Chinese New Year has just been celebrated in Hong Kong and the rest of China. It is celebrated with greater fan-fair that New Year's day and Christmas in this part of the world. There are great decorations, parties and the famous red packets. The red packets are small envelopes, usually containing varying sums of money, that people gave to one another, especially from married people to children. It can also be given by an older person to a younger person, such as junior associated. It is based on the superstition that year will be very prosperous.
We had a week vacation during the Chinese New Year and again, spent it in Hong Kong. It was a relaxing time.
We volunteered with some other members of our church one day and visited old people's homes. We also, did some fun things such as playing some games of tennis and visiting the "Ocean Park" - one of the theme parks in Hong Kong.
Arrangements for our trip to South Africa and Namibia are going well. From the look of things, we feel positive that it will all work out, by God's grace. We are making our bookings, most of which are being done by e-mail or phone calls. We are excitedly looking forward to the trip.
