that we have a prophet who guides and directs us :) when we follow him. we will be blessed. I’m so happy to be a missionary called by a prophet of God to share this gospel to everyone who will hear... :) it’s amazing.
Thank all of you for your love encouragement and support :) talk to you next week.
Elder McKay Wright
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Moves! ( Transfers!) Today is the first day of my new Transfer, and the big news is... im not in Tai Po anymore! Despite recent success President Chan decided to make the Tai Wo and Tai Po areas combined again, and I moved along with Elder Lee! so now the tai wo elders added an area!... they have ALOT to do now! So... right now I am actually emailing from my new area... ( get ready for this) on HONG KONG ISLAND!!!! I'm surrounded by Huge Buildings everywhere!!!! It's crazy! and there are so many white people! I feel pretty out of place, especially after serving out in the boonies ever since I came to Hong Kong! My area is now Chai Wan! not the biggest or bussiest part of the island... but that is where I will spend all of my time! I
If we have lessons that is... and we will... I hope that I can make this area an amazing place and just... teach all the time! :) So... now even cooler! My companions name is Elder Davis... and guess what!?!?!? He is from St. George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So awsome! we are both looking forward to this transfer a lot! Besides that I don't have much to say.
I amactually am kind of sad about leaving Tai po,... the ward was really so good and I have made so many new friends there, also one of the people we teach, Syler, had been progressing so much lately and really getting a desire to learn more... we were actually planning on giving him a baptismal goal, I trust that the Tai Wo elders will do that :) .
When we found out we were leaving we called to tell him that new missionaries would start to teach him... we talked for a while, and after I got off the phone we got a text message that said. "Thank you, i will miss you two, thank you for help me learn. God bless you."... to me it was really special. It felt really good to know that someone feels like I have helped them... actually until that point on my mission I didnt really think I had done much of anything to help anyone on my mission. I really hope that he will be baptized soon and can enjoy the peace and blessings that come from learning and applying the doctrine of Christ in life. :) I totally love being a missionary :)
Thats about everything for this week. Thank all of you for all the support you've given me. I am so blessed, and so thankful for every one of you in my life :)
Love,
Elder Mckay Wright
If we have lessons that is... and we will... I hope that I can make this area an amazing place and just... teach all the time! :) So... now even cooler! My companions name is Elder Davis... and guess what!?!?!? He is from St. George!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So awsome! we are both looking forward to this transfer a lot! Besides that I don't have much to say.
I amactually am kind of sad about leaving Tai po,... the ward was really so good and I have made so many new friends there, also one of the people we teach, Syler, had been progressing so much lately and really getting a desire to learn more... we were actually planning on giving him a baptismal goal, I trust that the Tai Wo elders will do that :) .
When we found out we were leaving we called to tell him that new missionaries would start to teach him... we talked for a while, and after I got off the phone we got a text message that said. "Thank you, i will miss you two, thank you for help me learn. God bless you."... to me it was really special. It felt really good to know that someone feels like I have helped them... actually until that point on my mission I didnt really think I had done much of anything to help anyone on my mission. I really hope that he will be baptized soon and can enjoy the peace and blessings that come from learning and applying the doctrine of Christ in life. :) I totally love being a missionary :)
Thats about everything for this week. Thank all of you for all the support you've given me. I am so blessed, and so thankful for every one of you in my life :)
Love,
Elder Mckay Wright
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