It has been another vacation time spent in Hong Kong. Just before the vacation started, the “Hong Kong Community Wind Band” had a concert in Shatin. Tamari recently became a member of the band and she is playing trumpet again after a 26 year hiatus, and enjoying being part of an ensemble once again.
We have settled into our Hong Kong late night routine of staying up far too late, just hanging out with one another, and then sleeping late the next morning only to arise to a yummy breakfast that Flora has cooked up for us! Flora is our domestic helper who lives with us and has become an integral part of our family here. Her ability to stretch a dollar and create delicious meals are equally matched with her quiet and gentle spirit to make her highly valued by all in our home!
We did manage to do a bit of hiking out to a pretty part of Hong Kong, a place called Sai Kung, which is not too far from our home. Hong Kong is an amazing city in that there are parts where tall cement buildings predominate the landscape, and then after a short bus or ferry ride, you are hiking on well-preserved trails in lush green vegetation looking at picturesque mountains and the sea.
Our church organized an ‘inreach’ where those of us who stayed around HK for the holiday (as opposed to going on one of the th
ree mission ‘outreaches’) shared a BBQ at the beach. Our church is blessed with people from all over the world – there are actually four different language groups besides English and Chinese. We have a group from Nepal, one from Sri Lanka, one from Pakistan, and one from Africa. The African fellowship is a large group with people from many African countries. The in-reach was an opportunity for the various groups to mix together and get to know one another and the rest of the church body.
