Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Today
is the first day of the next decade… we're now in the 2020’s! Off we go from the Grand Mercure Hotel at 6:30 a.m. to the airport and on to Hong Kong. The airport is cavernous. Terminal 3 is where we leave from to Hong
Kong. So far, all has been on time and without hitch except that Darris has
forgotten his headset in the room. But he called them and they will ship it to the U.S.
We
arrived at Hong Kong on time at 2 p.m. Earl Roemer and Mary Ong were at the airport to escort us on the shuttle
to our hotel in Hong Kong.
The
city of Hong Kong is very interesting in its arrangement. Again, a former British seagate. It is one of the largest ports in the world.
The city is located partly on an island and partly on the mainland called
Kowloon... I think I got that right.
Mary
Ong is a bubbly, warm, intelligent and faithful woman who has been one of the
anchors of the church here for years.
We
checked into the Island Pacific Hotel by about 4:00 p.m. We agreed to meet for
dinner at 6:30 p.m.
with some of the other members of the Hong Kong church.
At
6:30 p.m. the following people came:
1. Dr. Peter Chau. He is a medical doctor of internal medicine.
2. Connie from Harbin China came down
3. Rhea Maglasangg, who is originally from Davao in the Philippines
4. Sophia Ong, daughter of Mary Ong
5. Earl Roemer, of course
6. The four of us… McNeely’s as well as Bev and me.
Lots
of wonderful conversation! I sat across
from Connie. She lives near the Russian border and her brother works in
manufacturing on the Russian side. She
visits him regularly and she knew a few Russian words.
We
talked about the new updated website for the Church here that could display the
Chinese alphabet properly on mobile devices. Terry Franke, who assists Earl Roemer, is coming in here Thursday to work
on this project with a developer. There
are two booklets already translated into Chinese and more are planned. The current site is at http://ucghk.org/
We
also discussed setting up LifeNets as a registered charity so that Mary can
solicit funds and sponsor projects with the LifeNets Mission for the Hong Kong and
Southeast Asia area.
We hope to get things moving forward in this area on this
trip. Registering is straightforward, but the wait time can be long… at least
it was for registering the Church. You
need to register in order to open a bank account to facilitate your work.
We
then talked about the few sightseeing things we would do in the next two
days. I think we’re all set. As always, it is wonderful to be with people
of the same spirit. No matter where you are in the world, you have instant connectivity
of mind and spirit.
The
day is over. More adventures the next
three days before we return home via Seoul, South Korea on Sunday.
Esther Zornes
2020-01-03
Pictures look great, so very interesting to see all the places every one visits.