Transportation in HK

The main way that I travel around in Hong Kong is by the MTR (subway) I live in between the Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei stations so I can easily walk to either one. I was recently shown this video about the MTR and thought you might want to see it. First is the song about all the stations names and then there are some added bits. These are the sounds of the MTR...The announcements that are spoken at every stop. The announcements are said first in Cantonese then in Mandarin and then in English. ENJOY!!!

Friends

As I mention friends on here, I will hope to have a pic of them so you can see them. I will also make a link on the side to this page so you can easily refer back to the pics.

Nikelle and Stuart
Nikelle and I lived together when I lived here before. They were nice enough to let me live with them for the first 5+ weeks that I was in HK and also paid for a lot of food for me and drove me places in their car.

Teachers

Here are pictures of some of the teachers with whom I work. (I will continue to add people's pictures here so I will add a link to this post on the side. If I mention someone in my blog, hopefully I will have a pic of them.)

Koey and I are cubicle mates. She teaches English.

Natalia sits on my the other side of my cubicle wall.
This is her first year at this school and she teaches English.

Mr. Tom (his sir name is Tom) when I lived here before he is the one who gave me my Chinese name. Kind of my adopted dad. (my dad's name is Tom)

Daphne is also an English Teacher. She takes great care of me.

May teaches English, too. She and I both love Fashion and enjoy spending time together.

Denise Jim (everyone calls her Jim) teaches English. She is the head of the F.3 Class English Lessons.

Newsletter 3

I am moved in!! Not yet settled in, but I have now slept 4 nights in my own place. Last Thursday IKEA delivered the last of my furniture that I had ordered (bed, wardrobes, and bookcase) and then on Saturday morning a moving company came and picked up my suitcases and boxes from Nikelle's place and delivered them and me to my apartment. I spent the rest of the day Saturday and Sunday afternoon trying to get organized. I have made quite a bit of progress but still have lots to do. Once, I get it done, I'll take pictures and post them so you can see my cute place.

Since my apartment is pretty small. I had to get a single bed and I am used to a double. The other night I almost fell out of bed 3 times. And I'm not sleeping well. I think I am subconsciously aware of the smaller bed and so I am not letting myself get a deep sleep. Please pray that I can let go of that and sleep deeply.

This past Saturday night, I went to a Singles Event from my church. It was a movie night... not really an easy way to meet people while you are watching a movie, but I was able to meet a few people. Hopefully, I will be able to connect with a good group of friends to have as a local support and encouragement. Also, I think I have found a small group Bible Study to be in. The study meets on Thursday nights. The entire church is going to be going through the study SHAPE (it's part of Purpose Driven Life Program).

School is really getting going now. Along with my classes during the school hours, I also am teaching 3 lunch classes a week and then every other week I am teaching 3 after school classes a week. I am also the advisor for the English Society which requires me to have committee meetings (lunch) and General group meetings (after school). During the fall, many students are preparing for the city-wide Speech Festival... I am also helping 6 students with their preparations for that. One lunch a week, I am leading a senior girls bible study. We are starting this week. I am excited about it. I have 3 girls and two of them were one's who went with us to Yunnan this past summer. (Jan and Connie)

So as you can see, I am pretty busy with school things. Please pray that my "job" won't keep me from ministry. I don't want to forget why God has me here. Pray that I will use all of these contact times with students to build relationships with them, not just be their teacher.

Prayer Requests:

1. Friends--for encouragement and support.
2. Sleep--I haven't slept well the past 4 nights.
3. Bible Study at lunch
4. Not let work hinder my ministry

Praises:

1. Moved into my new place.
2. Friends--I am meeting people.