Thursday, October 12, 2006

Hong Kong - Part Three

Our church in Hong Kong is unique in that it mostly consists of women! Several years ago, a few young ladies from our churches in the Philippines moved to Hong Kong in order to be domestic helpers. (Many Filipinos work abroad in order to better support their family back home.) Through the sacrifice and witness of these ladies, we now have a solid core group that worships together each Lord's day. Several times throughout the year, we travel to Hong Kong in order to do Spiritual Renewal Conferences with these ladies.
Our topic for this conference was "The Passion of Christ." We were able to watch the movie together, followed by worship and small group studies. It was a powerful time! We were all vividly reminded how much our Saviour loves us.

We always enjoy worshiping together.


And also eating together!


This is Nelly, one of the newer ladies to the group. She is a dynamic young lady and will be an incredible asset to our group.

On Sunday, we enjoyed worshipping together and hearing Pastor Jo share from God's word.

However, the highlight of the day was when this lady prayed and accepted Christ as her Saviour. Please pray for her as she begins her new walk with Christ.


These two very special ladies are Alma and Sally. For many years they have been the "backbone" of our work in Hong Kong. If it weren't for their faithfulness, we probably wouldn't have the church we have today.


Hong Kong Ministry Team - Des, Joanna, Radarlyn, and Pastor Jo(not pictured - Darlene)

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Hong Kong - Part Two

On the second day of our trip, Des and I decided to venture up to The Peak. This is the highest point in the city...I think. Anyway, our adventure began by taking an open-air, double-decker bus to the Peak Tram.

Here we waited to ride the Peak Tram. It's a VERY steep climb up to the Peak Tower!

While waiting for the tram, we saw this Burger King sign and knew we'd be ok for lunch!

When we got off the tram, we turned around and this was the view. (Notice the drop-off!!)

The Peak Tower

We rode to the top of this and had the most incredible view of Hong Kong!


This is a really bad picture of me, but it's proof I really was there (since I'm hardly in any of these pictures!) This is NOT the place to visit if you have issues with heights!

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Hong Kong - Part One

In October I made my 5th trip to Hong Kong to work with our church plant there. Normally, I would travel with Darlene, but she's on furlough. So an incredible lady and wonderful friend from Bacolod City, Des, traveled with me and shared in the teaching time. Our prayer is that someday in the near future, Des can live and work in Hong Kong full time with our ladies there. Please pray with us concerning this.
The first day and a half, Des and I were able to do some sightseeing. The first place we visited was Ngong Ping Village. Near this village is the world's largest Buddha statue. In addition, we traveled to and from this village by cable cars, the Ngong Ping Skyrail. The view was incredible!! Here are a few pictures from that outing.






This little girl was so precious I couldn't help but take her picture.



Ahhh. A taste of home.






Hong Kong and China...One Country, Two Systems