hong kong

here are the details on what we did in hong kong the whole two days we were there-

we got to hk on friday morning. the whole "vacation" to hong kong was a little disorganized so the rest of the night we just wandered around the kowloong and mon kok area. because we were so tired from all the traveling we had done in the past 24 hours we ended going to bed around 7 o'clock.

saturday morning we went on a tour that took us to victoria peak, stanley markey, and aberdeen. the tour ended at 2 in the afternoon and we were left with the rest of the day to do whatever we wanted. some of the girls and i decided to find our way to the temple and mission headquarters. when we got there i ran into two companionships of missionaries and talked to them for a bit. i asked them if i could write a letter to jj and have them give it to them because at that point i was pretty sure i would not see him. they patiently waited as i wrote him a note and they promised me they would give it to him the next time they saw him. we continued to the temple and i as i was walking around, i had this thought in my mind that i was going to find jj's ward and maybe go to church the next day in the area he was serving. so i ran back across the street just in time to catch the elders before they left and asked for the address to the aberdeen ward. they gave me one but it was in chinese, but i figure when i got back to the hotel i would ask the information desk to help me find the bus route that would take us there. after many miscommunications they told me which bus to get on and how much it would cost. i told the group and most of the girls were planning on going to a church anyways so about 12 of us decided to go.

we met at 7:15 sunday morning and ventured off to find the bus and try to find the aberdeen ward. we ended up finding the ward which was pretty well concealed around 8:30. around 8:45 this chinese lady came into what we thought was the chapel and told us it was the relief society room and that the chapel was a floor down...i ran down the stairs and lone behold THERE WAS JJ!!!!!!!!! i took him by complete surprise. he was in so much shock. of course me being me, i started bawling. after the initial shock, we got talking and it was really good. he is doing soooo well and he is loving it in china. saying goodbye wasn't even that hard...i mean i did cry a little bit, but i'm fine. i hope he isn't in too much shock and i hope he is able to keep his focus. i got to hear him speak in cantonese as he explained to everyone that i was his twin sister. it is crazy how much he has learned in a year. even though i only got to chat with him for about a total of 10 minutes it was amazing! i cannot wait until he is back so we can talk and catch up and spend a ton of time together. i miss that kid.

now we are on mainland china in a city called zhongshan. we are still getting settled so everything is a little crazy.

more updates are on their way!!

-k