Hong Kong

We flew to Hong Kong on Tuesday to get our visa's.  We returned back to Mongolia last Friday night--it's a 4 1/2 hour flight. We spent 3 days in Hong Kong getting our visa's so now we can stay in Mongolia. Yeah!  While in Hong Kong we enjoyed the 68 degree weather because we heard it was 30 below zero in Mongolia:)  Sure enough, when our driver/friend, Jigor, picked us up at the airport, we were sure glad he brought our big, warm coats, which we had left with him because we didn't need them in Hong Kong.  We did take our soft, fluffy down coats with us, which was good, because it was cool and rainy there. 

We are so proud of ourselves--we took the underground train, which is what they call the subway in Hong Kong--to the temple, all by ourselves!  We had to take three different trains.  One of the couple missionaries wrote down step by step directions for us because we needed to change trains so many times. The subways are stacked on top of each other so they can be three subways deep and they go across the harbor and under the ocean.  There are high rise buildings everywhere.  We saw some window washers lowering themselves over the side washing windows and then we noticed that most of the high rise building had a small crane, like the one Grandpa and Brady used to build the cabin. They wheel the crane on the flat roof to the edge of the building and then lower themselves over and wash away, 30 to 75 floors and hundreds of windows.  Money in Hong Kong is $7 to one of ours, so a $4 hamburger cost $28, but in Mongolia the same hamburger cost, 8,000$ Tugrug (Toogrick). Putting your brain around all that is a little daunting.   We actually got tired of Chinese food and were glad to get back in Mongolia.  The food is different in Mongolia but not as different as Chinese. We went to McDonalds in Hong Kong it sure was good.  Never thought we would say that about McDonalds. The temple was wonderful spiritual high for us, we were in a session with a zone of Hong Kong missionaries. We love you all and pray for you every single day.