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Hey mom!!! 

Okay today Is actually Tuesday the 6th BUT I always forget home I'm feeling earlier in the week when I talk to you so i won't send this until Monday but anyways I want to write it now so I don't forget! 

Okay so today was a HUGE day for me and definitely expanded my comfort zone... I had my interview with President Chan and his wife, gave the training at district council and had lpos! Scary stuff for me usually Okay and I've known today was going to be a big day for my heart for a long time, so I've been praying for courage and peace for this day specifically. 

Okay so my interview, so they did it together, and okay so it started out in cantonese, and I was understanding most of it Okay and then he asks me in cantonese to introduce myself and then that's that's I was like okay im still learning and can only understand/speak a little bit hahaha and yk they laugh and say oh it's okay you can try and I was like uh okay so I do, I introduce myself in cantonese and all this small talk in cantonese but but the rest was pretty much in english phew! But they really are actually so nice and loving okay yeah worried for nothing haha but so sister chan is still learning English, so she didn't say as much but they really made me feel good about my cantonese and said that for sure the next interview in 6 weeks I'll be able to do it all in cantonese and I was like wait what haha anyways we will see but and then at the end, I think for a good 2-3 minutes he just talked about how I draw people in and compared me to sunshine and how bright my presence is and my smile lights up the room and all this kind of stuff and then sister chan was nodding her head like exaggerating it bc she didn't know how to say anything anyways, it was so so nice and I was just sitting there repeating thank you thank you while they just complimented me and told me about their first impression of me! It was so nice! So it was weird to see them in president and sister Phillips office LOL and then like yeah idk they're definelty still figuring everything how right so, we didn't start or end with a prayer or anything and anyways but we just kind of talked and I had some questions and they helped me answer them and I can tell he's very wise and he told me some stories that I already know I'll remember forever becauss they answered my questions yk so thats cool 

Okay then we had zone lunch, our whole zone eats in the church gym but sits at your table with your district, okay its always fun and then we got straight upstairs to district councils in one of the classrooms, its so weird - "upstairs" like everything here is upstairs downstairs because all the building are high, not wide anyways and I gave the training! Lol it was so funny, we talked about qualifications for baptism in d and c 20 yk and then I wrote them all on the whiteboard and I made it say "HOYIH" and then at the end I said and if they have all these things or yk, okay then they HOYIH (can) be baptized lol it was so funny anyway and then we did rollplays and stuff haha so it went well but haha anyways it was good practice for sure because there was only five of us, my companionship who I'm very comfortable in front of and then just elder heaps who's leaving next week and elder wong who's also kind of new haha 

Okay and then lpos, that's the language pass off. So everyone in our zone is paired up with someone, and you sit somewhere in the gym and practice teach them one on one HAHAHA so scary right lol yeah so I was paired with elder Sloan again and he's from Utah but I had him last time and I didn't pass again bc its still chunky and I stop a lot haha but hey that's okay haha I know I can do better But we just never have time for language study or practice but he suggested that I practice with a water bottle which at first I laughed but he said it totally works and he does it all the time even still haha so maybe I'll try it if I can get over how ridiculous it looks 

Okay I got my card all worked out!! Yeah so the new one came and yes I was charged for a lost card AND a replacement fee but sister chan payed me back for if so were good and I had to explain ti her how all the slips work because she tried to give me 1000 when I owed her 1000 haha anyways she'll get it but yeah im Glad that's all figured it out and I tried my pin and it works so yay! Everyone just uses cash here so usually whenever we get paid, the missionaries will just take out all the money on their card in cash bc it costs money everytime so they just do it all at once haha omg and so the group of missionaries (elders) that are leaving next week, one of them told me that they went to lady street and bought 5000 worth of stuff for himself, his family and his friends and I just think that's so funny haha And yeah okay sister Chung and sister kho each got 7 hong kong t-shirts for $100hkd! Okay thats literally like 12 usd! So crazy Okay and theres seven people in my fam so I was like  haha but I won't start buying stuff for that until the end haha 

I got the Amazon package! YAYAY thank you so much!! I'm almost out of my burtbees so that was so nice thanks mom I'm so excited to try the different flavors too 

I hope you and Lindsay become better friends haha so sad, she'll come around... she was crying and said nobody knew bc she's fighting with will...... right wben she started talking about it to me, I lost wifi bc I was in the elevator and then it was just too bad so we hung up so idk too much about it but when I look at her I think that girls got her whole life together with great friends, clear skin (haha), a good job and good relationship with famiky, but I think she's struggling for real. I also know she wants to learn more about the book of mormon but doesn't know how. Maybe you guys could start having mother daughter book of mormon study time when you guys are both home? But like mainly just teach her or tell her about stories but don't make her feel dumb or stress her out or make her feel like she should already know this stuff you know, that'll make her discouraged. Maybe just start by telling the story if Nephi and his family (my fav haha) and see if she remembers the Liahona? I remember I think when Lindsay George was our teaching she brought in a liahona and that was memorable anyways yeah I think she would benefit from help with that. Or you could even have the missionaries do it but I think that would make her too nervous yk anyways you got it

Also I need Luke's address but forgot it again haha could u ask Kim, I messaged her but she didn't answer so anyways 

I saw dads post! So cute haha and I love getting pictures of the fam doing stuff! So fun! Whenever I miss home or anything about being home, I just remember that im literally doing the most important work on the earth right now, and that helps me refocus REAL quick haha plus I know that I'll be home in a flash 

Okay I really miss you and playing games with you! I wonder if you will actually be able to beat me at nertz when I get back haha  

Okay hey mom now it's Wednesday night haha now you can see how fast the days kind of switch on me because today was actually really really hard... so like I'm breaking out and I know my period is coming soon so there's that, but anyways so our service opportunity canceled on us for the second time, when we were on the elevator to go out,, which like I didn't care that much because now we had more time for language study (which nooo we still didn't have...) but my companions took it very hard and werr frustrated lol anyways but okay really fast yeah last night was a thunder and lightening storm, which ig is pretty common here because nobody was freaking out haha but i ckhkdnt sleep, so bright through or window and super super loud... anyways so yeah and we had sacrament which was fun and stuff, but all day I was just kind of feeling meh, like idk why but so for a while I've felt left out sometimes you know cause like everyone in the apartment always speaks cantoness and jokes and laughs together but I either sit there and don't understand, or someone tries to explain it to me, but by yhen it's not funny, OR I feel like my Brain I going to explode so I go sit on the bed or like move away and do something else which is so sad... and like I haven't really told my companions but I can tell that they notice yk so anyways but also like just within my companionship like they'll plan something in cantonese with eachother and then just tell me it in english, and idk thats kind of lame yk like lately I haven't been feeling like I'm being trained at all, like I'm just observing and following yk, so I told the STLs that when they call us to check in and sister lam said to talk to my companions and not hold it in and told me that her and sister nebeker had to go through a hard talk and sister kho also told me that her and sister Chung had a long talk and now that they both understand eachother, they work better together, so well okay im too scared to just talk to my companions ab it and like we've never done compqnion inventory, not once lol no time soo I knew I was going to initiate it, but today, we were about to teach amihng and I prepared my Bible story that we were going to share and right before we called him I started to cry, just overwhelmed I think and like I never like preparing stories like that because idk half the vocab and like idk it's just weird so anyways, I end up just crying off camera and they just did it all, and then right after I just went into the bathroom to let it all out, because its been a good 4-5 weeks since I had cried so it felt so good, and then sister kho came and talked to me and idk I told her I just feel so alone and we had a good heart to heart but then I talked to my companions and just let it all out, but I made sure to thank them for their patients with me and for all their help, but just kinda said maybe we can try this you know and they were super nice and they said that me asking so many questions isn't annoying so that was good to hear haha so anyways it went well, hopefully tomorrow will be better and we can do more of what we talked about and they can include me more, I just told them I want to be more in the know yk so we'll see, anyways and then i made a spam sandwich and now I'm writing you, but idk anyways, every Monday I'm just so excited to see you guys and talk to you guys and I like to focus and tell you guys about the good and fun times! Not these lame depressing nights... anyways so sad and its been a little hard, but I'm still having fun and learning a lot out here, about the Gospel, about myself, about life... all the good stuff, anyways

Hey hey okay today now its FRIDAY! long day... literally taught 7 lessons today (above our average by a little bit but others are maybe teaching 2 people a WEEK)and we went to two hours of church and we had filming in the morning for something about hong kong page thing idk haha but we got free jollie bees from the senior missionaries so nice, so good have never had it before but it's like KFC basically haha but we just got out of a lesson with dàahn hīngdaih, he usually talks for the first 15-20 minutes so we plan him for a little longer than our other people hahaha anyways I never know what he's taking about usually so I zone out and my companions say they start falling asleep hahahaha literally so funny but he's so nice and had been investigating for years and comes to church every week and read scriptures and everything but he always says he's not ready for baptism but he so is okay anyways but I participated by reading a verse from the book of mormon okay so scary my first time doing that in front of anyone and it was funny he said I sound like him when he reads lol but okay so last time I told him a story I had prepared and was so nervous and he could tell and so but he was like gáan jīmuih like no need to be nervous in front of me haha he's so nice and anyways I needed to hear that yk anyways so this time I felt much more confident and said my testimony of the topic in cantonese without reading it or preparing beforehand! Big step for me now I know I can do it yk! And like yeah I paused for a second but everyone just waited and i finished my thought and it was fine yk okay and also we had a lesson in english today (so much easier) and yeah that one was easier to participate in lol especially with April bc literally she just like nods and is like right yeah haha anyways houwaan good day good day, the quarantined elders were released haha sae them this morning in Kowloon Tong for exchanges, president chan dissolved the mandarin district so the mandarin missionaries aren't all together anymore and theyre just in districts according to their area which actually a lot of people agree that when they were all in a district it didn't really matter if they were or not haha but one of the madarin companionship in now in our district and has one of the new elders, everyone says he's real cocky but, we'll see haha also they changes how much money we get, but ill probably tell you about it over the phone if you have a little bit of time on Monday 

Okay 你好! Okay so today was pretty good, this is Saturday night now okay so wow such a big big day haha first we had studies and prepared for our lessons of the day, we then had a quick lunch and then went to mohk singsans house to help teach his twins english and wow that drained all our energy okay the girl twin kept distracting the boy twin and it was just so Lindsay and I and Roxy and lilly, like are all twins like that?? The boy would start explain something to us using good sentences and the sister would start playing with something and then hitting him and all this stuff and the eventuay he wkukd stop and go play wkth her yk, anyways mohk singsan doesn't really have gospel interested right now so were just kind of doing it for service but hopefully his heart will be softened, his three year Olds are nuts so we know he needs peace in his life hahaha anyways and then we had our lesson with Remi who's getting baptized tomorrow! So exciting! We kind of just like went over how it's going to go and all this stuff so yeah and then omg so we went to central where all the Phillipinos go to hangout on their day off bc theres like phillapino shops ans the post office where they sent stuff home and all this stuff, it's so fun and so our ward mission leader in the island branch (fillapino ward) wants us to train the ward missionaries (????) On how to share the gospel on the street like that okay and literally we dont do that hahaha and it works differently for them bc they can do It in tagolag so anyways we tried it in Central to see what would happen and so we were at this like idk how to call it but like a fillapino shop kind if thing haha sure yeah okay haha anyways and this girl saw me kind of poking at this one packaged food and was smiling and I started a conversation with her that way by asking her like what is this, this is my first time in Hong kong oh how long have you been here and then she says oh why are u here and then boom haha anyways she was really nice and we just tried to do naturally conversations like that with people which was actually a lot harder then we thought lol but it was kind of fun Okay and then we had cheng tonight, the member meal which yes, I think is spelled it wrong again when I corrected myself lol idk they keep telling me different things so anyways but u say it like cheng so whatever haha anyways but we went to get dimsum!!! That's where we're going ti go when you guys come okay its pretty good but there still stuff that I don't like so anyways I think dad will like a lot of it but you'll like the Chas siu bao so it'll be fine but if you want cold water, bummer they only serve piping hot water lol okay anyways so they were so fun and I had a lot of fun practicing my cantonsze with yhem! They had two sons that were like 29 and 35, not married, Stull living at home, totally normal here haha anyways and the younger one at first kept laughing at how I was speaking cantkense and I was so sad hahaha like what haha anyways he's gard to explain but like still maturing yk so idk who to compare him to, anyways but then he had me guess how old he was and I said twenty lol he looked about 40 but anyways after that, we were homies so that made me feel better about sharing the spiritual thought in front of everyone at the end haha like we ate SO. MUCH. FOOD. I seriously thought my stomach was going ti explode, like they just kept putting random stuff in my bowl, you'll understand when you see the set up of dimsum okay but literally I kept saying ohh ngoh houuuu bao like bruv I'm so full please stop. Please. Anyways but the dad is an artist and u can totally tell haha at first he was shy but I tried to talk with him and he's actually so fun and funny and like normal dinner talk is still hard for me to understand and participate In but sometimes I can understand and reply or add to conversation haha and honestly everyone here knows at least a little but on english, like their english was pretty good, but just broken so we would use changlish for most of it so we could both understand haha but so anyways and then that lasted the end of the night and then we had transfer calls tonight again which in sure I'll tell u about on Monday, anyways, really miss u also just in case forget to tell u on Monday, could u send me that video of everyone playing outside on the table and in the hotub to me again? It won't work anymore! Maybe try messenger? Also could you guys PLEASE send me more pictures or text throughout the week! I love getting messages and pics from u on random days but ik everyone's there and it's busy haha but even when everyone leaves maybe haha 

I love you and I'll send this probably on Monday after talking to you love you