President Wong told us we would not be reporting to the temple until the morning of the 21st, and at that time he will set us apart as Temple Missionaries. A special experience to be happening on Meagan's 30th birthday.
Elder and Sister Ball have been assigned to be our trainers and informed us that we had nothing on our itinerary until 1:00pm today. We took advantage and 'slept in' on our first night in Hong Kong, which was much needed since we didn't get to sleep until 1:00am.
We greatly appreciated getting to catch our breath before we jump into missionary work.
We feel a bit of a kinship with the Balls because they too, have come from the Treasure Valley.
They introduced us to the MTR (Mass Transit Railway), which was a little overwhelming. They helped us get our 'Octopus Cards' that are needed to ride the trains, buses, and to make other purchases at times. They took us to 'The Boat' in Wampoa (a small shopping area) where we could get our phones set up, and I could buy two ESSENTIAL TOOLS, a blow dryer and curling iron, as well as a few other needed items to help us get settled into our new home for the next year and a half.
Our last stop was an early dinner at, none other than, OUTBACK STEAK HOUSE, which happened to be the restaurant we ate dinner our last night in Salt Lake. Simply because it is our favorite place for steak, and thinking at the time we wouldn't have an opportunity for an Outback Steak until we returned home. Our dining experience was slightly different though. In place of cold water, we were served hot water in mugs, because, as it was explained to us, the Chinese believe cold water is bad for the body. Ice can be requested, but it costs extra, unless you are ordering a soda, then there is no charge for ice.
Our very nice waitress didn't speak or understand English as well as we thought either.
Elder Bodily and I ordered one steak and one baked potato to split between us, with an order of broccoli for each of us. Sister Ball ordered a baked potato to go with her entree. Elder Ball ordered fries with his.
But, that isn't quite what we ended up with.
Sister Ball was served two baked potatoes and broccoli, and we each got our own potato and no broccoli. We just chuckled!
We have kind of known that living here is going to be different than back home, but maybe even more than we realized.
We sure appreciate the Balls showing us the ropes, and hope they stick by our side for at least a month, or else we will probably get lost in this big city.
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