Sunday, May 28, 2017

Self-reliance in Macau

We really liked this picture of Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethsaida.  This was actually on the wall of the hospital and we would see it as we would walk into the hospital.  Appropriate for a hospital, wouldn't you say? We know that Jesus Christ is the great healer of us all; physically, mentally, and spiritually.


Sunday was a busy day as Elder Chandler had his bishopric meeting and other meetings in the morning in Hong Kong and then in the afternoon we took the turbojet boat to Macau which is about 62 kilometers (40 miles) from Hong Kong to present a little symposium and attend the graduation of a self-reliance class there.




There wasn't much chance for photos so we got just a few from the taxi.



Pretty good balancing act; there are lots and lots of motorcycles and scooters there.



There are lots of Portuguese signs there, too.



Elder Chandler always says this area is so much like where he served in South America on his mission when he was young.



Here we are arriving at the church with Brother Leon Au, our self-reliance manager.

Some of the first people we saw there were two sister missionaries, Sister Bacocol and Sister Baluyat who sometimes serve in Hong Kong, too. They can only serve two months at a time there in Macau so the missionaries are shifted in and out of there quite often.  Fortunately, they now have several other missionaries who are from England serving there, too, and they are allowed to stay six months at a time so it is much better now.

First, we attended sacrament meeting and these sweet little boys were so cute we had to get a photo.  Their dad conducted the meeting and their mom played the piano so they got to sit on the stand during the meeting.  They were really cute and really quite well-behaved.


Here's the "Upright Group" who were graduating from the Education for Better Work and My Job Search self-reliance class.

Here they are again; also pictured is their District president, President Hong, Brother Au, and us.



Here's Elder Chandler giving them some good thoughts and a great presentation.

Most of the members are Filipino so, of course, they prepared some great food for us to eat after the meeting, too!

We love photos and everyone takes as many as they can! The sweet sister sitting between us is Nedy Dasala who is Filipino and who is also pretty amazing, as she has encouraged and has had just about everyone in their branch attend and graduate from self-reliance classes these last couple of years.  She also cooked a lot of the food that was pictured above.


Also, this week we had a public holiday so Tuesday we served in the temple that morning for the holiday. The temple was so busy with so many patrons coming and it was wonderful that so many of the Filipino sisters got the day off and chose to come to the temple. Isn't this a gorgeous photo of the Hong Kong Temple?  It's truly heaven on earth!

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